3/11 preps roundup: New Boston Huron pays back Dearborn Divine Child to advance (Detroit Free Press)

Leading by one at the end of the third quarter, New Boston Huron outscored Dearborn Divine Child, 16-9, in the fourth to win, 49-41, and the Class B, Region 11 title at Riverview Thursday.

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As costs soar, Mass. foresees change in health insurance rules

State regulators said yesterday that they will probably change the complex formula they use to determine how many Massachusetts residents face a tax penalty for not having health insurance, because spiraling costs are making coverage unaffordable for too many people.

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Maine high court upholds state’s wind farm permit law

The state’s highest court yesterday upheld a law that aims to hasten the permit process for wind farms in the state.

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Quebec, utilities in Vt. renew their deal

Two Vermont utilities signed an agreement yesterday on a 26-year deal to buy power from the Canadian provincial utility Hydro-Quebec, replacing contracts that expire beginning in 2012.

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St. Patrick’s parade nearly set to roll

City officials and organizers are preparing for a huge influx of people into the city for Sunday’s annual St. Patrick’s Day parade.

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Sudbury launches probe of sexting

Sudbury police are investigating a case of alleged sexting between middle school students.

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Island lobstering fight plays out in Maine court

Even under the rough-and-tumble rules of the sea that Maine lobstermen live by, staring down the barrel of a .12-gauge shotgun is extreme.

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Club pleads no contest in boy’s death

Seventeen months ago, as his father stood nearby at a gun range in Westfield, 8-year-old Christopher Bizilj aimed an Uzi at a pumpkin and squeezed the trigger. The submachine gun, which has a high rate of fire, recoiled and fatally wounded the third-grader.

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In Wellfleet, a dolphin drama

Sixteen dolphins became mired in mud in marshland areas in Wellfleet yesterday, prompting a major rescue effort as hopes faded for saving most of them, according to an animal welfare group.

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Bid to ax tax break for films rejected

A legislative committee yesterday rejected a bill that would have sharply curtailed the state’s tax credit for the film industry, saying the legislation would hurt a thriving industry that is one of the few bright spots in a dour Massachusetts economy.

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