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  • 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 ...

  • Facial recognition technology quickly identifies Boston Marathon bombing suspect

    Researchers at Michigan State University including an Indian professor were able to quickly identify one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects from law enforcement video, using the latest in automatic facial recognition technology. In the Pattern Recognition and Image Processing laboratory, Anil Jain, MSU Distinguished Professor of computer science and engineering, and Josh Klontz, a research ...

  • Bruins finish off Rangers in five

    Gregory Campbell scored the winner and the clincher as the Boston Bruins ended the New York Rangers' season with a 3-1 win in Game 5, giving Boston a 4-1 series ...

  • Red Sox Indians take time with Newtown victims

    Email BOSTON -- After more than three hours of slugging it out in a soggy Fenway Park, the Red Sox and the Indians did their part to help a town ravaged by tragedy. About 900 people from Newtown, Conn., visited Fenway on Saturday to take in the contest between Boston and Cleveland, and afterward, players from both teams signed autographs and took pictures with a group of about 450 from the ...

  • Ross happy to be back but hates new gear

    Email BOSTON -- That black head cap David Ross was wearing in Saturday's 7-4 win over the Indians wasn't transferring alien signals, although he isn't surprised if it looks that way. It's actually Kevlar protective gear meant to disperse the effects of any contact made to his head, which he's being extra careful with lately after missing 14 days with a concussion. ...


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Movie Review

My Big Fat Greek Wedding

The end of the summer 2002 movie season is here, with the studios having taken in some $3.3 billion. There were plenty of big-budget blockbusters that pulled in hundreds of millions of dollars at the box office (Spider-Man, Attack of the Clones, Men in Black II), yet the movie that people can't quite stop talking about is My Big Fat Greek Wedding, now better known as " ... ...

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  • Middlebrooks optimistic about return

    Email BOSTON -- Despite the frustration that comes with watching from the bench, Will Middlebrooks is staying optimistic about the timetable of his return from a lower back injury. The Red Sox third baseman said he is improving and expects to be back when he is eligible to come off the 15-day disabled list on June 8. "It's better today than it was yesterday," Middlebrooks said ...

  • Game 5 Bruins 3 Rangers 1 Bruins Eliminate Rangers From N.H.L. Playoffs

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  • Thousands return to finish boston marathon

    The Boston Marathon bombing prevented some runners from completing their run. More than a month later, thousands of athletes joined the victims to run the final leg of the ...

  • Doubront faces Tribe with increased velocity

    The Sunday afternoon matchup between the Indians and Red Sox marks the last time the two clubs are scheduled to meet each other during the 2013 regular season. After sweeping a three-game series in Cleveland last month, the Sox have won two of the first three contests of this weekend's four-game set at Fenway. In Sunday's finale, lefty Felix Doubront will throw for the home team ...

  • Pens to face Bruins in Eastern Conference final

    Penguins and Boston Bruins will battle for a berth in the Stanley Cup Final in a best-of-seven series. Dates and times are to be determined. Bruins eliminated the New York Rangers on Saturday, winning that series in five games. The Penguins ousted the Ottawa Senators on Friday, also in five games. top-seeded Penguins own home-ice advantage over the fourth-seeded Bruins, against whom they ...

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