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  • Boston Marathon Winner to Return Medal to Honor Blast Victims

    The winner of this year's Boston Marathon, Ethiopian runner Lelisa Desisa, says he wants to return his medal to the city to honor the victims of the April bombing. Desisa met Sunday with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa. He said "sport should never be used as a battleground." And he said returning to Boston would show that the commitment to freedom is ...

  • Boston bombers slain affiliate not an Islamist says widow

    Ibragim Todashev, an affiliate of slain Boston bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who was himself killed by US security personnel, was an aspiring athlete who took no interests in politics or radical Islam, his widow said. "We avoided talking about politics because we had nothing to do with it," Rene Manukyan, who was married to Ibragim Todashev, told Voice of Russia radio. Todashev, a 27-year-old ...

  • CapeFlyer Begins Train Service From Boston to Hyannis

    And they could not suppress their delight at the news: traffic was bumper to bumper for four miles at the Bourne Bridge and at a standstill for two miles at the Sagamore Bridge. And all the while, the CapeFlyer -- on its inaugural run from Boston to Cape Cod -- rolled on through the dusk, carrying relaxed and stress-free ...

  • Red Sox RHP Buchholz scratched from Mondays start

    BOSTON (AP) - Red Sox right-hander Clay Buchholz was scratched from his scheduled start against Philadelphia because of irritation in his collarbone ...

  • Boston Marathon concert to feature music icons

    BOSTON (AP) - Some of Boston’s biggest music icons are scheduled to perform this week at a benefit concert for victims of the Boston Marathon ...


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Analyze This

I don't think it would be going out on a limb to say that Robert De Niro is the only actor in America who could have successfully pulled off the role of Paul Vitti in "Analyze This," a new film from Harold Ramis ("Groundhog Day"). The movie is a comedy, but the role of Paul Vitti requires someone to play it straight. De Niro was the perfect choice, as he is the kind of actor who looms large in the ... ...

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  • Police Disguised woman robs pharmacy crashes into motorist

    Portsmouth police arrested Cheryl Lees on Sunday after they say she robbed a Rite Aid Pharmacy, ran from police and crashed her vehicle into another ...

  • Mass. town cancels parade citing aging veterans

    BEVERLY, Mass. -; Veterans in suburban Boston gathered in a park to mark Memorial Day this year rather than hold a parade because of failing health and dwindling ...

  • Thousands finally finish Boston marathon

    Nearly seven weeks after two bombs went off near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, about 2,000 people on Saturday ran the last 1.6 km - of the 42km race, crossing the finish ...

  • LeBron James Just call him THE FLOPPER... MAY 25

    I just realized that in all the time you blab away on here, you hardly(if ever), do a thread on the Spurs you claim to support..You are too busy hanging on Lebron, Kobe or Tebow's jockstraps to actually say something insightful on your team.Do you even know their roster...? Ohthere you go to google ...

  • Paps Fenway return highlights Phils-Sox matchup

    Jonathan Papelbon will return to Fenway Park on Monday for the first time since leaving for Philadelphia as a free agent following the 2011 campaign. The Phillies wouldn't mind seeing him pitch before the same fans that cheered for him for seven years. Should Papelbon -- Boston's all-time saves leader with 219 -- toe the rubber in Boston on Monday or Tuesday, there's a good ...

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