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  • 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 ...

  • Mighty call-up Krug leads Bruins past Rangers and into East finals

    Boston Bruins Torey Krug (L) is congratulated by teammate Dennis Seidenberg after scoring against the New York Rangers during Game 5 of their NHL Eastern Conference semi final playoff game in Boston, Massachusetts May 25, 2013. (BRIAN ...

  • Thousands return to finish boston marathon

    The Boston Marathon bombing prevented some runners from completing their run. More than a month later, thousands of athletes joined the victims to run the final leg of the ...

  • Bruins Advance With 3-1 Victory Over Rangers

    BOSTON (AP) Tuukka Rask stopped 28 shots, Gregory Campbell scored twice and the Boston Bruins beat the New York Rangers in Game 5 on Saturday to advance to the Eastern Conference ...

  • Doubront faces Tribe with increased velocity

    The Sunday afternoon matchup between the Indians and Red Sox marks the last time the two clubs are scheduled to meet each other during the 2013 regular season. After sweeping a three-game series in Cleveland last month, the Sox have won two of the first three contests of this weekend's four-game set at Fenway. In Sunday's finale, lefty Felix Doubront will throw for the home team ...


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Movie Review

My Big Fat Greek Wedding

The end of the summer 2002 movie season is here, with the studios having taken in some $3.3 billion. There were plenty of big-budget blockbusters that pulled in hundreds of millions of dollars at the box office (Spider-Man, Attack of the Clones, Men in Black II), yet the movie that people can't quite stop talking about is My Big Fat Greek Wedding, now better known as " ... ...

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  • Pens to face Bruins in Eastern Conference final

    Penguins and Boston Bruins will battle for a berth in the Stanley Cup Final in a best-of-seven series. Dates and times are to be determined. Bruins eliminated the New York Rangers on Saturday, winning that series in five games. The Penguins ousted the Ottawa Senators on Friday, also in five games. top-seeded Penguins own home-ice advantage over the fourth-seeded Bruins, against whom they ...

  • Boston to Meet Pittsburgh in East Finals

    (Reuters) - The Boston Bruins booked a place in the National Hockey League Eastern Conference Finals against the Pittsburgh Penguins after clinching their series against the New York Rangers with a 3-1 win in Game Five on Saturday. The fourth seed Bruins closed out the series 4-1 against the sixth seeded Rangers to set up the showdown with the top-seeded Penguins for a place in the ...

  • Maine senators oppose border-crossing fees

    U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, a Republican, and independent Sen. Angus King, along with a bipartisan group of other senators, sent a letter Friday expressing their concerns about the Department of Homeland Security's plan to study the feasibility of imposing a border crossing fee along the ...

  • Campbells goals lead Bruins to Conference finals

    Gregory Campbell's second-period goal was the game winner as the Boston Bruins defeated the New York Rangers Saturday 3-1 to advance to the NHL Eastern Conference ...

  • Red Sox rally for 4 in 8th to beat Indians

    Pinch-hitter Mike Carp drove in the tying run with an eighth-inning double and then scored on a double by Dustin Pedroia as the Boston Red Sox rallied for a 7-4 victory over the Cleveland Indians on ...

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