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  • Facial recognition technology quickly identifies Boston Marathon bombing suspect

    Researchers at Michigan State University including an Indian professor were able to quickly identify one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects from law enforcement video, using the latest in automatic facial recognition technology. In the Pattern Recognition and Image Processing laboratory, Anil Jain, MSU Distinguished Professor of computer science and engineering, and Josh Klontz, a research ...

  • Service planned after man dies day after wedding

    CANTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - A memorial service is planned for a newly married Detroit-area youth minister who was killed in a traffic accident as he and his wife were en route to their honeymoon in Myrtle Beach, ...

  • Conn. retreat features severed arm of saint

    MYSTIC, Conn. (AP) - There are too few opportunities in life to see the severed limb of a medieval holy man, and so when one presents itself in as unlikely a place as southeastern Connecticut, it should be grasped with ...

  • Norwich house targeted by paranormal investigators

    NORWICH, Conn. (AP) - A historic city landmark was the site of a real-life ghost story as ghost hunters surveyed the Leffingwell House Museum on Washington ...

  • Personal crisis takes doctor to new direction

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Movie Review

Very Bad Things

After seeing Peter Berg's outrageously raunchy black comedy "Very Bad Things," I was unsure exactly what the title was referring to. Are the "things" in the title referring to the acts committed by the characters in the film, or are the "things" the characters themselves? Because, after all, once you sit through this film, I think you'll agree that not a single character can be described as "human ... ...

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  • Talented New Bedford illustrator flourishes

    NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) - When Roger Andrews was a student at Gomes Elementary School in New Bedford, his math homework was as liable to have a rendition of Iron Man on the flip side as it was to have equations on the front. Decades later he’s still drawing Iron Man - only in his own style, and getting paid to do ...

  • Angel Flight plane from Hanscom Field crashes in New York killing at least two

    An Angel Flight that took off from Hanscom Field in Bedford crashed in New York on Friday night, killing at least two of the three people on board, according to authorities. The Piper PA 34 aircraft was 60 miles from its Rome, N.Y., destination when it went down near Garoga, N.Y., at 5:10 p.m., said Kathleen Bergen, a spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration. The bodies of one male ...

  • Is Kobe Bryant better than MichaelJordan MAY 09

    You must be young to ask that question. No one who watched both Jordan and Bryant play would argue that Kobe is in the same league. Kobe is not even number two. Jordan was a much better defenders and led the league in steals every year, he had a better shoting percentage, averaged more points, and in truth his teamates sucked. Kobe has always had strong ...

  • After getting roughed up in last start Lester looks to bounce back

    Terry Francona's return to Fenway Park has been nothing if not entertaining. The former Red Sox manager and current skipper of the Indians watched his team come out swinging Thursday, lighting up the scoreboard in a 12-3 win. On Friday, John Farrell's squad reversed the fate, sending the Indians back to their hotel with an 8-1 defeat on a rain-soaked night. The third round of this ...

  • Indians struggle against Lackey 8-1 loss at Boston

    Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona, center, gives pitcher Justin Masterson a pat on the back as he takes him out during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston, Friday, May 24, 2013. The Red Sox won 8-1. Indians catcher Carlos Santana, left, looks on. (AP Photo/Charles ...

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