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Scramble on to succeed Boston Mayor Menino
BOSTON -- There is no shortage of candidates looking to succeed retiring Boston Mayor Thomas Menino.City officials say more than a dozen candidates have submitted nomination papers with more expected to do so by Tuesday's 5 p.m. deadline.Menino is the city's longest serving mayor. He announced in March that he would not run for re-election after five full terms in office. The decision ...
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Boston pro-lifers demonstrate against honorary degree for Enda Kenny
About 50 people demonstrated outside the grounds of Boston College on May 20 as the Jesuit institution conferred an honorary degree on Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny. Boston's Cardinal Sean O'Malley did not attend the day's commencement exercises. The cardinal had announced that he would not make his customary appearance because of Boston College's decision to honor Kenny, ...
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Forecasters warn of possibility of severe thunderstorms
It may not officially be summer yet, but some strong summer-like storms bringing hail and high winds are expected across the state this afternoon, the National Weather Service said. A cold front dipping south and moving across the state has already produced some action in the western part of the state and southern New Hampshire, and scattered thunderstorms are set to develop after noon ...
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Vermont campsites opening Friday
RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) - Forest officials are getting ready to open campsites in the Green Mountain National Forest in time for the Memorial Day ...
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NH officials predict visitor and spending increase
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - New Hampshire tourism officials are predicting an increase in visitors and spending this Memorial Day weekend, though the outlook is not as optimistic as it was last ...
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Myrtle the Turtle returns to her home the big tank at the New England Aquarium
The queen of New England Aquarium's Giant Ocean Tank has returned to her throne. Or, in Myrtle the green sea turtle's case, to the waters of the newly refurbished 20,000-gallon Caribbean coral reef exhibit. Though the tank doesn't officially open until July 1, aquarium divers have been slowly but surely adding 2,000 animals from nearly 200 species that will call the giant tank ...
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Documents 3 men had role in Vt. womans killing
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - Three men have been implicated in the September 2010 killing of a 78-year-old grandmother during a botched robbery at her home during which she was sexually assaulted before being shot in the head, say federal court documents filed in connection with another ...
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With high-tech guns users could disable remotely
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - A high-tech startup is wading into the gun control debate with a wireless controller that would allow gun owners to know when their weapon is being moved - and disable it ...
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Providence police ID 19-year-old homicide victim
Police say they responded to Steere Avenue at about 10:10 p.m. Monday for a report of a gunshot victim. They found city resident Tyler Marchand on the ground with a wound to the ...
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Kohler ordered to pay $9.6 million in patent suit
KOHLER, Wis. (AP) - The Kohler Co. has been ordered in federal court to pay $9.6 million to a Massachusetts manufacturer for infringing on two of its patents for components that reduce exhaust emissions in marine ...
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Malloy speaks at tourism conference in Hartford
Malloy said the two-year, $27 million state marketing initiative, unveiled last year, has paid off. He said there were more than 270,000 additional visits to Connecticut in the past year, generating an extra $161 million on dining, entertainment and ...
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Carol Burnett to receive top US humor prize in DC
WASHINGTON (AP) - Carol Burnett, who became famous for playing a variety of characters in sketch comedy routines on her namesake television show, was named the winner of the nation’s top humor prize on ...
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Travel in Dagestan The Trail of the Boston Bombing
In the mind of the average Russian, the impoverished Muslim region of Dagestan evokes any number of stereotypes: meek women in headscarves, leathery highlanders with tall sheepskin hats, Islamist fanatics with long beards and ceremonial daggers, streets patrolled by military vehicles, masked troops with assault rifles, and random, indiscriminate explosions. Those last three images also applied ...
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Mindgrub opens marketing offices in D.C. Boston and Philly
Mindgrub CEO Todd Marks said the new marketing offices are needed to handle a growing client network that Mindgrub is developing. Mobile and Web developer Mindgrub Technologies LLC is opening marketing offices in Washington, Philadelphia and Boston. The new offices are needed to handle a growing client network that Mindgrub is developing along the East Coast, CEO Todd Marks said in a ...
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PURE Introduces Auto Insurance Option to Massachusetts Drivers
Privilege Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange (PURE), the policyholder-owned property/casualty insurer that exclusively caters to high net worth individuals and families, will begin offering automobile insurance to its membership in Massachusetts. PURE began insuring fine homes, jewelry and art collections, excess liability and watercraft in the Commonwealth in 2011. PURE Member Advocates offer ...
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Boston Scientific competitor calls the cops to seize illegal stents in Germany
A stent is a tiny mesh tube implanted during an angioplasty procedure improve blood flow. A Hong Kong-based medical device manufacturer thats been accusing Boston Scientific Corp. (NYSE:BSX) of patent infringement since at least 2009 upped the ante last week, seizing more than 190 heart stents from a BSX site in Germany with the help of police. OrbusNeich Medical Inc., which has U.S. offices in ...
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Falcons get $200 million NFL loan for stadium
NFL owners approved a $200 million loan Tuesday for the Atlanta Falcons to build a new stadium.The multipurpose stadium could cost as much as $1 billion, with team owner Arthur Blank committed to funding most of it.Blank, speaking at the NFL's spring meetings, called the decision by the team owners an "important milestone" in moving the project forward."The NFL has supported ...
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Man charged in death of missing Maine teenager
BANGOR, Maine -; A 20-year-old Maine man has been charged with murder in the death of a 15-year-old girl who was last seen more than a week ago, when she went to meet someone she befriended ...
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Moniz sworn in as energy secretary
The 68-year-old Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor took the oath of office Tuesday at the Energy Department. He replaces Steven Chu, who served as energy secretary in President Barack Obama's first term. Moniz served as an energy undersecretary in the Clinton ...
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2 lawsuits filed against Maine Catholic church
- Two brothers are suing the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland, saying church officials knew a priest was sexually abusing them and other children but failed to stop it. In complaints in Cumberland County Superior Court, Jeffrey and Frederick Conroy say the late Father James Vallely abused them from approximately 1976 through approximately 1979, when they were altar boys at St. Michael's ...
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Official No drugs alcohol found in Conn. gunman
The Navy intends to use random alcohol testing across the United States -; and at Guantánamo, too -; to determine whether someone is fit for duty or may need ...
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Bit9 partners with network security giants Palo Alto Networks FireEye
Bit9 has partnered with Silicon Valley network security firms Palo Alto Networks and FireEye. Waltham-based security software firm Bit9 said Tuesday it has launched a partnership with Silicon Valley network security firms Palo Alto Networks and FireEye to bring customers a fuller vision of their network security. Bit9 called it the "first solution to combine network security with real-time, ...
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Moderate Party chief Block to run again for RI gov
Since then, Block has accused the state of not doing enough to eliminate Medicaid and food stamp fraud and called for the elimination of straight-ticket voting as an option on election ...
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Massive Roxbury raid targets dozens of drug violent crime suspects
A huge drug-trafficking sweep this morning in Roxbury has netted "a series of arrests," authorities said."Boston police, armed with warrants out of Roxbury District Court and Suffolk Superior Court, and a small number out of U.S. District Court, undertook a series of arrests based on a long-term investigation intending to target drug offenses and suppress violent crime," said ...
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Marathon bomb victims eligible for state fund
BOSTON -- Those affected by the Boston Marathon bombings have an alternative to the widely-publicized One Fund when seeking compensation.The state's Victim Compensation Fund, administered by the attorney general's office, could provide up to $25,000 in aid to qualified applicants. Attorney General Martha Coakley, who is trying to raise awareness of the fund, says it may also help ...
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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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