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  • Busy weekend for Enda Kenny in United States Busy weekend for Enda Kenny in United States

    Taoiseach Enda Kenny has spent the weekend in Boston, Massachusetts furthering the strength of U.S. -Ireland relations. The head of Ireland's government attended a function on Saturday at the JFK Library to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of President Kennedy's 1963 visit to Ireland At the ceremony Kenny addressed an audience of U.S. lawmakers and representatives of the business ...

  • Experts warn mosquito season could be bad

    "A ditch that's probably 200 feet long, 3 feet wide, it can have hundreds of thousands of mosquito larvae," said Michael Morrison, president of Swamp ...

  • Lawyers can get bomb suspects prison records

    A judge has approved a defense request to get records on Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev compiled while he's in federal prison, but said prosecutors are entitled to the same ...

  • Dispute could force graves to be moved

    But a surveyor discovered that part of the cemetery is believed to be on state-owned land. The Department of Environmental Services said the area is for flood control measures for a nearby dam. If the dam were to flood, the land where the graves are would be used as a staging area for ...

  • Police search for dad wanted for parental kidnapping

    Police have begun an urgent search for a man who allegedly entered the foster home of his two children, forcibly taking his son and daughter from the ...


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Movie Review

The Natural [Blu-Ray]

The Natural [Blu-Ray]

The Natural arrived in movie theaters during the fabled re-election year of Ronald Reagans Morning in America, and the film couldnt have been better timed to take advantage of the American cultures newfound yearning for nostalgia and hero worship. Deeply old-fashioned in virtually eve ... ...

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  • Court orders prison to hand over files in Boston bomb case

    Judge Marianne Bowler presides over the case of Robel Phillipos, the teenager accused of lying to FBI agents in the Boston Marathon bombing investigation, in court in Boston, Massachusetts in this May 6, 2013 court ...

  • Boston bombing victims receive BC degrees

    NEWTON, Mass. (AP) - The bandage around Liza Cherney’s left ankle was the only visible sign of injuries from a bomb at the Boston Marathon that sprayed shrapnel into her leg. Nearby, her friend Brittany Loring shed a crutch and showed no sign of a limp as she walked past applauding classmates at Boston College on ...

  • Judge lawyers can get Tsarnaev prison records

    Also Monday, the defense and prosecution filed a joint motion to delay a May 30 probable cause hearing in the case against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-HAHR’ tsahr-NEYE'-ehv) at least until July ...

  • Tuesday May 21 Whats New

    Ways to go: we hitch a ride on the new train to Cape Cod, the Cape Flyer. Things to buy: the hip eyeglass retailer Warby Parker sets up shop on Newbury Street, and a gourmet grocery pitches its tent in South Boston. Things to do: former New England Patriot Matt Light sets off a cornhole commotion as he promotes the game of his Midwest youth. Things to see: The Dead Sea scrolls and dedicated ...

  • Vermont is 4th state to legalize assisted suicide

    MONTPELIER, Vt. -; After years of debate, Vermont became the fourth state in the country Monday to allow doctors to prescribe lethal doses of medicine to terminally ill patients seeking to end their ...

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