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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 ...

  • Police visit Massachusetts home of Patriots’ Hernandez

    State and local police spent hours at the home of New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez on Tuesday night as another group of officers searched an industrial park about a mile away where a body was discovered the day before.Police at the scene and prosecutors would not comment on the actions while Sports Illustrated, citing an unidentified source, reported that Hernandez was not believed ...

  • Gomes HR lifts Red Sox to doubleheader sweep

    Jonny Gomes hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning to lift the Boston Red Sox to a 3-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday, completing a doubleheader ...

  • Gomes caps long day with dramatic walk-off homer

    TB@BOS: Sox walk off on Gomes' two-run homer BOSTON -- Jonny Gomes capped a long day and night of baseball at Fenway Park by smashing a towering two-run walk-off home run over the Green Monster to give the Red Sox a 3-1 victory over the Rays, completing a sweep in Tuesday's day-night doubleheader. Daniel Nava opened the winning rally with a walk. Gomes unloaded on the first pitch ...

  • Massachusetts police search NFL players home in homicide probe report

    New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez talks on a phone during media day for the NFL Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis January 31, ...


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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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  • Board to Vote on Condoms in Boston Schools

    It was more than 20 years ago that those cities, along with many others, made the controversial decision to distribute condoms in schools, in part to counteract the spread ...

  • Red Sox 3 Rays 1

    DP_Tampa Bay 1, Boston 1. LOB_Tampa Bay 3, Boston 6. 2B_D.Ortiz (14), Drew (11). HR_K.Johnson (11), Nava (10), J.Gomes (5). IP H R ER BB SO Odorizzi 5 -3 5 Al.Torres -3 Jo.Peralta L,1-3 Doubront 8 6 A.Bailey W,3-0 ...

  • Boston Strong Hockey helps the healing in a wounded city

    Rob Rogers, Jenn Rogers, and Jennifer Lemmerman, wave a Boston Strong banner before Game 3 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Finals between the Boston Bruins and the Chicago Blackhawks in Boston, Monday, June 17, 2013. The three are relatives of MIT police officer Sean Collier, killed during confrontation with suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing on April 15. (Elise ...

  • Massachusetts Police Search NFL Players Home in Homicide Probe Report

    (Reuters) - Massachusetts State Police searched the home of New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez on Tuesday as part of a probe into a suspected homicide, according to ABC News. Hernandez was initially uncooperative with police after the body of a 27-year-old man was found in an industrial park near his home in North Attleborough on Monday, ABC News said, citing unnamed law ...

  • Bolivian Girl Mauled by Dog to Fly to U.S. for Help

    LA PAZ, Bolivia -- A 4-year-old Bolivian girl who was unconscious for nearly three weeks after being mauled in the face and body by a Rottweiler is awake and ready to fly to Boston for reconstructive surgery, a doctor said ...

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