<?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)  MMIX, CBS Corporation. All rights reserved.]]></copyright><pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:09:52 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Worcester Graduate Donates $1 Million]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/wireapnewsma/Mystery.is.over.2.1299709.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/wireapnewsma/Mystery.is.over.2.1299709.html</link><description><![CDATA[A Texas businessman and former graduate of St. Joseph's School is the mystery person who donated $1 million to the Worcester elementary school earlier this year. The identity of the donor, Richard A. Nowak, executive vice president and chief operating officer of GAF Materials, a Dallas-based roofing materials company, has been kept a secret since April. Nowak, a 1955 graduate of the school, and his wife Marie, were honored during a parish dinner Friday at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Worcester.]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:49:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man Accused In Terror Plot Faces Detention Hearing]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/wireapnewsma/Mass.man.accused.2.1299671.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/wireapnewsma/Mass.man.accused.2.1299671.html</link><description><![CDATA[Federal prosecutors plan to ask a judge this week to keep a Massachusetts man locked up as he awaits trial in an alleged terror plot. A detention hearing is scheduled Thursday for Tarek Mehanna, (TEH'-rek Meh-HAH'-nah), a 27-year-old Sudbury man accused of conspiring with two other men to shoot people at shopping malls and to kill two prominent U.S. politicians. Authorities say Mehanna and the other men tried, but failed, to get into terrorist training camps in the Middle East. They are also accused of plotting to kill Americans in malls and U.S. servicemen in Iraq.]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:11:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ex-Middlesex Register Faces Sentencing For Theft]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/wireapnewsma/Ex.Middlesex.register.2.1299622.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/wireapnewsma/Ex.Middlesex.register.2.1299622.html</link><description><![CDATA[A former Middlesex County probate register who has pleaded guilty to stealing thousands of dollars from cash and copy machines at the Registry of Deeds in Cambridge and from his campaign funds is set to be sentenced. John Buonomo (buh-NOH'-moh) will face a Woburn Superior Court judge Monday on charges brought in separate cases by state Attorney General Martha Coakley and Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone. Last year, the 57-year-old Newton man was charged with 18 counts of breaking and entering into a depository, eight counts of theft of public property by a county officer and eight counts of larceny under $250.]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:37:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mass. Parents Back In Court In Girl's Fatal OD]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/wireapnewsma/Parents.accused.in.2.1299544.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/wireapnewsma/Parents.accused.in.2.1299544.html</link><description><![CDATA[Parents accused of giving their 4-year-old daughter a fatal overdose of prescription drugs will be in court this week for a pretrial hearing. Rebecca Riley was found dead on the floor of her parents' bedroom in Hull in December 2006. Prosecutors allege that Carolyn and Michael Riley overmedicated the girl to keep her quiet and out of their way.]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:28:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mass. Committee To Discuss Bills On Dropout Age]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/wireapnewsma/Mass.legislative.committee.2.1299475.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/wireapnewsma/Mass.legislative.committee.2.1299475.html</link><description><![CDATA[The Massachusetts Legislature is taking aim at the state's high school dropout rate. Each year some 10,000 students quit school, a choice they can make on their own once the reach age 16. They also can quit as young as 14 if their local superintendent agrees for medical or employment reasons, or to perform non-wage work at home.]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:34:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mass. Woman Charged With Stealing From Boy Scouts]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/wireapnewsma/Mass.woman.faces.2.1299422.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/wireapnewsma/Mass.woman.faces.2.1299422.html</link><description><![CDATA[A Massachusetts woman is headed to court to answer allegations that she stole $225,000 from the Boy Scouts. Cheryl Allen of Millbury is scheduled to be arraigned on three counts of larceny over $250 by a single scheme and one count of larceny over $250 in Worcester Superior Court on Monday. Prosecutors say the 44-year-old Allen performed bookkeeping services for the Mohegan Council of the Boy Scouts of America, the organization's governing body in central Massachusetts.]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:45:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mass. To Look For Beetles In Boston, Springfield]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/wireapnewsma/Mass.officials.plan.2.1299375.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/wireapnewsma/Mass.officials.plan.2.1299375.html</link><description><![CDATA[Massachusetts authorities plan to survey trees in Boston and Springfield for signs of the invasive Asian longhorned beetles. The Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources wants residents to join state officials to help look for the bullet-shaped black beetle with white freckles, long antennae and a voracious appetite for hardwood. Springfield volunteers will meet Monday for training. They also will be given supplies, including binoculars they can use to spot the insects at tree tops. Boston volunteers will be trained Nov. 14.]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:04:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Officer Shot At Fort Hood Has Mass. Ties]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/wireapnewsma/Officer.credited.with.2.1299335.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/wireapnewsma/Officer.credited.with.2.1299335.html</link><description><![CDATA[One of the officers hailed as a hero in the Fort Hood shootings has ties to Massachusetts. Sgt. Kimberly Munley, credited with helping to end the Texas rampage by shooting the alleged gunman, worked for about a year during 2004 as a waitress at Dunn-Gaherin's, an Irish pub in Newton Upper Falls. Seana Gaherin, one of the owners of the restaurant and bar, tells The Boston Globe that many staff and regulars have recognized Munley's photo from news reports and called the pub asking if it's the same woman they knew as Kimberly Barbour, Munley's maiden name. Gaherin says everyone is very proud of Munley, who often spoke about wanting a career in law enforcement.]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:47:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mass. Officials Push $9m Footbridge For Kraft Lots]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/wireapnewsma/Mass.officials.push.2.1298645.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/wireapnewsma/Mass.officials.push.2.1298645.html</link><description><![CDATA[The Patrick administration plans to use $9 million in stimulus funds for a Foxborough footbridge connecting two parking lots that belong to New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft. The footbridge would cross Route 1 near Gillette Stadium and Kraft's Patriot Place retail development. Kraft is tied for number 468 on Forbes Magazine's list of the world's billionaires. The Boston Globe reports that state officials bypassed various projects — including roadwork in Canton, Danvers, Braintree and Bellingham — in favor of the footbridge.]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:32:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mass. Father Of Boy In Cancer Case Dies In Crash]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/wireapnewsma/Motorcycle.crash.kills.2.1298730.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/wireapnewsma/Motorcycle.crash.kills.2.1298730.html</link><description><![CDATA[A motorcycle crash has killed the father of an autistic Massachusetts boy who died after his mother allegedly withheld cancer medication. Eric Fraser died Thursday after being taken off life support earlier in the week. The 38-year-old Fraser and another biker collided in Malden on Oct. 25. The other rider died that night. Fraser's son, Jeremy Fraser died of leukemia in March at age 9. The child's mother, Kristen LaBrie of Salem, has been charged with attempted murder and child endangerment after allegedly failing to give needed chemotherapy medications to her son and missing his medical appointments.]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:47:46 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>