Explosions Cost Gas Co. Nearly Half A Billion Dollars: Patch PM

Welcome to Thursday's Patch PM. Here are today's top headlines from the Massachusetts Patch network:

Utility Takes $462 Million Charge For Gas Explosion Recovery

Columbia Gas of Massachusetts parent NiSource expects most of the expenses on its third quarter balance sheet to be covered by insurance.

Sewing Needles Inside Candy Given Out In Marshfield: Police

Police are investigating two packages of Twizzlers given to trick-or-treaters Wednesday.

MGH Doctor Said Boston Delta Flight Crew Racially Profiled Her

Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford said she was trying to help a passenger who was having a panic attack, but crews asked to see her ID twice.

2 Charged With Pepper Spraying Quincy College

The pepper spray caused one woman to call for an ambulance. She said she had trouble breathing and felt pain on the right side of her body.

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