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  • Dead Boston bomber involved in 2011 slayings Report

    Deceased Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev participated in a 2011 gruesome triple murder outside Boston along with a Chechen killed during a confrontation with law enforcement officers, according to media reports. Ibragim Todashev was fatally shot early Wednesday during an interview with the FBI and Massachusetts State Police in Orlando, Florida, CNN reported citing a federal ...

  • NJ students to help Michelle Obama harvest garden

    WASHINGTON -; Schoolchildren from New Jersey shore communities battered by Superstorm Sandy will join Michelle Obama for a garden harvest next ...

  • Boston suspect under scrutiny in unsolved killings

    This May 4, 2013 police photo provided by the Orange County Corrections Department in Orlando, Fla., shows Ibragim Todashev after his arrest for aggravated battery in Orlando. Todashev, who was being questioned in Orlando by authorities in the Boston bombing probe, was fatally shot Wednesday, May 22, 2013 when he initiated a violent confrontation, FBI officials said. (AP Photo/Orange County ...

  • AP others fight for details in Maine girls death

    BANGOR, Maine -; News organizations are challenging a judge's decision to keep the public from seeing details of how and why police believe a 15-year-old girl from Maine was killed by a 20-year-old ...

  • Girl injured in Boston bombings begins rehab

    WATERTOWN, Mass. (AP) – Police converged early Friday on a neighborhood outside Boston where there were reports of explosives being detonated and police are telling reporters to turn off their ...


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The Sweet Hereafter

In "The Sweet Hereafter," writer/director Atom Egoyan takes us beyond the tragedy of death into the tragedy of living. He shows us how it isn't dying that hurts, but rather the pain of living in the hereafter of death, and dealing with the loss and grief that it brings. On a cold winter day in a small, isolated town in British Columbia, a school bus full of children slides off the highway and onto ... ...

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  • Rapist who spent 34 years on lam gets lengthy prison sentence

    A man who fled 34 years ago and made a new life for himself in Maine was finally brought to justice today for the rape of three teenagers when he was sentenced in Norfolk Superior Court to 36 to 40 years behind bars.A lawyer for 52-year-old Gary Irving told Judge Kenneth J. Fishman that Irving had lived a blameless life in Maine during the intervening years, giving the judge a unique opportunity ...

  • Girl injured in Marathon bombing leaves hospital

    BOSTON (AP) - The younger sister of the 8-year-old boy killed in the Boston Marathon bombings was released from the hospital Thursday to begin ...

  • Sister of Marathon bombing victim is released from hospital

    Jane Richard, the younger sister of Boston Marathon bombing victim Martin Richard, has been released from Boston Children's Hospital, the Richard family said this afternoon. "While we remain devastated over Martin's death and all that has happened to us, Jane's determination for getting better is an inspiring source of strength for the entire family," the family said in ...

  • Indoor tanning ban moves to Conn. governor

    The state House of Representatives voted Thursday, 117-21, to pass legislation forbidding anyone under age 17 from using an indoor tanning ...

  • Study No significantly higher cancer at Pratt

    HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Researchers examining the incidence of brain cancer at jet engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney in Connecticut say they have found no statistically significant elevations in the rate of cancer among ...

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