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Celtics close on Rivers Garnett trade deal

The Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Clippers may finalize a deal Thursday that would send coach Doc Rivers and one of his star players to the West ...
Freeport officially abandons dubious motto

FREEPORT, Maine (AP) - Freeport is going to have to find a new motto because it’s no longer the ‘‘birthplace of ...
NH man charged with armed robbery

NASHUA, N.H. (AP) - A New Hampshire man has been charged with armed robbery and possessing a narcotic drug after police say a gas station was robbed in ...
Hearing on Vt. health rates Friday

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Vermonters will get a chance to weigh in on proposed rates to be charged consumers under the Vermont Health Connect health insurance exchange. The Green Mountain Care Board has received recommendations from the Department of Financial Regulation on the proposed rates to be offered by insurers Blue Cross Blue Shield and MVP, and is expected to set the rates by July 8. ...
Victims relatives to testify in Whitey Bulger trial

BOSTON - After hearing three days of testimony from a hit man who admitted killing 20 people, jurors in the trial of James "Whitey" Bulger will soon get to hear from the families of some of those victims.Prosecutors plan to begin calling relatives Thursday. Judge Denise Casper ruled earlier that their testimony will be limited. They will not be allowed to describe the emotional impact ...

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Gone In 60 Seconds

"Gone in 60 Seconds," this summer's Jerry Bruckheimer-produced would-be blockbuster, is actually a remake of a 1974 cult car-crash flick written, produced, directed by, and starring a Hollywood stuntman named H.B. Halicki. ...

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Paid family leave bill faces first vote in RI

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A proposal to give workers in Rhode Island paid time off to care for a new child or sick loved one is headed to its first legislative ...
Maine gets low grade in report on nations bridges

In a new report examining the state of the nation’s bridges, Washington-based Transportation for America ranked Maine ninth in the percentage of bridges classified as ...
F-15 fighter jets to conduct exercises

BOSTON (AP) - F-15 fighter jets from the 104th Fighter Wing in Massachusetts are scheduled to participate in an exercise over the northern part of the state, as well as parts of New Hampshire and ...
Jeb Bush to raise money for Maine gov re-election

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is coming to Maine to raise money for Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s re-election ...
NH agencies museum host travel poster competition

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - The state is teaming up with Manchester’s Currier Museum of Art for a poster competition that highlights what makes New Hampshire ...

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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.

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Iran's president-elect was speaking after his historic election victory.

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Putin refutes allegation he stole Super Bowl ring

MOSCOW - Robert K. Kraft, an American business magnate and New England Patriots football team owner, has alleged that Vladimir Putin took away his Super Bowl ring in 2005, an accusation that has sparked a minor international controversy

The Russian president however denied the allegation about the diamond-encrusted sporting prize that he says was gifted to him by the football team owner.

The Super Bowl ring is an award in a National Football League given to the winners of the championship.

Kraft, being honored at Carnegie Hall's Medal of Excellence gala at the Waldorf-Astoria, said that Putin took his Super Bowl XXXIX ring when the Patriots' owner visited St. Petersburg, Russia, in 2005.

The businessman had at that time said that he gave the ring to Putin as a gift.

"I took out the ring and showed it to (Putin). And he put it on and he goes, 'I can kill someone with this ring,'" Kraft said at the event last week, according to the New York Post.

"I put my hand out and he put it in his pocket, and three KGB guys got around him and walked out."

Kraft added that he had wanted the ring back because "I had an emotional tie to the ring".

"It has my name on it," he added. ...