Medford

Mother nature in all her fury tossed them about like toys. Now they fill two airport runways -- parked, obedient and damaged -- as they await nibbles from buyers.

Homeowners are a funny breed, and I think the fellow was trying to get more heat from the registers in that room.

The town has named two representatives to a biosafety committee being created by Dyax Corp., a pharmaceutical company that plans to move into Burlington, according to Susan Lumenello, environmental engineer for the Board of Health. She said the board's regulations require that any company planning to use recombinant DNA/RNA create a biosafety committee to ensure that it complies with National Institutes of Heath guidelines intended to protect the health and safety of workers, and the protection of the environment when such work is undertaken. Cambridge-based Dyax plans to relocate to 55 Network Drive early next year, according to Lumenello. The Board of Health designated Lumenello to serve as its representative on the biosafety committee, and selectmen appointed James Harrison to serve as the community representative. Harrison, a Burlington resident, is an environmental health and safety manager for a private company in Lexington with more 20 years of experience in the field, Lumenello

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As a chaplain at the court, a position created through the collaboration of the Boston Archdiocese and Francis G. Poitrast, then chief justice of the Boston Juvenile Court, Rev. DePietro used all means in his power to get troubled youths ``on the right path,'' Siciliano said.

Amesbury (4-6) at Newburyport (8-2), 10

High 5

The first photo was taken when Jonathan was only 3, back in 1997. That was the year Coach DiBiaso's Crimson Tide went to their second Super Bowl.

The game, which was played on Boston Common the day after Thanksgiving, has been played every year since. Tomorrow morning at Harvard Stadium the Wolfpack and Bulldogs meet for the 125th time. There's also a special game in Maine, where Deering faces Portland in the 100th holiday game.

RIVERHEAD, New York (Reuters) - A couple pleaded guilty on Thursday to criminal charges linked to the killings of four people including a teenage girl during an armed heist of prescription painkillers at a Long Island pharmacy.

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Joey Vento, owner of the Philadelphia cheese steak mecca Geno's Steaks, has died of a heart attack at age 71, the manager of his restaurant said on Wednesday.

PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - An Oregon man charged with killing his wife and four young children by stabbing them and then setting the family house on fire asked for a court-appointed lawyer during a hearing on Friday.

PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - An Oregon man charged with killing his wife and four children, ages 2 to 7, by stabbing them and then setting the family house on fire was scheduled to make an initial court appearance on Friday.

GLOUCESTER, Mass (Reuters) - Instead of plunging headfirst to their death in a pot of boiling water, 534 live lobsters escaped the dinner plate and belly flopped to freedom into the dark waters of the Atlantic Ocean.

PORTLAND, Ore (Reuters) - An Oregon woman killed with her four children in a rampage of arson and stabbings linked to her husband was long aware he was a convicted child molester but never expressed any fear of him, her brother said on Thursday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - An accused gunman in a quadruple killing was called for jury duty on Long Island and he politely declined, telling authorities he was in jail.

CENTRAL ISLIP, New York (Reuters) - A Long Island man pleaded not guilty on Thursday to charges he shot and killed four people at a pharmacy while stealing pills for himself and his wife, in what prosecutors called "the most cold blooded robbery and homicide" the county has ever seen.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Four people were shot to death on Sunday in a suspected robbery at a Long Island drug store, police said.

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Attorneys for Olympic track star Carl Lewis, who is aiming to run for New Jersey state Senate, battled on Wednesday to get him reinstated on a June 7 primary election ballot.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Harry & David Holdings Inc, the mail-order gourmet food company, filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday as a weak economy led consumers and businesses to cut spending on its signature fruit baskets.