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    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 ...

  • Defendant freed in Lewiston barbecue fork stabbing case

    - A Lewiston man facing up to 30 years in prison for allegedly stabbing his friend in the chest with a barbecue fork has been freed after the victim refused to testify against him in court. In a move that surprised the entire courtroom, Vincent Turner on Monday invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. Authorities say the 42-year-old Turner was stabbed in the chest by ...

  • Walking tall after the Boston bombing

    There are usually children around. The first time I came here, shyly watching from the doorway, I heard a "beep-beep" behind me and as I turned, a 5-year-old sped past me at a remarkable speed hopping on her one leg. This is Prosthetic & Orthotic Associates, one of the largest facilities in the country. The walls are filled with pictures: People with one leg or no legs crossing ...

  • Ex-Mass. teachers rape trial gets started

    WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) - The trial of a former Leicester (LESS-tuhr) Middle School music teacher charged with raping a 12-year-old female student is getting under ...

  • Man convicted of NH business fraud scheme

    Bender is to be sentenced on Sept. 2. Paul Wilson, a former Goss manager, pleaded guilty last year to three counts of wire fraud and was sentenced to a year in ...


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The 400 Blows (Les quatre cents coups) [DVD]

The 400 Blows (Les quatre cents coups) [DVD]

In the early 1950s, with the help of noted film theorist and critic Andr Bazin, 20-year-old Franois Truffaut began writing regularly for the Parisian film journal Cahiers du cinema. He quickly gained a reputation as an uncompromising and often vicious critic with a clear-cut sense ... ...

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  • NH Senate panel continues work on budget

    CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - The Senate’s budget committee will be making spending decisions for 11 agencies as it readies the two-year spending plan for a vote by the chamber on June ...

  • Levin participates in final Yale commencement

    Levin tells the New Haven Register (http://bit.ly/16Lq7jp ) the experience was quite moving for him. He is stepping down in June after 20 years as ...

  • Vt. prison inmates help bats by making roosts

    WINDSOR, Vt. (AP) - Inmates at Vermont's Windsor prison are helping to save bats by building daytime roosting boxes. The 50 bat houses were given away at this year's Herrick's Cove Wildlife Festival to attendees who regularly observe bats near their home. Corrections staff member Paul Brosseau says the project educated the inmates about the problems Vermont's bat ...

  • Tea Party activists plan IRS protest in Boston

    BOSTON (AP) - Tea Party activists are planning to hold a demonstration in downtown Boston to protest the Internal Revenue Service for improperly targeting conservative groups seeking tax-exempt ...

  • R.I. Senate to take up school security secrecy bill

    The Rhode Island Senate is set to vote Tuesday on a proposal to allow local education officials to formulate school security plans behind closed doors despite concerns from open government groups. The measure would allow locally elected school officials to hold closed-door discussions about school safety policies, including the arming of school security guards or the procedure for notifying ...

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