(NECN: Amy Sinclair, Portland, Maine) - Greg Brooks has spent the last 25 years searching the seas for sunken treasure. But it turns out this Portland, Maine based treasure hunter gives as good as he gets.
The Sea Hunter is a salvage ship accustomed to adventure on the high seas.
Well-known treasure hunter Greg Brooks is her captain.
But the crew's next adventure won't net them a dime. In fact, they'll probably lose money, because they're setting a course for earthquake-ravaged Haiti.
(NECN: Josh Brogadir, Providence, RI) - Outgoing Rhode Island Governor Don Carcieri delivered his final State of the State address Tuesday night. The major focus was jobs and state finances. Rhode Island has the third worst unemployment rate in the country.
The address lasted about 35 minutes.
Governor Carcieri essentially said the state of Rhode Island is looking up but that it will take time.
A group of mayors and city officials does not think local cuts are the answer.
(NECN: Scot Yount, North Andover, Mass.) - The family of a Massachusetts man who died in police custody takes their claim to federal court. Kenneth Howe died after an arrest at a sobriety checkpoint. His family alleges police beat him to death. Now, dozens of law enforcement officials are named in a wrongful death lawsuit.
The dramatic pictures 43 in all were captured on the cameras of the Lawrence Eagle Tribune that late November night. State and local police had set up a sobriety checkpoint nearby.
(NECN: Providence, RI) - Outgoing Rhode Island Governor Don Carcieri delivered his final State of the State address Tuesday night. The major focus was on the economy. The state has one of the worst unemployment rates in the country, and Carcieri was pushing for job growth.
Carcieri proposed a tax credit for companies that hire workers, and says the state budget will contain measures to spur lending to small firms and other forms of business-tax relief.
The following is prepared text for Gov. Carcieri's address:
(NECN: Providence, RI) - Outgoing Rhode Island Governor Don Carcieri delivered his final State of the State address Tuesday night. The major focus was on the economy. The state has one of the worst unemployment rates in the country, and Carcieri was pushing for job growth.
Carcieri proposed a tax credit for companies that hire workers, and says the state budget will contain measures to spur lending to small firms and other forms of business-tax relief.
The following are prepared remarks from Governor Carcieri:
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Gov. Don Carcieri proposed a tax credit for companies that hire workers as one fix to a recession that has pushed unemployment to nearly 13 percent, but he did not explain in his final State of the State speech Tuesday how the program would work.
Carcieri said the state budget he will submit next week will also contain measures to spur lending to small firms and other forms of business-tax relief. He promised to balance a $400 million state budget deficit without raising taxes.
While the Republican governor acknowledged the continuing
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(NECN: Alysha Palumbo - Boston, MA) - It was story that shocked a community.
Two years ago, 39-year-old Marcy Thibault was driving her five-year-old niece and four-year-old nephew to her Bellingham, Massachusetts home for a sleep over, when she stopped on 495 in Lowell and carried the two children out onto the highway, where they were hit and killed by cars.
Attorney Andrew Meyers said, "Certainly the family would never have allowed their children to be in her care if they had any concept whatsoever that she could or would have a dangerous event that she had."
(NECN: Ally Donnelly, Lowell, Mass.) - The tapes are the the talk of Lowell, Massachusetts. YouTube clips featuring teenagers, often girls, punching, kicking, fighting with each other. Now, city leaders are responding.
A 15-year-old from Wang Middle School was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. The weapon was rings on the girl's fingers. Police say all of the people in the videos appear to be young, and the fights occur all while a crowd is watching.
Police say it's not staged, and the videos are very disturbing. An investigation is ongoing.
(NECN: Greg Wayland, Boston, Mass.) - A plan to create the first public law school in Massachusetts hits a speed bump. The Massachusetts Board of Higher Education held a hearing today on the plan.
The University of Massachusetts hopes to acquire the Southern New England School of Law, but there is new opposition to that plan.
Former Massachusetts Attorney General Tom Reilly said Monday that the proposed financing plan for the state's first public law school is unconstitutional.
Reilly said that under the Massachusetts constitution, all
