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JetBlue Boston to Philadelphia flights begin today
JetBlue launches daily, nonstop service between Boston and Philadelphia today. JetBlue launches its first service to Philadelphia, Thursday, with five daily, nonstop flights between Logan International Airport in Boston and Philadelphia International Airport. Philadelphia is JetBlue's (Nasdaq: JBLU) 78th city and the 48th city served from Boston, the air carrier said in a news release. The ...
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Mass. soldier killed in Afghanistan returns home
PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- The body of a soldier from Massachusetts killed in Afghanistan last week has been returned to Berkshire County.The body of U.S. Army Spc. Mitchell Daehling was brought to a Pittsfield funeral home on Wednesday after landing at Barnes Air National Guard Base in Westfield.Calling hours for the 24-year-old Daehling are scheduled for Thursday afternoon at St. Agnes Church in ...
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Vt. rec path revived 2 years after flooding
COLCHESTER, Vt. (AP) - Two year after Lake Champlain flooding destroyed part of it, the Colchester Causeway recreational path has been restored for bicyclists, runners, walkers and ...
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Woman pleads guilty to polo match trespassing
STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) - A Toronto woman has pleaded guilty to trespassing near last week’s celebrity polo match and fundraiser held by Britain’s Prince Harry in ...
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Ex-Mass. lawmaker facing meth trafficking charges
BOSTON (AP) - A former Massachusetts lawmaker who more recently worked as a tutor at a Boston charter school has been held on $10,000 bail after pleading not guilty to drug ...
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More charges in fight involving Brown students
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Upgraded charges have been filed against a Brown University wrestler accused of participating in a fight that left a university basketball player critically ...
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Lisbon man gets 4 years for identity fraud
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - A Lisbon man who used his own child’s Social Security number in a scheme to illegally receive welfare benefits has been sentenced to four years in ...
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Mass. hospitals $250M Bay State Boondoggle rolls into legislative intensive care
The Massachusetts congressional delegation reportedly held an emergency meeting Wednesday to try to save a patient, whose prognosis isn't good a $250 million annual subsidy to Massachusetts hospitals, paid out of other states' pockets. The "Bay State Boondoggle," as critics have labeled it, flows into Massachusetts hospital coffers due to a Medicare rule enacted under ObamaCare ...
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Mavs shopping pick eyeing Howard MAY 23
Mavericks ], with their first lottery draft pick in a dozen years firmly in hand, have their eyes on a bigger prize. Multiple sources have told ESPN.com's Chad Ford ...
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Kings enjoy biggest ticket sales day in history MAY 23
Sacramento Kings officials say their sales staff sold more season tickets Tuesday than any day in Sacramento team history, other than day one, nearly 30 years ago. Team spokesman Chris Clark said the team has a policy of not released specific ticket sales counts, but said requests were coming in every few seconds when the team officially opened sales Tuesday morning for new season tickets for ...
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Anxious times for Wizards good-luck charm MAY 23
Wizards initially stated that he would be out for at least six weeks, but Beal is anxious to have another update in the next week or two, so that he can get back to doing what he loves most. He had his last X-ray almost a month ...
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Krush founder Gina Ashe named CEO of Redstar Ventures startup
Krush Inc. CEO Gina Ashe said starting Tuesday, her company's social shopping site is going to start predicting future fashion trends. Gina Ashe, formerly a founder of Krush and Sermo, has been named CEO of an undisclosed startup launched by Cambridge's Redstar Ventures, Redstar said Thursday. Ashe had previously departed Krush, a site offering previews of sports apparel which she ...
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Town official Debt and executive criminal record should sink Foxwoods Milford casino plan
Foxwoods Resort Casino suffered a double-digit drop in revenue over the year ended in April. That and executives' criminal backgrounds ought to be enough to scuttle the operator's plan for a Milford, Massachusetts casino, a local official argues. A Hopkinton, Mass., town official has written a letter to the Massachusetts Gaming Commission, urging the panel to reject Foxwoods' ...
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Vt. house fire being investigated
WHITINGHAM, Vt. (AP) - Firefighters are trying to determine what caused a fire at a house in Whitingham, Vt., that left a family of 5 homeless. No one was injured in the fire this week, which was complicated at first by a lack of water supply. Firefighters from Readsboro and Wilmington assisted. Fire marshals are ...
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Winslow company accused of labor violations
WINSLOW, Maine (AP) -- Labor groups have accused a Winslow-based aluminum trailer manufacturer of illegally firing employees for trying to ...
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House approves drivers licenses for immigrants
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Connecticut's House of Representatives has approved a bill that would allow immigrants to obtain drivers licenses regardless of their legal ...
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Report As public sector unions grow so does state government debt
States with more unionized workforces face higher government debt burdens, according to a study to be released today by the Beacon Hill Institute at Suffolk University. The study by the conservative thinktank found 1 percentage point of public sector union growth expanded state government debt by $78 per person living in the state. "For instance," the Institute wrote in a news release, ...
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UMass Memorial nurses reach contract deal
WORCESTER - UMass Memorial Medical Center and the union representing 1,100 nurses have reached a tentative contract agreement that staves off a scheduled strike.The deal reached Wednesday with nurses at the hospital's University Campus means nurses will not strike on Thursday, as had been planned.The hospital and nurses agreed to a three-year contract that includes limits on the number of ...
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Springfield police probe 2 homicides in 2 nights
SPRINGFIELD - Springfield police are investigating the city's second homicide in two nights.Detective Capt. Thomas Trites tells The Republican that a man shot at about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday has died.The victim of that shooting was killed in the same Forest Park neighborhood as another man was fatally shot on Tuesday night. Police say the death of 30-year-old Fabian Pacheco in his apartment ...
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Slain Russian Ibragim Todashev intimidated former 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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Former NH worker accused of stealing $600000
CLAREMONT, N.H. (AP) - A New Hampshire company has sued a former employee, alleging she stole at least $600,000 from the business over several ...
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RI paid millions to hedge-fund managers
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island paid hedge-fund managers almost $16 million in fees during 2012 to manage the state’s $1 billion hedge-fund ...
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3 charged with meth in home near NH courthouse
LACONIA, N.H. (AP) - Three people have been arrested in a home directly across the street from a New Hampshire courthouse, charged with possession and intent to make ...
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Ash borer week in NH
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - New Hampshire forest officials say an invasive beetle that destroys ash trees has been found in about 5 percent of trees surveyed in central ...
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Sculptures stolen from outdoor Madison exhibit
The works titled ‘‘Oliver’’ and ‘‘Small Nondescript’’ are part of The Sculpture Mile at Madison, which features art created by American ...
Boston Spotlight
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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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