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Holyoke talking with developer about large retail store on Whiting Farms Road
Customers walk into and out of a Wal-Mart store in Methuen last year. Chances are Walmart could be opening a store on Whiting Farms Road in Holyoke.
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Three rescued from river after bridge collapses in Washington
The bridge runs over the Skagit River on Interstate 5 in Mount Vernon and reportedly collapsed around 7 p.m. PST.
Holyoke police use Taser to subdue Jewelia Rex who faces intent to murder and arson charges
HOLYOKE -- An officer used a Taser to stop a woman who came at him with a knife, set fire to a door and cut her wrist Thursday at 281 Beech St., police said.
Latest deadly tornado tests Oklahoma town's mettle
Having lived most of her life in this Oklahoma City suburb, Barbara Bryen never feared twisters.
Singer Nick Carter to release memoir Sept. 24
The Backstreet Boys singer will release a memoir, "Facing the Music and Living to Talk About It," on Sept.
Stricken Japan nuke plant struggles to keep staff
12, 2011 file photo, workers in protective suits and masks wait to enter the emergency operation center at the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power station in Okuma, Japan.
Malaysian charged with sedition, 3 more arrested
Malaysian authorities detained three anti-government figures, charged a student activist with sedition and seized hundreds of opposition newspapers Thursday, raising political tensions after recent national elections triggered claims of fraud.
Youngest Okla. tornado victims remembered by kin
MOORE, Okla. - Nine-year-old Sydney Angle was "everywhere at once" when she was out on the softball field.
Holyoke City Council will let lawsuit play out before voting to back or balk at needle exchange
Different sizes of syringes displayed on a bulletin board in the exchange room at Tapestry's Northampton program site.
37-year-old man charged in Wash. state ricin scare
A man was arrested Wednesday in a case involving last week's discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin.
Pakistani cricket star politician leaves hospital
Pakistani cricket star-turned-politician Imran Khan left a hospital Wednesday, more than two weeks after he suffered serious back injuries in a fall from a forklift at a campaign event, a spokesman said.
Judge seals affidavit of Maine man in teen's death
Police laid out their case Wednesday against a man accused of killing a 15-year-old girl whose body was found in a wooded area miles from her home, but the details remained hidden from public view after a judge sealed a crucial affidavit at the request of the suspect's lawyer.
Texas senior, 18, bags 800-pound record alligator
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department officials say 18-year-old Braxton Bielski bagged the record gator last week at Choke Canyon State Park, about 90 miles south of San Antonio.
5 Things: Highland Hash Fun Run; and Reducing Gun Violence Discussion
On Saturday is a Highland Hash Spring Fun with the Parkway Running Club at 2 p.m. at Porter Cafe with Backlash Beer .
Getting a welfare - reality' check
Five hours, five floors, "140 clicks" - it's how the Barre Democrat and chairman of the state Senate Ways and Means Committee spent his Friday three weeks ago, sitting in as case workers - sometimes with piles of papers and files around them - plugged away at a Holyoke welfare office.
Thumbnail sketch of ABC's new season
WHAT'S NEW: Tuesday night. ABC is scheduling four of the eight new series on its fall schedule for Tuesday night, making it an entire evening of new shows.
Pittsfield veteran Passetto's death a 'wake-up call'
The death of a Marine Corps veteran who struggled to have his disability claim processed through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs could provide "a wake-up call" nationally, according to Rosanne Frieri, the city's director of Veterans Services.
4th season of 'Downton Abbey' will air in January
The costume drama about the family and servants in a stately English home stars Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern, Maggie Smith and Michelle Dockery.