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  • Busy weekend for Enda Kenny in United States Busy weekend for Enda Kenny in United States

    Taoiseach Enda Kenny has spent the weekend in Boston, Massachusetts furthering the strength of U.S. -Ireland relations. The head of Ireland's government attended a function on Saturday at the JFK Library to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of President Kennedy's 1963 visit to Ireland At the ceremony Kenny addressed an audience of U.S. lawmakers and representatives of the business ...

  • Bruins beat Rangers take 2-0 series lead

    BOSTON — Johnny Boychuk broke a tie midway through the second period, and the Boston Bruins scored two goals in the third to beat the New York Rangers 5-2 on Sunday and take a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinal series. Boychuk put a 40-foot shot from the right inside the near post for his third playoff goal to make it 3-2 at 12:08. Brad Marchand, whose overtime goal won the ...

  • Bicyclist killed near Kenmore

    A woman in her 20s died yesterday after she was struck by a vehicle while riding a bike near Beacon Street and Charlesgate West, police said.Police said the bicyclist was struck shortly after 3:30 p.m. She was pronounced dead at the scene near Kenmore Square. The investigation was ongoing and "no violations have been issued at this time," police said last night.The identity of the ...

  • Robert Kraft punts on talking about Boston Globe dealings

    If New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft is mulling a move into the news business, he wasn’t ready to broadcast it yesterday.When asked about last week’s report that he is looking at a possible bid to buy The Boston Globe, Kraft offered what was essentially an extended, slightly enigmatic no comment:"Our family looks at a number of different investments, and we like to talk ...

  • Train crash to take toll on road traffic

    Train service will remain disrupted and even road traffic between Boston and New York could slow to a crawl today as tens of thousands of Connecticut commuters try to find other ways to get to work after a train derailment injured 72 people and destroyed 2,000 feet of track, officials said.As lines for bus tickets grew at Boston’s South Station yesterday, Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. ?Malloy ...


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War of the Worlds (2005)

War of the Worlds (2005)

In a seemingly benign, yet ultimately ominous line of dialogue early in Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds, the ex-wife of Ray Ferrier (Tom Cruise), a New York dock worker and generally deadbeat dad, says to him after dropping off their two kids for the weekend, "Take c ... ...

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  • Injured cop ‘We got the job done’

    The possibility that transit officer Richard "Dic" Donohue Jr. was accidentally shot by another police officer in the wild Watertown gunbattle that left him bleeding from a near-fatal femoral artery wound doesn’t faze him, the recovering T cop said yesterday.What matters to Donohue is not that his nightmare started, but that Boston’s was brought to an end with the death of ...

  • Boston Marathon bombing victim looks forward to MBA

    Brittany Loring, 29, will don her cap and gown to receive an MBA today and her law degree Friday at Boston College, with shrapnel still in her leg and scars on her face and neck from last month’s Boston Marathon bombings. She spoke to the Herald’s Christine McConville yesterday about her injuries and her future."I have a lot of things coming up that are really important, and I ...

  • Bruins seize 2-0 lead

    BOSTON Johnny Boychuk broke a tie midway through the second period, and the Boston Bruins scored two goals in the third to beat the New York Rangers 5-2 on Sunday and take a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinal series. Boychuk put a 40-foot shot from the right inside the near post for his third playoff goal to make it 3-2 at 12:08. Brad Marchand, whose overtime goal won the opener, and ...

  • MIT scientist killed in bicycle accident

    Miura was a native of Japan and had been at MIT since the fall of 2012. Within MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Miura worked in the laboratory of Russ Tedrake, an associate professor of computer science and ...

  • NHL playoffs Bruins light up Lundquist Rangers

    As fans react, New York Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist, second from left, and teammates right wing Mats Zuccarello (36), defenseman Dan Girardi (5) and center Derick Brassard (16) react after the Boston Bruins scored their fifth goal during the third period in Game 2 of the NHL Eastern Conference semifinal hockey playoff series in Boston on Sunday, May 19, 2013. The Bruins won 5-2. (Associated ...

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