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  • Brewery develops new beer dedicated to slain cop

    A Massachusetts brewing company is creating a beer in the honour of a hero cop, Sean Collier, who was allegedly gunned down by the Boston Marathon bombers. According to the Cambridge Brewing Company, 'Collier Stout' -a dry Irish stout- will hit bars by mid June and 1 dollar from every sale will go to Collier's memorial fund, the New York Post reported. Collier's friend Travis Dixon told the ...

  • Walkers in stride to beat cancer

    Breast cancer survivors dressed in pink walked across Boston yesterday, the start of a two-day event to raise funds for cancer research.Thousands of participants - survivors, friends and family members - flooded city streets to support the cause.The 39.3-mile walk kicked off at the University of Massachusetts Boston early yesterday and will finish there this afternoon.A moment of silence was ...

  • Diabetes foundation presents top honors

    The 31st annual JDRF Boston Gala yesterday honored Olympic gold medalist Gary Hall Jr. and Cohasset Triathlon race director Bill Burnett.Burnett was awarded the Nancy Jones Diabetes Award and Hall was named the 2013 honoree of the organization formerly known as the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation."The theme of this year’s gala is focused on the connection between athletes and ...

  • Found boater’s wife is grateful

    The wife of a Fairhaven boater, who was found walking along a beach early yesterday about 12 hours after he was reported missing and his sailboat was found washed ashore, is relieved he escaped the ordeal with little more than a concussion."We are extremely grateful that he made it out of the water and made it out alive," Rhonda Silvia-Alves said of her husband, Gary Alves, 57. ...

  • Papi power Sluggers two home runs power Sox

    BOS@MIN: Ortiz drills a two-run homer in the seventh MINNEAPOLIS -- It wasn't pretty, but it was effective. David Ortiz homered twice and the Red Sox banged out 13 hits in a 12-5 win over the Twins on Saturday night at Target Field. Ryan Dempster could have been the beneficiary of the Boston outburst, but he struggled with his control and couldn't get through the fifth inning. ...


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Movie Review

Jeepers Creepers II

Jeepers Creepers II

Even in its best moments, Victor Salvas Jeepers Creepers II comes nowhere close to matching the thrilling creepiness of the opening half-hour of the original, 2001s modest hit Jeepers Creepers. That movie worked incredibly well when Salva spent more time suggesting horror rather than directly showing it, and perhaps it is because of the increased budget that Jeepers Creepers II ...

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  • Ortiz powers Red Sox past Twins 12-5

    MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - David Ortiz homered twice and drove in six runs to torment his former team once again, leading the Boston Red Sox to a 12-5 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday ...

  • Red Sox 12 Twins 5

    DP_Boston 2, Minnesota 2. LOB_Boston 6, Minnesota 13. 2B_J.Gomes (4), Pedroia (11), Mauer (17), Willingham (9), Doumit (9). HR_D.Ortiz 2 (7), Nava (6). SB_Hicks (4), Florimon (5). SF_Nava, Lavarnway. IP H R ER BB SO Dempster 4 -3 8 Mortensen -3 Breslow W,1-0 H,1 -3 A.Wilson Diamond L,3-4 -3 8 Swarzak -3 4 Fien ...

  • Dynamo put ball in own net in 2-0 loss to Revs

    HOUSTON (AP) - Diego Fagundez scored and Houston added an own goal in the New England Revolution’s 2-0 victory over the Dynamo on Saturday ...

  • Clippers Del Negro meet to discuss future this weekend MAY 18

    Los Angeles Clippers coach Vinny Del Negro heading in to the offseason. Immediately after the team was eliminated in the first-round of the NBA playoffs by ...

  • No longer starting Miller thriving in bullpen

    Email MINNEAPOLIS -- He was the sixth overall pick of the 2006 First-Year Player Draft. He was once the centerpiece of a trade for Miguel Cabrera. Now he's filling one of the more anonymous roles on a baseball roster as a middle reliever/setup man, but Andrew Miller and the Red Sox wouldn't have it any other way. Miller, who scuffled through five difficult seasons with the Tigers and ...

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