8 charged in home invasion, beating; Victim allegedly stole a vehicle.
Byline: Aaron Nicodemus NORTHBRIDGE - Believing that a Sherry Street man had stolen his vehicle, a 41-year-old Uxbridge man armed with a baseball bat allegedly led a group of seven teens and young adults to attack the man at his home last week. Police said...

Digest.
COLUMN: Digest Reporter blames age bias GARDNER - A longtime reporter for The Gardner News, fired in March, has filed a complaint against the paper with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination. Ernie King, 64, of Gardner, said he filed an age discrimination complaint...

Man killed in rollover crash after car strikes guardrail.
Byline: Mark Baker The Register-Guard SPRINGFIELD - A single-car accident Monday in the eastbound lanes of Highway 126 claimed the life of a Eugene man. Darren Patrick Perkins, 30, was killed in the 10:44 a.m. wreck when he was partially ejected from his 1992 Mitsubishi...

PALESTINE - Sept 16 - 11 Are Killed As Hamas Raids Compound Of Rivals In Gaza.
Ten members of a large Palestinian clan, including a one-year-old infant, and a Hamas police officer were killed late Sept 15 and early Sept 16 when Hamas forces clashed with gunmen from the family in its compound here, witnesses said. The assault on the powerful Dagmush clan, notorious for...

Case includes charge of animal abuse.
Byline: Karen McCowan The Register-Guard A Lane County Circuit Court jury began hearing evidence Wednesday in a domestic violence case that includes a felony charge of aggravated animal abuse. In opening arguments Wednesday afternoon, Lane County District Attorney Doug Harcleroad told jurors that Anthony Lee...

Mexican authorities investigate death of Oregon man.
Byline: Serena Markstrom The Register-Guard The Mexican equivalent of the Attorney General's office is investigating the death of an Oregon tourist who was beaten by local police while vacationing in San Jose del Cabo, a beach town near Cabo San Lucas on the Baja Peninsula, according to...

Jury helps make a case; DAs tout `grand' investigative tool.
Byline: Matthew Bruun FITCHBURG - Gunshots echoed among the cracks of exploding fireworks on Congress Street July 3, a bloody ending to an Independence Day celebration. Nelson Ortega, 32, of Boston was killed with a single gunshot wound to the head. Ryan J. O'Neill, 19,...

REGIONAL DIGEST.
COLUMN: REGIONAL DIGEST Tucker nominated as Superior Court judge Gov. Deval L. Patrick announced yesterday the judicial nomination of local lawyer Richard T. Tucker to Worcester Superior Court. If the nomination goes through, Mr. Tucker of Northboro is slated to fill the vacancy...

Panel: Too many questions to restore liquor permit.
Byline: Danielle M. Williamson GARDNER - The License Commission declined yesterday to act on the state Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission's recommendation to return a liquor license to a Union Square convenience store that police have said is notorious for selling alcohol to minors. The ABCC...

Truth in justice: organization uses web site to fight for rights of wrongly accused.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Sheila Berry has been transformed by the American criminal justice system. As a victim/witness coordinator, she experienced "tunnel vision" in 1985, regarding a murder case that seemed a slam dunk to her colleagues in the prosecutor's office. A 19-year-old woman had been beaten,...