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TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2006 MIIMIIIIIHIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIHIIIinilMMMIIIIIIIIIMItlllHIIIIIIIinilllllllllMMIIIMIMM New England in brief B2 City Region The Boston Globe MIlllimiHHHUHIHHniMllllNIMmillHIHHIIIIIIIimHHIMMmnilHIIHimHIMM rasfi- 5'-' 1 MASSACHUSETTS Shaking found more likely with 2d child Infants in Massachusetts are more likely to become victims of shaken baby syndrome when they live with both parents in small families of just one or two children, according to a new study. The study, released yesterday by the Department of Social Services, was based on the 76 cases reported to the department from 2001 to 2004. It also found that shaken baby syndrome surfaces with parents caring for their second child to a much greater extent than expected. BOSTON 2 plead guilty to money laundering Two Chelsea residents pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to charges of money laundering and trafficking in 1 .4 million worth of counterfeit handbags and wallets. Minh Vu, 26, and Katherine Luong, 27, will be sentenced Oct.

26, said the US Department of Justice. In January 2005, State Police raided Revere self-storage units that Vu, Luong, and Luong's two sisters used to store, display, and make counterfeit wallets and purses of brands such as Louis Vuitton and Gucci. Luong's sisters are scheduled for trial in October. Chang-Diaz seeks to unseat state senator A Democrat has formally launched her campaign to unseat incumbent state Senator Dianne Wilkerson. Sonia Chang-Diaz, at a rally in Roxbury on Sunday, said she is trying to unseat Wilkerson because she has "set a standard of leadership that is below what we ought to expect of all community members." Chang-Diaz is running a sticker, or write-in campaign for the Sept.

19 Democratic primary. She worked as a legislative aide to former senator Cheryl Jacques and has been a public school teacher, a campaign manager, and an organizer for MassEquality. Also in the race is Republican candidate Samiyah Diaz. 8 charged in public drinking; guns found Boston police bicycle officers patrolling Almont Park in Mattapan stopped a group of nine men on charges of public drinking Sunday night and discovered two loaded guns, police said. The guns one of which police said was equipped with a laser sight were wrapped in a T-shirt next to the group.

The men had been drinking on a basketball court inside the park when officers arrived, police said, and they allegedly tried to flee. The men were stopped and arrested shortly after 8 p.m. Mateo Portlock, 20, of Boston was charged with illegal possession of both guns and seven other men were charged with public drinking. STABBING NEAR CITY HALL An officer stood watch at Curley Memorial Plaza, where police said a man was found stabbed yesterday afternoon. The man was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

One suspect was arrested. Anyone with information was asked to call 800-494-TIPS. Springfield mourns Babineau died when seven masked assailants, including one with a heavy machine gun, ambushed the soldiers' Humvee in Yusufiyah, a heavily Sunni area about 12 miles southwest of Baghdad. The two missing servicemen are Private First Class Kristian Menchaca, 23, of Houston, and Private First Class Thomas L. Tucker, 25, of Madras, Ore.

All three soldiers were assigned to Company First Battalion, 502d Infantry Regiment of the division's Second Brigade Combat Team. An umbrella group that includes Al Qaeda in Iraq said in a statement yesterday that it kidnapped the two soldiers, who, with Babi ,1 Specialist Babineau to be a general. DAVID KAMERMANGLOBE specialist Falah, the farmer who said he saw the ambush, US soldiers raided houses and made arrests following the attack. Falah also said US troops were setting up checkpoints on all roads leading to the area of the attack and that helicopters were hovering at low altitudes. Short, the Springfield vice principal, said Babineau's decision to enter the military is a popular one at the high school, where 15 percent to 20 percent of students choose the armed forces after graduation.

But Babineau had set an unusually high goal for himself, Short recalled. Before leaving the school, Babineau said he would return in 20 yeirs as a five-star general. "He was just a good guy in the halls, always laughing; always had a good sense of humor," Short said. Babineau was part of the first graduating class at Springfield High School of Science and Technology, where he enrolled as a junior in its first year of operation. That first graduating class of 157 students, Short said, was a motivated group that had made the difficult choice to transfer from another high school after sophomore year.

"He was just a good person to have as a student," Short said. "He was the worker type." Material from the Associated Press was used in this report. David hoped five-star Soldier was with 2 who are missing By Brian MacQuarrie GLOBE STAFF As a senior at Springfield High School of Science and Technology in 1998, David J. Babineau wrote to his classmates he wanted to be a five-star general. Before the summer was out, he had joined the Army.

And by December, he was assigned to Fort Campbell, Ky, home of the famed 101st Airborne Division. On Friday, Specialist Babineau was killed, in an ambush at a traffic checkpoint south of Baghdad. The 25-year-old Springfield native was with the two US soldiers who were apparently kidnapped by insurgents. The soldiers remained missing yesterday. "He always talked about being in the service," said Hunter Short, a vice principal at the school.

"He was excellent in the classroom, always focused, on time, always got his assignments in. Just a pleasure," he said. Babineau leaves a wife, Rondi; two sons, ages 2 and and a daughter, 8. He had been scheduled to leave Iraq in May, but had his tour of duty extended, according to his mother, Dawn of Springfield. "He wanted to make a career out of the Army," she said.

At least 38 servicemen from Massachusetts have been killed in the Iraq war. A farmer who said he witnessed the attack reported that NEW LONDON, CONN. Cadet pleads not guilty to rape, assault The first-ever student court-martial at the US Coast Guard Academy started yesterday with Cadet Webster Smith pleading not guilty to charges of rape, sodomy, extortion, and assault. Lawyers spent yesterday morning questioning 1 2 potential jurors, all Coast Guard officers, about their views on premarital sex, drinking, racial discrimination, contraception, and religion. But the proceedings ended early because it was too hot in the room where the court-martial is being held, which has no air-conditioning.

The hearing was scheduled to resume with opening statements at 7 a.m. Smith, 22, faces seven sex-related charges stemming from accusations by three women. (AP) ENNIKER, N.H. Hells Angel dies during Bike Week A member of the Hells Angels motorcycle gang was killed in a crash on the final day of Motorcycle Week. It was the 10th motorcycle death associated with the event in Laconia.

Police did not identify the victim; Sunday. He was riding west on Routes 202 and 9 late Sunday afternoon when he tried to pass a vehicle ahead of him and struck an eastbound ear head-on, then sideswiped a westbound car, police said. (AP) PO RTLAND, MAINE Wind farm gains group's support A nonprofit political group yesterday called on environmental groups to reconsider their opposition to a $150 million wind farm project pro-'. -posed for western Maine. Maine, which was founded last year to con; front what it calls political extremism, said environmental groups opposing the project near Sugarloaf USA ski resort are the same groups that have encouraged renewable energy sources over the years.

Robert C.S.-Monks, a real estate developer and cofounder of the group, said it is time for America to reduce its reliance on foreign energy sources and to ad-; dress global climate change. (AP) neau, were guarding a Euphrates River canal when they were attacked from several directions. The group's assertion could not be verified. US military teams have swept the area near the ambush site by ground and by air in an effort to find the missing soldiers, according to Major General William Caldwell, an Army spokesman in Baghdad. A dive team also has been used in the search.

"Coalition and Iraqi forces will continue to search everywhere possible, uncovering every stone, until our soldiers are found, and we will continue to use every resource available in our search," according to a statement from the US military. According to Ahmed Khalaf Layoffs completed in Boston archdiocese 25 administrators said to be affected By Michael Paulson GLOBE STAFF The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston completed layoff notifications yesterday to about 25 people who work in the church's central administration, as part of an effort to reduce the diocese's operating deficit. The archdiocese is also preparing on June 30 to turn over to Boston College the Metropolitan Tribunal building on its headquarters in Brighton. The archdiocese had agreed in 2003 to sell that building to the college, as part of an effort to help finance a settlement with abuse victims. The 25 people laid off are among about 270 who work at the church's headquarters overseeing a variety of educational and administrative services to parishes and other church facilities.

A spokesman, Kevin Shea, said the archdiocese has reduced its staff by 30 percent since 2002. Cardinal Sean P. CMalley had pledged to cut 50 positions from the chancery staff. He is accomplishing about half of the reduction by not filling open positions and by transferring employees to jobs in parishes and other parts of the church. Shea said a handful of those affected by the cutbacks are diocesan priests, who are being reassigned by the archdiocese, and religious-order priests, nuns, and brothers, who are being reassigned by their orders.

The archdiocese has been struggling financially since the explosion of the abuse crisis in 2002, which caused a dramatic reduction in contributions. "The archdiocese can no longer continue to operate the way that it has," Shea said. "The reduction in workforce is one way we are working towards fiscal recovery," Shea added. Shea said that the archdiocese will not eliminate any ministries as a result of the cutback, but that some will be consolidated. He also said the archdiocese is working on a planned reduction in the number of people serving on the cardinal's cabinet.

He said that the Metropolitan Tribunal staff is moving to the campus of St. Theresa of Avila Parish in West Roxbury and that other agencies formerly housed in the tribunal building have been moved to a hall at St. John's Seminary in Brighton. A Boston College spokesman, Jack Dunn, said the Catholic university will use the tribunal building to house a newly named Institute on Aging in the 21st Century, which will include research centers on healthy aging, retirement, home and community life, and aging and work. Michael Paulson can be reached at mpatilsonglobe.com.

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(617) 929-2200 Mon-Fri 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. investigation, one child hit Parker's son two to four times during recess, and the boy fell to his knees as about five students watched. A teacher's aide intervened. The child who hit Parker's son was sent to the assistant principal's office, where he wrote an apology and was denied recess for two days. Parker's son and the boy have since had a play date, Ash said.

School officials contacted authorities, who declined to investigate, Ash said. Parker said he was unconvinced that the fight had nothing to do with the outcry. He said other students have talked to his son about the issue. Parker was arrested last year when he refused to leave Estabrook Elementary School without a guarantee that his child would not be exposed to teachings about homosexuality. In April, he filed a federal lawsuit over the issue.

Parker said he never filed a police report and doesn't want children to be investigated. "We don't want to vilify the children," Parker said. "We do want to get along, even though there's very powerful differences in beliefs." Brian Camenker, president of MassResistance, said he still believes Parker's son was beaten up because of his father's views. "The kids have been incited on this," he said. "There's a lot of anger." beaten at recess By Maria Sacchetti GLOBE STAFF Lexington's school superintendent yesterday denied assertions that a first-grader was beaten up on a playground last month in retaliation for his father's campaign to stop the school from teaching his son about homosexuality.

School officials, citing interviews with the children involved, said the fight actually started over where students would sit in the cafeteria and then spilled onto the playground. The student, the 7-year-old son of David Parker, who filed a federal lawsuit in April over the teaching of homosexuality in school, was punched several times during the May 1 7 fight. "These were two first-graders having a child squabble on a playground," said Superintendent Paul Ash. "Some adults are exploiting these children for political purposes." The playground fight ballooned into a School Department inquiry after a Waltham-based parents' group, MassResistance, alleged that a group of children pounced on the boy on the two-year anniversary of the legalization of gay marriage. According to school officials' A SUBSIDIARY OF The New YorkTimes YbrkTimes fik Company ft.