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  • Tuukka Rask blunder allows Rangers to stay alive against Bruins in NHL playoffs

    New York grab 4-3 overtime victory over Boston to keep series alive after Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask gifts Rangers comeback; Detroit Red Wings take 3-1 series lead over Chicago ...

  • Friday Throwdown Lt. Gov. Tim Murray steps down

    Are you going to miss resigning Lt. Gov. Tim Murray?The scandal -plagued number two official in Gov. Deval Patrick’s Administration announced this week he would be stepping down in June in order to take a job at the Worcester Chamber of Commerce.Previously, Murray’s most dramatic press conference came in 2011 when he spoke about the high-speed, pre-dawn crash that left a wreck of his ...

  • Methuen teen asks to be freed from jail

    SALEM, Mass. (AP) - A Methuen High School student charged with making online threats has asked a judge to grant him bail so he can go ...

  • January trial set in triple slaying in Berkshire County

    Three men facing murder charges in a triple slaying in ­Berkshire County will go on trial in January, a judge has ruled. ­Adam Lee Hall, David Chalue, and Caius Veiovis ­appeared together in court Wednesday for the first time since their arraignment 18 months ago amid heavy security. They are charged with killing David Glasser, Edward Frampton, and Robert Chadwell of Pittsfield in ...

  • Homeland Security Secretary To Visit Boston Marathon Bombings Memorial

    BOSTON (CBS) – Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano will be in Boston Friday. She will visit the memorial for the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings and meet with state and local officials including State Police Superintendent Colonel Timothy Alben, Mayor Tom Menino, and Police Commissioner Ed Davis. Napolitano's office says they’ll talk about training and ...


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The Last Days of Disco [DVD]

The Last Days of Disco [DVD]

As the title implies, Whit Stillmans The Last Days of Disco is set in the very early eighties, and one of the films unexpected pleasures is that it manages to evoke a very specific time period without becoming mired in it. As both writer and director, Stillman pulls ... ...

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  • Mass. Clean Energy invests in new tech-promoting partnerships

    A half-dozen young companies that have developed energy-saving technologies -- from storage batteries to improved solar panels -- will be sharing $734,134 in seed money from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center to showcase their ideas to potential investors. Mass Clean Energy, a publicly-funded agency, awarded the grant money through a competitive program, InnovateMass, thats intended to spur ...

  • Boston bombing suspects hearing rescheduled

    BOSTON (AP) -- A federal judge has rescheduled a probable cause hearing for surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-HAHR' ...

  • Medical examiner death of ex-officer was suicide

    DANBURY, Conn. (AP) -- The chief medical examiner's office says a former New Milford officer convicted of an on-duty killing committed suicide by carbon monoxide ...

  • Acushnet man dies in ATV crash in Vermont

    CONCORD, Vt. - Vermont State Police say a Massachusetts man has died in an ATV crash in the town of Concord.Police said 42-year-old Frank Baker Jr. of Acushnet, Mass., lost control of the ATV about 10 p.m. Thursday. The ATV went off the trail and Baker was thrown from the vehicle.Police said Baker was not wearing a helmet at the time of the crash. He was given CPR at the scene but was not able ...

  • US Marshals search for man in NH Mass. assaults

    CONCORD, N.H. - The U.S. Marshals are looking for a man wanted on arrest warrants concerning assaults in New Hampshire and Massachusetts.The marshals said Friday 28-year-old Shaun Springer of Portsmouth is wanted on suspicion of second-degree assault by strangulation in Portsmouth and assault with intent to murder/discharge a firearm in Lynn, Mass. He is considered armed and dangerous.The ...

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