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  • In NJ bay, sea draws ever closer PHILADELPHIA -- The night Meghan Wren got stranded by floodwaters and had to sleep in her car, she knew it was time for a reckoning. She had been driving to her waterfront home along the Delaware Bay in South Jersey. As she crossed the wide marsh in

    May 18, 2013

  • Map of hateful tweets shows hotspots KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Tweets containing hateful words are coming in larger proportions from people living in the eastern half of the United States, according to a new map that tracked hate speech on Twitter. “How much hate people are broadcasting onlin

    May 18, 2013

  • Dark, massive asteroid to fly by Earth on May 31 LOS ANGELES — It’s 1.7 miles long. Its surface is covered in a sticky black substance similar to the gunk at the bottom of a barbecue. If it impacted Earth it would probably result in global extinction. Good thing it is just making a flyby. Asteroid

    May 18, 2013

  • Paroled man back in custody SALEM -- A man who just last month pleaded guilty to attacking his former girlfriend and her mother is back in custody, after showing up at the women's Arbella Street home twice. That, police say, was a violation of the criminal harassment order bar

    May 18, 2013

  • ducklings Firefighters save nine ducklings DANVERS -- Thursday turned into "Make Way for Ducklings" day for Danvers firefighters who scooped up a flock of ducklings which had plunged into a storm drain. At 7:27 a.m., Danvers firefighters responded to 180 Newbury St., the Endicott Green apartm

    May 18, 2013 1 Photo