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Penalty-killer Paille steps up offense for Bruins
BOSTON (AP) - His teammates always knew Daniel Paille was more than a speedy penalty killer who specialized in defense for the Boston ...
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Conn. senators still hold out hope for gun bill
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut’s two Democratic U.S. senators say they still believe the Senate could take up a slightly retooled gun control bill later this ...
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Portland Maine says ‘Life’s good here’
Maine’s largest city is betting that visitors will come to know that ‘‘life’s good here.’’ The city launched a new marketing campaign Tuesday under the slogan: ‘‘Portland, Maine. Yes. Life’s good here.’’ Besides the city, local groups and businesses plan to use the slogan, adapting it, for instance, with the sayings: ...
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Negotiators reach deal to fund new women’s prison in N.H.
New Hampshire House and Senate negotiators have reached a tentative agreement on a public works budget for the next two years that contains funding for a new women’s prison. The deal struck Tuesday includes $38 million for a 224-bed women’s prison and transitional facility in Concord near the men’s prison. The project is the largest single item in the proposed budget. The bill ...
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Police in Lancaster N.H. warn of paving scam
Police in Lancaster, N.H., are warning people of a likely paving scam in the area. Police are advising homeowners to be leery of anyone approaching them offering paving work at a reduced price. They have been telling homeowners they have asphalt left over from a previous job and would be willing to pave their driveway at a reduced price. Police say the company does the work and instead charges a ...
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N.H. man sentenced for raping foster brother 7 in Mass.
A New Hampshire man convicted of sexually assaulting his 7-year-old foster brother while they lived in Massachusetts was sentenced in Greenfield Superior Court Monday to up to 10 years in prison. Joshua Matthews, 24, was also sentenced to 10 years probation upon release. Matthews was convicted in April of two counts of forcible rape of a child, but acquitted of charges of assault and battery ...
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Records sought in fungal meningitis outbreak
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Three Tennessee clinics have received subpoenas for documents related to drugs from a Massachusetts specialty pharmacy linked to a fungal meningitis outbreak last ...
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Sword stolen decades ago on way back to Brown University
A Brown University spokesman said a Virginia antiques collector has turned over a Civil War-era sword that was stolen from the Ivy League school in the 1970s. Last week, a federal judge in Virginia ordered Williamsburg collector Donald Tharpe to surrender the Tiffany silver sword to Brown. Tharpe bought it for $35,000 in 1992 after it had passed among dealers for years. A Brown spokesman told ...
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APNewsBreak Conn. chimp victim to appeal lawsuit
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - A woman disfigured by a friend’s pet chimpanzee in 2009 plans to appeal a decision denying her permission to sue the state for $150 million on her claim that officials knew the chimp was dangerous but didn’t do anything about it, her attorney told The Associated Press on ...
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Washington Post writer Mitt Romney lost because hes Superman modern voters prefer Batman
In this June 8, 2012, photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney smiles has he talks with his staff while riding on his bus after a campaign stop in Council Bluffs, ...
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Vt. Health Co-op expanding board to win approval
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - The Vermont Health Co-op is realigning its board of directors in hopes of winning state approval to sell health insurance as part of the federal health care reform process that is getting ready to begin selling insurance later this year. Last week founding board member Mitchell Fleischer stepped down. Co-op CEO Christine Oliver says the changes are one part of a series ...
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Traffic light chaos in Boston leaves roads gridlocked
A traffic light malfunction that created gridlock in the South End and Back Bay on Tuesday is being blamed on a manhole fire a few days ago, according to ...
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Boston Marathon winner giving medal to city
Boston Marathon winner Lelisa Desisa is giving his medal to the City of Boston as a tribute to the victims and families affected by the twin bombing near the race's finish ...
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Wilson Nobel winner for physics dies in Maine
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- Physicist Kenneth Wilson, who earned a Nobel prize for pioneering work that changed the way physicists think about phase transitions, has died in Maine, where he retired to enjoy kayaking with his wife. He was ...
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Show your spirit with Bruins fan placards
Looking for a way to show your Bruins pride? Download your own Bruins placards reading `Don’t poke the Bear!’ and `We Need the Cup!’ in classic Bruins black and ...
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Northeastern student faces second sex assault charge
A Northeastern University student already charged in one terrifying nighttime street assault on a woman early Saturday has been linked to a second attack less than an hour later, authorities said today. Patrick Barry, 21, is charged with assault with intent to rape and other offenses in connection with the 2 a.m. ambush along Huntington Avenue in Roxbury. The victim was grabbed from behind and ...
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Critics Notebook A Boston Biennial Celebrates the Baroque Tradition
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Vt. Gov. Shumlin tours new psychiatric residence
MIDDLESEX, Vt. (AP) - Gov. Peter Shumlin, legislators and other officials toured Vermont’s newest state psychiatric facility Tuesday, a day before the Middlesex Therapeutic Community Residence was set to receive its first two ...
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Maine House approves dental hygienists bill
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - The Democratic-led Maine House has given initial approval to a bill aimed at making dental care more accessible and ...
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Casino games begin at Twin River
LINCOLN, R.I. (AP) - Bettors will soon be able to play blackjack, roulette and craps at the Twin River Casino as Rhode Island moves to get a head start on neighboring ...
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Vt.s GMP says saving bats would cost $4 million
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - The utility that owns the Lowell Mountain wind power project said it would have to stop its turbines from spinning at night for six months a year to eliminate any risk to the little brown bats known to fly on the ...
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Warwick beach reopened to swimming
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island health officials have reopened City Park Beach in Warwick to swimming after bacteria counts returned to acceptable ...
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Bostons One Fund nears $55M with more than 250 claims
One Fund Boston administrator Kenneth R. Feinberg leads a town hall meeting held to discuss how victims of the Boston Marathon bombing will be compensated on May 7, 2013, at the Boston Public ...
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Hoops stars Maine Hall of Fame induction revoked
BANGOR, Maine (AP) - The Maine Sports Hall of Fame has revoked the induction of a former college basketball star following his conviction on a child pornography ...
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Providence councilor wants Birch oversight review
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A Providence councilman wants a city review of how a vocational school could have violated the civil rights of the developmentally disabled for years by unnecessarily segregating them in a ‘‘sheltered workshop’’ where they were paid little or no wages for manual ...
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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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