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Xerox to sell Western European paper business
NORWALK, Conn. (AP) -- Xerox Corp. plans to sell its Western European paper and print media products business to a subsidiary of the paper maker Sequana. Terms of the deal were not ...
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Markey Gomez clash in final Senate debate in Massachusetts
Republican Gabriel Gomez and Democratic U.S. Rep. Edward Markey clashed over Markey's record in Congress and Gomez's background in business during the final and often testy debate of their U.S. Senate campaign in Massachusetts. Wednesday's debate, sponsored by a consortium of Boston media outlets, came less than one week before the June 25 special election. The ...
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Mass. couples 2001 message in a bottle found
REHOBOTH, Mass. -- A message sealed in a champagne bottle and tossed into the waters off Tampa, Fla., more than a decade ago by a Massachusetts couple celebrating their engagement has been found.Karl and Michelle Kimmell of Rehoboth say occasionally they would wonder if anyone had found the message they cast away in August 2001. The message, announcing their engagement, had just their first ...
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Former ICE agent pleads guilty in firearms case
BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (AP) - A former U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent will sell more than 150 firearms that were seized from his home during a raid by another agency in ...
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Vt. town board OKs biomass agreement
The board discussed a memorandum of understanding requiring the plant’s owners to pay $3 million for a new access road for truck traffic. It also discusses replacement of homeowners’ old woodstoves with newer, more efficient stoves, to partially offset emissions from the proposed ...
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Ex-Marine to be reunited with bomb dog in RI
SCITUATE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island state police will hold a ceremony this week that will reunite a retired Marine injured in an explosion in Afghanistan with the bomb-detecting dog he used to ...
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No charges in Starks shooting
STARKS, Maine (AP) - A Maine grand jury has declined to bring charges in the case of a Starks man who was shot on his own property following a confrontation with a group of ...
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15 firefighters reinstated in Bennington Vt.
BENNINGTON, Vt. (AP) - Fifteen Vermont volunteer firefighters have been reinstated following their suspension for allegedly setting a camper on fire without proper permits during a mud-driving ...
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Cavs coming up empty for top-pick deal JUN 19
Cavs have been talking to teams for weeks about a trade, but they are finding a limited market and at this point are likely to keep the pick. Sources in Cleveland strongly suggest that ...
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Would players even welcome Doc back JUN 19
Celtics really welcome Rivers back with open arms? How can Rivers relay a message of team and loyalty when this process has suggested that he'd rather jump ship in order to chase a title in a sunny climate? Rivers, such a powerful speaker, can save face publicly. A fan base that's been left squeamish by the idea of rebuilding with a new coach would eventually forgive and forget. But ...
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Likelihood Dallas keeps its pick Zero percent JUN 19
Mavericks having the 13th overall draft pick on their opening-day roster next season at 0 percent. There is an 80-percent chance that the pick is traded before or, more likely, during the draft, the source said. There is at least a 15-percent chance that the pick is a foreign player who is under contract and can be left overseas for a year and not count against ...
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Zeller to the 76ers JUN 19
07:11 AM ET 06.19 | One cannot teach height, and Cody Zeller certainly has that particular part of the game covered -- even if some question his NBA upside. I've long dismissed the notion that ...
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Warriors Jackson the anti-Nelson on new deal JUN 19
07:10 AM ET 06.19 | Mark Jackson brings a certain zen quality that Don Nelson lacked. So: Jackson is not going to scheme for a bigger, longer contract this summer after leading ...
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Doc Rivers may not return to Boston this season JUN 18
Clippers to assume head coaching duties. But just because he's not heading to Los Angeles does not mean he's coming back to Boston. Danny Ainge's promise from last month seems about as reliable and useful as a weather report on Mars, and Rivers' future with ...
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Deadline approaches to reach N.H. budget accord
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Time is running out for House and Senate budget negotiators to reach accord on a spending plan for New Hampshire for the two years starting July ...
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Farmingdale boy improving after falling into pool
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- Law enforcement authorities say a 2-year-old Farmingdale boy found floating face down in his family's pool last week appears to be ...
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Maine man gets 3 years for stealing VA benefits
BANGOR, Maine (AP) -- A Maine man has been sentenced to three years in prison for fraudulently obtaining veterans' disability benefits from the federal ...
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Stoughton man convicted of killing rival in bed
DEDHAM -- A Stoughton man who fatally shot a rival through a window as the victim lay in bed has been convicted of second-degree murder.Michael Blanchard was convicted Tuesday in Norfolk Superior Court of killing 21-year-old Stephen Erving at about 3:30 a.m. on March 16, 2010.Prosecutors say the 24 -year-old Blanchard fired several rounds from a 9 mm pistol through Erving's first-floor ...
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John Martorano’s ‘nice guy’ image picked apart by defense
John Martorano’s self-image as a "nice guy" who could justify murder to help a friend or take out a "Judas" will be exploited today by lawyers for James ?"Whitey" Bulger, as they continue to paint the aging ex-hit man as an unrepentant fiend who sold out his Winter Hill Gang partners for freedom, money and his name in lights."You knew the future ...
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High Noon Howie Joe weigh in on debate trial
With less than a week until voters head to the polls for the special election for the open U.S. ?Senate seat, Democrat ?U.S. Rep. Edward J. Mar?key and Republican rival Gabriel E. Gomez met ?last night in a feisty final debate.Who scored and who was off base?Hear what Howie Carr and Joe Battenfeld have to say about the candidates’ performance on today’s weekly "High ...
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NH inn recognized for energy improvements
The inn partnered with New Hampshire Electric Cooperative to install an ozone cleaning system in its laundry, four air source heat pumps for heating and cooling and a solar photovoltaic ...
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School board in allows dodgeball similar games
The Windham School Board on Tuesday night accepted a study committee’s recommendation to let students play dodgeball and other ‘‘human target’’ games next year. That was a change from a vote in March to eliminate the games over concerns about student safety and ...
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Mass. welfare chief promises changes
BOSTON (AP) - The new director of the state agency that oversees welfare benefits has unveiled measures she says are aimed at preventing fraud and ...
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Man arrested at NH gun control rally
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Police in Concord, N.H., say they arrested a man who was creating a disturbance at a gun control rally outside the ...
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Boston Marathon is a multi-faceted event
The Boston Marathon is a serious opportunity for professional marathon runners to prove themselves and for recreational runners to prove to themselves that they can do it. There is also the philanthropic side to the marathon though, with people taking part to make a difference.
Boston is gearing up to once again hold the annual Boston Marathon of 2010. The marathon was first held in 1987, and is a seminal event in the calendar of any serious marathon runner. Athletes from around the world have been training for the big day, and Boston will be visited by 20,000 professional and amateur runners for the event. Read more
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