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tsm - Mock crash at Fairhaven High School
Wear your seatbelt and don't drink and drive.  That was the message Fairhaven Police and FIrefighters tried to leave with students Friday at Fairhaven High School

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Defense attorneys for the surviving Boston bombing suspect can't take pictures of their client unless the photos are shared with prosecutors. 

Lawyers representing  Dzhokhar Tsarnaev say they want to take pictures to document his injuries as evidence of "the voluntariness of his statements" during interrogation. 

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Venezuela is running out of toilet paper.

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Members of the New Bedford City Council are taking issue with parts of Mayor Jon Mitchell's proposed $263-million budget. 

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New Bedford Police say a man accidentally shot himself in the leg on Thursday while cleaning his derringer.

Det. Capt. Steven Vicente says the incident happened around noon-time in the 300-block of Bedford Street. 

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The state's gambling commission has voted to allow failed applicants for casino licenses in eastern or western Massachusetts the opportunity to compete for the sole license in southeastern Massachusetts

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Mayor Jon Mitchell did this week what he hopes all residents of the city will do when they encounter a problem in their neighborhood --- call the police. 

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New Bedford Police are investigating two break-ins into businesses in the city's North End. 

According to Det. Capt. Steve Vicente, officers responded just after midnight to an alarm at Advanced Auto Parts on Mount Pleasant Street

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The FBI Special Agent in Charge of the investigation into the Boston Marathon Bombings will be in New Bedford next month at the invitation of the Chamber of Commerce. 

Special Agent Richard Deslauriers will speak at the Chambers "Good Morning, SouthCoast" event on June 20th. 

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A revised casino agreement between Gov. Deval Patrick and the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe is facing tough questions from a legislative committee.
 
    The compact, if approved by lawmakers, would replace an earlier agreement that was rejected by the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs.
 
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