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The "Boston Herald" is endorsing New Jersey Governor Chris Christie for the Republican presidential nomination. The newspaper's editorial staff calls Christie a "tested leader for troubled times" and stresses the need for real leadership at home and internationally...

A New Bedford woman pleads guilty to stealing over $60,000 in Social Security benefits. U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz's office says 49-year-old Lynn Medeiros applied for SSI disability benefits in 2005 for her son, who was living with her at the time...

U-S Marshals this week discovered more than a million dollars in small bundles of cash in several safe deposit boxes controlled by former Dartmouth Selectman John George. George is currently serving a 70 month jail term for embezzling funds from the Union Street Bus Company, a taxpayer subsidized firm he operated...

(Associated Press) - Federal officials have seized thousands of cases of frozen crab products suspected to be contaminated with a harmful bacteria. U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Carmen Ortiz said the cases of food, which were in cold storage warehouses in Lakeville, Mass...

A forfeiture hearing is being held Thursday in Boston Federal Court on the U.S. Attorney's efforts to seize $1.38 million dollars in assets from former Dartmouth Select Board member John George. George was found guilty in April of embezzling money from the Southeast Regional Transit Authority, while serving as President of the Union Street Bus Company...

President Barack Obama has chosen a federal prosecutor in New York to become the next attorney general. The White House says in a statement that Obama intends to nominate U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch to replace Eric Holder as the head of the Justice Department...

Federal prosecutors say a 25-year old New Bedford man has agreed to plead guilty in a computer hacking case in which he's accused of breaking into police records, credit card accounts and a local college, where he allegedly altered his grades...

Toyota will pay more than one-billion dollars in a settlement over safety issues.  Attorney General Eric Holder said Toyota intentionally misled consumers about unintended vehicle acceleration in 2009 and 2010.  Holder noted that the Japanese automaker also concealed problems from U...