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Portland mayor meets with immigrant businessmen
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Portland’s mayor is meeting with immigrant business owners to discuss the role that immigrants play in the city’s ...
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Boston Common observance honors states war dead
The event sponsored by the Massachusetts Military Heroes Fund is part of a larger volunteer effort planting nearly 33,000 8-by-12-inch flags on the Common to honor Massachusetts’ war dead from the Civil War to the ...
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RI education board to mull arming university cops
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island education officials are set to decide whether to allow the University of Rhode Island to arm its campus police ...
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Maine education commissioner visits Belfast school
BELFAST, Maine (AP) - Maine’s education commissioner is visiting Belfast as part of his ongoing tour to observe innovative school programs across the ...
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FBI kills Florida friend of Boston Marathon bombers
ORLANDO, Fla. -- A friend of suspected Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev was shot and killed early on Wednesday by an FBI agent. He had confessed to a direct role in a 2011 triple homicide in Waltham, Mass., a federal law enforcement official with direct knowledge of the case ...
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Decade-long cancer study at Pratt Whitney ends
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A massive, 11-year study of brain cancer at jet engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney is coming to an end with what could be definitive information about fatal occupational illnesses at Connecticut ...
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Fox Point Senior Center volunteer honored
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Providence Mayor Angel Taveras (tuh-VEHR'-us) has honored 150 volunteers who work with senior citizens, including one who was named Volunteer of the ...
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Bullying forum planned at Conn. Capitol
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Students, researchers, educators and government leaders are gathering at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford to discuss ways of addressing cyberbullying and bullying in ...
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Mass. Senate bill would protect first responders
BOSTON (AP) - The Massachusetts Senate has passed a bill to ensure that off-duty first responders who provide emergency care are not subject to ...
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Convicted rapist faces sentencing 30 years later
DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) - A man convicted of raping three women in Massachusetts faces sentencing more than three decades after he fled the state and began living a secret life in ...
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Dead Boston bombing suspect said involved in triple murder
Boston Marathon bombing suspect is now tied to a triple murder, officials said after an alleged accomplice was gunned down by an agent questioning him. Tamerlan Tsarnaev was fingered by Ibragim Todashev in Orlando, Fla., in a 2011 Waltham, Mass., murder in which three people had their throats slashed, federal law enforcement officials told several news outlets. Todashev also implicated himself ...
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Ellsbury enjoys first multi-hit night since May 4
Email CHICAGO -- When things are going well for Jacoby Ellsbury, a two-hit, two-walk night is hardly news. But the fact that such a performance on Wednesday drew a crowd around his locker is an indication that the center fielder has been in a pretty good slump. Perhaps Boston's center fielder is ready to snap out of it. After reaching base twice on Tuesday, Ellsbury went 2-for-3 with two ...
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Dempster Red Sox welcome Franconas Indians
When Indians manager Terry Francona returns to Fenway Park on Thursday and makes himself at home in the tiny office of the visitors' locker room for the first time, will he be preparing to get booed or cheered? "I'm sure I'll have a lot of emotions," he said. Said current Red Sox manager John Farrell, "I would fully expect he'd get a great welcome and a great ...
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Plymouth displays uniforms of fallen heroes
Plymouth is set to unveil an exhibit on Memorial Day featuring the uniforms of servicemen with local ties who were killed since the start of conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as the uniform a veteran of World War II and the Korean ...
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Newton man hoping to build bridges through photography
Newton resident Dick Simon has devoted the better part of his professional life to breaking down stereotypes, particularly where the Western world meets other cultures and ethnic ...
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Duxbury exhibit showcases botanical artists
Botanical art goes back to the Middle Ages, when plant healers began illustrating their records of medicinal plants with accurate drawings to help identify plants correctly. Botanical illustrators accompanied expeditions during the Age of Discovery to draw new plants found all over the world. And even with today’s technology, well-drawn illustrations are still in demand to provide more ...
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Walking outside his comfort zone
Two days a week, the middle-aged man may go no further than the corner coffee shop or pizzeria. These are comfort drives that sometimes convince him that life is standing still and that despite the advance of calendar years, his mind and body are ...
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‘Bobo’ Carpenter seizes a leading role for Austin Prep lacrosse
No, all the talk was about Prep sophomore Bob ‘Bobo’ Carpenter recently making a verbal committment to attend Boston University on a hockey ...
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Chechen immigrant shot to death while questioned in Boston probe
ORLANDO, fla. - A Chechen immigrant was shot to death by authorities early Wednesday after he turned violent while being questioned about his ties to one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, officials said.Ibragim Todashev, 27, a mixed martial arts fighter, was gunned down at his Orlando townhouse during a meeting with an FBI agent and two Massachusetts state troopers, authorities said. The ...
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Buchholz improves to 7-0 with seven strong innings
Papi knocks in two with a single to left CHICAGO -- Clay Buchholz continues to motor right along, giving the Red Sox one dominant performance after another. The one he delivered on Wednesday night could not have come at a better time. After losing the first two games to the White Sox, the last thing Boston wanted to do was end an otherwise successful road trip by getting swept. Buchholz, ...
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House OK’s change to juvenile court system
The Massachusetts House unanimously passed legislation Wednesday that would move 17-year-old offenders into the juvenile justice system, ending the practice of routinely incarcerating them in adult correctional facilities. State Representative Bradford Hill, Republican of Ipswich, said the change would also help relieve some of the stress on prisons. If the measure becomes law, the change would ...
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Man arrested in May 14 homicide in Brockton
A second suspect was arrested and charged with murder Wednesday in the shooting of a man in Brockton on May 14, said the office of Plymouth District Attorney Timothy J. Cruz. William J. Allen-Robinson, 21, was arrested in Waltham and charged with the killing of Charles Evans, 45, Cruz’s office said. Evans was found shot several times around 4:09 p.m. and was later pronounced dead at a ...
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Severe storm hits Franklin Worcester counties
Two tornado warnings were issued late Wednesday afternoon for areas in Franklin and Worcester counties in Western and Central Massachusetts, as strong storms rumbled through, but there were no confirmed reports of a funnel cloud touching down, said Matthew Belk, a spokesman FOR the National Weather Service in Taunton. The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency had no reports of significant ...
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Sara Clift Jones 72 of Weston her drive to help others didn’t diminish with ALS
Sara Clift Jones never had the kind of schedule that accommodated a diagnosis such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. A nurse, a mother, and a mother in perpetual pursuit of knowledge, her hands were more than full at the moment Lou Gehrig’s disease began to curtail her ability to use ...
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Bulger lawyer asks judge to compel prosecutors to identify confidential informant
A lawyer fcr James "Whitey" Bulger urged a judge Wednesday to order prosecutors to identify a confidential informant who claimed that two of the gangster’s former associates boasted that they would protect their criminal friends while cooperating with the government against ...
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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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