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Broadway in Boston presents season with Harry Connick Jr Wicked and Once
Tony Awards . Not only did Neil Patrick Harris host the extraordinary awards show, but in the eighth season finale of 'How I Met Your Mother,' the mother was at long last introduced into the series. (Spoilers ahead for 'How I Met Your Mother' ...
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Tireless Salty draws another start for Red Sox
Email BOSTON -- Jarrod Saltalamacchia will finally get a chance to rest on Thursday night, when the Red Sox open a four-game series in Detroit. But even after playing both ends of a day-night doubleheader on Tuesday and catching all 18 innings, Saltalamacchia was right back behind the plate on Wednesday. David Ross was supposed to start Tuesday's nightcap, but had to go on the seven-day ...
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Ross to visit noted concussion specialist
Email BOSTON -- The Red Sox should get a better idea of how David Ross is responding to his second concussion of the season when the backup catcher goes to Pittsburgh to see Dr. Michael Collins on Thursday. "I don't know if there's ever a normal recovery type or time with these -- they take on a life of their own," said Red Sox manager John Farrell. "After the foul ball ...
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DA Death of man near Hernandez home a homicide
homicide Lloyd, a semi-pro football player, was found Monday in an industrial park in North Attleboro located less than a mile from the sprawling Hernandez ...
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Live from the Garden Bruins tie the game
The Bruins got another power play and this time got it right, getting a goal from Rich Peverley to even the score, 1-1.Things started to heat up between both teams. At 12:45, a scuffle broke out. Chris Kelly went at it with Duncan Keith and Andrew Shaw along the boards. Adam McQuaid and Viktor Stalberg also squared up. Kelly (roughing), Shaw (roughing) and Keith (hooking) all got penalties ...
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Movie Review
Borderline [DVD]
Fifty odd years hasnt done so badly in getting an art into the world that fifty more will probably turn into THE art, but now, after somewhat magnificent growth, one feels here is its critical age. Its humble Pier Penny Peep Show beginning is still far too evident, and one sees that in a very short while the thing that people now go to see will have become tradition, and standard, as t ... ...
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Hossa returns for Blackhawks in Game 4
BOSTON (AP) - Chicago Blackhawks forward Marian Hossa was back in the lineup for Game 4 of the Stanley Cup finals against the Boston Bruins on Wednesday ...
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Chara leads in ice time among Cup finalists
He averaged 30 minutes, 4 seconds in 19 games before Game 4 of the Stanley Cup finals between Boston and the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday night. That is more than any other player in the ...
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Actor James Gandolfini dead at age 51
The cable channel, and managers Mark Armstrong and Nancy Sanders, say the 51-year-old Gandolfini (gan-dahl-FEE'-nee) died Wednesday while on holiday in Rome. In a statement, HBO called the actor a great talent and a gentle and loving person. Gandolfini played conflicted mob boss Tony Soprano in the groundbreaking HBO series that aired from 1999 to 2007. His film credits included ...
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Report Clips contact Celtics to renew trade talks
the long-running Clippers-Celtics coach/trade saga was over , the Clippers have reached out to the Celtics again league sources told Yahoo! Sports Adrian Wojnarowski. The previous salvo of trade ...
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Farrell Red Sox sticking with Bailey as closer
Email BOSTON -- Though Red Sox manager John Farrell knows that Andrew Bailey needs to start pitching better, he is not ready to make a change in the vital role of closer. "Well, any time you can go to a guy to lock down a game in which you're supposed to win, I think that keeps momentum going within our clubhouse," said Farrell. "It keeps a positive atmosphere within that ...
They said it
Our nuclear programmes are completely transparent. But we are ready to show greater transparency and make clear for the whole world that the steps of the Islamic Republic of Iran are completely within international frameworks. The sanctions are unfair, the Iranian people are suffering, and our (nuclear) activities are legal. These sanctions are illegal and only benefit Israel.
Hassan Rouhani
Iran's president-elect was speaking after his historic election victory.
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The Hawaii Prince Hotel
I took a cab from downtown Waikiki to the Hawaii Prince Hotel. It was only a few minutes, and cost ...
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