MASSACHUSETTS NEWS

• Mass. Mid-Day Numbers 11/21/2009, 12:54 p.m. EST
(AP) — BRAINTREE, Mass. - The winning numbers drawn Saturday in "The Numbers Game" mid-day draw were:

• Mass. elderly driver bill stalls on Beacon Hill 11/21/2009, 12:25 p.m. EST
(AP) — BOSTON - A bill that would require Massachusetts drivers age 75 or older to pass cognitive and physical exams every time they renew their licenses has stalled on Beacon Hill.

• Mass. launches blog outlining outdoor activities 11/21/2009, 11:22 a.m. EST
(AP) — BOSTON - The Massachusetts government has a new outdoors blog.

• Mass. readies for holiday travel crunch 11/21/2009, 11:07 a.m. EST
(AP) — BOSTON - Transportation officials say planning ahead and avoiding traffic "hot spots" could make things a lot smoother for Thanksgiving travelers in Massachusetts.

• Salvation Army to give away 1,200 holiday meals 11/21/2009, 10:36 a.m. EST
(AP) — BOSTON - Salvation Army officials are expecting a record turnout when they distribute 1,200 Thanksgiving food baskets.

• Mass Cash 11/20/2009, 11:41 p.m. EST
(AP) — BRAINTREE, Mass. - The winning numbers drawn Friday night in the $100,000 "Mass Cash" game were:

• No. 1 UConn just keeps on rolling 11/20/2009, 8:52 p.m. EST
(AP) — WORCESTER, Mass. - Maya Moore scored 21 points, Tina Charles added 18 and top-ranked Connecticut coasted to its 42nd straight victory, beating Holy Cross 87-34 on Friday night.

• Mass. Daily 11/20/2009, 8:09 p.m. EST
(AP) — BRAINTREE, Mass. - The winning numbers drawn Friday night in the "Massachusetts Daily Lottery" were:

• Coast Guard: instability doomed Mass. fishing boat 11/20/2009, 5:58 p.m. EST
(AP) — BOSTON - The Coast Guard says a New Bedford fishing boat became rapidly unstable as a full fishing net was lowered on deck, causing it to sink and kill its captain a year ago.

• 2 more die in Mass. after contracting swine flu 11/20/2009, 5:44 p.m. EST
(AP) — BOSTON - State health officials say a young child from Middlesex County and an adult from Suffolk County have died of complications from swine flu.

• Mass. families adopt 244 foster children 11/20/2009, 5:20 p.m. EST
(AP) — CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Dozens of Massachusetts families have opened their homes to more than 240 children as the state marks the seventh annual National Adoption Day.

• Mass. first lady Patrick backs Capuano for Senate 11/20/2009, 3:55 p.m. EST
(AP) — BOSTON - Massachusetts first lady Diane Patrick has decided to endorse Rep. Michael Capuano (cap-yoo-AH'-noh) in the Senate special election.

• Mass. officer quits after child porn charge 11/20/2009, 3:29 p.m. EST
(AP) — ADAMS, Mass. - A veteran Adams police officer accused of viewing child pornography on a computer in the evidence room at the police station has resigned.

• GOP Senate candidate blasts NY trial for Mohammed 11/20/2009, 3:13 p.m. EST
(AP) — BOSTON - Republican Senate candidate Scott Brown wants President Barack Obama to overrule the attorney general on trying the accused Sept. 11 mastermind in New York City.

• Mass. Mid-Day Numbers 11/20/2009, 2:19 p.m. EST
(AP) — BRAINTREE, Mass. - The winning numbers drawn Friday in "The Numbers Game" mid-day draw were:

• 'Big Brother 9' winner seeks bail in drug case 11/20/2009, 1:48 p.m. EST
(AP) — BOSTON - The winner of the CBS reality TV show "Big Brother 9" is headed to court to renew his request to be released on bail while he awaits trial for allegedly trying to sell oxycodone pills.

• Mass. man's conviction in fatal shootings upheld 11/20/2009, 11:20 a.m. EST
(AP) — BOSTON - The highest court in Massachusetts has upheld the conviction of a man serving a life sentence in the 2005 fatal shooting of two Springfield men.

• Mass. senator in court on car crash charge 11/20/2009, 9:29 a.m. EST
(AP) — BOSTON - A Massachusetts state senator is set to face a judge to answer charges stemming from a car crash that left one person injured.

• Harvard looks to reduce professor ranks 11/20/2009, 9:04 a.m. EST
(AP) — CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The dean of Harvard University's Faculty of Arts and Sciences said he will reduce the number of professors to help balance a $110 million deficit.

• Judge approves $100K to Mass. girl injured by cop 11/20/2009, 8:35 a.m. EST
(AP) — FALL RIVER, Mass. - A judge has approved a $100,000 settlement from the city of Attleboro to a teenage girl who claims her wrist was broken during a scuffle with a police officer.

• Lizzie Borden acquitted in mock retrial 11/20/2009, 8:00 a.m. EST
(AP) — TAUNTON, Mass. - Lizzie Borden has been found innocent of using an ax to hack her father and stepmother to death-again.

• Driver hurt, haz-mat responds after truck crash 11/20/2009, 7:07 a.m. EST
(AP) — DUXBURY, Mass. - Authorities say the driver of a line painting truck that fell on its side has been hospitalized with minor injuries.

• Church sues Mass. city of fire detection system 11/20/2009, 6:11 a.m. EST
(AP) — SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - A Springfield church has filed suit against the city over a fire detection system installed in the church's cultural center that violates city laws.

• Mass. town opposes medical waste facility 11/20/2009, 5:57 a.m. EST
(AP) — SHREWSBURY, Mass. - Shrewsbury residents are mobilizing against a proposal to build a 21,000-square-foot medical waste disposal facility near a residential neighborhood in town.

• Mass. man on trial in father's slaying 11/20/2009, 5:39 a.m. EST
(AP) — BOSTON - Prosecutors say a Boston man beat his 70-year-old father to death, then used a power saw to cut his body to pieces before scattering the remains.