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Lifespan cost-savings to include doc training cuts
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A plan by Rhode Island’s largest health system to save between $100 million and $150 million over the next two and a half years through significant job cuts will also include cuts to its physician training ...
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Sister of Charlestown murder suspect charged with threatening witnesses
Suffolk County prosecutors have charged the sister of an accused murderer with threatening two witnesses in his case over the phone and on Facebook. Jelaine Flores, 18, of Boston, was arraigned Wednesday in Charlestown Municipal Court on two counts of witness intimidation and one count of making harassing phone calls, Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley's office said in a ...
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Bill modifies traffic stop collection requirements
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A bill requiring police officers to record additional details of their traffic stops in an effort to avoid racial profiling is moving to the governor’s ...
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Patrick administration says it is on track to reduce waste fraud in welfare benefits
The Patrick administration, which has been under fire for not doing enough to battle welfare fraud or waste, said today it had made significant progress in making sure benefits only go to those eligible to receive them. The Department of Transitional Assistance has begun implementing ...
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Pacers coach explains decision to bench Roy Hibbert MAY 23
Pacers big man Roy Hibbert on the bench. Hibbert wasn't on the bench in overtime because he fouled out or was injured. Instead, it was a decision by the coach to keep Hibbert on the bench that likely cost ...
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Exclusive Mitt Romney’s Message to Classmate in 1965 High-School Yearbook
shared with Time magazine the message a young "Barry" wrote in her high-school yearbook. Obama, whose best friend Greg accompanied Kelli to prom, calls her "extremely sweet and foxy" and suggests they keep in touch. You hear that, Kelli? He asked you to be in touch. Call him up! Classmates.com this thing! Hours after the publication of the Obama note a man who graduated from ...
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NH Senate passes bill legalizing medical marijuana
New Hampshire soon could join 18 other states and the District of Columbia in allowing seriously ill people to use marijuana to treat their ...
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Maine governor moves out of office over TV dispute
AUGUSTA, Maine -; Maine's governor, who has gained attention in the past for telling the NAACP to "kiss my butt" and comparing the IRS to the Gestapo, has moved out of his office at the State House and says he'll work out of governor's mansion because of a dispute over a television ...
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Senate vote keeps NHs stand-your-ground law
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- Deadly force will continue to be a viable first option in New Hampshire for individuals defending themselves or others in a public place regardless of whether they could safely retreat from the threat, after a Senate vote Thursday effectively leaves the state's stand-your-ground law in ...
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Bill allows Sunday deer hunting with bow and arrow
The state House of Representatives voted Thursday, 107-19, to repeal a ban on such hunting as part of an effort to manage the state's deer ...
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Convicted rapist who fled sentenced to 36 years
DEDHAM, Mass. -- A man convicted of raping three women in Massachusetts was sentenced Thursday to 36 to 40 years in prison more than three decades after he fled the state and began living a secret life in Maine.Gary Alan Irving could have faced possible life in prison at his sentencing in Norfolk Superior Court. His attorney said Irving will be eligible for parole in 24 years.Irving was a ...
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Penguins looking to close out Senators in Game 5
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Ottawa Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson isn’t sure his team can win three straight games against the Pittsburgh ...
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Taveras graduation test a questionable gauge
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The mayor of Providence says he is concerned about using a standardized test to determine whether high school students are ready to ...
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Priest reinstated after archdiocese clears him of sex abuse allegations
The Rev. Joseph F. Byrne has been reinstated in the ministry after the Archdiocese of Boston cleared the 69-year-old priest of sexual abuse allegations, the archdiocese said today. Byrne was placed on administrative leave in May 2012 after someone contacted the archdiocese with an allegation that he had sexually abused a child in the 1970s. The allegation was found to be unsubtantiated, the ...
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Medway doctor allegedly wrote bogus prescriptions shared drugs with woman
A Medway doctor is facing charges that he allegedly wrote fraudulent narcotics prescriptions, Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan said. Authorities allege Nicholas Pacella, 50, wrote seven oxycodone prescriptions for a woman who was not his patient between June 2007 and June 2008, prosecutors said. The woman then filed the prescriptions using her private health insurance -- and the two ...
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Newport council OKs Cliff Walk plan restrooms
NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) - The Newport City Council has endorsed scaled-back plans by the state for repairs to the Cliff Walk and also given the go-ahead for a contract for new permanent restrooms near one entrance to the ...
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Mass. Senate approves changes to sex offender laws
The proposal was approved as an amendment to the Senate version of the state budget. It is also designed to strengthen information sharing between the Sex Offender Registry Board and other state agencies. Senate President Therese Murray said the Senate decided to take action after the arrest of a Wakefield man last year for allegedly sexually abusing children at his wife's unlicensed day ...
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TechStars Boston class touts throng of paying customers slideshow
LinkCycle - Software which aims to help manufacturers reduce energy use, without deploying any extra hardware. The software, which can be used on an iPad, works by mapping the flow of electricity through manufacturing equipment and finding inefficiencies. LinkCycle has five customers so far using the software, in a total of seven facilities. Among the customers is Rubbermaid, which has found $1 ...
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TechStars Boston startups tout customers funding - the news from Demo Day
LinkCycle - Software which aims to help manufacturers reduce energy use, without deploying any extra hardware. The software, which can be used on an iPad, works by mapping the flow of electricity through manufacturing equipment and finding inefficiencies. LinkCycle has five customers so far using the software, in a total of seven facilities. Among the customers is Rubbermaid, which has found $1 ...
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Vt. NH police pursue man suspected of car theft
Search efforts were discontinued around 4:45 p.m. Wednesday, but four hours later, police were alerted about a suspicious man in the area. Officers were able to apprehend the ...
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DA Waltham triple-murder `by no means closed’
The investigation into a gruesome triple homicide in Waltham in 2011 that may have ties to the Boston Marathon bombing "has not concluded and is by no means closed," despite the deaths of Russian nationals Tamerlan Tsarnaev and Ibragim Todashev, Middlesex District Attorney Marian T. Ryan said today."The Middlesex District Attorney’s Office continues its open and active ...
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Environmental group to spend in Mass. election
BOSTON - A group of environmental activists led by California billionaire Thomas Steyer that spent nearly $900,000 during the U.S Senate primary in plans to return to the state to work against Republican nominee Gabriel Gomez.Chris LeHane, a spokesman for the NextGen Committee, said in a memo to Steyer's Massachusetts supporters on Thursday that the group planned to be a "politically ...
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David Ortiz wows at TechStars Boston event
Big Papi was in da house as 14 startups pitched to an audience of investors this morning at TechStars Boston’s spring "Demo Day."Red Sox slugger David Ortiz joined Fancred CEO Kash Razzaghi on stage at the House of Blues and helped the entrepreneur hit it out of the park.The social media platform tracks fans’ postings and attendance at games, giving those with the highest ...
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US House subcommittee rejects base closings
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Communities in southeastern Connecticut that rely on the Navy submarine base as an economic engine may be breathing easier following a U.S. House subcommittee’s rejection Thursday of a new round of military base ...
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Mass. Senate hopeful Markey to release tax returns
A spokesman for Markey said he will release the returns on Friday going back to 2005. That’s more than his Republican rival Gabriel Gomez, who released several years of tax returns during the Republican ...
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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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