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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 ...

  • Red Sox ask Doubront to even up series in Windy City

    The White Sox are three games below .500 and six games behind the American League Central-leading Indians, but they've remained confident, and recently, the results on the field have taken a turn for the better. Chicago has won five of its last seven games and six of its last nine, including Monday's 6-4 win over the Red Sox at U.S. Cellular Field. The White Sox will play 16 of their ...

  • City to roll out bike lanes kiosks

    Boston’s roads are set to get more crowded as the city is adding up to 20 miles of new bike lanes and more Hubway rental kiosks - and may build "cycle tracks" on major roads from Roxbury to the Public Garden - even as officials probe the latest tragic biking death."We look at this as good urban planning as to how we can re-program our streets to explore alternative modes of ...

  • Weston pretty sure that there was a bear

    Things are getting wild in Weston, where cops say, yes, they’re pretty sure that was a bear that residents spotted yesterday.Several calls lit up the Weston police phone lines before 9 a.m., with reports of a bear in the area of Concord Road. Police officers never actually laid eyes on the bear but said they believe it is the same bear that was spotted Sunday in Lincoln.In May last year, a ...

  • Woburn cop honored for bravery in shootout

    A heroic Woburn cop who shot a gun-wielding jewel thief while a fellow officer lay seriously wounded humbly accepted the Congressional Badge for Bravery yesterday, saying the honor belongs to all who raced to the bungled heist."We all acted as a team," said Mark Gibbons, 55, recalling the September 2011 scene outside Musto Jewelers, where four suspects were on the loose - including the ...


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Trafic [DVD]

Trafic [DVD]

Given the manner in which his films are discussed, it would be easy to assume that Jacques Tati made only three films featuring his iconic character, Monsieur Hulot. First introduced in 1953 in M. Hulots Holiday, Hulot was to French comedy what Chaplins Little Tramp and Keatons various ston ... ...

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  • Irish P.M. Enda Kenny applauded at Boston College graduation

    Boston College graduates gave Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny a standing ovation Monday while a small group of anti-abortion activists protested outside. ...

  • MLB Chicago White Sox 6 Boston 4

    Adam Dunn clouted a three-run homer Monday, carrying the Chicago White Sox past Boston 6-4. Axelrod (2-3) limited the Red Sox to two runs on four hits over six innings, walking one and striking out two en route to his second victory in two starts. Addison Reed tossed a scoreless ninth inning for his 15th save as the White Sox broke a two-game skid. Dunn's homer in the first inning set ...

  • Imprivata eyes IPO adds Beth Israels Halamka to board

    Dr. John Halamka, the CIO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, has joined the board of directors at health care IT security firm Imprivata. Lexington-based Imprivata, a IT security firm focused on the health care industry, is expecting an initial public offering within two years after growing to more than $50 million in revenue in 2012, CEO Omar Hussain said in an interview. The ...

  • Former RatePoint customers launch startup Neal Creighton named chairman

    Adam Robinson, CEO, Robly Inc. Anthony Robinson, a former RatePoint customer, together with his brother Adam and two others have launched a new email marketing and review startup and have tapped former RatePoint founder Neal Creighton to join as chairman. Robinson, founder and CEO of Relectric, was frustrated when he received an email alerting him that his RatePoint account would shut down in 7 ...

  • Lester roughed up suffers first loss of season

    BOS@CWS: Salty takes Axelrod deep for two-run shot CHICAGO -- Monday was a night covered in frustration for the Red Sox. Jon Lester kept getting two outs, only to give up a big hit after that. The offense kept knocking on the door, and the one big hit that would have changed the game never came. It added up to a 6-4 loss to the White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field in the opener of a three-game ...

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