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  • Victims to get One Fund Boston money in June

    The administrator overseeing efforts to provide financial help to victims of the Boston Marathon bombings says he will keep to the June 30 date for release of donated ...

  • Tornadoes touch down in Kansas Oklahoma

    A large "violent and extremely dangerous" tornado was spotted on the southwest side of Wichita, Kansas, moving northeast at about 30 miles per hour, the National Weather Service ...

  • Officer shot in Marathon showdown wants to work

    Police shot a teenager and arrested another suspect while investigating a car theft inside a rental car return area at Jacksonville International Airport in ...

  • RI urges baby boomers to get Hepatitis C test

    PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island’s health department is encouraging baby boomers to get tested for Hepatitis C, saying adults born between 1945 and 165 are five times more likely to contract the ...

  • RI woman injured in bombing returning home

    The Newport woman had gone to Boston on April 15 to watch the Red Sox play on Patriots’ Day and was waiting in line to get into a crowded restaurant when the bombs went off. Doctors amputated her left leg below the ...


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Movie Review

The Insect Woman (Nippon konchuki) [DVD]

The Insect Woman (Nippon konchuki) [DVD]

The Insect Woman, the Anglicized title of Shohei Imamuras Nippon konchuki, is in no way a direct translation and, in fact, sounds like a Roger Corman-produced science-fiction movie. The original title translates more directly to Entomological Chronicles of Japan ... ...

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  • What the Lakers should do....NOW MAY 14

    Listen! Right now the Lakers are stuck. They made such a big investment to bring Dwight Howard and Steve Nash that they have no choice but to see it through until the end. Both Pau Gasol and MWP are virtually untradeable and we we all know that Kobe is off the market. That guy is going to retire a Laker for sure. Other than that, they have virtually nothing to bargain with. Their bench sucks and ...

  • Foxwoods hopes Mass. casino will help finances

    Connecticut's Foxwoods Resort Casino faces daunting hurdles as it joins a crowded race for the lucrative destination resort business in ...

  • NY teacher delves into mystery of Indian Ovens

    That trek eventually led to confirmation that Native Americans indeed used the site as its name suggests, but it left unsolved another mystery: For what did they use the six soccer ball-sized ...

  • Crash kills Conn. student day before graduation

    FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) - A 21-year-old Fairfield University student from Massachusetts has died after a car crash a day before he was to ...

  • Arts destinations added to northern NH itineraries

    LANCASTER, N.H. (AP) - An organization that promotes northern New Hampshire activities has added a new arts and culture itinerary to its ...

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