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• Gov. Patrick taps new Mass. insurance commissioner
  Gov. Deval Patrick has named Joseph Murphy the state's new Commissioner of Division of Insurance. […]
• Top VY tritium level down slightly
  The Vermont Health Department says a groundwater monitoring well at Vermont Yankee has produced a tritium reading of 2.38 million picocuries per liter of water, down slightly from a reading of 2.45 million taken Saturday. […]
• Mass. company fined for illegally dumping sewage
  A Massachusetts cruise ship company has been fined $300,000 and ordered to publish apologies in regional newspapers after pleading guilty to dumping raw sewage from its boats into a Massachusetts river and coastal waters. […]
• Guilty plea in killing of Vermont professor
  A man accused in the 2008 slaying of a Castleton State College professor pleaded guilty to second-degree murder Monday, admitting he bludgeoned her with a frying pan in a fight overheard by neighbors. […]
• Souter to speak at Harvard's commencement
  Harvard University says retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter will be the principal speaker at its spring commencement ceremony. […]
• Mass. bill would close lewd messaging loophole
  The Republican leader in the Massachusetts House has drafted a bill to ban the sending of sexually graphic instant messages to minors. […]
• A just victory for law school
  For Robert V. Ward Jr., the dean of the Southern New England School of Law, the vindication that came last week was sweet. […]