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Tsarnaev’s fireworks source pounds Hub with fliers touting July 4th deals
A New Hampshire fireworks peddler that sold pyrotechnics to the accused Boston Marathon bombers is under fire from local officials for blanketing the Hub with fliers and coupons as part of a July Fourth marketing blitz targeting Massachusetts, despite a statewide ban."Certainly at a minimum it’s pretty insensitive for a city that is still grieving and recovering from the ...
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Icing on cake ’EEI brass back stunt
WEEI-FM’s brass is standing by their hosts despite an X-rated stunt, saying the sports talk station won’t discipline yakkers Mike "Mut" Mutnansky and Lou Merloni for sending a pornographic cake with the words "Welcome to Boston" to a Chicago sports talk station."There will be no discipline," Entercom Boston Vice President Jason Wolfe told the Herald ...
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Accused NU student posts $50000 bail
A man accused of carrying out weekend knife attacks on two women in Mission Hill was declared indigent in Roxbury District Court on Monday and has been appointed public counsel, but is now free after posting a total of $50,000 cash bail, authorities said.Patrick Barry, a 21-year-old Northeastern University student, was arraigned yesterday in West Roxbury District Court for the second of the ...
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Weymouth dad hails conviction of son’s ax murderer
A Weymouth father rejoiced yesterday after a jury convicted the "animal" who killed his son with an ax in 2009, saying the verdict has restored his faith."It was a beautiful day," Robert Phillips, 65, said yesterday, adding that the jury’s verdict came down on what would have been his slain son Jeffrey Phillips’ 35th birthday."I was worried. You never know ...
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Hit-and-run suspect’s wife tipped off investigators
A Fall River man has been arrested in connection with a hit-and-run accident that killed a Somerset man riding in his electric wheelchair after his wife turned him in, police said.Richard Reis, 35, was arrested yesterday and charged with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death.James Moore, 65, of Somerset was struck and killed just before midnight Friday by a gray Toyota Avalon as he ...
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Former jury pool member hopes to cash in on lucky number
A purported member of the original jury pool for the trial of James "Whitey" Bulger is trying to make a buck off the experience.A Lynn man who claims on eBay, "I was the very last juror excused from the jury in a historic mob case in Boston," is attempting to auction off his juror number, 126, for 99 cents.There were no takers as of yesterday, but bidding is open until 10 ...
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Family pained by photos
Tommy Donahue folded over, eyes closed, in his front-row seat at James "Whitey" Bulger’s murder trial yesterday, as he, his mother and brothers braced for the crime-scene photos of the day in May 1982 when Bulger allegedly emerged on Northern Avenue with a machine gun and cut down his father, Michael Donahue, and the man he offered a lift to, Bulger’s intended target Brian ...
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Aaron Hernandez under new scrutiny in Fla. shooting
The 27-year-old Dorchester semi-pro linebacker whose homicide sent cops back to the North Attleboro manse of Aaron Hernandez for a second day was "a wonderful child," his grieving mom said - as questions hovered over the Patriots tight end and news broke of a Florida lawsuit accusing him of shooting a friend in the face after a night at a Miami strip joint.The Bristol County District ...
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MBTA pick called off the rails
A lawyer whose firm defends the MBTA in employee discrimination cases has been hired as the T’s acting civil rights chief - a move critics say raises possible conflicts of interest.Joseph L. Edwards Jr., appointed last week as interim director of the agency’s Office of Diversity and Civil Rights, will be paid on a contract basis by the T and MassDOT while also continuing to ...
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Relatives survivors head to witness stand
Gangster James "Whitey" Bulger’s defense team, who lost their bid yesterday to control which death photos are presented to jurors, have what could be a tougher corner to battle out of today, when prosecutors begin putting the first of the murder victims’ long-suffering loved ones on the witness stand.The U.S. attorney’s office did not immediately release the names of ...
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Take this to the bank.....Spurs in six.... So let it be written so let it done. JUN 19
This will be a good series but the team that doesn't freeze in the big moments, you know like in the last five minutes of the game will prevail.LeBron is famous for the choke-A-bron, I don't see that changing in this series, he will have some monster games and will play Houdini in others. That's all the Spurs need to take this championship.The chant heard on national television ...
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National Briefing | New England Condoms Approved for Schools in Massachusetts
The Boston School Committee on Wednesday approved making condoms available in the ...
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Bulger Gandolfini Mob makes headlines this week
By The Associated Press The death in Italy of James Gandolfini, who played Mafia boss Tony Soprano on the popular HBO show "The Sopranos," was part of an unusual convergence of mob-related ...
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Jennings Hellickson help Rays top Red Sox 6-2
BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox had just enough energy left to celebrate Jonny Gomes' big swing. Gomes hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning to lift the Red Sox to a 3-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night, completing a doubleheader sweep. Daniel Nava was aboard on a leadoff walk when Gomes followed with a towering shot off Joel Peralta (1-3) that cleared the Green Monster ...
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Rays 6 Red Sox 2
E_Iglesias (1). DP_Tampa Bay 1, Boston 1. LOB_Tampa Bay 10, Boston 5. 2B_Loney (17), W.Myers (1), D.Ortiz (15), Saltalamacchia (18). HR_De.Jennings (9). SF_Loney. IP H R ER BB SO Hellickson W,5-3 6 7 McGee Jo.Peralta J.Wright -3 Rodney -3 Dempster L,4-8 6 8 3 3 Breslow -3 3 3 A.Wilson -3 F.Morales ...
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MLB Tampa Bay 6 Boston 2
Evan Longoria had three of Tampa Bay's 15 hits Wednesday and had an RBI during the Rays' game-breaking inning that pushed them to a 6-2 win over Boston. Tampa Bay was protecting a 3-2 lead heading into the seventh, during which the Rays scored three times. Longoria singled home the first run of the inning and then scored along ...
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Remy to return to NESN booth Tuesday
Email BOSTON -- Jerry Remy has a piece of good news for Red Sox fans. The popular color analyst will be back in his familiar perch in the NESN broadcast booth on Tuesday night, when Boston opens its next homestand against the Colorado Rockies. Remy has been out of work since May 28 after suffering an allergy attack and then pneumonia. Due to his two bouts with lung cancer -- the most recent of ...
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Boston School Committee approves distribution of condoms in all high schools
The Boston School Committee approved two significant policy changes Wednesday night, one of which will make condoms available in all high schools across the city and the other will beef up employee background checks. The approval of condom distribution -- a key feature in a new comprehensive health and wellness policy -- marks a dramatic shift in practice for the city's public schools ...
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Blackhawks Bruins Tied 1-1 After 1st of Game 4
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Body found near Patriots home was homicide victim
State police returned to the home of New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez on Wednesday, two days after a body was found about a mile ...
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Tireless Salty draws another start for Red Sox
Email BOSTON -- Jarrod Saltalamacchia will finally get a chance to rest on Thursday night, when the Red Sox open a four-game series in Detroit. But even after playing both ends of a day-night doubleheader on Tuesday and catching all 18 innings, Saltalamacchia was right back behind the plate on Wednesday. David Ross was supposed to start Tuesday's nightcap, but had to go on the seven-day ...
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Ross to visit noted concussion specialist
Email BOSTON -- The Red Sox should get a better idea of how David Ross is responding to his second concussion of the season when the backup catcher goes to Pittsburgh to see Dr. Michael Collins on Thursday. "I don't know if there's ever a normal recovery type or time with these -- they take on a life of their own," said Red Sox manager John Farrell. "After the foul ball ...
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DA Death of man near Hernandez home a homicide
homicide Lloyd, a semi-pro football player, was found Monday in an industrial park in North Attleboro located less than a mile from the sprawling Hernandez ...
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Maine lawmakers fail to override Medicaid veto
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - A second attempt to override a veto of Medicaid expansion by Republican Gov. Paul LePage has failed in the Democratic-controlled Maine ...
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Hossa returns for Blackhawks in Game 4
BOSTON (AP) - Chicago Blackhawks forward Marian Hossa was back in the lineup for Game 4 of the Stanley Cup finals against the Boston Bruins on Wednesday ...
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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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