St. Sebastian student faces assault charge

NEEDHAM

Police arrested a 13-year-old student at St. Sebastian's High School in Needham yesterday after he attempted to assault another student with a box cutter, authorities said. The arrested student, who was not named, was charged with assault by means of a dangerous weapon and released to his parents. No injuries were reported, and police did not release any other details .

LAWRENCE

A Lawrence woman was charged yesterday with tampering with drugs at Lawrence General Hospital and making false statements to law enforcement officials. Deborah Stella , 39, a registered nurse at the hospital, was arrested Jan. 5 when hospital officials alerted the Massachusetts Department of Public Health that she had allegedly replaced three vials of morphine sulfate , a highly addictive narcotic used for pain management, with an unidentified solution. Stella said she had not taken or tampered with any medication. Hospital officials would not comment on Stella's history at Lawrence General. If convicted, Stella could spend five to 25 years in prison. She is out on $25,000 bail. No date has been scheduled for her arraignment.

BOSTON

A short section of the car pool lane on Interstate 93 north reopened yesterday morning for the first time since the fatal ceiling collapse in a Big Dig tunnel in July. The HOV lane, which is for buses and vehicles with two or more passengers, begins just north of Exit 20 and provides access to South Station and Kneeland Street. The short section of roadway had been closed to manage traffic flow as repairs were made in the Interstate 90 connector. On July 10, a massive ceiling panel fell, crushing a car and killing Milena Del Valle of Jamaica Plain. The remainder of the HOV lane, which provides access to Interstate 90 east and Logan International Airport, will remain closed to traffic until repairs are completed this spring.

An outbreak of gastrointestinal illness has sickened 39 Emmanuel College students since Wednesday, college and Boston health officials said yesterday. Disease investigators suspect the students are suffering from norovirus, a germ responsible for thousands of cases of nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea in Massachusetts. Some of the Emmanuel students were sent to emergency rooms for treatment, but none required hospitalization and all are expected to recover fully over the next few days, officials said. In the wake of the outbreak, the college has started cleaning bathrooms more frequently and put posters in 120 bathrooms urging students to wash their hands, one of the best ways to prevent the spread of the illness.

ROCHESTER, N.Y.

Two women with strong ties to Massachusetts will be among nine enshrined in the National Women's Hall of Fame on Oct. 7. Three years after their deaths, celebrity chef Julia Child and hospice care pioneer Elisabeth Kubler-Ross were on the 2007 honor roll, unveiled yesterday. Others include engineer Dr. Eleanor Baum, social reformer and philanthropist Swanee Hunt of Harvard University, environmental advocate Winona LaDuke, and astronomer Dr. Judith Pipher. Child brought the intricacies of French cuisine into the homes of millionsof Americans through her Boston-based television series and books. Hunt, a former diplomat who teaches at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, is heralded for boosting women's' participation in global peace efforts. The daughter of the late oil billionaire H.L. Hunt, she runs the Hunt Alternatives Fund, a philanthropy group based out of Cambridge . (AP)

NASHUA

A man accused of fatally stabbing his 57-year-old father in their home was held yesterday in a Massachusetts hospital while he recovers from self-inflicted knife wounds. According to a release from the New Hampshire attorney general's office, Ian Delmore, 21, is accused of attacking Noel Delmore at about 7 p.m. Wednesday before turning the knife on himself. "At this time, the injuries do not appear lifethreatening," said Assistant Attorney General Charles Keefe. Nashua District Court has issued a second-degree murder warrant for Ian Delmore, who will be extradited to New Hampshire once he is released from the hospital, Keefe said.