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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 ...

  • Needhams Aly Raisman first eliminated from Dancing finale

    Raisman, teamed with professional dancer Mark Ballas, was joined in the final four by Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Jacoby Jones, singer Kellie Pickler and Disney Channel star Zendaya ...

  • Tornado among strongest storms to hit US

    The tornado that tore through the Oklahoma City suburbs this week ranks among the strongest storms ever to strike the United States, packing powerful winds that topped 200 ...

  • Red Sox hold out Victorino because of hamstring

    CHICAGO (AP) - The Boston Red Sox held Shane Victorino out of the lineup Tuesday against the Chicago White Sox because of tightness in his left ...

  • Two shot on Bowdoin Street in Dorchester

    Two people were shot tonight on Bowdoin Street in Dorchester, police said. Boston police spokesman David Estrada said the shootings occurred near 361 Bowdoin St. at 7:30 p.m., and both victims were taken to Boston Medical Center. He had no further information on the shootings. A stretch of Bowdoin was sealed off with police tape at about 8 p.m. while officers ...


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Movie Review

The Out-of-Towners

Sam Weisman's remake of "The Out-of-Towners" is a somewhat predictable, but nevertheless entertaining ode to anyone from a smaller town who has ever had trouble in a big city. Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn (taking over the roles played in the 1970 original by Jack Lemmon and Sandy Dennis) star as Henry and Nancy Clark, a married couple from Ohio whose children have recently grown up and moved away, ... ...

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  • Avid delays filing gets second Nasdaq warning

    Louis Hernandez Jr., president and CEO, Avid Technology Avid Technology Inc. (Nasdaq:AVID) received its second letter from the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Department saying it was no longer in compliance with Nasdaq exchange rules. The Burlington, Mass.-based maker of digital audio and video technology said it received the first warning letter in March after it delayed the filing of its annual ...

  • Avoiding security threats on smartphones

    According to a study by the NQ Mobile security firm, malware threats to Android phones increased 163 percent in the past year, with nearly 33 million devices being ...

  • Teacher investigated for relationship with student

    A teacher at Exeter High School is on paid leave after being escorted from the building last month because of allegations of inappropriate behavior with a ...

  • Gomez criticizes dirty politics of Markey

    Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Gabriel Gomez has launched a new television ad criticizing what he calls the "dirty politics" of Democratic rival Edward ...

  • House debates Maine hospital debt repayment

    AUGUSTA, Maine -- The Maine House debating a bill Tuesday evening that would pay off Maine's $484 million debt to the state's hospitals, with a Democratic-backed amendment calling for the state to accept federal money to expand Medicaid to tens of thousands of people taking a central role in the partisan exchange.The debate followed Senate approval of the bill earlier in the ...

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