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Whitey’s attorney We won’t be bullied
In a blistering response to federal prosecutors’ demands that James "Whitey" Bulger’s lawyers stop speaking to the press, ?J.W. Carney Jr. fought back by ?listing a host of recent presidential scandals, U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz’s struggles in Boston and a quote from Thomas ?Jefferson."A federal government with ?unchecked power poses a threat to every freedom ...
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Prosecutors Jailhouse phone calls detail gang hit
Among the 1,174 pieces of evidence prosecutors plan to present against James "Whitey" ?Bulger are transcripts of telephone conversations the Southie mobster had while in the Plymouth County House of Correction about the orchestrated gang hit on Edward Connors, according to a list of exhibits federal prosecutors revealed yesterday.Connors, an ex-boxer and ?Savin Hill bar owner, ...
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Experts weigh political correctness role in terror
The Boston Marathon bombings and the butchering of a British soldier, attributed to terrorism suspects who had already faced official scrutiny, are further proof of how hard it is for free societies to stop small-scale jihadist offensives, security experts say, but critics say law enforcement is handicapping itself with excessive political correctness.Critics point to the blackballing of ...
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Sex offender crackdown clears Senate
The Senate pushed through a budget amendment yesterday that would make Level 2 predators’ names public, and give the state’s Sex Offender Registry Board the power to reclassify offenders without new convictions."This was (about) time," Senate President Therese Murray said of pushing reforms through budget amendments. "I think it’s really important to act in a ...
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Calling experts to testify cost taxpayers $100000
Public defenders seeking to keep convicted sex offenders’ identities secret spent nearly $100,000 in taxpayer money last year on expert testimony - a strategy pushed in a widely circulated handbook advising attorneys on how to beat the state’s registry, a Herald review found.The review comes as the Senate yesterday approved a measure to add the names of Level 2 predators to the Sex ...
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Education Department giving Newtown $1.3 million
WASHINGTON (AP) - Schools in Newtown, Conn., will receive $1.3 million in federal aid to recover after the shootings that left 26 students and educators dead last ...
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Stark overtones in 2011 Waltham triple homicide
A grisly triple homicide in Waltham 18 months ago was widely assumed to be a drug deal gone bad and all but gone from the public view. But it is now in the spotlight again, as an international incident with links to the alleged Boston Marathon bombers, a man shot in Orlando, Fla., this week, and a world of extreme violence they ...
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Marathon bombings take center stage at Boston poetry slam
In a packed theater on Huntington Avenue, high school students, teachers, and spectators gathered to cheer each other on and compete for the first place prize in the "Louder than a Bomb" poetry slam ...
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Fenway Center plans satisfy concerned DOT board member
A state transportation board member who interrupted a presentation Wednesday with a call to postpone a vote on a $500 million megadevelopment said in an interview Thursday that she is now ready to approve an agreement allowing Fenway Center construction to ...
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Boston to Cape Cod rail service after a long hiatus to return on Friday
On the last Friday of June 1984, Governor Michael S. Dukakis smashed a bottle of champagne on another train, the first to depart Boston bound for Cape Cod in nearly two decades, and declared it "the Spirit of ...
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N.H. Senate passes bill legalizing medical marijuana
CONCORD, N.H. - New Hampshire could soon join 18 other states and the District of Columbia in allowing seriously ill people to use marijuana in their medical ...
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Boston teachers receive high ratings stirring concern about rigor of evaluations
The Boston Public Schools has rated 92 percent of all teachers as proficient or exemplary under a new evaluation system, according to a School Department analysis that officials held up as evidence that most students are receiving quality instruction in the ...
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Red Sox hammered by Franconas Indians at Fenway
Bourn throws out Ellsbury at the plate BOSTON -- Of course, Terry Francona was going to feel at home in Thursday's return to Fenway Park, where he had managed for eight seasons, some of them glory years in Red Sox history. Far more stunning was the way Francona's new team, the Cleveland Indians, made Fenway Park look like their own backyard with a steady stream of hard hits. In a ...
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Indians 12 Red Sox 3
E_Napoli (3). DP_Boston 1. LOB_Cleveland 11, Boston 6. 2B_Bourn (6), Y.Gomes (3), Stubbs 2 (11), Nava (8), Lavarnway (1). 3B_Stubbs (1). HR_D.Ortiz (8). SB_Aviles (2). IP H R ER BB SO McAllister W,4-3 5 5 Allen S.Barnes Dempster L,2-5 Mortensen 5 5 A.Wilson Breslow Tazawa ...
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Stubbs Reynolds lead Indians to 12-3 win over Sox
Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona, left, is surrounded by members of the media in the visitor's dugout before a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston, Thursday, May 23, 2013. Francona was Red Sox manager for the 2004 and 2007 World Series Championship seasons. (AP Photo/Charles ...
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Middlebrooks leaves with spasms in lower back
Email BOSTON -- Red Sox third baseman Will Middlebrooks exited Thursday night's game against the Indians with lower back spasms. When the Red Sox went out for defense to start the fifth inning, Pedro Ciriaco replaced Middlebrooks. There was no indication of when the injury occurred. Middlebrooks struck out looking in his two at-bats, the latter of which was in the fourth inning, just ...
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Study No higher cancer rate at Conn. Pratt plants
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- An 11-year study of the incidence of brain cancer at jet engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney in the state ended Thursday with university researchers saying they found no statistically significant elevations in the rate of cancer among ...
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Kreider keeps Rangers alive with OT goal
NEW YORK (AP) - Chris Kreider steered in a pass from Rick Nash 7:03 into overtime, and the New York Rangers stayed alive in the Stanley Cup playoffs with a 4-3 victory over the Boston Bruins on Thursday ...
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Calif. horse owners want multi-state doping rules
ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) - California’s thoroughbred owners announced Thursday that they are committed to joining eight other states in adopting a common medication program that could lead to national standards for horse ...
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Heavy rain washes out Vt. bridge roads closed
SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - Vermont State Police say a bridge on Route 15 in Westford has been washed out and a number of roads have been closed or partially closed due to heavy ...
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Boston Marathon survivor tosses first pitch
BOSTON -- A Boston Marathon survivor, who tore 90 percent of his left Achilles tendon, threw out a ceremonial pitch before the Red Sox game against the Indians on Thursday night. Peter DiMartino, 36, was greeted with a standing ovation as he came out on crutches to the pitching mound and fired a pitch to Boston outfielder Jonny Gomes. Gomes, who was not in the starting lineup, came out with a ...
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Conn. Senate votes to raise minimum wage
The Senate voted 21-to-15 on Thursday to increase the current wage of $8.25 an hour to $8.70 on Jan. 1, 2014. It would increase to $9 on Jan. 1, 2015. The last increases occurred in ...
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Indians call up LHP Barnes designate LHP Huff
Barnes was 2-2 with a 5.74 ERA in 12 relief appearances for Triple-A Columbus. In two previous stints with Cleveland this season, he was 0-0 with a 4.50 ERA in three relief ...
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Press Party Obamas blunders so long Tim Murray and more
The "Press Party" panel takes aim this week at the White House's failed attempts to rein in media scrutiny of the IRS scandal and Lt. Gov. Tim Murray's abrupt exit from office. Also, are reporters risking their lives covering stories and the worst media blunder of the week - a CNN reporter's embarrassing gaffe. Take a look and leave a comment below and take the poll at ...
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Mass. man sentenced decades after fleeing state
DEDHAM, Mass. -- A man convicted of raping three women in Massachusetts has been sentenced to 36 to 40 years in prison decades after he fled the state and began living a secret life in Maine.Gary Alan Irving was sentenced Thursday in Norfolk Superior Court. He could have gotten a life sentence.Irving was a teenager when he was convicted of raping three women. When authorities finally caught up ...
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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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