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BOSTON -- Her country couldn't heal her, but a 6-year-old girl and her father have traveled 4,000 miles from Senegal to Boston for a life-changing surgery. Full Story »

NASHUA, N.H. -- New details have emerged in the murder of a New Hampshire mother. Full Story »

BOSTON -- An eighth person has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with a fatal beating outside a Boston bar. Full Story »

BOSTON -- A Massachusetts public safety official is backing off a suggestion that state might have to close prisons because of its budget problems. Full Story »

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- A local lacrosse player already accused of sexual assault appeared in court Thursday in connection with an earlier alleged attack. Full Story »

BOSTON -- The city of Gloucester has been fined $82,000 by the state and ordered to make $8 million in upgrades after the drinking water contamination that took place summer. Full Story »

LEOMINSTER, Mass. -- A local city is being criticized for choosing holiday cheer over the bottom line. Full Story »

BOSTON -- Local ivy-leaguers hoping for a little more exposure now have a new way to get their name out there. Full Story »

BOSTON -- Police are looking into whether four recent bank robberies in the Brookline area are connected. Full Story »

BOSTON -- Balmy temperatures are making it feel more like spring than December in Massachusetts after an overnight storm swept through, causing high winds and some coastal flooding. Full Story »

LAWRENCE, Mass. -- A lawyer for suspended Lawrence Superintendent Wilfredo Laboy said the educator isn't interested in taking a buyout. Full Story »

BOSTON -- State Auditor Joseph DeNucci is warning about the exploding cost of the MBTA's door-to-door service for the disabled. Full Story »

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Harvard's largest school and four of the university's professional schools have announced plans to offer voluntary retirement packages to 180 faculty. Full Story »

LAWRENCE, Mass. -- A former Lawrence District Court accounting clerk accused of stealing than $2 million from the probation department has been ordered held on $400,000 cash bail. Full Story »

WORCESTER, Mass. -- Worcester residents took time to remember six firefighters whose lives were lost in a devastating warehouse fire. Full Story »

BOSTON -- Wal-Mart will pay $40 million to company employees here in Massachusetts as part of a settlement. Full Story »

SANDWICH, Mass. -- A state police lieutenant whose son took his department-issued gun from an unlocked bureau then allegedly pointed it at a 5-year-old neighbor has admitted to acting in a manner unbecoming an officer. Full Story »

NASHUA, N.H. -- A Nashua police officer is recovering from serious, life-threatening injuries he suffered in a fall while chasing a fleeing suspect on foot. Full Story »

BOSTON -- A new report says the money Massachusetts spends on incarcerating and tracking felons has skyrocketed in the past decade despite a small increase in the number of inmates. Full Story »

NASHUA, N.H. -- A second judge has refused to reduce the bail for a 20-year-old New Hampshire man accused of providing an alibi for two men charged with killing a Mont Vernon woman in October. Full Story »

NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. -- A controversial decision to ban holiday decorations around town has been changed. Full Story »

BOSTON -- Searching for a unique gift to give this year? Full Story »

HARTFORD, Conn. -- An attorney for the fiancee of a Yale lab technician charged with killing a graduate student says he's been told authorities are seeking a sample of her DNA. Full Story »

MONTPELIER, Vt. -- Richard Phillips, the ship captain toasted as a hero after he was taken captive by Somali pirates, ignored repeated warnings last spring to keep his freighter at least 600 miles off the African coast because of the heightened risk of attack, some members of his crew now allege. Full Story »

She's only nine-years old, but one little girl is already making a huge difference. Full Story »