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Busy weekend for Enda Kenny in United States
Taoiseach Enda Kenny has spent the weekend in Boston, Massachusetts furthering the strength of U.S. -Ireland relations. The head of Ireland's government attended a function on Saturday at the JFK Library to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of President Kennedy's 1963 visit to Ireland At the ceremony Kenny addressed an audience of U.S. lawmakers and representatives of the business ...
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Chinese Taipei win mens doubles TT title
Chinese Taipei's Chen Chien-An and Chuang Chih-Yuan upset Hao Shuai and Ma Lin from China to win the men's doubles title at the World Table Tennis Championships here. Chen and Chuang fought back from one game down to win three in a row but Ma, former Olympic Champion, and Hao Shuai took the fifth before the Chinese Taipei tandem sealed the victory Sunday by taking the sixth 11-8, reports ...
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Court orders prison to hand over files in Boston bomb case
Judge Marianne Bowler presides over the case of Robel Phillipos, the teenager accused of lying to FBI agents in the Boston Marathon bombing investigation, in court in Boston, Massachusetts in this May 6, 2013 court ...
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Boston bombing victims receive BC degrees
NEWTON, Mass. (AP) - The bandage around Liza Cherney’s left ankle was the only visible sign of injuries from a bomb at the Boston Marathon that sprayed shrapnel into her leg. Nearby, her friend Brittany Loring shed a crutch and showed no sign of a limp as she walked past applauding classmates at Boston College on ...
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Judge lawyers can get Tsarnaev prison records
Also Monday, the defense and prosecution filed a joint motion to delay a May 30 probable cause hearing in the case against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-HAHR’ tsahr-NEYE'-ehv) at least until July ...
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Edward Scissorhands [DVD]
In one way or another, all of Tim Burton's films are about misunderstood outsiders. Even when working with a well-known superhero in his 1989 hit "Batman," Burton still managed to focus on how others misperceived the Dark Knight as a menace rather than a crime-fighting crusader. In his biopic "Ed Wood" (1994), he portrayed Edward D. Wood, Jr., often considered worst director in the history of ... ...
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Vermont is 4th state to legalize assisted suicide
MONTPELIER, Vt. -; After years of debate, Vermont became the fourth state in the country Monday to allow doctors to prescribe lethal doses of medicine to terminally ill patients seeking to end their ...
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Lawyers to get Boston bombing suspect prison files
U.S. Magistrate Judge Marianne Bowler said prison officials should give attorneys daily activity logs, suicide watch logs, psychology data files, photographs, commissary files and other ...
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Bail set at $25K for Celtics F Terrence Williams
KENT, Wash. -; A judge has set bail at $25,000 for Boston Celtics basketball player Terrence Williams after he was arrested and accused of brandishing a gun around the mother of his 10-year-old son during a visitation ...
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Irish Prime Minister Speaks at Boston College Despite Pro-Life Protests
The prime minister, or taoiseach, of Ireland gave what some onlookers described as a "rousing speech" at Boston College despite fervent protests from pro-life students and ...
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Amtrak Commuter Rail Service To Resume In Conn. Wednesday
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (CBS/AP) -- Transit authorities say commuter rail service in Connecticut is expected to resume in full by rush hour Wednesday morning, five days after ...
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