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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 ...

  • Tornadoes pummel several states and kill 1

    But the destructive weather isn't over. Baseball-sized hail, wind gusts and tornadoes could pummel parts of the central Plains and Midwest through ...

  • Biden to speak at Coast Guard Academy graduation

    NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) - Vice President Joe Biden is returning to Connecticut this week to speak at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy graduation in New ...

  • Shumlin to sign aid-in-dying bill

    MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - A 10-year effort by advocates to bring an aid-in-dying law to Vermont is about to be punctuated with Gov. Peter Shumlin’s signing of the ...

  • Taoiseach to pick up honorary doctorate in Boston

    The Taoiseach is to receive an honorary doctorate today from Boston College.Enda Kenny will also deliver the commencement address to 3,000 students graduating from the college this semester.Commencement addresses are usually attended by the Archbishop of Boston, in keeping with the college's Catholic roots, but Cardinal Sean O'Malley is boycotting the event.He says he is avoiding the ...


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Fatal Attraction [DVD]

It was William Congreve who wrote in his first play, 1693's The Old Bachelor, "Heav'n has no rage, like love to hatred turn'd, Nor Hell a fury, like a woman scorn'd." That now-infamous line--turned into an axiom after 300 years of repetition--may have derived from a comedy, but taken by itself, Congreve might as well have been writing about the premise of Adrian Lyne's Fatal Attraction ...

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  • Bruins top Rangers 5-2 with all-out effort

    New York Rangers right wing Ryan Callahan (24) celebrates his goal and center Derek Stepan cheers from behind as Boston Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara (33) reacts during the first period in Game 2 of the NHL Eastern Conference semifinal hockey playoff series in Boston, Sunday, May 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Elise ...

  • Celtics Williams arrested in gun-related incident

    Celtics wing Terrence Williams (left) has reportedly been arrested. (Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Sport) Police in Kent, Wa., announced Sunday that Celtics guard/forward Terrence Williams was arrested after he allegedly made threats with a gun during what is being called a domestic violence ...

  • Markey Gomez on trail agree to debate

    The Haitian music was loud and the bass was heavy on Blue Hill Avenue in Mattapan when US Senate hopeful Edward J. Markey began to dance. Smiling broadly next to state Representative Linda Dorcena Forry, he began with a slight shuffle and then moved his whole body to the ...

  • Conn. lawmakers to announce mental health proposal

    HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Lawmakers, advocates and the mother of a child killed in the Newtown school shooting are unveiling a new proposal for child mental health at the state Capitol complex in ...

  • Mass. energy summit to focus on cutting costs

    NORWOOD, Mass. (AP) - Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley will host an energy summit to bring together experts in the field for discussions on ways to reduce energy costs and improve the state’s ...

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