WBSM - New Bedford's Local Source For News, Talk, and Sports! » testing http://wbsm.com For over 60 years, WBSM has been the #1 source for News, Talk, and Sports in New Bedford! Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:04:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 More West Nile Cases Reported http://wbsm.com/more-west-nile-cases-reported/ http://wbsm.com/more-west-nile-cases-reported/#comments Fri, 28 Sep 2012 03:02:35 +0000 Jim Phillips http://wbsm.com/?p=18665 State health officials have confirmed the 20th case of West Nile in Massachusetts this summer.

The Department of Public Health said Thursday the new case is a Boston-area man in his 40s who was hospitalized but has been released

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]]> http://wbsm.com/more-west-nile-cases-reported/feed/ 0 Getty Images State Lab Chemist Admits to Faking Results http://wbsm.com/state-lab-chemist-admits-to-faking-results/ http://wbsm.com/state-lab-chemist-admits-to-faking-results/#comments Thu, 27 Sep 2012 15:29:20 +0000 Taylor Cormier http://wbsm.com/?p=18436 According to a state police report, a chemist in the state lab scandal has admitted she faked test results.

Annie Dookhan reportedly told investigators that for about three years she would just look at some evidence and label it what she thought it might be

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]]> http://wbsm.com/state-lab-chemist-admits-to-faking-results/feed/ 0 Getty Images A Mixed Bag of Results From Local MCAS Tests http://wbsm.com/a-mixed-bag-of-results-from-local-mcas-tests/ http://wbsm.com/a-mixed-bag-of-results-from-local-mcas-tests/#comments Thu, 20 Sep 2012 12:18:39 +0000 Jack Peterson http://wbsm.com/?p=16169 Most school districts across the Southcoast saw increases in student proficiency on the 2012  MCAS state test in math, while performance on the english test was more of a mixed bag.

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