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Tanker rolls spills some of its fuel roads shut
CHELMSFORD, Mass. (AP) - Massachusetts State Police say a fuel tanker has rolled over on Route 3 near the Lowell Connector shortly after 11 p.m., spilling some of its fuel on the ...
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Amesbury woman adjusting to life after amputation
AMESBURY, Mass. (AP) - More than seven months after losing her leg in a near-fatal accident in Haverhill, Paige Fortin is finally back on her ...
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Probe begins after Conn. commuter trains crash
FAIRFIELD, Conn. - Two commuter trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in an accident that sent more than 60 people to Connecticut hospitals, severely damaged the tracks and threatened to snarl travel in the congested Northeast ...
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Mitt Romney talks IRS AP records Benghazi during interview with Jay Leno
In this March 2012 file photo, then-Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney talks with Jay Leno during his appearance on The Tonight Show in Burbank, Calif. Romney appeared on the show Friday, May 17, 2013, to talk about the IRS, Benghazi, seized AP phone records and the 2012 ...
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Coming off rough start Dempster looks to bounce back vs. Twins
With a fastball that hangs around 88 mph, Scott Diamond had the Red Sox looking silly in a May 7 start. The Sox haven't done much damage against left-handed pitchers this season. From hard throwers to soft tossers, southpaws have stymied Boston's offense to the tune of a .230 batting average and just 12 home runs in more than 500 plate appearances. The Red Sox will get another try at ...
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Twins pen loses lead in 3-2 loss to Red Sox in 10
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - For the second time in two weeks, the Minnesota Twins scored enough to win against Boston’s unbeaten ace, Clay ...
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FBI director continues cover-up of contacts with Boston bombing suspects
In testimony before the US Senate Thursday, Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Robert Mueller continued the official cover-up of the advance warnings and extensive contacts between the FBI and other intelligence and security agencies and the suspects in the April 15 bombings at the Boston Marathon.The detonation of two bombs in downtown Boston resulted in three deaths and the wounding of ...
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Gomes 10th-inning sac fly lifts Red Sox past Twins
BOS@MIN: Gomes gives Sox 10th-inning lead on sac fly MINNEAPOLIS -- Jonny Gomes drove in the game-winning run with a sacrifice fly and the Red Sox got a dominant pitching performance from starter Clay Buchholz and the bullpen Friday night in a 3-2, 10-inning win over the Twins. Buchholz was denied his seventh win of the season, but he went seven strong innings, while the bullpen retired the ...
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Outraged readers call for probe
Bring on the investigations.That was the cry of fed-up Herald readers unwilling to accept the resignation of a fall guy at the IRS as a widening political scandal envelops the Obama administration."I believe the president has broken faith with the American people who are able to look at the truth and the facts," said a reader commenting as Enough during yesterday’s Friday ...
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‘Dookhan defendant’ charged with murder
A so-called Dookhan defendant sprung from jail in the wake of the state drug-lab scandal is back behind bars, accused of killing a Brockton man - making him the first of the infamous group set free to face a murder charge.Donta Hood, 22, was released from prison last fall in the wake of the widespread mishandling of drug evidence allegedly by disgraced former state chemist Annie Dookhan.Hood was ...
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Bulger lawyers buck juror criminal checks
Jurors deciding the fate of accused serial killer James "Whitey" Bulger should not have to undergo criminal background checks since federal law doesn’t call for them and jurors might consider it harassment, his lawyers argued in a defense motion filed yesterday."Potential jurors … may experience this intrusion as a harassing investigation," Bulger’s lawyers ...
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State trooper convicted in extortion threat case
A disgraced state trooper who tried to muscle his way into a bookie’s business was convicted yesterday of extortion and threats against his unwilling 300-pound would-be gambling partner, and is facing up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, federal prosecutors said.The jury could not reach a unanimous verdict on a second extortion charge against state Trooper John M. Analetto, who ...
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Cop says accused murderer apologized
When cops finally cuffed a white supremacist, who prosecutors say went on a rape and murder rampage in a Brockton neighborhood, he offered a half-hearted apology, a police officer testified yesterday.Brockton police officer Michael Bunker said as he drove Keith Luke into the department’s garage, the accused killer told him, " ‘I’m sorry I shot at the police. ...
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FBI target condemns bombings
MANCHESTER, N.H. - A Chechen rebel-turned-refugee - whose meetings with marathon bombing mastermind Tamerlan Tsarnaev drew FBI agents to search his home this week - wrapped himself in the American flag yesterday, saying he loves his adopted country and the deadly attacks left him with "shame and fear.""I strongly condemn the horrible act at the Boston marathon that claimed the ...
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Judge Prison will photograph Dzhokhar
A federal judge yesterday rejected a request by lawyers for accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to allow them to take periodic photos of the 19-year-old bombing suspect to show changes in his physical and mental condition and help determine if his statements to interrogators come ?under duress.Instead, federal Magistrate Judge Marianne B. Bowler said in a court filing that federal ...
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Bulfinch Hotel in Boston to become the Boxer
The Bulfinch Hotel near TD Garden is unveiling a new, more upscale identity on Monday when the recently renovated property officially becomes the ...
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No bail for Quincy man accused in Dorchester double homicide
A Quincy man pleaded not guilty Friday to two counts of murder in the shooting deaths of Victor Otoadese, 21, and Sean Repetto, 25, in Dorchester, said a spokeswoman for the Suffolk district attorney’s office. Prosecutors said Keon Monteiro, 24, shot Otoadese and Repetto on Batchelder Street on the afternoon of Nov. 28, 2012. Prosecutors said that the victims were seen with Monteiro ...
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Lowell baby allegedly shaken by father dies
A baby who was allegedly assaulted by his father in Lowell last week has died of his injuries, according to Middlesex District Attorney Marian T. ...
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Bishop M. Thomas Shaw successfully undergoes surgery to remove mass on his brain
Bishop M. Thomas Shaw of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts successfully underwent surgery Friday to remove a mass discovered on his brain, according to the ...
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Vermont court says man can sue hospital for blood draw
MONTPELIER - The Vermont Supreme Court ruled Friday that a man with multiple drunken driving convictions can sue the state’s largest hospital for drawing his blood at the request of ...
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Developer Nunes back in leadership of Milford casino project
Developer David Nunes, who lost control of his Milford casino venture in March after a coup by his investment partners, is back as the project’s chief development officer, returning a familiar face to the proposal as it enters a critical period of rolling out new details and building support among town officials and ...
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Kennedy School students demand inquiry into immigration thesis
Students from the Kennedy School of Government and Harvard University are demanding an inquiry into Harvard’s 2009 approval of a thesis claiming that Hispanic immigrants lack "raw cognitive ability or intelligence" compared with ...
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Former General Mills CEO E. Robert Kinney dies at age 96
From left, Gorton’s executives Havey H. Bundy Jr. and Paul M. Jacobs with E. Robert Kinney during a fishing boat inspection off Gloucester in ...
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Dalton soldier killed in Afghanistan explosion
It was his first deployment, and Army Specialist Mitchell Daehling, 24 and just married, was thrilled to be shipping out to Afghanistan, following in the footsteps of his beloved maternal grandfather, a Purple Heart recipient. And Daehling had big plans for his return: He and his bride were going to throw a wedding party to celebrate after their intimate June ceremony, then go on a ...
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Lawyer Assault on Brown athlete from Norwood was self-defense
PROVIDENCE - A Connecticut Marine accused of beating a Brown University basketball player from Norwood, Mass., so badly that he was hospitalized with head injuries acted in self-defense, his attorney said ...
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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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