Hot first half gives Gordon lift over MIT After Gordon dropped its season-opener at home to Simmons, the Fighting Scots were looking for someone to spark the offense when they faced off against MIT at home last night.
Emily Armstrong provided that spark as the freshman guard buried four, first-half three-pointers to lead the Scots past MIT 61-42. ...continued
Nelson Benton: DA has plenty to do right here After talking it over with family and friends, Essex County District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett has decided against running for attorney general if, as now seems likely, incumbent Martha Coakley is elected to the U.S. Senate in January....continued
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Halloween slide shows: It was a fun-filled weekend in Salem as the Witch City celebrated Halloween. Salem News photographers Deborah Parker and Mark Lorenz captured the happenings in these images.
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Rescue remembered Len Whitmore was already exhausted when he reported for duty in the radio room of the Coast Guard ice breaker Eastwind at 8 a.m. on Feb. 18, 1952.
The Eastwind had been at sea off Cape Cod for three days in stormy weather, searching for a missing fishing boat....continued
Study: CT scans spot heart attacks faster, more cheaply ORLANDO, Fla. (AP)— A CT scan — a kind of super X-ray — provides a faster, cheaper way to diagnose a heart attack when someone goes to the emergency room with chest pains, a new study suggests....continued
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