Tossed bottle injures car rider

Police are investigating the apparent tossing of a glass bottle into the back seat of a moving car on McClellan Highway in East Boston early yesterday, injuring an 80-year-old Revere man. The man was sitting in the back of the car when the bottle broke a rear side window and struck him in the head, cutting his face and breaking his dentures, police said. It is unclear where the bottle came from, police said. Police were called at 12:10 a.m., and the fire department also responded. The victim was transported to the hospital with injuries that are not life-threatening, police said. Boston police are looking for suspects, officials said.

About 100 people participated in the sixth annual 5K Lucero Memorial Run and Latino Leadership Breakfast early yesterday in West Roxbury. The event, hosted by the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology, commemorates Dr. Cynthia Lucero, who died after collapsing from hyponatremia during the 2002 Boston Marathon. After her death, the psychology school and Lucero's family and friends founded the Dr. Cynthia Lucero Center. Yesterday's events were intended to raise funds for the center's Latino Mental Health Training program, which promotes Spanish language fluency and cultural sensitivity among doctoral candidates in psychology so they can better serve the Latino population.

At the University of Massachusetts at Lowell yesterday, a group of area dry cleaners took part in a demonstration of new "wet cleaning" technology, which would help significantly reduce the amount of hazardous waste produced by their businesses. In Massachusetts, 550 dry cleaning facilities reported using 970,000 pounds of perchlorethylene, a chemical used in cleaning methods that could cause liver, kidney, or central nervous system damage if there is prolonged exposure to humans, according to Toxics Use Reduction Institute at the university. By using that much perchlorethylene, the dry cleaning facilities generated 600,000 pounds of hazardous waste in one year, according to a 2006 study commissioned by the state. To offset the amount of waste, dry cleaners from California, where perchlorethylene is being phased out, showed how they can use safer alternatives to clean materials including silk and wool, said Karen Angelo, a UMass spokeswoman.

Voters in the town that was home to the Maine Yankee atomic plant will have a say Nov. 6 on a proposal for a new $1.5 billion power plant on the site of the decommissioned nuclear reactor. If voters in the midcoastal town approve the idea, developers of Twin River Energy Center say they'll move forward with studies and designs, with hopes of breaking ground in 2009 for the 700-megawatt coal gasification plant. The question before Wiscasset voters seeks approval of a zoning change to allow a 230-foot-tall building at the plant site. If the voters approve, the project would also face a review by state regulatory agencies. (AP)

Police have arrested a woman accused of stealing charity donation canisters from a liquor store. Officers said a Salem liquor store clerk recognized a police mug shot of 39-year-old Van Ngoc Do, who is accused of stealing two Mothers Against Drunk Driving canisters last month while using a young boy as her lookout. Police had Do's photo because she has faced previous shoplifting charges in Salem and Plaistow. Salem police put a warrant out for Do's arrest on Thursday, and she turned herself in that night. Do was charged with felony theft and is to be arraigned on Nov. 19. (AP)