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  • Mass. teen denies raping killing his math teacher

    SALEM, Mass. - A 14-year-old accused of killing his high school math teacher pleaded not guilty to murder, aggravated rape, and armed robbery Wednesday. Philip Chism is charged in the Oct. 22 death of Colleen Ritzer, a popular teacher at Danvers High School. Ritzer's body was found in woods near the school with her throat slit and a note reading, "I hate you all." Chism had ...

  • 15 iPads stolen from Boston elementary school

    Three undercover Boston police officers and two civilians injured after accident in Dorchester A Boston police vehicle responding to a shooting was struck by another vehicle in Dorchester, sending three undercover Boston police officers and two civilians ...

  • Malls in the south suburbs pull out stops to draw foot traffic

    Online retail sales can eat into the returns of brick-and-mortar stores. With online sales continuing to rise, malls are doing what they can to draw foot ...

  • Kobe Bryant was full participant in Lakers practice DEC 04

    Kobe Bryant 's absence looks like it's nearing an end. Bryant, saying he felt good after Tuesday's practice, will be a full participant in Wednesday's practice, making it the first time he's participated in back-to-back practices. It's been speculated by reporters close to ...

  • Carmelo Anthony worried team will fire head coach DEC 04

    Knicks head coach Mike Woodson has likely been racking up the credit card points in recent weeks thanks to the absurd amount of pants he's had to purchase, considering most are burnt from the hot seat he's been sitting on. Now owners of the second-worst record in the league and in the midst of a nine-game losing streak, the team is concerned their poor play could be the driving force ...


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A.I. Artificial Intelligence

A.I. Artificial Intelligence is a science-fiction parable that's hard to wrap your mind around, which is exactly as the late Stanley Kubrick would have wanted it. This project had been gestating in Kubrick's mind since the early 1970s when he first met with sci-fi writer Brian Aldiss, whose 2,800-word story "Supertoys Last All Summer Long" was its genesis. Now, A.I. has finally reac ... ...

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  • Tough slate porous defense not doing Boston College any favors

    During the preseason there were more than a few people who believed that Steve Donahue’s Boston College Eagles had the pieces needed to be one of the more improved teams in college basketball. With al five starters back from last season’s 16-17 squad, led by guard Olivier Hanlan and forward Ryan Anderson, there was both talent and experience on the roster. And with a challenging ...

  • Red Sox well prepared to let Jacoby walk

    NO WORRIES: Losing Jacoby Ellsbury does not compare to Johnny Damon, above, jumping to the Yankees. And the Sox can fill the center fielder's shoes with Jackie Bradley ...

  • Police clear team but players suffer

    The mother of a former Lunenburg High football player who quit the team after a racist slur was spray-painted on his family’s home lied to investigators and stopped cooperating with their probe, police said yesterday, in a bombshell court filing that now has parents accusing school officials of a rush to judgment against the kids.This blue-collar town just north of Worcester had rallied ...

  • Driver on 6th OUI arrest 
faces lifetime license ban

    A Plympton man with four drunken-driving convictions is facing possible lifetime loss of his driver’s license after his sixth arrest on charges of operating under the influence.David Durling, 49, was picked up behind a Shaw’s Supermarket shortly after 9 p.m. Tuesday night by a team of officers, including Carver police Chief Marc Duphily, who had been hunting for a gray pickup truck ...

  • Boston edges into Revere casino talk

    CITY LIMITS: A negotiator yesterday said Boston should get 'host' community clout from a Mohegan Sun casino on the Revere side of Suffolk Downs, ...

  • Chism faces adult juvenile charges

    SPLIT HEARING: Philip Chism, 14, of Danvers is led into Salem Superior Court for his arraignment on charges in the Oct. 22 killing of Danvers High math teacher Colleen Ritzer. Chism pleaded not ...

  • Man convicted of killing Roxbury teen to appeal

    BACK IN COURT TODAY: Rodrick James Taylor, above, was found guilty in 2008 of killing former Milton High School cheerleader Dominique Samuels, 19, in ...

  • Group decries letter’s use in sex offender suit

    Level 2 sex offenders fighting to shield their names from the public are using expert testimony from Jane Doe Inc. to support their case, in a bizarre twist to a high court drama the victims advocacy group says it wants no part of.Public defenders representing the six sex of­fenders and attorneys for the state are due to appear before the Supreme Judicial Court today to argue a law Gov. ...

  • Judicial nominees approved for West Roxbury Clinton courts

    The Governor’s Council unanimously approved two of Governor Deval Patrick’s judicial nominees Wednesday, but did not address a controversial nominee for the Superior Court whose confirmation vote was suddenly postponed by the governor two weeks ...

  • Man faces 6th drunken driving charge after arrest in Carver

    A Plympton man is facing his sixth drunken driving charge - and possible loss of his license for life - after he allegedly drove his gray pickup truck erratically in Carver, police ...

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