(NECN: Brad Puffer, Stoneham, Mass.) - The brother of Olympic figure skater Nancy Kerrigan has been sent for a mental evaluation.
Mark Kerrigan was charged yesterday with assaulting his father, who later died.
A day after his arraignment, the district attorney's office confirms Mark Kerrigan has now been sent to Bridgewater State Hospital, apparently for a psychological evaluation. The brother of Olympic figure skater Nancy Kerrigan, currently faces charges of assaulting his 70-year-father. His father died a short time later.
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(NECN: Greenville, Maine) - NECN videographer Dave Brosemer catches sight of some lovely moose in Greenville, Maine.
They must be used to cars and people stopping to look, because they didn't seem to mind having their pictures taken!
(NECN: Lauren Collins, Manchester, NH) - More New Englanders are heading to Haiti to help earthquake victims. A pair of New Hampshire-based groups just left for the island nation to provide much needed medical care.
"The situation seems to be dire down there," says Gaelle Simon who was born and raised in Port-Au-Prince, and now works with the Portsmouth, New Hampshire based Global Relief Technologies.
(NECN: Lowell, Mass.) - Four construction workers have reportedly been injured in a building collapse in Lowell, Massachusetts.
It happened just after 10:00 this morning at 216 Jackson Street.
The building was already demolished and it appears the workers were injured while working at the site.
The Lowell Fire Department tells NECN that the workers were taken to a nearby hospital and that OSHA is on the scene.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - An animal research technician charged with killing a Yale graduate student has pleaded not guilty.
Twenty-four-year-old Raymond Clark III appeared in New Haven Superior Court on Tuesday morning.
Clark also waived his right to a probable cause hearing at which prosecutors would have to prove they have enough evidence to justify the murder charge.
Clark is accused of killing 24-year-old Annie Le of Placerville, Calif. Her body was found behind a Yale research lab wall in September. An autopsy determined she was strangled.
(NECN: Boston, Mass.) - A couple from Brentwood, New Hampshire, is suing a psychiatric hospital in the wake of the deaths of their children.
Ken and Danielle Lambert are reportedly suing McLean Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts, for allegedly providing inadequate care for Danielle's mentally ill identical twin.
In 2008, her twin carried the couple's two young children into traffic on I-495. All three of them died. This was just a few months after the twin had been released from McLean.
Boston Globe Deputy City Editor Mike Bello joins NECN for a discussion.
(NECN: Anya Huneke, Bridport, VT) - From the rubble and heartbreak of the Haiti earthquake, sorrow and some stories of hope and joy. One of them involves a Vermont family who adopted a little Haitian girl named Gedeleine and brought her home with them this past weekend. NECN's Anya Huneke and videographer Kika Bronger joined the Franklins on their journey to Miami and back.
For Tim and Annette Franklin of Bridport, Vermont, he journey to Gedeleine began three years ago, when they decided to adopt a child from Haiti.
(NECN) - It's that time of year again, Girl Scout cookie time!
They're not just for kids and they're not just for eating out of the box.
Some of the regions top chefs are using them in new Cookie Creations, a fund raising contest aimed at raising awareness about Girl Scouts and satisfying your sweet tooth.
Joining NECN Mornings is CEO Ruth Bramson from the Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts.
WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) - A Worcester school has been closed while crews work to clean up what's being described as the worst case of school vandalism in city history.
Police say several people broke into the Belmont Street Community School over the weekend and left a path of destruction in classrooms, corridors, the library and cafeteria. The vandals overturned desks, chairs and bookshelves; smashed computer screens and windows; threw paint on floors and walls; and flooded floors by leaving faucets in bathrooms and janitor's closets running.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - Justin Timberlake will soon have a new piece of hardware for his trophy case - a pudding pot.
The Grammy and Emmy award winner was named Harvard's Hasty Pudding Man of the Year on Tuesday.
Timberlake will receive the award at a roast set for Feb. 5.
Hasty Pudding Theatricals, the nation's oldest undergraduate drama troupe, said in a statement that the singer, songwriter, actor and producer was selected because he's "one of pop culture's most influential entertainers."
His album, "Justified," produced four No. 1 singles, making
