REGIONAL STORIES

HARWICH, Mass. (AP) -- Bail has been set at $200,000 cash for a Harwich man accused of trying to rob a convenience store armed with a grenade that turned out to be fake.

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- A memorial service will be held later this month for a soldier from Massachusetts killed in a single-car crash in Germany.

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- The Belgian brewer taking over Anheuser-Busch says it plans to keep open all 12 of Anheuser-Busch's North American breweries.

BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (AP) -- Folk singer Pete Seeger is coming to the aid of New England farmers.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- New Hampshire has joined several other states demanding the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs reverse a policy that blocks nonpartisan voter registration drives in veterans homes, hospitals and other VA facilities.

LYNN, Mass. (AP) -- A Lynn police officer was seriously injured when two cruisers collided responding to the same call.

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) -- A judge has thrown out an alleged admission by the man accused of capital murder in the shooting of a Manchester police officer two years ago.

PITTSFIELD, M.A. (AP) -- A young bald eagle found hanging upside down from a tree in Pittsfield after getting its leg tangled in nylon fishing line has died.

NASHUA, N.H. (AP) -- Bystanders helped police catch a burglary suspect in Nashua, N.H.

ROCHESTER, N.H. (AP) -- Republican John McCain says the long-dormant Seabrook (New Hampshire) Unit 2 may fit into his plan nuclear power.

KEENE, N.H. (AP) -- The family of a New Hampshire teenager who was shot in the head says he is making surprising progress.

FRANCONIA, N.H. (AP) -- Many New Hampshire residents visited Franconia Notch State Park attractions Saturday on Rediscover Franconia Notch Day.

BOSTON (AP) -- An activist group hoping to pressure the Roman Catholic church into dropping its long-standing prohibition barring women from the priesthood is planning an ordination ceremony for three women.

BOSTON (AP) -- Public health officials in Massachusetts are investigating whether a patient in a Cape Cod hospital has the human form of mad cow disease.

TUFFTONBORO, N.H. (AP) -- Strong storms hit Tuftonboro, New Hampshire, causing multiple trees and power lines to fall, damaging homes and closing roads.

BOSTON (AP) -- With temperatures climbing into the 90s, officials in Massachusetts and Rhode Island are urging residents to takes steps to stay cool.

BOSTON (AP) -- The Boston Fire Department is ordering a return to work for a firefighter who competed in a bodybuilding contest while on disability leave for a back injury.

MASSACHUSETTS (NBC) -- A Massachusetts man is recovering after his family's minivan was riddled with bullets.

LACONIA, N.H. (AP) -- A Laconia, N.H., man was killed when the car he was working on slipped off jacks and fell on him.

GILFORD, N.H. (AP) -- Gunstock Mountain Resort in Gilford, N.H. wants to expand.

A jury has convicted a man of murder for a 2006 shooting spree that ended in a school, where he killed teacher.

EDGARTOWN, MA (AP) -- Dozens of fishermen are getting ready for a shark tournament off Martha's Vineyard despite protests from animal rights activists.

BOSTON (AP) -- The family of one of four men framed for a 1965 gangland murder has received $500,000 from the state for the wrongful conviction.

STOCKBRIDGE, MA (AP) -- The Norman Rockwell Museum will use a $225,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to continue its online archiving project.

BOSTON (AP) -- A 29-year-old man accused of stealing a bicycle in Boston's North End tried to complete his own version of a triathlon to get away from police.

M.A., N.H. (AP) - More cases of salmonella reported in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

BOSTON (AP) -- The Massachusetts Senate has voted to repeal a 1913 law used to bar out-of-state gay couples from marrying here.

BOSTON (AP) -- Boston's Museum of Science wants to build power-producing wind turbines on its roof.

BOSTON (AP) -- Former New England mob boss Francis "Cadillac Frank" Salemme faces sentencing in a plea deal that will have him released from prison by early next year.