Feds seek offshore wind developers
BOSTON -- Federal regulators on Friday said they're seeking offshore wind developers who want to build inside a newly redrawn zone of ocean off Massachusetts, which they pitched as a prime spot for wind farms.

DUDLEY, Mass. -- The following is a press release from Fire Chief Dean Kochanowski of the Dudley Fire Department warning Dudley residents of a possible fraudulent fundraising scam.
BOSTON -- Federal regulators on Friday said they're seeking offshore wind developers who want to build inside a newly redrawn zone of ocean off Massachusetts, which they pitched as a prime spot for wind farms.
BOSTON -- A group associated with the Occupy Wall Street movement is claiming responsibility for attacks on police and government websites across the world -- including posting a 15 minute confidential phone conversation between the FBI and Scotland Yard.
BOSTON -- Lucky fans are flocking to Indianapolis for a weekend of Super Bowl fun. Many of them headed out from Logan airport on Friday.
WATERVILLE, Maine -- Divers who searched a river and nearby stream in the Maine hometown of a missing toddler have turned up no new clues.
WELLFLEET, Mass. -- Three more dolphins have died as the rash of strandings continue on Cape Cod.
BOSTON -- GOP Sen. Scott Brown is relying more heavily on donations from political action committees than his chief Democratic rival Elizabeth Warren.
QUINCY, Mass. -- Sunday Patriots fans are hoping to have the sweet taste of victory but one local bakery is making sure that fans have that taste either way.
SALEM, Mass. -- A mother was charged with assault and battery and disorderly conduct after allegedly hitting a 5-year-old girl on a Salem school bus.
The Boston Police Department’s website was hacked. It released this statement on Friday:
In the interest of public safety, a number of temporary parking restrictions will be implemented in the City of Boston on Super Bowl Sunday, February 5, 2012, and, as necessary, temporary traffic restrictions may be put into place as well. Drivers are advised to pay close attention to posted regulations to avoid being ticketed and towed. As always, parking meters will be free in Boston on Sunday. However, if signs posted on the block indicate that parking is illegal on February 5th, then parking at meters on that block will not be allowed either.
SAUGUS, Mass. -- Santa Claus will be allowed to keep visiting Saugus elementary schools every Christmas as he has done the past half-century.
WATERVILLE, Maine -- Divers from the Maine Warden Service and Maine State Police are back in a river as they continue to investigate the disappearance of a toddler.
WATERVILLE, Maine -- A mother in Maine is making another plea to the public to help her find her daughter.
SOUTHWICK, Mass. -- Feral cats have become such a problem in Southwick that the select board has given the animal control officer the go-ahead to round them up.
BOSTON -- Five veterans have been arrested and charged by federal authorities with selling drugs at a Veterans Administration hospital in Massachusetts.
PORTLAND, Maine -- A convicted murdered from Lewiston has been indicted by a federal grand jury for threatening to kill an official with the Social Security Administration.
BOSTON -- The New England Aquarium, one of the region's most popular attractions, is planning a $15 million renovation of its core exhibits as the final phase of a five-year upgrade.
BOSTON -- New plans for Boston’s Downtown Crossing are set to be announced Friday.
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- Lawyers for an Alabama professor accused of killing three colleagues want her March trial delayed because the state hasn't paid for defense experts or testing by a neurologist.