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Man questioned in Boston Marathon bombing shot killed by FBI
One of two men allegedly being questioned in connection with the Boston Marathon bombings was shot and killed by an FBI agent in Florida on Tuesday, sources told ...
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Pedestrian struck killed by school bus on highway
One of two men allegedly being questioned in connection with the Boston Marathon bombings was shot and killed by an FBI agent in Florida on ...
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Search for survivors winds down in Oklahoma
No survivors or bodies have been found in Moore since Monday, the day a mammoth tornado ripped through 17 miles of central Oklahoma and pummeled 2,400 ...
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Man held at knifepoint in Pawtucket
LeBrun tells WPRI-TV he was watching TV and drinking a soda just before 2 a.m., when the men came through an unlocked door. He says one man tried to strangle him, the other attacked him with a ...
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Ex-chief of Maine nonprofit sentenced for stealing
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - The former executive director of a Maine nonprofit that serves the poor has been sentenced to 2 ½ years in federal prison for stealing $900,000 from the ...
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Metallica: Some Kind of Monster [DVD]
Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky have a way of making something extraordinary out of virtually nothing in their documentary films, and one has to wonder if the metal band Metallica had an inkling of this when they asked Berlinger and Sinofsky to film them cutting a new album in e ... ...
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LePage vetoes Maine college tobacco ban
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - Gov. Paul LePage has vetoed a bill that would have banned smoking at all public university and college campuses in ...
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NH man arrested as fugitive in South Carolina
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - The U.S. Marshals say a New Hampshire man wanted on an outstanding warrant has been found and arrested in South ...
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Murder victims father testifies at white supremacists murder trial
Enterprise reported. Selma Goncalves had come to America from Cape Verde in December 2007, her father testified on Tuesday in Brockton Superior Court. One year and one month later, she was gunned down, allegedly by self-proclaimed white supremacist Keith Luke, who later told police he was out to kill as many "non-whites" as possible that day before taking his own life. On Tuesday, in ...
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Nightclub owners dispute workers comp finding
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- The owners of the Station nightclub say they didn't know they needed to buy workers' compensation insurance for the club's part-time ...
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Marathon bombing survivors urged to meet fund deadline
The driving force behind The One Fund Boston has an ?urgent appeal for hundreds of still traumatized Boston Marathon bombing victims - get your applications for a share of the tax-free $31 million in donations in on time, or you’ll be left out."You would be amazed at how people in grief, with all sorts of uncertainty about their lives, don’t file. File at the last minute. File ...
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The world's best known footballer was speaking after formally announcing his retirement.
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JW Marriott Ihilani Hotel Resort & Spa
This has to be one of the best hotel resorts in Hawaii. 387 luxurious guest rooms, each with it's own ...
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