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  • Boston bombers slain affiliate not an Islamist says widow

    Ibragim Todashev, an affiliate of slain Boston bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who was himself killed by US security personnel, was an aspiring athlete who took no interests in politics or radical Islam, his widow said. "We avoided talking about politics because we had nothing to do with it," Rene Manukyan, who was married to Ibragim Todashev, told Voice of Russia radio. Todashev, a 27-year-old ...

  • Facial recognition technology quickly identifies Boston Marathon bombing suspect

    Researchers at Michigan State University including an Indian professor were able to quickly identify one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects from law enforcement video, using the latest in automatic facial recognition technology. In the Pattern Recognition and Image Processing laboratory, Anil Jain, MSU Distinguished Professor of computer science and engineering, and Josh Klontz, a research ...

  • Boston back on track

    About 3,000 runners whose run in the Boston Marathon was cut short by the deadly bombings on April 15 ceremoniously finished the race yesterday (right). They wept, hugged and cheered at the finish line of the famed route, where blasts set off by terrorists killed three people and injured or maimed 264."It’s a great way to show the strength of Boston and the camaraderie in our ...

  • Boston runners complete final mile of marathon as memorial to bomb victims

    United States Thousands of runners and their supporters have taken to the streets of Boston to complete the marathon they were forced to abandon after twin bombs exploded near the finish line last month.Emotions were high as a pack of runners carried three US flags and one Chinese flag, raising their arms defiantly as their feet pounded rain-drizzled pavement.Two of the victims of the twin ...

  • Kalman Bruins Can Thank Campbell-Paille-Thornton Trio For Trip To Conference Finals

    BOSTON (CBS) — Brad Richards makes close to $7 million a season for the New York Rangers, and he found himself relegated to the press box for Games 4 and 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. After all, Rangers coach John Tortorella needed to create a better line to match against the Bruins' energy trio of Gregory Campbell, Shawn Thornton and Daniel Paille. And Richards' ...


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The Darjeeling Limited [Blu-Ray]

The Darjeeling Limited [Blu-Ray]

In The Darjeeling Limited, director Wes Anderson returned to the familiar narrative and emotional terrain of tragicomic familial dysfunction, as well as his should-be-patented-by-now bag of filmmaking quirks. The landscape has changed, however, as the film is set ... ...

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  • Tale of the Tape Penguins vs. Bruins

    Penguins captain Sidney Crosby, left, and Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask, right, will play big roles in determining the outcome of the Eastern Conference final. (Associated ...

  • Rangers no match for Bruins magic

    Members of the Boston Bruins celebrate an empty-net goal against the New York Rangers Saturday at TD Garden. The Bruins won the Eastern Conference semifinal series in five games. (Alex Trautwig/Getty ...

  • MFA celebrates love for the Hub

    Hundreds of people lined up along Huntington Avenue yesterday to visit the Museum of Fine Arts as it kicked off its free Memorial Day Community Weekend, named "Boston I Love," with activities and special events celebrating the spirit of the city in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings.The free weekend, which runs through Monday, features an installation, titled "To Boston ...

  • Tears expected at Boston Strong show

    Aerosmith has played plenty of milestone Massachusetts shows - the original Boston Garden in ’75, a three-night stand at Great Woods in ’88 and Fenway Park in 2010.But no show will deliver the emotional punch of Thursday’s sold-out Boston Strong concert benefiting The One Fund Boston at the TD Garden."For Joe (Perry) and the rest of us, it means everything to get back and ...

  • Mom killed kids hurt in Pike crash

    A three-car crash in Weston yesterday killed a mother and injured her two children, state police said.The children’s injuries were not life-threatening, state police said. They were transported to a hospital.There was no word on injuries to the other drivers.The mother has not been identified and her children will not be identified because of their age, state police said.The crash happened ...

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