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The article reports on a man named Timothy Elliot, who was sentenced by judge Richard Connon of Barnstable Superior Court in Massachusetts for violation of the terms of the probation agreement. The agreement required him to avoid gambling, purchase of lottery tickets or visit an establishment where gaming is conducted. The man was convicted of robbing banks so that he could buy scratch-off lottery tickets, the judge allowed him to keep the $1 million he won in the Massachusetts lottery.

The article reports on the scare created by American student Star A. Simpson who wore a lighted circuit board. The scare was created at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, on September 21, 2007. She was arrested at gunpoint. Later it was revealed that the board was an art project meant to entertain career-day visitors at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The article reports on the detection of the devices described by police as suspicious, in Boston, Massachusetts, as electronic devices used by Turner Broadcasting System Inc. to advertise its cartoon television show "Aqua Teen Hunger Force." The devices included electronic circuit boards. In a statement, Turner Broadcasting indicated that the devices were magnetic lights that pose no danger.

The article reports on the mandatory drug testing of firefighters in the U.S. In the wake of the deaths of firefighters Paul J. Cahill and Warren J. Payne in the Tai Ho Chinese restaurant in Boston, Massachusetts, on August 29, 2007, state officials are considering the mandatory testing. An autopsy of Cahill's blood has found traces of alcohol and cocaine. Several other cities including San Francisco, California, have already started random drug testing of firefighters.