Denise Lavoie

December 05, 2013 | Daily Report Online

A 14-year-old boy accused of killing his high school math teacher pleaded not guilty to murder, aggravated rape and armed robbery charges on Wednesday.

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May 06, 2010 | Daily Report Online

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October 08, 2009 | Daily Report Online

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May 19, 2006 | National Law Journal

Massachusetts' highest court on Thursday limited one of the tobacco industry's most successful defenses in wrongful death lawsuits, ruling the companies cannot shield themselves from liability simply by claiming that smokers acted unreasonably by lighting up when they knew cigarettes were dangerous.

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November 12, 2010 | Daily Report Online

BOSTON AP - A lawsuit accusing Lorillard Tobacco Co. of trying to entice black children to smoke has gone to trial in Boston.The son of a Boston woman who died of lung cancer in 2002 is suing the maker of Newport cigarettes, claiming the company lured his mother to begin smoking at age 13 by giving away free samples at the housing project where she lived.

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August 19, 2008 | Daily Report Online

BOSTON AP - A federal judge Tuesday lifted a gag order on three MIT students who were barred from talking publicly about security flaws they discovered in the state's automated mass transit fare system, even as a lawyer for the agency acknowledged the system was "compromised."U.S. District Judge George O'Toole Jr.

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November 17, 2009 | Daily Report Online

BOSTON AP - Gay married couples suing the government over a federal law that doesn't recognize same-sex unions say there is "no legitimate or plausible" reason for having a federal definition of marriage that excludes gay couples.The lawsuit was brought by seven gay couples and three widowers, all of whom were married in Massachusetts after it became the first state in the country to legalize gay marriage in 2004.

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October 19, 2007 | Daily Report Online

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December 01, 2008 | Daily Report Online

BOSTON AP -The man who calls himself Clark Rockefeller will get back about half of the gold coins and cash seized by authorities after he was arrested for allegedly kidnapping his 7-year-old daughter.Prosecutors agreed Monday to turn over 160 gold coins - worth about $140,000 - and $6,480 in cash so he can pay for his defense.

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January 26, 2009 | Daily Report Online

BOSTON AP - A settlement has been reached in a closely watched lawsuit brought after The Boston Globe's Web site began posting headlines and lead sentences from another publisher's site, a court official said Monday.A clerk for U.S. District Judge William Young said GateHouse Media Inc., which owns several Massachusetts dailies, and The New York Times Co.

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