Jim Phillips

A new road at the New Bedford Business Park was celebrated on Wednesday. The road, Flaherty Drive, opens up 45 acres of land for new development. Mayor Jon Mitchell tells WBSM News, the site will be marketed to larger companies...

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Bristol County District Attorney Sam Sutter spoke generally about the Aaron Hernandez murder case during an appearance Tuesday on WBSM.

The former Patriot has been charged with murder in the death of semi-pro football player Odin Lloyd earlier this year in North Attleboro.

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Cleveland Indians skipper Terry Francona is the American League Manager of the Year.

Francona received 16 first-place votes to edge out Boston Red Sox manager John Farrell and Oakland A's skipper Bob Melvin.

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The U.S. State Department is confirming at least two Americans are among hundreds killed in the Philippines typhoon. 

The Philippines' government count of the dead stood at over 17-hundred as of Tuesday but that number is expected to grow. 

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A Boston man has been indicted in the 2010 killing of a Nantucket woman whose remains were found last year in Falmouth.
 
    Cape and Islands District Attorney Michael O'Keefe said Tuesday that 35-year-old Quoizel Wilson was charged with murder, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and unlawful disposal of a body.
 

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A Martha's Vineyard-based Indian tribe is claiming to have won federal approval to open a gambling facility on the island.

The Wampanoag Tribe of Aquinnah, a federally-recognized tribe, issued a statement on Tuesday saying it planned to move ahead with plans to convert an unfinished community center on tribal lands into a temporary Class II gambling facility.

Such

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New York City's World Trade Center Tower is the tallest building in the U.S.  The Height Committee of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat issued its ruling this morning. 

The committee ruled that the needle on top of 1 World Trade Center is part of the actual building. 

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Massachusetts gas prices continue to drop, but remain well above the national average.
 
    AAA Southern New England reports Tuesday that its weekly survey found self-serve, regular selling for an average of $3.28 p

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Ceremonies outside Fairhaven High School highlighted Veterans Day in that town.  The program included the singing of God Bless America, the reciting of the Gettysburg Address, the firing of cannons and the raising of a giant American Flag.

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Ten-thousand people are feared dead and entire towns are wiped out after Super Typhoon Haiyan swamped the Philippines. The U.N. says more than 600-thousand people have been displaced. The once-thriving port city of Tacloban has been reduced to waterlogged rubble.

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