Victor Herbert Operetta Has One Foot on Broadway By 1905, it was starting to be difficult to tell Victor Herbert operettas apart from the musical comedies of that time.   Full Story

NORTH ADAMS -- Union officials at North Adams Regional Hospital charged Friday that hospital management has presented employees with a list of 18 demands that, among other things, threaten retirement benefits, overtime pay and seniority status for the number of years worked at the hospital.   Full Story

VERNON -- After more than four years serving the town of Vernon, Mary Beth Hebert has taken the reins of the police department.   Full Story

The Associated Press BOSTON -- The Boston Bruins have signed backup goalie Tuukka (TOO’-kah) Rask to a two-year contract extension that will keep him with the team through the 2011-12 season.   Full Story

JERUSALEM (AP) -- By saying he wants to step down as president, Mahmoud Abbas has highlighted a deep Palestinian despair rooted in decades of failed peace initiatives and fruitless violence.   Full Story