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BOSTON -- Legislators on Beacon Hill are drafting a bill that would ban Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson from using chain gangs for public services like cleaning up litter and painting curbs.
Reps. Byron Rushing, D-Boston, and Benjamin Swan, D-Springfield, said yesterday they are collecting signatures of colleagues and plan to file the legislation soon. They said chain gangs do nothing to deter crime and that the practice constitutes inhumane punishment.
By Danielle Duclos, Standard-Times correspondent
ROCHESTER -- In a classroom decorated with figures dressed in multicultural garb and mobiles representing different countries, a group of 6th graders is ready for a rousing game of "I have, Who has."
One student begins the game, announcing the capital of a country printed on the back of their orange, rectangular card. Then, that same student asks who has the capital of another country, with the game working like this: "I have Budapest. Who has the capital of Germany?" The game quickly builds momentum and the students can finish in less than 25 seconds.
By Victor L. Simpson, Associated Press writer
KRAKOW, Poland -- Pope John Paul II, in bed with the flu, canceled all his planned appearances yesterday, stunning 1 million people standing in the rain waiting to see their beloved fellow Pole.
The 79-year-old pontiff developed a slight fever -- below 100 degrees -- Monday afternoon and was receiving "anti-influenza therapy," Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls said.
MEXICO CITY -- A strong earthquake shook a large swath of central Mexico yesterday, killing at least one person, injuring hundreds, damaging historic buildings and sending tens of thousands of residents fleeing into the streets as buildings swayed.
The first reports of significant damage of the quake, measured at a preliminary magnitude 6.7, were in the city of Puebla, about 60 miles east of Mexico City.
BOSTON -- Arguing that psychiatrist Dr. Kennard Kobrin's medical practice does not represent a threat to public health and safety, a court magistrate has recommended his medical license be restored.
But the ruling does not guarantee Dr. Kobrin will get his license back.
BOSTON -- Former Middlesex County Register of Probate Robert Antonelli, who was removed from office last week by the Supreme Judicial Court, yesterday said he planned to run for the same office again.
"I believe the people should decide something like this," Antonelli said. "I haven't violated my oath of office and I haven't broken any state ethics laws."
THE HAGUE -- Coca-Cola Co.'s drinks were pulled from shelves in Luxembourg and parts of France and the Netherlands as a health scare that began in Belgium spread to more of Europe, the soft-drink maker's second-biggest market.
Coca-Cola said it traced the contamination that made some consumers ill to carbon dioxide used at a plant in Antwerp, Belgium, and fungicide on the outside of cans produced at a Dunkirk, France, plant. It expects to soon get its drinks back in stores, said Coca-Cola spokesman Paul Pendergrass.
PROVIDENCE -- Faced with competition from larger players in the energy industry, a Massachusetts-based firm is selling five gas-powered electricity plants in the region.
Three of the plants are already running. They are in Pawtucket and in Dartmouth and Dighton, Mass.
A plant under construction in Tiverton is up for sale, as is one being built in Rumford, Maine.
The story line is pure Hollywood.
An obscure, little fabric store gets discovered for a big break in the movie business.
It's all because Judy Brahinsky had fabric on hand that is reminiscent of the 1960s.
Tucked away in the corner of Esther's Fabric Co. in St. Joseph, Mo., are rolls of imported velvet fabric with stripes of hot orange and avocado green.
By Howard Ulman, Associated Press writer
BOSTON -- Pedro Martinez, getting stronger as the game went on, became baseball's first 12-game winner last night as the Red Sox rallied for a 4-2 win over the Minnesota Twins.
Martinez (12-2) allowed two runs and four hits in the first four innings, then retired nine straight before allowing a leadoff single by Jacque Jones in the eighth.
Martinez gave up five hits in eight innings. He walked one and struck out eight to increase his season total to 151, tied with Randy Johnson for the major league lead.
By Alan Robinson, Associated Press writer
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The Dallas Stars picked a bad night to start giving away goals in a Stanley Cup finals in which few are being scored.
Dixon Ward and Geoff Sanderson scored off giveaways that left Dallas coach Ken Hitchcock shaking his head in disgust, and the Buffalo Sabres tied the tightly played series with a 2-1 victory in Game 4 on Tuesday night.
NEW BEDFORD First of all, in the interest of full disclosure, I love New Bedford. I love living in downtown, I love the convenience, and I love the access to museums, shops and culture. Most of all, I love the people.
Some time ago, The Standard-Times published a series of articles about "urban aversion." The topic focused on America's exodus out of our cities, and, in particular, New Bedford. There were the usual comments made that New Bedford's best days are behind it.
Is it possible to get used to chunks of concrete falling from highway overpasses to the roadways below? We seem to be finding out, as yet another piece fell from Route 79 in downtown Fall River on Monday. State police rerouted traffic, and no one was hurt, state highway officials reminded us once again about their inspection schedules, and nobody got too excited about it. The brief story made page 3, a far cry from the earlier incidents, especially when the slabs of concrete fell from beneath Fall River Government Center into the highway tunnel back in March. We try to be understanding. We try not to become alarmed. We acknowledge that not every highway is new and that they are all in various states of repair. We even nodded politely, if a little anxiously, when blasé highway engineers explained to us that "spalling," or the erosion and breakup of highway materials, occurs every spring as the weather warms and winter's toll becomes apparent. They inspect it and fix it up.
By Lynn Elber, Associated Press television writer
LOS ANGELES -- In the new TNT film "Pirates of Silicon Valley," Noah Wyle is ungroomed, arrogant and generally unappealing.
An irresistible opportunity, says the actor, whose portrayal of Apple Computer Inc. magnate Steve Jobs is a sharp departure from the idealistic, fresh-faced physician Wyle plays on "ER."
The Little Theatre of Fall River launches its summer season with a bang -- literally -- with a powerhouse production of "You Can't Take It With You."
This wonderfully tight and very funny show reverberates in the intimacy of the Firebarn, Little Theatre's home at Prospect Street and Highland Avenue.
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Joanna McQuillan Weeks
About a month ago, a packet of recipes arrived in the mail from Marie Lessa Alves.
She assembled them from notes left by her father, Joao (John) Lessa, who passed away in 1996 at 70, her note informed me. Mr. Lessa had been a contributor to the "In Search Of ..." column in the food pages of The Standard-Times.
It seemed appropriate to share Mr. Lessa's legacy with readers as Father's Day approaches.
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By Sandy Hu, For The Associated Press
You could walk for hours and never get hungry or thirsty at the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) Supermarket Industry Convention and Exhibition.
More than 1.3 million square feet were jam-packed with the booths of 1,500 exhibitors during the recent food fair at McCormick Place in Chicago. Familiar names like Kraft, General Mills and Del Monte vied with lesser-known brands for the taste buds of the 35,000 attendees.
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