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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 ...

  • Woman steals from Good Samaritan after car breaks down police say

    North Attleborough police say 24-year-old Erin Gilbert of Providence, R.I., stole the pocketbook of a woman who gave her a ride to her boyfriend's home in Pawtucket, R.I., after her car broke down at the Emerald Square mall on Saturday. Police tell The Sun Chronicle that Gilbert went to the mall after stealing another woman's purse from an East Providence gym and trying to use stolen ...

  • More storms expected after rash of tornadoes

    And the destructive weather isn't over. Baseball-sized hail, wind gusts and tornadoes could pummel parts of the central Plains and Midwest through ...

  • Woman charged with robbing Good Samaritan in Mass.

    NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH, Mass. -- Police say a Rhode Island woman is facing charges for allegedly stealing from a Good Samaritan who gave her ride after her car broke down.North Attleborough police say 24-year-old Erin Gilbert of Providence, R.I., stole the pocketbook of a woman who gave her a ride to her boyfriend's home in Pawtucket, R.I., after her car broke down at the Emerald Square mall on ...

  • Alices Restaurant walk helps fight disease

    GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. -- About 130 people have retraced Arlo Guthrie's journey immortalized in the song "Alice's Restaurant Massacree" to raise money and awareness for Huntington's disease.The six-mile "Guthrie Historic Garbage Trail Walk" now in its 13th year, runs from the former Alice's Restaurant in Stockbridge to the Guthrie Center in Great ...


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Ong-Bak

Ong-Bak

In Ong-Bak, a bone-rattling, skull-thumping martial arts extravaganza that was a major hit in its native Thailand and is just now getting a belated U.S. theatrical release, newcomer Tony Jaa vies for the coveted position of 21st-century Jackie Chan by pulling off the kinds ... ...

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  • Bicyclist killed was MIT researcher from Japan

    The Back Bay bicyclist struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver yesterday afternoon near Beacon Street and Charlesgate West has been identified by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as 36-year-old Kanako Miura, a native of Japan and researcher of humanoid robots, who has been working at the school’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory since fall."Our hearts ...

  • NH businesses learn about health overhaul law

    MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - Small businesses in New Hampshire are learning about how they'll be affected by the federal health care overhaul ...

  • Hearing scheduled on Vermont Yankee challenge

    BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - A federal court judge has scheduled a hearing on June 4 on a challenge by the owner of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power ...

  • Commutes long slow after Conn. train derailment

    BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut commuters planned for long, slow trips to and from work Monday following last week’s train collision that that injured 72 people and disrupted rail service into New York ...

  • Matrix and Pilot House-backed Qualtre lands new round of funding

    Nearly two years after it landed an $10 million round of funding, motion sensor maker Qualtre Inc. has landed another round, bringing the total funds raised to $26 million. Marlborough, Mass. -based Qualtre Inc. has landed $3 million in funding, according to documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The funding comes after the developer of solid state motion sensors for ...

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