Passing Van Full Of Children Riddled With Bullets In Massachusetts (WCSH 6 Portland)
MASSACHUSETTS (NBC) -- A Massachusetts man is recovering after his family's minivan was riddled with bullets.

House Deals Blow To Proposed Massachusetts LNG Terminal (KTHV Little Rock)
WASHINGTON - The House on Wednesday approved extending federal "wild and scenic" environmental protection to the lower Taunton River in Massachusetts, dealing a blow to developers who want to build a liquefied natural gas terminal on an urbanized stretch of riverbank.

Starbucks names store closings in Massachusetts (BizJournals)
Seven Massachusetts Starbucks stores are are among the 600 stores nationwide slated to close. Those stores are located on the Middlesex Turnpike in Burlington, the Dartmouth Mall in Dartmouth, 70 Union St. in Newton Centre; Emerald Square Mall in North Attleborough; Five Post Office Square in Sharon; 425 Washington St. in Stoughton; and Shrewsbury Market Place in Worcester.

Driver on Massachusetts turnpike gives toll attendant $100 bill; money to go to charity (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
BOSTON - A toll worker on the Massachusetts Turnpike is figuring out what to do with a $100 bill a driver handed him. Gary Bonarrigo says a woman gave him the money in a greeting card Wednesday evening. The card said "share" with a drawing of a star.

Massachusetts House Approves Bill That Aims To Control Health Care Spending (Medical News Today)
The Massachusetts House on Wednesday approved legislation that aims to rein in health care spending, the AP/Boston Herald reports (AP/Boston Herald, 7/16). Members of the Massachusetts House Joint Committee on Health Care Financing on Tuesday removed a provision of the bill that would have banned pharmaceutical companies from providing gifts and meals to physicians, the Boston Globe reports.