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4 RI students to do Nature Conservancy internships
CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. (AP) - Four Central Falls high school students are among those selected to participate in a national environmental group’s program to expose urban youth to nature and conservation ...
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US Rep. Capuano bill would limit car black boxes
BOSTON (AP) - U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano is co-sponsoring a bill he says will give car owners more control over so-called ‘‘black box’’ ...
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Belsito to be sworn in as new Conn. state rep.
Republican Sam Belsito of Tolland is scheduled to take the oath of office on Wednesday in the Hall of the House of Representatives. Merrill will deliver the oath to the recently elected representative of the 53rd Assembly District, which includes Ashford, Tolland and ...
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Markey Gomez heading into final campaign stretch
BOSTON (AP) - Massachusetts’s special U.S. Senate election heads into its final stretch after Republican Gabriel Gomez and Democratic U.S. Rep. Edward Markey engaged in some testy exchanges during their final ...
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Honor proposed for Puerto Rico-based Army unit
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal has introduced a bill to recognize an Army infantry regiment that was made up almost entirely of soldiers from Puerto Rico who fought in World War I, World War II and the Korean ...
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Movie Review
Fast Five [Blu-Ray]
At one point in Fast Five, the fifth entry in the unexpectedly long-lived car-crash-and-crime series started a decade ago by The Fast and the Furious (2001), one character describes another character as Old Testament: ... ...
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Conn. DOT commissioner to testify at rail hearing
HARTFORD, Conn.-Connecticut Department of Transportation Commissioner James Redeker (REHD'-eh-kur) is testifying before a U.S. Senate committee on ways to improve passenger and freight rail safety. Sen. Richard Blumenthal is scheduled to chair Wednesday's hearing before the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation in Washington, D.C. The hearing, to include two panels, will ...
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Ex-Bulger cohort to spend 3rd day on witness stand
BOSTON (AP) -- A former enforcer for James "Whitey" Bulger is expected to face more tough cross-examination by Bulger's lawyers when he returns to the witness stand for a third ...
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Salty puts in long night behind home plate
Email BOSTON -- Jarrod Saltalamacchia had a historically long day at the ballpark. He caught both games of the doubleheader against the Rays on Tuesday, becoming the first Red Sox player to catch both games of a doubleheader since John Marzano did it in 1992. Still basking in the Red Sox's 3-1 walk-off win, Saltalamacchia insisted his marathon day wasn't a big deal. "It was ...
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Rates edge up spurring push to refinance
Signals that interest rates, long near rock bottom, are poised to rise are creating an urgency for homeowners and businesses to hurry up and ...
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AP PHOTOS Astrodome JFK terminal endangered
WASHINGTON -- Houston's Astrodome stadium, New York's old Pan Am Worldport Terminal at Kennedy Airport and Montana's one-room schoolhouses are joining a list of the nation's most endangered historic places.On Wednesday, the National Trust for Historic Preservation is releasing its listing of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. It includes sites from Maine to ...
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 Strand Palace
I've stayed at this central London hotel many times, so was comfortable in telephoning direct for a reservation. It was ...
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