of those showers, up toward the north more scattered showers and another band from parts of western massachusetts, this will be sliding down war the south. these liting spokes of energy will come at us into tomorrow. big huge upper level low. that's the firing off this trough. you can see it dodge the black line. that's allowing for the showers to push in. the clouds, the june gloom will continue now through thursday, cloudy, cool conditions and breezy conditions as we head into the next several days. that low pressure center keeping chilly offer much inside of new england. 51 boston but we go south or west down into dallas texas near the 80 mark. this batch of milder air will push in toward the end of this week toward the weekend. the temperatures will start to rise. future temperatures, going into tomorrow afternoon with the clouds in place. we are only getting to 71 to 72 but by wednesday if we can get more sun midexample upper 70's possible but that heat will allow for the shower, perhaps a thunderstorm to fire off. wednesday still unsettled and we will move the timeline into thursday. same d

today on behalf of the yankee companies, main yankee, connecticut yankee and yankee atom nick western massachusetts. we and our fellow sites that comprise the decommissioning plant coalition worked closely with the blue ribbon commission to ensure it understood the unique impacts that our three sites and the six other permanently shut down reactor sites face. the yankee companies and others in the dpc especially endorse those brc recommendations concerning permanently shut down plants that are most directly achievable. the prompt establishment of a voluntary incentive-based siting program that would lead to a interim storage facility or facilities. the establishment of a first in line priority for the movement of spent fuel and other material being stored at permanently shut down reactor sites to those licensed, consolidated storage sites, and the prompt initiation of programs to coordinate federal, state and local efforts to plan for the transportation of this material to consolidated storage and disposal facilities. the blue ribbon commission noted the success we enjoy with our citizens advisory

. >> reporter: besides, phoebe had an aunt living in western massachusetts to help them settle in. eileen moore said her sister and nee nieces found an apartment in nearby south hadley. phoebe loved the freedom she had. >> she loved going down to friendly's just to have the whole american way of life. >> reporter: including high school. phoebe was enrolled as a freshman at south hadley high that fall. eileen said she called the school to ask administrators to watch out for phoebe. >> could you please watch out for her, introduce her to some good kids and keep an eye on her. >> reporter: eileen knew her niece was worried about fitting into her new school, but almost right away, things clicked for phoebe at south hadley high. >> oh, yeah. she fit in really fast. >> amy belah and her daughter lived on the first floor of a rental house with phoebe and her family upstairs. they were struck by how fast she made friends. >> she was a beautiful girl, but not knowing what the town was like, it was nice to see she was making friends fast. >> reporter: but amy did think it odd that so many of

officials say this time they will will bring it to a remote spot in western massachusetts but that theyantee it will stay there. word is it's on the move for lauren over the red sox. out west in california. wildlife officials captured 100-pound bear in the backyard about 40 miles east of los angeles. officials say they were able to chase that bear up a tree after it spent the early morning hours looking for food. the fish and game folks tranquilized the bear they say it took about 15 minutes to knock the thing out. officials say they plan to he release t. i don't know. maybe massachusetts? nbc is reportedly planning to pay "the today show" co-host ann curry 10 million bucks to leave the show. that's according to the reporting of the "new york post" which is owned by our parent company. ann curry has been part of the today show for about 15 years now. a number of news outlets report savanna guthrie is the frontrunner for the spot we don't know. right now she hosts the third hour of the 30 hour per day of the today show. top five things of the day. number five queen set to meet with the h

my father and aunt of liquor store in western massachusetts. -- owns a liquor store in western massachusetts. if you met him, please keep supporting him. congress does some things right. a bureau is something to be commended. there a lot of people involved -- there were a lot of people involved. frazier held a critical role. i think members of congress realize this was important. they visited some of this country's that had great human rights abuses. they became part of church groups and sister city groups. did they saw firsthand some terrible things going on. they wanted to know why our government was not saying more on it. i think congress pushed constructively. i would say that over the years congress continues to push. anybody that had it up this bureau knows -- headed up this year knows you never get credited for doing a perfect job. why aren't you suspending this here decks this office benefits the pressure. i think it has been incredibly important. i think our policy has transformed over the years. i wanted to reflect even more human rights. i think we ought to stand out loud. i am th

there is a western massachusetts city, once the largest manufacturer, now one of the poorest in the state. it has generated 9 million in debt financing for a full- service health center in the heart of downtown, a project that created 350 jobs. a few blocks away, a world-class technology center, a project under construction with 600 jobs already created. universities, including harvard and mit, are actively supporting these. there is one that expired at the end of 2011, but it is not too late to extend it. because of its importance, i ask congress to take three important steps. first, make it permanent. second, extended five more years with an allocation level of $5 billion, and we think the congressman for their sponsorship in this regard, and three, allow markets to offset taxes paid under the alternative minimum tax. in the short time the build america bonds were available, less than three years, massachusetts issued close to 5 billion in bonds with be exonerated bridge program, creating 12,000 construction jobs for bridge repair. it has also been very important to many cities, includi

holyoke is a western massachusetts city once the world's largest paper manufacturer. but now one of the poorest communities industry. new markets generated 9 million in debt financing for a full-service health care center in the heart of downtown, a project that created 350 jobs. a few blocks away, a world-class computer technology center. $168 million project is under construction with 600 jobs already created. universities, including harvard and mit are actively supporting this initiative. the new markets tax credits expired at the end of 2011. but it's not too late to extend it. because of its importance, i asked the committee and congress to take three actions. .. to help several lighted neighborhoods creating 14,000 jobs and stimulating retail and commercial development. none have occurred in years. it could put hundreds of thousands back to work nationwide. and the extenders package the committee continues. it preserve 2.5 million units of rental housing. no federal housing program equals this record but the credit is not just housing program. it creates jobs, a

chris matthews was born in philadelphia and graduated from the college of a holy cross in western massachusetts. after coming to washington, he worked as a u.s. capitol policeman before working for democratic members of congress and as a speechwriter for jimmy carter. he worked for a mill for six years during as baker's lot -- epic legislative battles with ronald reagan. matties work in washington for san francisco newspapers from 1987-2000. he started his talk started" hardball" in 1997 and in 2002, he started the syndicated weekly political talk show, "the chris matthews michaud." he is the author of six books. ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming chris matthews to the national press club. [applause] >> thank you. it is great to be here for gerry abd tip and their friendship. by the way, congratulations, corinne. i couldn't believe your nervous here but i am never nervous you're going to have a dentist and get to me and scot you are great prepa. every time i cover campaigns and that was the people at the quality newspapers i watch them file things and check things, i pick up the

a western massachusetts city was once the world's largest paper manufacturing city. this project created 350 jobs. a few blocks away, a computer technology center. $168 million project is under construction with 600 jobs already created. universities are actively supporting the initiative. it is not too late to extended. make the program permanent. extend the program for five more years with an annual allocation level of $5 billion. thank you for the congressman of the sponsorships. allow me markets to be used to offset taxes paid and the alternative minuted -- alternative minimum tax. massachusetts issue close to $5 billion in bonds with over 3 billion supporting our it celebrated bridge program. boston issued 130 million in tax-exempt bonds to help blighted neighborhoods. it stimulated retail and commercial development where none have occurred in years. reinstating the rebuilding bonds program could put hundreds of thousands back to work nationwide. i encourage you to include it in every extenders package. the low-income housing tax program has created are preserve

holyhoke is a western massachusetts city and now one of the poorest committee the in the state. new markets provided a health care center in the heart of downtown, a project that treated 350 jobs. a world-class computer technology center, $160 million project, is under construction, with 600 jobs already created. never city's are actively -- universities are supporting this initiative. the tax credits expired in 2011, but it is not too late to it extended. i ask the committee and congress to take three actions. first, make the program permanent. extend the program for five more years on an annual mckay -- on an annual allocation level. three, allow new markets to be used to offset taxes paid under the alternative minimum tax. in a short time bonds were available, less than two years from massachusetts issued near $5 billion in bonds, creating 12,000 jobs in construction. the bonds have been important, including boston, which issued $130 million in tax exempt bonds to help several neighborhoods cannot create 14,000 jobs, and stimulating development where none had occurred in year

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