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  • Admitted killer and key witness in Bulger trial lives quiet life in Boston suburb

    Winter Hill hitman John Martorano's testimony has spellbound the region as he has recounted in James "Whitey" Bulger's trial his life of crime, but to Martorano's neighbor in Milford, he's just "John," a quiet older man with two little dogs who keeps to himself. "Very quiet," said Richard Vayo, who lives in the condo next door to Martorano. ...

  • Mass. teens sentence suspended in traffic death

    GREENFIELD, Mass. -- A Massachusetts teen who was making a food delivery when his car struck a pair of motorcyclists, killing one, has avoided jail.Eighteen-year-old Jacob Earl of Buckland received a 2 -year suspended sentence on Tuesday after pleading guilty to vehicular homicide. The Recorder (http://bit.ly/19im78z ) reports he was also ordered to spend 100 hours talking to youth about the ...

  • John Martorano was concerned about death penalty when he agreed to testify against Whitey Bulger

    Hit man-turned-government-witness John V. Martorano said today he decided to testify against James "Whitey" Bulger after he learned that Bulger was an informant for the FBI and also because he did not want to face the death penalty for murders he had committed for Bulger's gang in Oklahoma and Florida. Martorano is on the witness stand for the third straight day in the ...

  • Police to discuss large drug arrest sweep in Vt.

    SPRINGFIELD, Vt. (AP) - Vermont State Police are planning to talk about a ‘‘large’’ drug arrest sweep in ...

  • Dedication planned for NH soldier who died in Va.

    MILFORD, N.H. (AP) - A dedication ceremony honoring a soldier from New Hampshire who died at a Virginia military base is being held Friday in ...


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Movie Review

Midnight Express [Blu-Ray]

Midnight Express [Blu-Ray]

Alan Parkers Midnight Express is a brutal and brutalizing film whose effects have diminished little in the decades since its controversial theatrical release in the late 1970s. It was both highly acclaimed, evidenced by a standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival and s ... ...

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  • Superstorm Sandy flood claims exceed $31M in RI

    PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The National Flood Insurance Program has paid more than 800 claims totaling more than $31 million to property owners in Rhode Island after Superstorm ...

  • Vt. gallery reopens after owners death

    ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt. (AP) - A folk art gallery and park devoted to colorful depictions of dogs has reopened in St. Johnsbury more than two weeks after the suicide of owner Gwen Huneck. Huneck's husband, Dog Mountain founder Stephen Huneck, committed suicide in January 2010. Despite those losses, other staff members at Dog Mountain say they'll try to keep the business going. The ...

  • Liberty law school demands lawsuit coverage

    LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) - Liberty University's law school wants a judge to force its insurance company to pay for its defense in a lawsuit stemming from a same-sex-marriage custody battle. Virginia Lawyer's Weekly ...

  • Tewksbury man gets up to 15 years for sex crimes

    WOBURN, Mass. -- A Tewksbury man prosecutors call a "predator" has been sentenced to up to 15 years in prison for extorting and sexually assaulting young victims.Thomas Hutchinson pleaded guilty to 55 charges on Tuesday in Middlesex Superior Court, including rape of a child by force, possession of child pornography, and attempted extortion.Authorities say the 21-year-old Hutchinson ...

  • Cape Wind project gets $200M investment

    BOSTON - A Danish pension fund has promised to invest $200 million in the Cape Wind energy project providing financing is closed by the end of the year.The wind farm proposed for Nantucket Sound off the coast of Cape Cod is expected to cost at least $2 billion.PensionDanmark has already invested in offshore wind farms in Europe, as well as several land-based wind farms in the U.S.PensionDanmark ...

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