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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev scribbled note in boat as munhunt was on
NEW YORK - Boston marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev scribbled a note in a boat he hid in while the manhunt was on, saying the attacks were retribution for U.S. military action in Afghanistan and Iraq, and described the victims as "collateral damage". Tsarnaev wrote the note with a marker in the boat, describing the Boston victims "collateral damage" in the same way Muslims have been ...
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Brewery develops new beer dedicated to slain cop
A Massachusetts brewing company is creating a beer in the honour of a hero cop, Sean Collier, who was allegedly gunned down by the Boston Marathon bombers. According to the Cambridge Brewing Company, 'Collier Stout' -a dry Irish stout- will hit bars by mid June and 1 dollar from every sale will go to Collier's memorial fund, the New York Post reported. Collier's friend Travis Dixon told the ...
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60 hurt as US trains collide New York-Boston corridor closed
Two passenger trains heading in opposite directions collided during rush hour in southwestern Connecticut, injuring 60 people, five of them critically, and closing the key corridor between New York and Boston. A Metro-North train heading from New Haven to New York City derailed around 6:10 p.m. Friday, hitting the other train in Bridgeport, Connecticut, about 60 miles northeast of New York City ...
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Bruins draw inspiration from another group of Rangers
In the corner of the Boston Bruins' locker room, hanging from the hooks in Andrew Ference's stall, is a yellow running singlet with the team's "Spoked B" logo on the ...
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No longer starting Miller thriving in bullpen
Email MINNEAPOLIS -- He was the sixth overall pick of the 2006 First-Year Player Draft. He was once the centerpiece of a trade for Miguel Cabrera. Now he's filling one of the more anonymous roles on a baseball roster as a middle reliever/setup man, but Andrew Miller and the Red Sox wouldn't have it any other way. Miller, who scuffled through five difficult seasons with the Tigers and ...
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Movie Review
Run Lola Run
Like so many crises, it begins with a panicked phone call. Manni (Moritz Bleibtreu), a courier for a powerful drug dealer, calls his girlfriend, Lola (Franka Potente), because he has just lost 100,000 deutsche marks that he must deliver to the dealer in 20 minutes. If he doesn't show up with the money, he's knows that he will be killed. He contemplates robbing a grocery store across the street, b ... ...
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Minnesota Twins Bostons Dustin Pedroia is a handful
Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia entered Saturday night's game against Minnesota with a career .351 batting average against the Twins, fourth-highest all time among Twins opposing hitters. Pedroia, who extended his hitting streak to 10 games with a third-inning single, is second on the list among active players behind Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira (.375). "He's ...
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Boston reignites terror stings debate
Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsaernaev allegedly hatched a real plot that killed three and injured nearly 200 at last month’s Marathon bombings.Many experts say Boston could have been spared all that blood and destruction if only the FBI had lured the brothers into a fake one, as part of the FBI’s controversial terror sting ...
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Powerball mania Jackpot hits $600 million
That's all it took for Mammie Hicks to plunk down money at a Riverside, Mo., convenience store for a chance at Saturday's record $600 million multistate Powerball ...
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Following awkward slide Drew held out of lineup
MINNEAPOLIS -- The Red Sox were playing short handed again on Saturday night, only this time they're down two starters. Shane Victorino missed his second consecutive game against the Twins with lower back pain and Stephen Drew was added to the injured list with a bad back of his own. Drew slid awkwardly at second base after hitting an eighth-inning double on Friday night. The shortstop ...
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Middlebrooks bunt key part of Soxs rally
Email MINNEAPOLIS -- One night after he delivered arguably the biggest hit of the season for the Red Sox, Will Middlebrooks keyed another Boston victory on Friday by doing something he'd only done once as a professional. With Boston's game vs. Minnesota tied in the 10th inning, the first two batters reached base, putting Middlebrooks in an unfamiliar spot. He's used to driving in ...
They said it
He is the most evil, vile, demonic criminal. He is dead to me. There will be no visits, there will be no phone calls. He can never be Daddy again. I have no sympathy for the man.
Angie Gregg
Gregg was speaking about her father Ariel Castro who allegedly kidnapped, raped and held captive for a decade, three young women in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Le Meridien Dubai
I had taken a rental car from Abu Dhabi and driven up to Dubai, a trip of about 140 kilometres. ...
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