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  • Felix G. Arroyo is fourth to qualify for mayoral ballot in Boston

    Councilor at Large Felix G. Arroyo became the fourth mayoral candidate to qualify for the ballot Thursday when election officials verified that he had submitted signatures from at least 3,000 registered voters. The Election Commission must still certify the final count. Sixteen people submitted a substantial number of nomination papers to run in the Sept. 24 preliminary election. Three other ...

  • NH refueling wing gets visit from Shaheen Hassan

    NEWINGTON, N.H. (AP) - Members of the 157th Refueling Wing at the Pease Air National Guard Base are being congratulated for being picked to receive a new generation of air refueling ...

  • Maine state police gear up for busy weekend

    Col. Robert Williams, state police chief, says Memorial Day weekend sets the tone for the summer season and that the state police goal ‘‘is to make it a safe one.’’ He says troopers will be looking for speeders and drunken and aggressive drivers, and that they’re also enforcing seat belt and texting ...

  • Welch backs bill to support energy efficiency

    MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Vermont Congressman Peter Welch is joining Republican Rep. David McKinley of West Virginia to back legislation designed to promote more energy efficiency in homes and other buildings. 1 of the bills, The Home Owner Managing Energy Savings Act, would provide rebates to homeowners who invest in energy efficiency improvements. Homeowners who demonstrate a 20% energy savings ...

  • Interstate highway bridge in Washington state collapses

    An Interstate 5 bridge over a river north of Seattle collapsed Thursday evening, dumping vehicles and people into the water, the Washington State Patrol ...


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Movie Review

Island of Lost Souls [Blu-Ray]

Island of Lost Souls [Blu-Ray]

Released at the height of the classical era of Hollywood horror, a few years after Universals blockbuster one-two punch of Dracula (1930) and Frankenstein (1931) and the same year as MGMs Freaks (1932), RKOs The Most Dangerous Game (1932), and t ... ...

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  • Rangers stay alive with OT win

    Chris Kreider steered in a pass from Rick Nash 7:03 into overtime, and the New York Rangers stayed alive in the Stanley Cup playoffs with a 4-3 victory over the Boston Bruins on Thursday ...

  • Cape officials hope sharks arent tourist trade

    But in other parts of the country such as Florida and California, and all around the world, the whites have become a tourist trade. Cape Cod officials are anticipating that could happen on their shores, too. In California, they swimwith sharks. In Florida and other places, tour boats get you up close and personal with the great whites from inside underwater cages. "Wherever you have these ...

  • Mass. ALS registry to be named for former governor

    On Thursday, the Massachusetts Senate voted to adopt an amendment to the 2014 fiscal year budget to establish the Argeo Paul Cellucci Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Registry through the Department of Public ...

  • Business groups State cant afford Cape Wind

    In full-page newspaper ads Thursday, the Associated Industries of Massachusetts and the Massachusetts Competitive Partnership say the state already has expensive energy, and the project's above-market power costs will make it tougher to attract business. The partnership has a well-known leadership, including Patriots owner Robert Kraft and Fidelity Financial Services president Abigail ...

  • Chris Kreider scores in overtime as Rangers beat Bruins to avoid sweep

    Photo credit: Jim McIsaac | Chris Kreider of the Rangers celebrates his overtime goal against the Boston Bruins during Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals at Madison Square Garden. (May 23, ...

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