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  • Boston Strong Hockey helps the healing in a wounded city

    Rob Rogers, Jenn Rogers, and Jennifer Lemmerman, wave a Boston Strong banner before Game 3 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Finals between the Boston Bruins and the Chicago Blackhawks in Boston, Monday, June 17, 2013. The three are relatives of MIT police officer Sean Collier, killed during confrontation with suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing on April 15. (Elise ...

  • Ex-mobster tells of Bulger gangs killings

    "You killed friends?" Bulger attorney Hank Brennan shot. "Yes," replied prosecution witness John Martorano. "Families?" "Yes." "Strangers?" "Yes." "Innocent people?" "Yes," said Martorano, who has admitted to 20 murders and who earlier served 12 years in prison on a government deal for his cooperation in the case ...

  • Bolivian Girl Mauled by Dog to Fly to U.S. for Help

    LA PAZ, Bolivia -- A 4-year-old Bolivian girl who was unconscious for nearly three weeks after being mauled in the face and body by a Rottweiler is awake and ready to fly to Boston for reconstructive surgery, a doctor said ...

  • Bulger defense team seeks to shield murder photos

    Carney and Brennan argue the latter image "is so jarring that is likely to provoke an emotional response from the jury that may have an undue impact on their deliberations."Over the past two days, Bulger’s 18 jurors have been subjected to similar photos of men shot point-blank in the face and stuffed in car trunks or laid out on autopsy tables. However, Martorano testified Bulger ...

  • 4-year-old girl mauled by dog in Bolivia to fly to Boston for reconstructive surgery

    Rosalia lies in a hospital bed in intensive care at the Children's Hospital in La Paz, Bolivia, Monday, June 17, 2013. The four-year girl who was attacked by a Rottweiler about 4 months ago, came out of her coma and will be transferred to a U.S. hospital in Boston for reconstructive face surgery. (AP Photo/Juan ...


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The Seventh Seal (Det sjunde inseglet) [DVD]

The Seventh Seal (Det sjunde inseglet) [DVD]

The Seventh Seal is, without doubt, the most iconic of Swedish master Ingmar Bergmans canon of masterpieces, and it is also quite possibly one of the most powerful and memorable examples of late 50s and early 60s European art cinema, a film that, in so many ways, encapsulates ... ...

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  • Rays struggle against Aceves lose 5-1 to Boston

    Tampa Bay Rays' Chris Archer pitches in the first inning of the first baseball game of a doubleheader against the Boston Red Sox in Boston, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Michael ...

  • Local comedy collaborators take home top prize at Boston 48 Hour Film Project

    LensProToGo.com , presented the award for Best Film out of eighty-one teams this year. A photo and video rental company staffed entirely by working professional photographers and filmmakers, they are perfectly suited to support ...

  • Ross sidelined by second concussion

    Email BOSTON -- For the second time this season, David Ross was placed on the seven-day concussion disabled list. The move, which was announced after the first game of the Red Sox's doubleheader against the Rays, is likely the result of a foul tip hitting his catcher's mask during Friday's game against Baltimore. To fill his roster spot, right-hander Alex Wilson was recalled ...

  • Conn. man missing after river tubing mishap

    FARMINGTON, Conn. (AP) -- Farmington police say an East Hartford man is missing after several people tubing in the rain-swollen Farmington river were thrown into the ...

  • Red Sox put RHP Buchholz on disabled list

    The Red Sox made the move Tuesday after beating Tampa Bay 5-1 in the opener of a day-night doubleheader. Buchholz threw for a brief period in the bullpen following the ...

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