Male wounded in Dorchester shooting

BOSTON

An unidentified male was shot twice on Columbia Road in Dorchester late last night and transported to the Boston Medical Center for injuries that were not life-threatening, according to Boston police spokesman Eddie Chrispin. A young woman sat on the steps outside St. Kevin School and sobbed as detectives questioned her about the shooting, which occurred shortly before 10 p.m.

An electrical blackout hit East Boston yesterday afternoon for two hours, affecting 3,000 to 5,000 customers, including the Suffolk Downs racetrack. Power went out around 1:30 p.m. after crews had a problem in a manhole in Everett, but it was restored at 3:30 p.m., NStar spokeswoman Margaret Coughlan said. Della Ryan, an employee at Suffolk Downs, said the track lost power completely. Logan International Airport was not affected by the outage.

Two Boston men are facing a variety of charges after police allegedly found an AK-47 assault rifle in their car. Police said a cruiser stopped Omaro Isaacs, 30, and Douglas Blackwood, 29, in the Mattapan neighborhood Friday night because their vehicle's driver's-side mirror was broken. The officers allegedly found marijuana in the car, as well as an AK-47 concealed in the leg of a pair of jeans in the back seat. Isaacs and Blackwood were each charged with possession of a sawed-off shotgun or machine gun, unlawful possession of ammunition, possession of a high-capacity magazine, and possession of a Class D substance. They will be arraigned tomorrow in Dorchester District Court.

SALEM

An Essex County grand jury handed up indictments Friday against AG Asbestos Inc. of Lawrence and its owner on fraud and tax evasion charges, the attorney general's office said. Regina Guzman of Methuen and her company each face one count of workers' compensation fraud, one count of larceny by false pretenses over $250, and four counts of unemployment tax evasion.

NASHUA, N.H.

Governor John Lynch has signed legislation to set up an independent authority to restore commuter rail service between Massachusetts and New Hampshire. The law creates the New Hampshire Rail Transit Authority to develop and manage the return of passenger rail service between Lowell, Mass., and Nashua and Manchester and possibly to other points in New Hampshire, such as Manchester-Boston Regional Airport. (AP)

CONCORD, N.H.

Nine people, including members of the board that runs the Concord National Little League, have been disciplined after fans went after umpires when their team lost an All-Star game this month. The discipline came after Concord lawyer Jim Rosenberg reported to the board on his investigation of the July 11 game in which the Salem All-Stars beat Concord 10-9. The umpires said fans cursed at them, tried to start a fight with them, and that a board member hit one in the head with pizza. Rosenberg, who was hired by the board to investigate, said the three board members who resigned were directly involved in the unruly behavior, including acts such as drinking and cursing at an umpire. (AP)

Three more beaches in New Hampshire have been closed because of bacteria or blue-green algae. The latest closures Friday hit Sandogardy Pond in Northfield, the Gilford Town Beach on Lake Winnipesaukee, and Sunset Lake in Hampstead. The state has posted warnings at 11 beaches. The closed beaches include the town beaches in Northwood, George's Mills, and Washington and the beach at Pawtuckaway State Park in Nottingham. (AP)

WATERVILLE, Maine

Maine is joining the rest of the country in allowing farmers to grow a type of genetically altered corn. The Board of Pesticides Control voted to let farmers grow the crop that is resistant to insects. It'll be used only for animal feed as it is in other states, and the seed companies will have to provide sales data to the state. Organic growers have been concerned their crops will be contaminated by cross-pollination with the genetically modified corn. But the board said Friday that its mandate of reducing pesticide use and its concern about state farmers being at a competitive disadvantage without the genetically altered feed trumped those concerns. (AP)