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  • FBI shoots dead man linked to Boston bombs

    An FBI agent has fatally shot a Florida man who allegedly had ties to one of the Boston bombings suspects, US media reported. Ibragim Todashev, 27, was shot in the city of Orlando, Florida, according to the Orlando Sentinel newspaper. Todashev became violent while being interviewed by the FBI, NBC News reported. Todashev was reported to be a friend of deceased Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan ...

  • Boston church official faces racketeering charges

    BOSTON -; A Boston church official who once claimed to be an associate of mobster James "Whitey" Bulger has been arrested on charges of stealing money from the ...

  • Sathwik Karnik wins National Geographic Bee

    To clinch the title, Sathwik correctly named Chimborazo as the mountain in Ecuador that represents the farthest point from the Earth's center. Thirteen-year-old Conrad Oberhaus of Lincolnshire, Ill., finished ...

  • FBI Agent Kills Man ‘Linked to Boston Bombers’

    Boston bombing investigators have shot dead a man who became violent as they questioned him in Orlando, Florida, according to FBI officials. The shooting took place early on Wednesday as law enforcement personnel interviewed 27-year-old Ibragim Todashev, who reportedly knew Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev. FBI spokesman Paul Bresson said in a statement an FBI agent shot Todashev ...

  • Basements scarce in tornado-prone Okla. city

    It's one of the most familiar pieces of advice from authorities to people in the path of a tornado: Get into your basement. Yet few homes in the Oklahoma City area have them -- even though that state is hit by far more powerful tornadoes than most ...


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Movie Review

Driven

As an action movie, Renny Harlin's Driven isn't very good. It isn't very good as a human drama, either. But, as a thinly disguised allegory for the fading career of action star Sylvester Stallone, who both stars in and wrote the movie, it is a perversely enjoyable ride filled with retro pleasures and immense camp potential. Straight-out action fans might be wowed to a limited extent by the ... ...

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  • Free burgers this summer in Boston

    burgers this summer in Boston. Amstel Light, which is the Official Beer of the Burger(TM), will be traveling through the Boston area from May 24th to July 5th offering up the free burgers at specific locations, on certain dates, as they countdown the days until the Battle of the Burger, which will be held in August. For the exact locations, ...

  • Man with ties to Boston bombing suspects shot during FBI questioning

    By Richard Esposito, Pete Williams and Matthew DeLuca, NBC News A man with ties to the Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev was shot and killed after attacking an FBI agent during questioning in Florida, law enforcement officials said on Wednesday.The man who was shot, Ibragim Todashev, 27, allegedly attacked an agent with a knife. He was not suspected of having played any role in ...

  • Boston Marathon bombing victims urged to apply for funds

    BOSTON – The administrator of the Boston Marathon victims' compensation fund said just five people have filed applications as of Tuesday, and is urging those affected by the blasts to fill out the paperwork before time runs out. The families of the four people killed in the April 15 bombings and the ensuing manhunt, as well as the more than 260 who suffered physical injuries, have ...

  • BRA chief tells biz execs Biking is here to stay

    Boston’s youngest adults - who are fueling the city’s growth - are ditching driving for walking, biking, or riding the T to get to work, the powerful head of the Boston Redevelopment Authority told a business crowd this morning."These are the people businesses want to employ and that’s how they move around the city," Peter Meade said of the one in three Hub residents ...

  • Murray out Howie and Joe dive in on High Noon

    "High Noon," the Herald’s weekly webcast, is moving to Wednesdays beginning today at High Noon.As always, Howie Carr and moderator Joe Battenfeld will be taking your questions on the latest political developments - today’s stunning news that Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray is about to announce his resignation to head up the Greater Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce.Howie ...

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