REGIONAL STORIES

BELMONT, N.H. (AP) -- Three people escaped serious injury when one snowmobile crashed through ice in Belmont, N.H., and another got stuck on the edge of the ice.

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. (AP) -- A western Massachusetts food pantry is in danger of closing unless it can find a new home, just when the need for its services is growing.

FREEDOM, N.H. (AP) -- There are conflicting accounts of how it happened, but three young women were burned in a New Year's Eve bonfire accident in Freedom, N.H.

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) -- A 91-year-old Worcester man injured Dec. 13 after his clothes were set on fire by a propane space heater being used inside his home following an early December ice storm has died.

BOSTON (AP) -- A major winter storm pounding the region isn't disrupting plans for Boston's annual New Year's Eve celebration.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- Two young men have been rescued from a Black Mountain cabin in Jackson, N.H., after fearing one had frostbite from wearing improper gear.

PEABODY, Mass. (AP) -- State police say a Beverly man died when his car rolled over on the ramp from Route 95 South to Route 128 North in Peabody.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- New Hampshire has taken the first steps toward putting a toll booth on Interstate 93 near the Massachusetts border.

DURHAM, N.H. (AP) -- Dartmouth College, the University of New Hampshire and University of Wisconsin have signed new agreements on polar research.

NORFOLK, Mass. (AP) -- A cross-dressing dermatologist serving life in prison for killing his wife has been found hanged in his cell.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- New Hampshire has taken the first steps toward putting a toll booth on Interstate 93 near the Massachusetts border.

BOSTON, MA (AP) -- A four-alarm fire has destroyed a row of restaurants in Boston's Fenway neighborhood, causing an estimated $5 million in damage.
BOSTON (AP) -- Massachusetts and 10 other Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states have agreed to create a low carbon fuel standard to reduce greenhouse gases.

BOSTON (AP) -- An independent team is expected to review scientific and commercial data to determine whether to grant federal protection for the Atlantic wolffish.

MORRISTOWN, Vt. (AP) -- Vermont State Police say a man stole a snowboard and a credit card from cars at Smugglers' Notch ski resort and went on a spending spree in New Hampshire.

BOSTON (AP) -- A Pennsylvania-based pharmaceutical company will pay the state's Medicaid program $7 million to settle allegations they inflated the prices of drugs.

BOSTON (AP) -- Indicted Councilor Chuck Turner has presided over the first Boston City Council meeting of the year.

Robots battling each other on a field that simulates the moon's gravity? If it sounds a little crazy, that's just what Dean Kamen has in mind.

BOSTON (AP) -- Tying the knot in Massachusetts just got a little bit more expensive.

BOSTON (AP) -- Amtrak is planning to increase service from Boston to Washington on Inauguration Day to help those making the trip to see Barack Obama take the oath of office as president.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- Tossing VCRs or DVD players into New Hampshire landfills would be banned under a bill a Walpole lawmaker plans to file this month.

WILTON, N.H. (AP) -- The extra-long holiday vacation some New Hampshire students got thanks to the ice storm is about to end, and school officials already are thinking about summer.
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- New Hampshire's Supreme Court has begun its first review of the state's death penalty law.
FREEDOM, N.H. (AP) -- The conditions of two Boston-area women are improving after they were seriously burned in a bonfire accident in New Hampshire on New Year's Eve.
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- Two people driving snowmobiles for the first time landed in New Hampshire hospitals after crashing.
MIDDLEBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -- A 59-year-old man is dead after falling through thin ice while skating on a Middleborough pond.
GLOUCESTER, Mass. (AP) -- Two fishermen are dead after their trawler sank in waters off Gloucester.

HOLDERNESS, N.H. (AP) -- Filmmaker George Butler wants his friends to know he's still alive and well in New Hampshire, despite a premature obituary on "The Charlie Rose Show."

The U.S. Transportation Department has chosen the Massachusetts-based independent carrier Cape Air to provide regularly scheduled flights from both Hagerstown and Lancaster, Pa., to Baltimore-Washington International Airport.

Two men have been accused of giving vodka to a teenager found dead in the early morning hours of New Year's Day after a party with friends.