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    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 ...

  • Boston bombings suspect left collateral damage note in boat

    Boston marathon bombings suspect wrote a message in a boat where he hid after the blasts, describing victims of the attack as 'collateral damage'. US media reported that in the note, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev also reportedly also wrote that his brother was a martyr, adding that when one Muslim is attacked, all Muslims are attacked. The note said that the blasts were retribution for the US wars in Iraq ...

  • Feds to probe Connecticut train crash

    Federal transportation investigators will work to determine what caused two passenger trains to collide during rush hour in Connecticut, sending dozens to the ...

  • Coming off rough start Dempster looks to bounce back vs. Twins

    With a fastball that hangs around 88 mph, Scott Diamond had the Red Sox looking silly in a May 7 start. The Sox haven't done much damage against left-handed pitchers this season. From hard throwers to soft tossers, southpaws have stymied Boston's offense to the tune of a .230 batting average and just 12 home runs in more than 500 plate appearances. The Red Sox will get another try at ...

  • Twins pen loses lead in 3-2 loss to Red Sox in 10

    MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - For the second time in two weeks, the Minnesota Twins scored enough to win against Boston’s unbeaten ace, Clay ...


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Full Frontal

Steven Soderbergh's Full Frontal sounded interesting on paper. Having burst onto the Hollywood scene with the Sundance favorite sex, lies, and videotape back in 1989, which became the model independent film for aspiring filmmakers throughout the 1990s, Soderbergh has attempted to go back to those indie filmmaking roots. Full Frontal is an intimate, multi-character story shot ... ...

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  • MLB Boston 3 Minnesota 2

    Dustin Pedroia and gave Boston a 3-2 decision over Minnesota. The Red Sox won their third straight while the Twins have lost three in a row. Pedroia singled to open the 10th against Josh Roenicke (1-1) and went to second ...

  • FBI director continues cover-up of contacts with Boston bombing suspects

    In testimony before the US Senate Thursday, Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Robert Mueller continued the official cover-up of the advance warnings and extensive contacts between the FBI and other intelligence and security agencies and the suspects in the April 15 bombings at the Boston Marathon.The detonation of two bombs in downtown Boston resulted in three deaths and the wounding of ...

  • Gomes 10th-inning sac fly lifts Red Sox past Twins

    BOS@MIN: Gomes gives Sox 10th-inning lead on sac fly MINNEAPOLIS -- Jonny Gomes drove in the game-winning run with a sacrifice fly and the Red Sox got a dominant pitching performance from starter Clay Buchholz and the bullpen Friday night in a 3-2, 10-inning win over the Twins. Buchholz was denied his seventh win of the season, but he went seven strong innings, while the bullpen retired the ...

  • Outraged readers call for probe

    Bring on the investigations.That was the cry of fed-up Herald readers unwilling to accept the resignation of a fall guy at the IRS as a widening political scandal envelops the Obama administration."I believe the president has broken faith with the American people who are able to look at the truth and the facts," said a reader commenting as Enough during yesterday’s Friday ...

  • ‘Dookhan defendant’ charged with murder

    A so-called Dookhan defendant sprung from jail in the wake of the state drug-lab scandal is back behind bars, accused of killing a Brockton man - making him the first of the infamous group set free to face a murder charge.Donta Hood, 22, was released from prison last fall in the wake of the widespread mishandling of drug evidence allegedly by disgraced former state chemist Annie Dookhan.Hood was ...

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