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  • Kenny lays wreath of Boston victims

    Boston College .He has also been invited to give the commencement address to over 3,000 students of the graduating class of 2013.The event, which marks the 150th anniversary of Boston College, will take place in the college football stadium, with an attendance of over ...

  • Foxwoods seeks a financial win with Mass. casino

    HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Connecticut's Foxwoods Resort Casino faces daunting hurdles as it joins a crowded race for the lucrative destination resort business in ...

  • Open-road tolling to start at Hooksett tolls soon

    HOOKSETT, N.H. (AP) - Just in time for Memorial Day weekend, drivers who use E-ZPass will be able to head through New Hampshire’s Hooksett Tolls on Interstate 93 without ...

  • Manchester continues to grapple with new refugees

    MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - After being exiled from his native Bhutan at age 4, Chuda Niroula spent the next two decades in a Nepali refugee camp with no running water, no electricity and never enough food. Almost two years ago he arrived in Manchester as one of the 60,000 to 80,000 refugees taken in each year by the ...

  • Maine Catholic church closing its doors

    The Roman Catholic Diocese has signed a purchase-and-sale agreement with a company that owns an adjacent shopping center. Church officials say the sale is expected to be finalized in August and that the buyer has indicated it plans to demolish the 39-year-old ...


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The Master [Blu-Ray]

The Master [Blu-Ray]

There is no questionnone at all, in my mind at leastthat Paul Thomas Andersons The Master is a magnificently ambitious film. The first feature production to be shot in 65mm since Kenneth Branaghs Hamlet in 1996, it mixes exquisite period recreation of the post-World War II Eisenh ... ...

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  • Marsalis speaks plays at UVM commencement

    BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - More than 3,000 University of Vermont students have received degrees at the school's 211th graduation ceremony. Jazz musician Wynton Marsalis was the commencement speaker at Sunday's outdoor ceremony on the campus at the Burlington school. Following his talk, Marsalis picked up his trumpet and played "When the Saints Going Marching In" with the crowd ...

  • Todays MLB starting lineups May 19

    Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Atlanta Braves: 1. ...

  • NH Superior Court chief justice gets fellowship

    CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - New Hampshire’s Superior Court Chief Justice Tina Nadeau is the 2013 recipient of a fellowship awarded annually by the New Hampshire Charitable ...

  • Auditor praises Vt. action on tax districts

    MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Vermont State Auditor Doug Hoffer is praising lawmakers for passing legislation to clean up glitches in the state’s so-called tax increment financing ...

  • No discipline for trooper whose gun discharged

    AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - There will be no punishment for a Maine state police lieutenant whose gun accidentally discharged during a training ...

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