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WBSM News Director Jim Phillips is a New Bedford native who's been covering local news in the region since 1973. Jim worked at WBSM for 11 years in the 1970's and 80's before joining "Local Cable News," Channel 13 in Fall River. He served as News Director there for 22 years, coverng crime, politics and human interest stories. When the program ended in 2006, Jim happily accepted an offer to rejoin WBSM. Jim and his family live in North Dartmouth.
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Final Medical Marijuana Regs Due This Month

A legislative committee plans to hear several proposals to change Massachusetts' medical marijuana law as the state prepares for implementation of the voter-approved measures.

Among the bills before the Public Health Committee on Monday is one that would reduce the maximum number of medical marijuana dispensaries allowed in Massachusetts from 35 to 10

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Boston Marathon Bombing Victims May Get Payout

Families of those killed or who lost a limb in the Boston Marathon bombings could end up with a big payout. 

Attorney Kenneth Feinberg tells the "Boston Globe" he'll unveil a plan Monday where the families of the three people who died along with about a dozen victims who lost limbs in the blast will likely receive roughly one-million dollars through The One Fund Boston

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UMass Dartmouth Seeks Guidance On Release Of Suspect’s Records

The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth is asking federal education officials if it can legally release records of four students related to the Boston Marathon bombing investigation.

Suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev who is recovering in a prison hospital after being wounded in a shootout with police, was a student at UMass-Dartmouth

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Former Hewlett-Packard Employee Indicted For Stealing From Company

A Fall River man has been indicted for fraudulently obtaining computer parts, and then reselling them and keeping the money. 

The Attorney General's office says 39 year old Frank Stanley was indicted Friday by a Bristol County Grand Jury on charges of larceny over $250

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