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  • FBI kills Florida man with suspected ties to Boston bomb suspect NBC

    An FBI agent shot and killed a Florida man with suspected links to the Boston Marathon bombings early on Wednesday, NBC News reported.NBC said the suspect was being questioned and was originally co-operative, but was fatally shot after attacking the agent.The Orlando Sentinel said a friend had identified the dead man as 27-year-old Ibragim Todashev of Orlando. The newspaper quoted the friend, ...

  • Lt. Gov. Tim Murray resigning

    Murray ran with the Democratic nominee for governor, Deval Patrick, as a ticket in the 2006 elections, beating out the Republicans Kerry Healey and Reed Hillman. Murray and Patrick were re-elected in ...

  • Man dies day after wedding en route to honeymoon

    A memorial service is this weekend for a newly married Detroit-area youth minister who was killed in a traffic accident as he and his wife were en route to their honeymoon in Myrtle Beach, ...

  • Strong storms may threaten this afternoon

    Track storms with interactive radar The National Weather Service had placed Southern Berkshire County under a tornado warning, after trained weather spotters reported a tornado near Copake, N.Y. Firefighters said lightning from one of the storms struck a home in Taunton. Rescue crews were called to the home at 32 Jeanine Circle. The weather will remain unsettled through late Thursday. "We ...

  • Associate of Boston bomber shot by FBI agent in Orlando

    Something strange happened in Orlando, Florida last night, as an FBI agent who was ';conducting official duties'; encountered 27-year-old Ibragim Todashev, who had been questioned for three hours on Tuesday in connection with the Boston Marathon bombings, at the apartment complex where Todashev evidently lived, and shot him dead. Todashev was a mixed martial arts fighter who knew ...


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Driven

As an action movie, Renny Harlin's Driven isn't very good. It isn't very good as a human drama, either. But, as a thinly disguised allegory for the fading career of action star Sylvester Stallone, who both stars in and wrote the movie, it is a perversely enjoyable ride filled with retro pleasures and immense camp potential. Straight-out action fans might be wowed to a limited extent by the ... ...

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  • FBI agent kills acquaintance of Boston Marathon bombers

    News reports have added a new wrinkle to the ongoing investigation of the deadly April 15 terrorist bombing at the Boston Marathon. According to various reports, an FBI agent was involved in a shooting on May 21 that resulted in the death ...

  • Boston City League baseball playoff schedule

    Here are the matchups for the Boston City League baseball playoffs. The venue is still as yet to be determined, but city officials are hoping to finalize that in the next 24-48 ...

  • See you at ‘High Noon’ today with Howie Carr

    "High Noon," the Herald’s weekly webcast, is moving to Wednesdays beginning today at High Noon.As always, Howie Carr and moderator Joe Battenfeld will be taking your questions on the latest political developments. Howie is also sure to touch on the June murder trial of aging Southie mobster James "Whitey" Bulger.Jump on the live chat while watching the show and hit ...

  • Springfield police investigate fatal shooting

    SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Springfield police are investigating the city's seventh homicide of the year.Officers responded to the city's Forest Park neighborhood at about 8 p.m. Tuesday after being alerted by the department's automated gunshot detection system.There they found a man roughly 30 years old suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.He was taken to the hospital where he was ...

  • Report recommends changes in wake of Sandy

    WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) - Westerly officials reviewing their own response to Superstorm Sandy say there are some changes they can make to better deal with future ...

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