REGIONAL STORIES

PLYMOUTH, N.H. (AP) -- Staff at Plymouth State University is reviewing campus safety procedures following a security scare that triggered an alert to staff, students and administrators.

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) -- Governor Deval Patrick is expected to deliver some grim news about the state budget Thursday.

BOSTON (AP) -- Two fishermen who went missing when their boat sank off the coast of Cape Cod were rescued after about five hours in the water.

OAK BLUFFS, Mass. (AP) -- A Massachusetts high school has canceled this weekend's football game and other athletic events after some members of the team and other students developed flu-like symptoms.

GLOUCESTER, Mass. (AP) -- Hundreds of fishermen from the Northeast have gathered in Massachusetts to rally against what they say are "unrealistic" regulations and "dysfunctional" management.

BOSTON (AP) -- A Malden school teacher and lifelong New England Patriots fan is the first Massachusetts Lottery player to win a pair of season tickets for life in the football team's new instant game.

DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) -- A U.S. Postal Service worker accused of striking and killing a Norfolk County sheriff's deputy who was out jogging has pleaded not guilty to a vehicular homicide charge.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- Dairy farmers for the Cabot Creamy Cooperative in New England are opening their farms to the public to raise awareness of how the business structure has helped their farms survive.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) -- The U.S. Coast Guard said searchers have found the body of one pilot whose plane disappeared off the Texas coast.

KEENE, NH (AP) -- Police in Keene, N.H., are investigating a possible abduction attempt of a middle school student and whether it's connected to reported abduction attempt in Manchester.

SALEM, MA (AP) -- Salem is expecting nearly 100,000 people to celebrate Halloween in the "Witch City."

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- New Hampshire health officials are advising residents to take part in a beef recall after one person has died and two others became ill after eating contaminated ground beef.

OSSIPEE, N.H. (AP) -- A New Hampshire deer hunter has accidentally shot himself in the right hand while trying to lift his loaded rifle into a tree stand using a rope tied around the weapon.

Ossipee, NH (AP) Deer hunting season has already started off with an accident.

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) -- Delta Airlines is expanding its service from Manchester-Boston Regional Airport.
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- A New Hampshire restaurant wants to set the record for the world's largest meatball.

SALEM, Mass. (AP) -- A Peabody woman convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the death of her 9-month-old daughter is heading back to court for sentencing.
BOSTON (AP) -- A federal appeals court will hear arguments on a Massachusetts law that sharply limits out-of-state wine producers from shipping directly to consumers.

BOSTON (AP) -- A special legislative commission studying a surge in OxyContin and heroin use in Massachusetts could release its findings as early as this week.
MERRIMACK, N.H. (AP) -- Authorities say a 20-year-old man has been stabbed to death in a fight that broke out during a New Hampshire house party.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders is holding two free workshops on New Hampshire's gay marriage law that takes effect Jan. 1.

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) -- Manchester police are searching for a 7-year-old boy who was last seen in the Manchester Housing Development on Ahern Street.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- New Hampshire's revenues continue to come in below projections.

JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- An autopsy report shows a former Camp Lejeune Marine's slain wife was strangled with a belt.

SOUTHBURY, Conn. (AP) -- State police are investigating the death of a 24-year-old Southbury man who stopped breathing after being handcuffed by a town police officer.

BOSTON (AP) -- An independent review of the MBTA ordered by Gov. Deval Patrick has found years of neglect by the cash-strapped agency that is compromising passenger safety.

BARNSTABLE, Mass. (AP) -- Residents of the Cape Cod town of Barnstable have voted to change the community's form of government by a single vote.

BRENTWOOD, N.H. (AP) -- An Exeter girl is collecting $35,000 from McDonald's restaurant after receiving second degree burns after hot tea spilled in her lap.

BOSTON (AP) -- Federal prosecutors say two Massachusetts members of a violent prostitution ring have been found guilty of forcing teenage girls as young as 15 to work as prostitutes, taking them to several states.