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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 ...

  • 2-month-old baby allegedly shaken by dad dies

    The Middlesex district attorney's office says William Berry was taken off life support and died Friday at Tufts Floating Hospital for Children in Boston. An autopsy has been performed and could result in additional charges against the father, 22-year-old Christopher Berry. Prosecutors allege he shook the baby boy on May 11 causing catastrophic brain injuries. He pleaded guilty last week to ...

  • Teen learning to drive goes into wrong lane of traffic

    Police say a 16-year-old girl being taught how to drive by her father drove into the opposite lane of traffic in Laconia, N.H., hitting a stopped vehicle that backed into a ...

  • Bay to Breakers Just a thin shadow of Boston attack

    SAN FRANCISCO -- Beefed-up security in response to last month's Boston Marathon bombings didn't deter tens of thousands from reveling in San Francisco's most spirited footrace Sunday.Berkeley resident Kenneth Prochnow, 62, ran his 28th Bay to Breakers wearing a "Boston Strong" T-shirt, one of many that could be spotted in the sea of colorful costumes and birthday ...

  • 2-month-old Lowell baby boy dies

    LOWELL, Mass. -- Prosecutors say a 2-month-old Lowell baby allegedly shaken by his father has died.The Middlesex district attorney's office says William Berry was taken off life support and died Friday at Tufts Floating Hospital for Children in Boston.An autopsy has been performed and could result in additional charges against the father, 22-year-old Christopher Berry.Prosecutors allege he ...


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Movie Review

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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