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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 ...

  • Wednesday May 22 Go to the Light

    Forget about hotels, motels, inns and b&b's. Tonight we're going to the light: lighthouses where you can stay and enjoy the view from dusk to dawn, from the North Shore to Cape Cod. And we've got the guidance for a to-do list once you get ...

  • New York Rangers vs Boston Bruins Live Stream Free Watch Online Stanley Cup Conference Semifinals Game 3

    New York Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist (30) celebrates defeating the Washington Capitals with team mates Anton Stralman (6) and Derek Stepan (21) during Game 7 of their NHL Eastern Conference quarterfinal playoff hockey game in Washington May 13, 2013. New York Rangers vs Boston Bruins takes place in the Stanley Cup Playoffs conference semifinals on Tuesday night, with the Rangers 2-0 down ...

  • Bruins Live Blog Wade Redden Not Present At Warmups

    7:09 p.m.: Well, about those possible lineup changes … they’re not happening. Wade Redden isn’t on the ice for warmups, and therefore won’t be on the ice for the game. That means the Bruins’ lines and D pairings will be the same: Lucic-Krejci-Horton Marchand-Bergeron-Jagr Peverley-Kelly-Seguin Paille-Campbell-Thornton Chara-Hamilton Bartkowski-Boychuk ...

  • Metrowest bear heading out of the burbs

    The wayward Metrowest bear appears to be headed in the right direction - northwest, but he isn’t out of the suburban woods yet, authorities say.After a Sunday sighting in Lincoln and a monday sighting in Weston, officials say they believe the same bear was spotted yesterday about five miles to the northwest in Acton."It’s most likely the same bear but it’s possible it ...


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One True Thing

At first glance, "One True Thing" looks like one thing to avoid. Its previews made it come off like a bloated TV disease-movie-of-the-week about cancer; its screenplay, based on a popular 1994 book by Anna Quindlen, was written by Karen Croner, a writer with only TV experience; and, as icing on the cake so to speak, it stars Meryl Streep as the dying mother, sort of the opposite of her role in 199 ... ...

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  • Worcester Democrat could face House rebuke

    A House panel is poised to act against Worcester Democratic state Representative John P. Fresolo, with possible disciplinary measures taken by the full body within days, according to an official briefed on the investigation. The Ethics Committee is expected to recommend the House move against Fresolo, though the severity of its recommendation was unknown on Tuesday afternoon. Also unclear, ...

  • Braintree police credit Amber Alert with quick safe end to parental kidnapping case

    BRAINTREE - Police today credited the Amber Alert system with the quick recovery of two children who were allegedly kidnapped from a foster home here Monday by their father, who did not have custody ...

  • Regulators postpone vote on Maines eel fishery

    After a daylong discussion, the eel management board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission decided Tuesday to delay the vote until August to gather more information about baby glass eels, known as elvers. Options under consideration include keeping the status quo, establishing quotas or shutting the fishery ...

  • Gomez releases new ad calling his opponent “dirty Ed Markey”

    new television ad that labels his Democratic opponent, Representative Edward J. Markey, "dirty Ed Markey." "Negative ads from dirty Ed Markey, smearing Gabriel Gomez, comparing him to bin Laden," a narrator says in the ad, which shows clips of two of Markey's ads attacking Gomez. "Now, Markey actually blames Gomez for the Newtown shooting. Disgusting. Thirty-seven ...

  • LeBron James Just call him THE FLOPPER... MAY 21

    I just realized that in all the time you blab away on here, you hardly(if ever), do a thread on the Spurs you claim to support..You are too busy hanging on Lebron, Kobe or Tebow's jockstraps to actually say something insightful on your team.Do you even know their roster...? Ohthere you go to google ...

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