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  • 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 ...

  • Pedroia lifts Red Sox late for win vs. Indians

    CLE@BOS: Pedroia's double scores Carp as lead run BOSTON -- Forget about the power, Dustin Pedroia is still playing like the guy who won the American League MVP Award in 2008. After Jon Lester battled back from a rough third inning, setting a season-high with 124 pitches through seven innings, Pedroia stepped into the batter's box with two outs and the game tied in the eighth. ...

  • MLB Boston 7 Cleveland 4

    Dustin Pedroia delivered a go-ahead RBI double during a big eighth inning that rallied the Boston Red Sox over Cleveland 7-4 Saturday. Trailing 4-3 entering the eighth, the Red Sox erupted for four runs and went on to notch a second straight win over Cleveland. Pedro Ciriaco (3-for-4) ignited the rally with a one-out double against Vinnie Pestano (1-1) and scored the tying run when the next ...

  • One dead after 3-car crash in Weston highway ramps reopen

    A three-car crash in Weston has killed one person and injured at least two others, state police said.The crash happened about 12:50 p.m. on the ramp from the Massachusetts Turnpike eastbound to Interstate 95 North.The dead person was trapped inside one of the vehicles, state police said.Two others involved in the crash were taken to a hospital with injuries.The identities of the three people ...

  • Bruins Live Blog Dennis Seidenberg A Game-Time Decision For Game 5

    4:15 p.m.: There is little doubt that the Bruins should have taken care of business on Thursday night in Game 4. They failed, but the good news is they’ll get another crack at it this evening at TD Garden in front of their home fans. (And another crack it Monday in New York, and, heavens forbid, one more crack at it Wednesday back here in Boston, but let’s not go there just ...


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My Big Fat Greek Wedding

The end of the summer 2002 movie season is here, with the studios having taken in some $3.3 billion. There were plenty of big-budget blockbusters that pulled in hundreds of millions of dollars at the box office (Spider-Man, Attack of the Clones, Men in Black II), yet the movie that people can't quite stop talking about is My Big Fat Greek Wedding, now better known as " ... ...

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  • Bruins ready to turn the page

    When the Bruins got off to such a strong start in Game 4 in New York only to give the game away in the 3-2 overtime loss, their disappointment was palpable over not closing out the series.However, the Bruins insisted those frustrations would not carry over into tonight’s Game 5 and the bad momentum created from Thursday night won’t affect ...

  • Andris Biedrins exercises option to stay with Golden State MAY 25

    Warriors will be forced to pay him $9 million for his services, or lack there of. 2013-2014 will be the final year of Biedrins' six-year, $54 million contract that he signed back in 2008. At 27 years of age, he could opt out of his contract to become an unrestricted free agent, but according to his agent Bill Duffy, he will ...

  • Thousands run final mile of Boston Marathon as memorial

    Thousands of runners and their supporters took to the streets of Boston on Saturday to finish the marathon many started a month ago -- but were forced to abandon after bombs exploded near the finish ...

  • Vt governor issues caution about flood potential

    The National Weather Service says more rain, and even some snow, were in the forecast for Vermont on Saturday. A flood watch remains in effect for most of the state through Sunday ...

  • Pedroia going strong could play all 162 games

    Email BOSTON -- Dustin Pedroia is on pace to play 162 games this season, and Red Sox manager John Farrell just might let him. "I'll probably look [for a day off for him] and he'll probably continue to be in the lineup," Farrell said. "As we know, he's not a guy that's looking to come out of the lineup. Whether it's 162, there may be a time along the way ...

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