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  • New software helps overcome social phobias through virtual conversation

    The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is building new software to coach people on how to interact with others in social situations. The virtual personality can be used to help people practice their interpersonal skills until they feel more comfortable with situation, News.com.au reported. The program called MACH- My Automated Conversation coach- presents a digital character on the screen ...

  • Salty puts in long night behind home plate

    Email BOSTON -- Jarrod Saltalamacchia had a historically long day at the ballpark. He caught both games of the doubleheader against the Rays on Tuesday, becoming the first Red Sox player to catch both games of a doubleheader since John Marzano did it in 1992. Still basking in the Red Sox's 3-1 walk-off win, Saltalamacchia insisted his marathon day wasn't a big deal. "It was ...

  • Rates edge up spurring push to refinance

    Signals that interest rates, long near rock bottom, are poised to rise are creating an urgency for homeowners and businesses to hurry up and ...

  • AP PHOTOS Astrodome JFK terminal endangered

    WASHINGTON -- Houston's Astrodome stadium, New York's old Pan Am Worldport Terminal at Kennedy Airport and Montana's one-room schoolhouses are joining a list of the nation's most endangered historic places.On Wednesday, the National Trust for Historic Preservation is releasing its listing of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. It includes sites from Maine to ...

  • Rays absorb doubleheader sweep by Red Sox

    Tampa Bay Rays' Chris Archer pitches in the first inning of the first baseball game of a doubleheader against the Boston Red Sox in Boston, Tuesday, June 18, ...


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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

If last year's Dead Man's Chest, the second installment of the lucrative Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, was an enjoyably overstuffed B-movie actioneer taken to ludicrous new heights, At World's End, the third and ostensibly final installment, busts at the se ... ...

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  • Sox look to continue season-long dominance of Rays

    Like many pitchers, starters Ryan Dempster and Jeremy Hellickson have a common goal entering Wednesday's outing. The thing is, both are coming from completely different places. Dempster is looking to build on a solid start Friday against the Orioles that saw him give up just two runs on five hits in 7 2/3 innings. He struck out four batters in Boston's 2-0 loss. The veteran could ...

  • UFC’s Boston donnybrook to go on but law may KO some fighters

    UFC officials say their planned Boston blockbuster?brawl will go ahead on schedule, but some foreign fighters might be knocked out of the live TV spectacle because of state red tape that requires combatants to have Social Security numbers."There’s no doubt it’s ?going to be a burden," UFC Chief Operating Officer Lawrence Epstein told the Herald.Because of the rule - ...

  • Welfare boss Dept. is ‘open’ to EBT photos

    The head of the state ?Department of Transitional Assistance said yesterday officials are "open" to slapping photos on EBT cards, a measure they once blasted as expensive and ineffective at stamping out fraud."I think anything that makes people feel like we are doing all we can to make sure that only people who are eligible for benefits are getting them, we are open to do," ...

  • NSA boss 50-plus plots uncovered

    One of the nation’s top spies told the House Intelligence Committee that a controversial database of American phone and Internet records has helped the National Sec­urity Agency intercept as many as 50 plots against U.S. targets - but an expert said she isn’t sure if that will be enough to assuage the public’s concerns over the massive federal surveillance of private ...

  • Student freed on bail eyed 
in 2nd attack

    A Northeastern student facing charges in a second disturbing knife-point ?attack on a woman was freed on bail yesterday as he awaits arraignment today.Patrick Barry, 21, of Medford is accused of preying on two women early Saturday morning along Huntington Avenue.He posted $30,000 bail ?after he was arraigned Monday in Roxbury District Court on charges ?including assault with ?intent to rape in ...

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