(NECN: Peter Howe, Boston) - Four of the six U.S. Senate candidates for Massachusetts mixed it up over fixing the economy Friday -- with some sparks flying over one candidate's link to a business deal gone bad.

The forum was sponsored by the Progressive Business Leaders Network, a 200-member, three-year-old Boston group, and held at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Dorchester. Appearing were Democrats Michael Capuano, Alan Khazei and Steve Pagliuca and Republican Jack E. Robinson. Skipping the forum were Democratic and Republican front-runners Martha Coakley and Scott Brown.

(NECN: Brian Burnell, Hartford, Conn.) - The health care showdown moves to the U.S. Senate. A test vote is set for Saturday. Majority Leader Harry Reid needs 60 votes. Republicans today tried to peel off some moderate Democrats.

The vote of Senator Chris Dodd isn't in doubt, but the fate of the health care bill was on his mind today as he toured a factory in New Britain.

(NECN: Brad Puffer, Medford, Mass.) - State Senator Anthony Galluccio showed up in Medford District Court for the first time Friday as his hit and run case moves forward. Cambridge police revealed this week they had given Galluccio a ride home 13 hours before the accident because he was allegedly too drunk to drive.

State Senator Anthony Galluccio: "We've concluded the session. And I am focused on a number of life issues and personal issues and I am committed to doing that I can't a whole lot more right now."

(NECN: Lauren Collins, Lowell, Mass.) - The single misdemeanor charge against 17-year-old Michelle Medieros carries a fine or a maximum two years in prison. "In addition to that the investigation is not complete and is ongoing," says Lowell Police Deputy Superintendent Arthur Ryan.

More charges are expected to be filed, which the victim's family hopes will happen soon.

MIAMI (AP) - Investors claiming they were fleeced by a high-profile South Florida attorney filed a $100 million lawsuit Friday contending that the lawyer orchestrated a massive Ponzi scheme with the help of a Canadian bank's U.S. subsidiary and several accomplices.

The 147-page lawsuit, filed in Broward County Circuit Court, alleges that attorney Scott Rothstein and others in his now-defunct firm used faked legal settlements - or faked their involvement in real cases - to promise fat returns for investors. TD Bank, the

LEWISTON, Maine (AP) - State police say a high-speed chase on the Maine Turnpike ended when the car they were chasing crashed and burst into flames, killing the driver.

On Friday, the Maine State Police identified the driver as Luis Andrades-Garcia of Portland. His age was not provided.

According to police, a trooper began chasing the car that belonged to a friend of Andrades-Garcia at around 7:30 p.m. Thursday after getting reports of an erratic driver on the turnpike. They say the car was speeding over 100 mph, and crashed

(NECN: Brad Puffer) - Massachusetts state Senator Anthony Galluccio, charged with leaving the scene of a car crash that left one person slightly injured, says he plans to focus on personal issues in his life.

Galluccio appeared this morning in Medford District Court on charges connected to the October 4th accident in Cambridge.

A new court date has been set for December 18th.

About 13 hours prior to that accident, police gave the Cambridge Democrat a ride home because he was allegedly too drunk to drive.

(NECN: Lauren Collins, Lowell, Mass.) - Police in Lowell, Massachusetts, have cited a 17-year-old girl with fleeing the scene of an accident that left a 12-year-old boy seriously injured.

Police say Michelle P. Medeiros of Methuen is accused of leaving the scene of a personal injury accident.

Investigators say Kelvin Savanhmixay was thrown about 20 feet when he was hit in a crosswalk Wednesday afternoon.

Witnesses say two cars that appeared to be drag racing ran a red light before one struck the boy.

(NECN/ABC) - While federal investigators continue to gather evidence for the prosecution of Fort Hood shooting suspect Major Nidal Hasan, policymakers continue to ask questions about how so many signs were apparently missed or ignored.

On Capitol Hill yesterday, senators pointed to a series of e-mails between Hasan and Cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, currently living in Yemen and considered a recruiter for al-Qaida.

An American official, who has seen them, told ABC News that Hasan wrote al-Awlaki, "I can't wait to join you" in the afterlife.

(NECN) - New medical guidelines are calling for fewer Pap smears for most women.

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, or ACOG, says having the tests every two years is enough to catch slow-growing cervical cancer in women under the age of 30. Previous rules had called for annual testing.

Women 30 and older should wait three years between Paps.

The new guidelines also say that routine pap screening should begin at the age of 21.