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  • Dead Boston bomber involved in 2011 slayings Report

    Deceased Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev participated in a 2011 gruesome triple murder outside Boston along with a Chechen killed during a confrontation with law enforcement officers, according to media reports. Ibragim Todashev was fatally shot early Wednesday during an interview with the FBI and Massachusetts State Police in Orlando, Florida, CNN reported citing a federal ...

  • Press Party Obamas blunders so long Tim Murray and more

    The "Press Party" panel takes aim this week at the White House's failed attempts to rein in media scrutiny of the IRS scandal and Lt. Gov. Tim Murray's abrupt exit from office. Also, are reporters risking their lives covering stories and the worst media blunder of the week - a CNN reporter's embarrassing gaffe. Take a look and leave a comment below and take the poll at ...

  • Mass. man sentenced decades after fleeing state

    DEDHAM, Mass. -- A man convicted of raping three women in Massachusetts has been sentenced to 36 to 40 years in prison decades after he fled the state and began living a secret life in Maine.Gary Alan Irving was sentenced Thursday in Norfolk Superior Court. He could have gotten a life sentence.Irving was a teenager when he was convicted of raping three women. When authorities finally caught up ...

  • Game 4 second period Bruins 2 Rangers 1

    The Bruins appeared to take control when Torey Krug gave them a 2-0 lead with a blistering slap shot from the point with 12:19 remaining in the second period. Krug took a pass from Tyler Seguin and let it rip from the blue line, and Henrik Lundqvist was unable to make the glove save.Just as the air had been let out of the building, the Rangers got life on one of the lucky bounces they've ...

  • Senate passes additional Newtown-related bills

    Senate Minority Leader John McKinney, R-Fairfield, whose district includes Newtown, said the Dec. 14 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School helped bring to light gaps and shortcomings in the state’s mental health system affecting young ...


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Bull Durham [Blu-Ray]

Bull Durham [Blu-Ray]

Ron Sheltons Bull Durham is the rare sports movie that understands the appeal of sports, but never feels the need to boil everything down to a big game. There are discussions of winning and losing in the film--many of them, in fact--but they are treated like most things in life, wh ... ...

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  • Business groups take on Cape Wind in ads

    In full-page newspaper ads Thursday, the Associated Industries of Massachusetts and the Massachusetts Competitive Partnership say the state already has expensive energy, and the project’s above-market power costs will make it tougher to attract ...

  • Framingham State oak to become part of Mayflower II

    A white oak tree that is being removed to make way for a new science building at Framingham State University will become part of the Mayflower II, the university announced this ...

  • Grizzlies Gasol Hollins get into semantics MAY 23

    06:42 PM ET 05.23 | Lionel Hollins believes the Memphis Grizzlies' offense needs a boost, so why not go to one of the smartest post players in the NBA? The Grizzlies head coach said on Thursday that big man Marc Gasol needs to look for his own shot more, which either didn't get across to Gasol because of translation or otherwise. For what it's worth, Gasol has taken 28 shots in ...

  • RI education board approves arming university cops

    The proposal would leave it to URI officials to decide whether to arm the university's police force. Right now, Rhode Island is the only state that prohibits public higher education police officers from carrying ...

  • Woman convicted of making child porn gets 40 years

    A federal judge sentenced Lisa Biron, 43, to 40 years in prison. In court, Biron apologized for her actions, including recording a 14-year-old girl performing sexual ...

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