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- Bay State families are raising their own chickens and dining on homegrown eggs. [Boston Globe]
- About 34% of Massachusetts students are overweight, according to a state Department of Public Health report. [Boston Globe]
- Richel Nova, the pizza deliveryman murdered last week, was buried today after an emotional funeral. [Boston Herald]
- The principal of the Horace Mann Elementary School in Newton delivered a baby in a minivan. Mark Nardelli delivered his daughter at around 2 a.m. on Route 128 in Dedham. [boston.com]
- A company called Terrafugia plans to build "flying cars" in Woburn. [WickedLocal.com/MassMarket]
- Asteroids are speeding past Earth. [WBZ]
- The Merriam-Webster dictionary people say the "Word of the Summer" is "refudiate," a word Sarah Palin made up. It's had the most online searches of any word. [AP via Google.com]
- Is a ride on a school bus worth $500? Framingham town officials think so. [WCVB]
- CVS will offer up to $5 million in free flu shots to people with no health insurance. [Providence Journal]
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