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  • Boston bombers slain affiliate not an Islamist says widow

    Ibragim Todashev, an affiliate of slain Boston bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who was himself killed by US security personnel, was an aspiring athlete who took no interests in politics or radical Islam, his widow said. "We avoided talking about politics because we had nothing to do with it," Rene Manukyan, who was married to Ibragim Todashev, told Voice of Russia radio. Todashev, a 27-year-old ...

  • Facial recognition technology quickly identifies Boston Marathon bombing suspect

    Researchers at Michigan State University including an Indian professor were able to quickly identify one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects from law enforcement video, using the latest in automatic facial recognition technology. In the Pattern Recognition and Image Processing laboratory, Anil Jain, MSU Distinguished Professor of computer science and engineering, and Josh Klontz, a research ...

  • Former religious park now in ruins awaiting buyer

    WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) - Two years after the property that was once the Holy Land U.S.A. theme park in Waterbury was put up for sale, the rocky crags adorned with the crumbling makeshift models of biblical scenes still haven’t attracted a ...

  • Williamstown native shines at Bollywood hit movie

    Kleiser, a Williamstown resident and founder of Synthespian Studios, was the visual effects supervisor for ‘‘Ra.One,’’ the most expensive Bollywood film to date. He oversaw a global crew of 800 visual effects artists on the sci-fi film’s 3,000 visual-effects ...

  • Northford farm using new tilling method

    NORTHFORD, Conn. (AP) - When Nelson Cecarelli, owner of Cecarelli Farm in Northford, first heard about zone tillage in 2006, he said, he wasn’t receptive to the idea of adapting traditional farming methods passed down from his grandfather since the farm was purchased in ...


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The Darjeeling Limited [Blu-Ray]

The Darjeeling Limited [Blu-Ray]

In The Darjeeling Limited, director Wes Anderson returned to the familiar narrative and emotional terrain of tragicomic familial dysfunction, as well as his should-be-patented-by-now bag of filmmaking quirks. The landscape has changed, however, as the film is set ... ...

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  • Elementary class sizes lower than state average

    While the Berlin Elementary School lags in some education issues with the state, the school is outperforming the state average in one key area for many educators and parents: class size ratios. Currently, the average class size at the elementary school is 11.5 students for each teacher. The state average is 13.5 students to each ...

  • Sunday’s Child is Averic 9

    Averic is 9, quiet and reserved in new situations but able to form relationships once he is comfortable. He likes playing outside, riding his bike, playing with action figures or video games - and going to the Boys & Girls ...

  • Back to aid work in Mongolia for Swampscott woman

    SWAMPSCOTT, Mass. (AP) - As a college student when the Peace Corps was founded in 1961, Judy Gates promised herself that one day she would ...

  • Board fills town committee positions

    At their recent meeting, selectmen voted to elect Ted Doucette as the board’s chairman, Joe Knox as vice chairman, and Jim Karr as clerk for one-year terms. The board then filled positions on a number of town committees, with the volunteer positions expiring June 30, 2016. Selectmen appointed Mit Wanzer to the Community Preservation Committee; Louise Curley, Mary Dugan, and Mary ...

  • Memorial Day observances on Monday

    Air Force Colonel Brent E. French, a Westborough resident, will serve as grand marshal for the town’s public Memorial Day events on Monday. Commemorations will begin at 8:30 a.m. in St. Luke’s Cemetery, and follow a route through town that will end with a final ceremony about 10:15 a.m. at the World War I, World War II, Korean War, and Gulf War memorials at the Forbes Municipal ...

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