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Wifes call leads to husbands arrest in mans hit-and-run death

Richard Reis, 35, of Somerset, is charged with leaving the scene of an accident with personal injuries, death resulting, Somerset Police Chief Joseph Ferreira ...
Minivan destroyed after GPS leads driver onto MBTA tracks

A Belmont woman and two children escaped serious injury when a train slammed into their minivan after a GPS device led the driver onto MBTA train tracks Tuesday ...
Quick spreading virus blamed for dozens of dog deaths

There are effective vaccines available and animal health officials are urging dog owners to check with their veterinarian to confirm that their pets are ...
Predator pleads guilty 55 charges of sex crimes

Thomas Hutchinson pleaded guilty to 55 charges on Tuesday in Middlesex Superior Court, including rape of a child by force, possession of child pornography, and attempted ...
Teen avoids jail after distracted driving crash

Eighteen-year-old Jacob Earl of Buckland received a 2 -year suspended sentence on Tuesday after pleading guilty to vehicular homicide. The Recorder reports he was also ordered to spend 100 hours talking to youth about the dangers of distracted ...

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Fritz Langs M is one of the great film thrillers, a seminal exercise in combining suspense and social commentary. Its influence on world cinema is so far-ranging that its mind-numbing to try to trace it all. Suffice it to say that M is a prototypical masterpiece, po ... ...

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Feds again leave empty-handed in Hoffa hunt

The search in a field near Detroit for ex-Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa ended Wednesday, and as with so many past attempts to find him, authorities walked away empty-handed, the FBI ...
Boston weather No rain in the forecast today as sunshine returns

rainfall so far in June there is good news as a significant change is on the way. A drier pattern is setting up and for the first time this month we can look forward to several days of dry weather, probably lasting into the start of this weekend and possibly through the weekend. Rain has been recorded ...
Admitted killer and key witness in Bulger trial lives quiet life in Boston suburb

Winter Hill hitman John Martorano's testimony has spellbound the region as he has recounted in James "Whitey" Bulger's trial his life of crime, but to Martorano's neighbor in Milford, he's just "John," a quiet older man with two little dogs who keeps to himself. "Very quiet," said Richard Vayo, who lives in the condo next door to Martorano. ...
Mass. teens sentence suspended in traffic death

GREENFIELD, Mass. -- A Massachusetts teen who was making a food delivery when his car struck a pair of motorcyclists, killing one, has avoided jail.Eighteen-year-old Jacob Earl of Buckland received a 2 -year suspended sentence on Tuesday after pleading guilty to vehicular homicide. The Recorder (http://bit.ly/19im78z ) reports he was also ordered to spend 100 hours talking to youth about the ...
John Martorano was concerned about death penalty when he agreed to testify against Whitey Bulger

Hit man-turned-government-witness John V. Martorano said today he decided to testify against James "Whitey" Bulger after he learned that Bulger was an informant for the FBI and also because he did not want to face the death penalty for murders he had committed for Bulger's gang in Oklahoma and Florida. Martorano is on the witness stand for the third straight day in the ...

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Putin refutes allegation he stole Super Bowl ring

MOSCOW - Robert K. Kraft, an American business magnate and New England Patriots football team owner, has alleged that Vladimir Putin took away his Super Bowl ring in 2005, an accusation that has sparked a minor international controversy

The Russian president however denied the allegation about the diamond-encrusted sporting prize that he says was gifted to him by the football team owner.

The Super Bowl ring is an award in a National Football League given to the winners of the championship.

Kraft, being honored at Carnegie Hall's Medal of Excellence gala at the Waldorf-Astoria, said that Putin took his Super Bowl XXXIX ring when the Patriots' owner visited St. Petersburg, Russia, in 2005.

The businessman had at that time said that he gave the ring to Putin as a gift.

"I took out the ring and showed it to (Putin). And he put it on and he goes, 'I can kill someone with this ring,'" Kraft said at the event last week, according to the New York Post.

"I put my hand out and he put it in his pocket, and three KGB guys got around him and walked out."

Kraft added that he had wanted the ring back because "I had an emotional tie to the ring".

"It has my name on it," he added. ...