Massachusetts Fires
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, left, leaves a news conference with State Fire Marshal Stephen D. Coan at fire headquarters in Northampton, Mass., Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009. Firefighters struggled to put out more than a half dozen blazes, authorities said. A local fire official called the blazes suspicious, but stopped short of describing them as the work of an arsonist. However, arson investigators are at work and the matter is being treated as a crime. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
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