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Salty puts in long night behind home plate
Email BOSTON -- Jarrod Saltalamacchia had a historically long day at the ballpark. He caught both games of the doubleheader against the Rays on Tuesday, becoming the first Red Sox player to catch both games of a doubleheader since John Marzano did it in 1992. Still basking in the Red Sox's 3-1 walk-off win, Saltalamacchia insisted his marathon day wasn't a big deal. "It was ...
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Rates edge up spurring push to refinance
Signals that interest rates, long near rock bottom, are poised to rise are creating an urgency for homeowners and businesses to hurry up and ...
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AP PHOTOS Astrodome JFK terminal endangered
WASHINGTON -- Houston's Astrodome stadium, New York's old Pan Am Worldport Terminal at Kennedy Airport and Montana's one-room schoolhouses are joining a list of the nation's most endangered historic places.On Wednesday, the National Trust for Historic Preservation is releasing its listing of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. It includes sites from Maine to ...
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Rays absorb doubleheader sweep by Red Sox
Tampa Bay Rays' Chris Archer pitches in the first inning of the first baseball game of a doubleheader against the Boston Red Sox in Boston, Tuesday, June 18, ...
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Stanley Cup Stories Gregory Campbell inspires Bruins
As the Chicago Blackhawks hope that veteran scorer Marian Hossa returns to the lineup, the Boston Bruins got another dose of inspiration from injured grinder Gregory Campbell. This and more in the top NHL stories from ...
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Movie Review
Fast Five [Blu-Ray]
At one point in Fast Five, the fifth entry in the unexpectedly long-lived car-crash-and-crime series started a decade ago by The Fast and the Furious (2001), one character describes another character as Old Testament: ... ...
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Sox look to continue season-long dominance of Rays
Like many pitchers, starters Ryan Dempster and Jeremy Hellickson have a common goal entering Wednesday's outing. The thing is, both are coming from completely different places. Dempster is looking to build on a solid start Friday against the Orioles that saw him give up just two runs on five hits in 7 2/3 innings. He struck out four batters in Boston's 2-0 loss. The veteran could ...
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UFC’s Boston donnybrook to go on but law may KO some fighters
UFC officials say their planned Boston blockbuster?brawl will go ahead on schedule, but some foreign fighters might be knocked out of the live TV spectacle because of state red tape that requires combatants to have Social Security numbers."There’s no doubt it’s ?going to be a burden," UFC Chief Operating Officer Lawrence Epstein told the Herald.Because of the rule - ...
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Welfare boss Dept. is ‘open’ to EBT photos
The head of the state ?Department of Transitional Assistance said yesterday officials are "open" to slapping photos on EBT cards, a measure they once blasted as expensive and ineffective at stamping out fraud."I think anything that makes people feel like we are doing all we can to make sure that only people who are eligible for benefits are getting them, we are open to do," ...
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NSA boss 50-plus plots uncovered
One of the nation’s top spies told the House Intelligence Committee that a controversial database of American phone and Internet records has helped the National Security Agency intercept as many as 50 plots against U.S. targets - but an expert said she isn’t sure if that will be enough to assuage the public’s concerns over the massive federal surveillance of private ...
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Student freed on bail eyed in 2nd attack
A Northeastern student facing charges in a second disturbing knife-point ?attack on a woman was freed on bail yesterday as he awaits arraignment today.Patrick Barry, 21, of Medford is accused of preying on two women early Saturday morning along Huntington Avenue.He posted $30,000 bail ?after he was arraigned Monday in Roxbury District Court on charges ?including assault with ?intent to rape in ...
They said it
Our nuclear programmes are completely transparent. But we are ready to show greater transparency and make clear for the whole world that the steps of the Islamic Republic of Iran are completely within international frameworks. The sanctions are unfair, the Iranian people are suffering, and our (nuclear) activities are legal. These sanctions are illegal and only benefit Israel.
Hassan Rouhani
Iran's president-elect was speaking after his historic election victory.
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