<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><atom:link href="http://wbztv.com/wireapnewsma/resources_rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><title>Boston Weather, Breaking News and Sports from WBZ-TV</title><link>http://wbztv.com/wireapnewsma</link><description><![CDATA[Boston Weather, Breaking News and Sports from WBZ-TV]]></description><language>en-US</language><copyright><![CDATA[(c)  MMX, CBS Corporation. All rights reserved.]]></copyright><pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:57:26 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[NOAA Head Details Reforms Of Fishery Enforcement]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/wireapnewsma/NOAA.head.details.2.1572168.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/wireapnewsma/NOAA.head.details.2.1572168.html</link><description><![CDATA[The nation's oceans chief on Thursday detailed reforms on the ways fishermen are policed, including a proposal to force her agency to better justify penalties against them. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration head Jane Lubchenco also announced meetings between fishermen and enforcement officers in New England next month and in Washington in June in an attempt to mend their frayed relationship. "The steps we've taken, along with those we'll implement as we move forward, will go a long way toward protecting our nation's marine resources through the enforcement of fair, well understood, and effective regulations," Lubchenco said in a statement.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:45:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Immigrants Heading To Washington To Push Reforms]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/wireapnewsma/Immigrants.heading.to.2.1572825.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/wireapnewsma/Immigrants.heading.to.2.1572825.html</link><description><![CDATA[Day laborers on foot from Long Island and Californians who sold tamales to pay for their trip are expected to rally on Sunday in Washington, D.C., with tens of thousands of immigrants, many of them undocumented Hispanics, to dramatize their pleas for immigration reform. The laborers, walking more than 250 miles from Hempstead, N.Y., hope to join immigrants aboard more than 700 buses from at least 28 states and numerous caravans from the South and Southwest. The national attention they seek could instead be focused on Congressional votes on health care reform — one of the issues that has sidelined President Obama's campaign promise of reform and possible legalization for the estimated 12 million people in the U.S. illegally. To Martha Freire, 48, of New York City, who worked to clean up the area around ground zero after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, immigration reform is about life and death. Undocumented and battling cancer, Freire wants desperately to see the two daughters she left behind in Ecuador 15 years ago — but she fears if she leaves, she won't be allowed to return.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:27:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rehoboth Woman Charged With Injuring Son, 2]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/wireapnewsma/Rehoboth.woman.charged.2.1572420.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/wireapnewsma/Rehoboth.woman.charged.2.1572420.html</link><description><![CDATA[Authorities say a Rehoboth mother charged with injuring her 2-year-old son is being held without bail until a competency exam. The Bristol district attorney's office says 39-year-old Kim Peno was arrested Thursday on a charge of assault and battery of a child causing substantial injury. She appeared Thursday afternoon in Taunton District Court, where a competency hearing was set for Monday. Peno's lawyer Robert Sinsheimer told WCVB-TV his client may have mental health issues, and she is "grieving her child."]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:27:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FDA Panel Backs Implant For Mild Heart Failure]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/wireapnewsma/FDA.panel.recommends.2.1573239.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/wireapnewsma/FDA.panel.recommends.2.1573239.html</link><description><![CDATA[Federal health advisers say an electronic heart implant should be approved for millions of new heart-disease patients who currently aren't eligible for the device. A Food and Drug Administration panel of cardiologists voted unanimously in favor of Boston Scientific's heart-regulating device to treat mild heart failure. Currently the device is approved for moderate to severe heart failure. The FDA is not required to follow the panel's advice, though it often does.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:07:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pilot In NH Boat Crash Convicted In Friend's Death]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/wireapnewsma/NH.jury.finds.2.1571553.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/wireapnewsma/NH.jury.finds.2.1571553.html</link><description><![CDATA[The former head of the New Hampshire Recreational Boaters Association on Thursday was convicted of negligent homicide for piloting her speedboat into a ledge in Lake Winnepesaukee — killing her friend and injuring herself and a passenger. A Belknap Superior Court jury deliberated nine hours over the course of two days before convicting 36-year-old Erica Blizzard of negligent homicide in the June 15, 2008, crash that killed her best friend, Stephanie Beaudoin, 34, of Meredith. The jury deadlocked on the more serious negligent homicide charge that alleged Blizzard was drunk piloting the boat and on a charge of aggravated driving while intoxicated for the serious injuries caused to her passenger, Nicole Shinopulos of Burlington, Mass.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:03:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maine Man Says He Accidentally Lit Match On Jet]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/wireapnewsma/Maine.man.says.2.1572818.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/wireapnewsma/Maine.man.says.2.1572818.html</link><description><![CDATA[A man from Maine who struck a match on a U.S. Airways flight to Boston's Logan International Airport is facing some heat — but not over matches. Massachusetts State Police detained 50-year-old Paul Prater of Sanford on Wednesday over an outstanding identity fraud warrant in Canton, Ga. State police spokesman David Procopio said no charges have been brought for the match lighting, which Prater called an accident.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:59:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coast Guard Seeks Man Missing On Family Boat Trip]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/wireapnewsma/Coast.Guard.searches.2.1573193.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/wireapnewsma/Coast.Guard.searches.2.1573193.html</link><description><![CDATA[The Coast Guard is searching off the Massachusetts coast for a Nantucket man reported missing from a 23-foot skiff he was sailing with his family from Hyannis to Nantucket. Petty Officer Lauren Jorgensen said Thursday that John Hemingway's wife and two children last saw him about 9:15 p.m. Wednesday when they went below deck to sleep. When they awoke Thursday morning, the skiff had run aground on Nantucket and Hemingway was missing. Jorgensen said Nantucket police were notified and the Coast Guard was called in Thursday afternoon. Three Coast Guard boats, two cutters and a helicopter are involved in the search.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:47:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Symbol Of The Slave Trade Joins US And Cuba]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/wireapnewsma/Amistad.sails.to.2.1571299.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/wireapnewsma/Amistad.sails.to.2.1571299.html</link><description><![CDATA[It will be the rarest of sights: a black-hulled, two-masted replica of a slave-carrying schooner slipping into Havana's harbor flying two flags — those of the United States and Cuba. That's how it is for the Amistad, a symbol of both a dark 19th century past and modern public diplomacy. The Amistad is the 10-year-old official tall ship of the state of Connecticut and a replica of the Cuban coastal trader that sailed from Havana in 1839 with a cargo of African captives, only to become an emblem of the abolitionist movement.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:18:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mass. Inspector General Seeks Wildlife Documents]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/wireapnewsma/Mass.Inspector.General.2.1572821.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/wireapnewsma/Mass.Inspector.General.2.1572821.html</link><description><![CDATA[The Massachusetts Inspector General's office has requested documents from state wildlife officials pertaining to a program governing land that may contain endangered species. WFCR-FM reports that the inspector general is looking into how MassWildlife administers the "priority habitat" program, dealing with property owners seeking to develop land that might contain endangered species. Landowners may be required to set aside some property, secure offsite habitat, or make cash contributions for species research and management.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:00:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mass. House Launches Debate On Anti-Bullying Bill]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/wireapnewsma/Mass.House.launches.2.1572914.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/wireapnewsma/Mass.House.launches.2.1572914.html</link><description><![CDATA[Massachusetts House lawmakers have launched debate on a bill designed to clamp down on school bullies. The bill would ban bullying in schools and create an expanded definition of bullying to include so-called Internet cyberbullying, which includes harassing fellow students by e-mails and text messages. Rep. Marty Walz, the House chairwoman of the Education Committee, said the advent of social media outlets like Twitter and Facebook have transformed bullying. No longer can students find refuge at home, she said.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:15:38 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>