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  • Dead Boston bomber involved in 2011 slayings Report

    Deceased Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev participated in a 2011 gruesome triple murder outside Boston along with a Chechen killed during a confrontation with law enforcement officers, according to media reports. Ibragim Todashev was fatally shot early Wednesday during an interview with the FBI and Massachusetts State Police in Orlando, Florida, CNN reported citing a federal ...

  • 7-year-old bombing victim who endured 12 surgeries leaves hospital

    Jane Richard was hospitalized in the intensive care unit there for 39 days, during which time she underwent 12 surgeries. Jane's family says she is in good spirits and looking forward to beginning the next phase of her recovery. "We all shared very emotional goodbyes with the doctors, nurses and staff at Children's, who have taken such good care of not only Jane, but all of ...

  • MBTA Commuter Rail announces expansion plans

    MBTA General Manager Beverly Scott said a decision was reached Wednesday by the Massachusetts Department Of Transportation Board of Directors for the new $10,751,591 Wachusett Commuter Rail station in west Fitchburg and a $12,143,834 Wachusett Layover Facility in ...

  • Markey Gomez agree to Massachusetts U.S. Senate debate

    Massachusetts U.S. Senate hopefuls Ed Markey and Gabriel Gomez have agreed to a debate to be hosted one week before the special election to fill the seat vacated by John ...

  • Obama U.S. will keep deploying drones

    Drone strikes are a necessary evil, but one that must be used with more temperance as the United States' security situation evolves, President Barack Obama said in a counterterrorism speech ...


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The Sweet Hereafter

In "The Sweet Hereafter," writer/director Atom Egoyan takes us beyond the tragedy of death into the tragedy of living. He shows us how it isn't dying that hurts, but rather the pain of living in the hereafter of death, and dealing with the loss and grief that it brings. On a cold winter day in a small, isolated town in British Columbia, a school bus full of children slides off the highway and onto ... ...

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  • No anchors away for Boston golfer James Driscoll

    golf 's governing boards that his flat stick will be illegal in under three years -- the Boston golfer has no plans to yank it out any time soon. "I plan on using the belly putter until the day it is banned," Driscoll told us via e-mail soon after the USGA and R&A announced that affixing a club to any part of a golfer's body would soon be verboten. "I will continue ...

  • Bruins Live Blog B’s Looking To Sweep Rangers In New York

    5 p.m.: It’s hard to believe it, but tonight, the Bruins will be playing for the sweep. There is no way to track down every prediction for this series, but it is safe to assume that the people who called for a Boston sweep account for less than 1 percent of the prognosticators. With two teams seemingly so evenly matched, a six-game series seemed to be the shortest route possible to the ...

  • Jane Richard Released From Boston Children’s Hospital After 39 Days

    We are pleased to share news that Jane was discharged from Boston Children's Hospital this morning. She was hospitalized in the ICU there for 39 days, during which time she underwent 12 surgeries. Today Jane is in good spirits and looking forward to beginning the next phase of her recovery. We all shared very emotional goodbyes with the doctors, nurses and staff at Children's, who have ...

  • Todays MLB starting lineups May 23

    Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Baltimore Orioles: 1. ...

  • Bulger lawyers’ demand families to limit testimony

    James "Whitey" Bulger’s defense team responded this afternoon to a demand by prosecutors that the judge on their case order their mouths shut by insisting the court restrain family of their client’s alleged 19 murder victims from rambling on the witness stand by limiting their testimony to "the most basic background information about the victim to avoid the risk of ...

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