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  • Donations for Oklahoma top $20 million

    The Red Cross has received more than $15 million in donations and pledges so far for the town of Moore, which was struck by a tornado Monday that killed 24, injured more than 300 and destroyed thousands of ...

  • Small plane out of Massachusetts crashes in N.Y.

    A small passenger plane that took off from Hanscom Air Force Base crashed in New York tonight.The Piper PA 34 aircraft with three people on board crashed in Garoga, N.Y., near Highway 29 at about 5:10 p.m., said Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen.The identities and conditions of the people on the plane were not immediately known.Bergen said the plane had been headed to ...

  • Gov. promises to make neighbor land deal right

    MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Gov. Peter Shumlin is defending a property deal he made with a neighbor whose family now says the man is mentally unfit to make the sale ...

  • Small plane from Hanscom Field crashes in New York

    A small plane that departed from Hanscom Field in Bedford with three people on board has crashed in New York, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The Piper PA 34 aircraft was 60 miles from its Rome, N.Y., destination when it went down near Garoga, N.Y., at 5:10 p.m., said FAA spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said. The conditions of the passengers were not immediately available. The ...

  • Man describes crushing loss of wife in Afghanistan

    Chris Cullen was working as a private military contractor in Afghanistan so he could be close to his wife, an Army helicopter pilot, when his world was shattered, our news partners at ...


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Movie Review

Network

Like so many of the crazy developments we all experience in real life, "Network" starts with a seemingly unimportant event. A down-and-out news anchor named Howard Beale (Peter Finch), who was once a popular television figure but has since suffered sliding ratings and an increased reliance the bottle, is fired. He is given two weeks before his "resignation," and on the air, he snaps and declares t ... ...

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