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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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Lawrence financial overseer launches review of missing parking garage funds
The state official who oversees the city of Lawrence’s finances has launched a review of the operations of the city’s parking garages and lots after the Globe reported that the FBI is investigating a mysterious drop in parking revenues in recent ...
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Witness tied to Boston bombing suspect killed by FBI
Twenty-seven-year-old Ibragim Todashev was shot and killed early Wednesday morning while being interrogated by police and intelligence officials in an Orlando, Florida, apartment. Todashev, a friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev and, like Tsarnaev, an ethnic Chechen, was reportedly being questioned by a Federal Bureau of Investigation agent from the FBI's Boston field ...
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Buchholz goes to 7-0 Red Sox beat White Sox 6-2
Clay Buchholz pitched five-hit ball over seven innings to improve to 7-0, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Chicago White Sox 6-2 Wednesday night to avoid a three-game sweep.David Ortiz delivered a two-run single in the first off Hector Santiago (1-3), and the Red Sox backed Buchholz with several neat defensive plays on the way to their sixth win in eight games.Jonny Gomes made a sliding catch on ...
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Nearly all US states see hefty drop in teen births
By The Associated Press The U.S. teen birth rate fell 25 percent over five years to a record low of 31 births per 1,000 teens ages 15 to 19, according to a report from the Centers for ...
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Slain Russian ‘intimidated’ neighbors
Former Cambridge neighbors of a Russian mixed martial arts ?brawler shot dead by an FBI agent early yesterday in Florida - after ?being questioned about his ties to ?the marathon bombing and a Waltham triple murder - said he was nasty.Ibragim Todashev, 27, also hung around with slain marathon bombing mastermind Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26 - swilling beer and eating chicken on a stoop on Harding ...
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Annie Dookhan-sprung drug defendant caught in bust
A convicted Dookhan-defendant coke pusher - sprung in the state drug-lab scandal last October and relieved of his GPS monitoring bracelet a month later - made a tearful but futile plea for another break yesterday after he was indicted in Tuesday’s "H-block" drug bust."I’m in barber school," said a sobbing Adam Hayes, 30, as he asked Suffolk Superior Trial Court ...
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Bruin’s cup runneth over – with playoffs wedding
The Stanley Cup playoffs are just part of a hectic mix for rookie Boston Bruins defenseman Torey Krug - he’s also tying the knot July 5. But fiancee Melanie Flood said Krug can take the run for NHL glory and impending nuptials in stride."He handles pressure so well," said Flood, the blond beauty Krug met at Michigan State University. "The only time I’ve ever seen him ...
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Fund czar expects ‘surge’ in bombing victim claims
The city is rallying behind Kenneth Feinberg’s call to alert Boston Marathon bombing victims to apply on time for their share of $31 million in tax-free charity from The One Fund Boston.Volunteers stepped forward yesterday to offer legal help and services to those wounded in the heartless attacks."I’m not concerned yet," Feinberg told the Herald last night. "In my ...
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Worcester state rep calls it quits
WORCESTER - State Rep. John Fresolo yesterday stepped down from office under a cloud of scandal - but House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo insisted the Worcester Democrat jumped and wasn’t pushed."No member or officer of the House of Representatives pressured John Fresolo to resign," said Seth Gitell, a DeLeo spokesman. "His resignation was not the product of ...
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Feds push for Bulger informant files DNA tests
Federal prosecutors want James "Whitey" Bulger’s FBI informant files as well as dozens of pages of DNA tests used to establish the identity of five of Bulger’s alleged victims to become evidence as the gangster’s trial nears, according to court filings yesterday.Prosecutors want the informant files collected by corrupt ex-FBI agent John Connolly on Bulger and Stephen ...
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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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