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  • Busy weekend for Enda Kenny in United States Busy weekend for Enda Kenny in United States

    Taoiseach Enda Kenny has spent the weekend in Boston, Massachusetts furthering the strength of U.S. -Ireland relations. The head of Ireland's government attended a function on Saturday at the JFK Library to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of President Kennedy's 1963 visit to Ireland At the ceremony Kenny addressed an audience of U.S. lawmakers and representatives of the business ...

  • Weather service Okla. Tornado was EF5

    Search and rescue crews with dogs went through smashed houses and crushed cars on Tuesday, looking for signs of life in the aftermath of the monster tornado that pulverized a vast swath of Oklahoma City's ...

  • Man accused of kidnapping children fights move back to Mass.

    Police said Lockwood allegedly entered the Braintree foster home of his two children late Monday afternoon and forcibly removed his son, Patrick, from the house and ordered his daughter, Sarah into his car before driving off with both ...

  • Todays MLB starting lineups May 21

    Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Atlanta Braves: 1. ...

  • Man struck killed by train in Brockton

    A man was struck and killed by a commuter train near the Montello station in Brockton about 2:15 this afternoon, MBTA officials said."It’s unclear why the man was trespassing on the railroad," said MBTA spokesman Joe Pesaturo.The train did not have any passengers on board at the time of the incident, he said.The MBTA is busing passengers between Randolph and Middleboro as police ...


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One True Thing

At first glance, "One True Thing" looks like one thing to avoid. Its previews made it come off like a bloated TV disease-movie-of-the-week about cancer; its screenplay, based on a popular 1994 book by Anna Quindlen, was written by Karen Croner, a writer with only TV experience; and, as icing on the cake so to speak, it stars Meryl Streep as the dying mother, sort of the opposite of her role in 199 ... ...

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  • Congressional delegation heading to Russia to further investigate Boston bombings

    WASHINGTON - A congressional delegation is planning to travel to Russia next week to meet with government and counter-terrorism officials to discuss the ongoing investigations into the Boston Marathon bombings. The delegation, which includes Representative Bill Keating, a Bourne Democrat, is planning to examine some of the apparent gaps in intelligence sharing between the United States and ...

  • Agent No more forearm surgery likely for Gronk

    The New England Patriots’ star had his fourth surgery on Monday on the left forearm that he broke on Nov. 18 while blocking for an extra point against the Indianapolis Colts. He broke it again early in the Patriots’ first playoff game, a win over the Houston ...

  • Vt judge denies new lawyers bid in teacher killing

    ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt. (AP) - A judge denied separate requests Tuesday for new lawyers for a couple charged with luring a St. Johnsbury teacher from her home last year and sexually assaulting and killing her before dumping her body in the Connecticut ...

  • SJC upholds murder convictions of two men who shot and killed unborn baby on Orange Line train in 2003

    The state's highest court today upheld the first-degree murder convictions of two Boston men for a 2003 shooting on an Orange Line train that wounded a pregnant woman and claimed the life of her unborn son. In a unanimous ruling, the Supreme Judicial Court ruled against Chimezie Akara and Andre Green, who contended their joint trial in Suffolk Superior Court in Boston was riddled with so ...

  • Motorcycle rider dies after collision in Warwick

    Warwick police say the accident took place shortly before 9 a.m. Tuesday. A preliminary investigation shows the motorcycle was traveling west on Main Avenue. It collided with a truck that was leaving a gas station and attempting to cross over Main onto Covington ...

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