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  • Dzhokhar Tsarnaev scribbled note in boat as munhunt was on Dzhokhar Tsarnaev scribbled note in boat as munhunt was on

    NEW YORK - Boston marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev scribbled a note in a boat he hid in while the manhunt was on, saying the attacks were retribution for U.S. military action in Afghanistan and Iraq, and described the victims as "collateral damage". Tsarnaev wrote the note with a marker in the boat, describing the Boston victims "collateral damage" in the same way Muslims have been ...

  • Brewery develops new beer dedicated to slain cop

    A Massachusetts brewing company is creating a beer in the honour of a hero cop, Sean Collier, who was allegedly gunned down by the Boston Marathon bombers. According to the Cambridge Brewing Company, 'Collier Stout' -a dry Irish stout- will hit bars by mid June and 1 dollar from every sale will go to Collier's memorial fund, the New York Post reported. Collier's friend Travis Dixon told the ...

  • 60 hurt as US trains collide New York-Boston corridor closed

    Two passenger trains heading in opposite directions collided during rush hour in southwestern Connecticut, injuring 60 people, five of them critically, and closing the key corridor between New York and Boston. A Metro-North train heading from New Haven to New York City derailed around 6:10 p.m. Friday, hitting the other train in Bridgeport, Connecticut, about 60 miles northeast of New York City ...

  • One Fund Boston administrator to speak at college commencement

    Kenneth Feinberg is the administrator of The One Fund Boston. He will be the main speaker at Curry's commencement Sunday at the D. Forbes Will Athletic Complex on the school's Milton ...

  • Traffic mess after tanker rolls spills fuel

    A fuel tanker rolled over on Route 3 near the Lowell Connector late Friday night, spilling some of its fuel on the highway,Massachusetts State Police ...


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  • Bernanke forecasts gains from computer technology

    WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says pessimists forecasting that the economy will not reap sizable benefits from the computer revolution are likely to be proven wrong.Bernanke told a college graduating class Saturday that the long-range practical consequences of innovations such as faster computers and the Internet are hard to predict. But he said inventors have only ...

  • Feinberg to speak at Curry College commencement

    MILTON, Mass. -- The man overseeing a fund set up to help victims of the Boston Marathon bombings will deliver the commencement address at Curry College.Kenneth Feinberg is the administrator of The One Fund Boston. He will be the main speaker at Curry's commencement Sunday at the D. Forbes Will Athletic Complex on the school's Milton campus.The One Fund Boston is a city- and ...

  • Bay Staters hope to hit Powerball 
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    Powerball mania has pushed tonight’s jackpot to a job-quitting, island-buying $600 million - the third largest in Lottery history - leaving would-be millionaires racing to corner stores."It’s practically nonstop," said Brandon Laporte, who works at the Howe Street Superette in Methuen. "We have lines going all around the store."The state Lottery expects to sell ...

  • Body founds in woods is of mission ECSU student

    TRUMBULL, Conn. (AP) - State police say DNA testing has shown that human remains founds in the woods near the Bridgeport-Trumbull line are those of the missing Eastern Connecticut State University ...

  • Judge denies defense request to photograph Tsarnaev

    Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to take photographs of their client. Tsarnaev's attorneys had sought permission to take "current and periodic" pictures of him and not be obligated to turn them over to U.S. prosecutors. Magistrate Marianne Bowler said in a written order Friday Tsarnaev's defense team had not proven such images are subject to attorney-client ...

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