REGIONAL STORIES

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.

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

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.

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.
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.

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.
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.

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.

Ossipee, NH (AP) Deer hunting season has already started off with an accident.
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- A New Hampshire restaurant wants to set the record for the world's largest meatball.

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) -- Delta Airlines is expanding its service from Manchester-Boston Regional Airport.

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.

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.

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."

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) -- A once prominent Manchester attorney is expected to plead guilty next month to federal charges that he bilked a client of more than $2.3 million.

BOSTON (AP) -- Police say a man stabbed a doctor while being treated at a psychiatric ward at a Boston medical building and was fatally shot by security guard who saw the attack.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- Supporters of allowing severely ill people to use marijuana in New Hampshire are making one last plea to lawmakers before they vote on whether to override Gov. John Lynch's veto of a legalization bill.

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) -- Two men arrested in Massachusetts in connection with the shooting death of a Manchester man could be back in New Hampshire next week to face charges.