Bruins juggle defense; Leafs address problems

BOSTON (AP) -- Claude Julien had no choice. (   05/03/2013 7:37 PM )

• Boston bomb suspect died of gunshots, blunt trauma

• Victorino back in Red Sox lineup

• Mass. reports jump in April tax revenue gains

• Mass. Senate hopefuls battle over funding pledge

Conn. board considers release of wife killer

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) -- A state psychiatric board heard testimony Friday on whether it should allow some limited freedom to a man who was found not guilty by reason of insanity for beating his pregnant wife to death in front of their 5-year-old son in 1998. (   05/03/2013 7:52 PM )

• Kazakh man linked to Boston suspect 'normal teen'

• NYC to add 640K people to evacuation zones

• Rutland, Vt., fire displaces 3 families

• Maine panel hears case for marijuana legalization

Tests show Chile's Neruda suffered advanced cancer

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) -- An early forensic test shows Chilean poet Pablo Neruda suffered from advanced prostate cancer when he died, but his actual cause of death has not been determined. (   05/03/2013 3:15 PM )

• Sectarian killings reported in Syrian village

• Kazakh man linked to Boston suspect 'normal teen'

• Saudi Arabia reports 3 cases of SARS-like virus

• US military plane carrying 3 crashes in Kyrgyzstan

Small Wash. school closes because of nice weather

SEATTLE (AP) -- In a sun-deprived part of Washington state, the promise of nice spring weather prompted a small private school to give students a day off to enjoy the sunshine. (   05/03/2013 8:12 PM )

• Calif. teacher plea: No contest to sleep pill case

• No charges for Calif. teacher accused of tying kid

• UMass asks if it can release records in bomb case

• Correction: UConn Expansion story

Parents see more food, skin allergies in children

NEW YORK -- Parents are reporting more skin and food allergies in their children, a big government survey found. Experts aren't sure what's behind the increase. Could it be that children are growing up in households so clean that it leaves them more sensitive to things that can trigger allergies? Or are mom and dad paying closer attention to rashes and reactions, and more likely to call it an allergy? The CDC survey suggests that about 1 in 20 US children have food allergies. That's a 50 percent increase from the late 1990s. For eczema and other skin allergies, it's 1 in 8 children, an increase of 69 percent. It found no increase, however, in hay fever or other respiratory allergies.(   05/03/2013 12:00 AM )

• Feds: Many causes for dramatic bee disappearance

• Toddler is youngest to ever get lab-made windpipe

• Russia charging NASA $70 million per rocket seat

• Virgin Galactic spaceship makes 1st powered flight