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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 ...

  • Thousands run final mile of Boston Marathon

    Runners who were unable to finish the Boston Marathon on April 15 because of the bombings cross the finish line on Boylston Street after the city allowed them to finish the last mile of the race in Boston, Saturday, May 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Winslow ...

  • Dartmouth gets $10 million to expand study abroad

    HANOVER, N.H. (AP) - Dartmouth College plans to use a $10 million alumnus donation to expand its study abroad and other international education ...

  • Conn. residents to march against Monsanto

    HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - More than 100 Connecticut residents expected to participate in a ‘‘March Against Monsanto’’ in downtown ...

  • Conn. veterans receive home repairs

    HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Nearly 100 volunteers are set to help two Connecticut veterans and a military widow repair and renovate their homes in Berlin, New Britain and ...


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Open Water

Open Water

After making the biggest splash at last years Sundance Film Festival, Chris KentissOpen Water is being touted as the next great indie-crossover, a Blair Witch-ish thriller made on a meager budget and shot in digital video that nonetheless generates the kinds of white-knuckle chill ... ...

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  • NH ag-based exports eligible for grants

    CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - New Hampshire companies that produce agricultural-based products - from beer to lotions - are eligible to receive a grant that could help them enter or expand their export ...

  • Hundreds running Boston Marathons final mile

    BOSTON -; Hundreds of runners are joining victims of the Boston Marathon bombings to finish the last mile of the race, reclaiming the triumph of crossing the finish line after explosives went off while many athletes were still ...

  • Community outreach key to Obama counterterror plan

    FILE - In this April 26, 2013, file photo police officers stand by as Muslims leave the Islamic Society of Boston mosque in Cambridge, Mass., which was attended occasionally by Tamerlan Tsarnaev for Friday prayers, according to Islamic Society of Boston leaders. Within hours of the blasts at the Boston marathon, government officials and members of BostonÂ’s Muslim community called each other, ...

  • Rescuers look for pilot in deadly NY Angel Flight

    EPHRATAH, N.Y. -- Rescuers are searching for the pilot of a volunteer Angel Flight that crashed in upstate New York, killing two passengers.A dispatcher for the Fulton County Sheriff's Department says divers went to a large pond Saturday morning where the bulk of the plane was found submerged in Ephratah (ee-FRAY'-tah), west of Albany. Investigators are also combing nearby woods.The ...

  • DA Peabody drunken driving crash killed man 31

    A Peabody man will face charges of motor vehicle homicide this morning after a fatal early morning crash killed his passenger.Michael Fowler, 37, drove his 2010 Hyundai into a parked tow truck on Walnut Street in Peabody around 12:30 a.m., according to the Essex District Attorney’s office. The collision killed his passenger, Daniel Walker, 31, also of Peabody, the DA’s office ...

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