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Cops city to review Boston bombing response
April 22, 2013: In this file photo, Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis attends a ceremony at the blast site on Boylston Street between Dartmouth and Exeter Streets near the Boston Marathon finish line in ...
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Colfax Marathon In Denver To Have Tight Security Post-Boston Marathon Bombings
DENVER -- Security will be tight but "discreet" for Sunday's Colfax Marathon in Denver, according to the race director. One month after the bombings at the Boston Marathon, Creigh Kelley said elaborate preparations have been made to ensure that runners and spectators stay safe along the race ...
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Maine fugitive with loose lips arrested in Conn.
Authorities say an FBI agent arrested 31-year-old Ernest Almeida on Friday after overhearing him bragging aboard an Amtrak train about being wanted in ...
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Stolen school bus crashes in northern Vt.
HOLLAND, Vt. (AP) - State police are someone apparently took a stolen school bus for a joyride in northern Vermont. Troopers say the 2014-model bus belonging Newport City Elementary School was discovered Friday night crashed alongside a road in the town of Holland. The towns are about 10 miles apart. Trooper Erika Liss noted damage to the passenger side, front bumper headlights and hood. There ...
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Boston police mayors office to conduct reviews of response to Marathon bombings
LOWELL, Mass. - Boston's police department and mayor's office will conduct twin reviews of the response to last month's bombing of the Boston Marathon, police commissioner Ed Davis said Saturday.Davis said the aim of the reviews is to learn from the experience and prepare for the future."We are very anxious to get those reviews under way and learn lessons from anything that ...
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Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis wins rousing applause at UMass-Lowell graduation
LOWELL -- Boston's Police commissioner returned today to the city where he grew up, winning thunderous applause at UMass-Lowell's commencement, where he was the keynote speaker, for his performance in the aftermath of the marathon bombings. "Every decision I made was based on the totality of my life's experiences that spanned the three decades since I earned my college ...
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Israelis Identify with Boston Terror Attack
MODI'IN, Israel -- The trauma from the Boston Marathon bombing will stay with America for a long time. Israelis can identify. The frightening images from the bombing in Boston went global in a matter of hours. For many Israelis, it brought back memories of their own experiences with terrorism. Take a walk around Jerusalem and you'll see memorials marking the many terror attacks that ...
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Response to Boston bombing to be reviewed by police and city
April 22, 2013: In this file photo, Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis attends a ceremony at the blast site on Boylston Street between Dartmouth and Exeter Streets near the Boston Marathon finish line in ...
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Redden closer to playing for Bruins vs Rangers
BOSTON - Boston Bruins defenseman Wade Redden has returned to practice but says he isn't quite ready to play after missing Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals against the New York Rangers.Redden took part in some of the Bruins' activities during their off day Saturday. His injury has not been disclosed. Coach Claude Julien says it will be a game-time decision whether Redden can ...
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Official Amazing no one died in train crash
Seventy-two people were sent to the hospital Friday evening after the crash, which damaged the tracks and threatened to snarl travel in the Northeast ...
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Davis City Police Will Conduct Separate Reviews Of Boston Bombing Response
LOWELL, Mass. (AP) -- Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis says his department and Mayor Thomas Menino’s office will conduct two separate investigations into the Boston Marathon bombings response. Davis says the aim of the reviews is to learn from the experience. He couldn’t immediately say when the investigations will start, only that he expects them to take ';a few ...
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Ex-Arlington Boys Girls Club worker arrested on child sex abuse charges
A former program director at the Arlington Boys & Girls Club is going before a New York judge this morning for an extradition hearing after his arrest yesterday on charges he sexually assaulted five young children while he worked at the youth organization in the late 1970s and early 1980s, according to police.Paul A. Collins, 62, nabbed yesterday at his Centereach, Long Island, home, by ...
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Bay State travelers delayed as Connecticut train accident leaves rail service shut down indefinitely
The collision of two commuter trains in Connecticut Friday evening left rail traffic in the busy Northeast Corridor at an indefinite standstill today, causing delays and headaches for travelers headed south from Boston. At South Station, where Amtrak trains depart for New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C., passengers were instead booking bus tickets. "We looked at the board, and ...
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Police Drugs dealt from state-funded motel room
Police officers who arrested 41-year-old Julie Herron and her husband, 56-year-old Dwayne Herron, found heroin, crack cocaine and two young children sleeping on the floor next to uncapped needles during Friday’s ...
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NH health insurance agents keeping options open
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - In a recent survey, more than half of New Hampshire insurance agents said they will sign up to sell plans through the new marketplaces required under the federal health overhaul law. But how many actually follow through will depend on whether it’s worth their while ...
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Missing Fairhaven boater found walking on beach
A frantic overnight search for a missing boater in Fairhaven ended when the man was found this morning walking along the beach, police said.Gary Alves, 57, went for an afternoon sail yesterday, but did not return to work on time, according to police. He was reported missing about 5:30 p.m. His Hobie adventure kayak was found washed ashore and abandoned on West Island just after 6 p.m.About 5:30 ...
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Press Party Segment 2 Now government snooping on media
The "Press Party" panel debated whether the Justice Department went overboard in secretly obtaining phone records of Associated Press reporters in an attempt to investigate a national security leak.A majority of the panelists agreed the move could have a chilling effect on the media's ability to investigate government corruption if reporters believe that prosecutors might try to ...
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Taoiseach to receive doctorate from Boston College
Taoiseach Enda Kenny will receive an honorary doctorate at Boston College next Monday. The event, which marks the 150th anniversary of the college, will take place in the college football stadium, with an attendance of more than 20,000.He has also been invited to give the commencement address to over 3,000 students of the graduating class of 2013.Earlier that morning, the Taoiseach will be a ...
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Mass. lawmaker Recoup benefits from terrorists
BOSTON (AP) - A Republican lawmaker is pushing for a law allowing Massachusetts to recoup public benefits given to anyone later convicted of using of a weapon of mass ...
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No bipartisan goodwill for Conn. budget talks
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut legislators drew national attention for their bipartisan agreement on gun control, but that spirit of goodwill appears absent as they try to reach a final budget deal with Gov. Dannel P. ...
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St. Johnsbury drug bust to help drug dog
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - A St. Johnsbury man arrested when police found drugs and a gun in his car is becoming an unwitting accomplice in helping police maintain a dog used in drug ...
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UConn to host training session on NE school safety
STORRS, Conn. (AP) - The University of Connecticut is hosting a training session for New England educators this week on how to prepare and respond to a ...
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One Fund Boston administrator to speak at college commencement
Kenneth Feinberg is the administrator of The One Fund Boston. He will be the main speaker at Curry's commencement Sunday at the D. Forbes Will Athletic Complex on the school's Milton ...
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Bernanke forecasts gains from computer technology
WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says pessimists forecasting that the economy will not reap sizable benefits from the computer revolution are likely to be proven wrong.Bernanke told a college graduating class Saturday that the long-range practical consequences of innovations such as faster computers and the Internet are hard to predict. But he said inventors have only ...
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NYC mans DNA not on gun used in Maine killing
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- Newly unsealed court documents indicate a gun allegedly used to kill a Maine woman had traces of DNA from a couple accused of hiding the weapon but not from the accused ...
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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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