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  • Chicago beats Boston 6-5 in OT to cap crazy roller-coaster Stanley Cup game

    Chicago Blackhawks right wing Marian Hossa (81), of Slovakia, looks for a pass as Boston Bruins right wing Jaromir Jagr (68), of the Czech Republic defends, during the first period in Game 4 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Finals, Wednesday, June 19, 2013, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles ...

  • Dempster keeps Sox in it but Breslow pen falter

    TB@BOS: Gomes hits second RBI infield single to third BOSTON -- What was Ryan Dempster's reward for a fifth straight quality start on Wednesday night at Fenway Park? A 6-2 loss to the Rays that dropped his misleading record on the season to 4-8. Every year, it seems there is a snake-bitten member of a pitching rotation who doesn't get as many wins as he deserves. At this point of ...

  • Tsarnaev’s fireworks source pounds Hub with fliers touting July 4th deals

    A New Hampshire fireworks peddler that sold pyrotechnics to the accused Boston Marathon bombers is under fire from local officials for blanketing the Hub with fliers and coupons as part of a July Fourth marketing blitz targeting Massachusetts, despite a statewide ban."Certainly at a minimum it’s pretty insensitive for a city that is still grieving and recovering from the ...

  • Icing on cake ’EEI brass back stunt

    WEEI-FM’s brass is standing by their hosts despite an X-rated stunt, saying the sports talk station won’t discipline yakkers Mike "Mut" Mutnansky and Lou Merloni for sending a porn­ographic cake with the words "Welcome to Boston" to a Chicago sports talk station."There will be no discipline," Entercom Boston Vice President Jason Wolfe told the Herald ...

  • Accused NU student posts $50000 bail

    A man accused of carry­ing out weekend knife attacks on two women in Mission Hill was declared indigent in Roxbury District Court on Monday and has been appointed public counsel, but is now free after posting a total of $50,000 cash bail, authorities said.Patrick Barry, a 21-year-old Northeastern University student, was arraigned yesterday in West Roxbury District Court for the second of the ...


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Movie Review

Saving Private Ryan

Saving Private Ryan

The sky is overcast and the gray ocean waves are choppy as the Higgins boats advance steadily toward Omaha Beach. Inside each boat, rows of soldiers stand in formation, gripping their weapons, some nervously vomiting on the deck. All of their faces are scrawled with terrified anticipation, not of greatness or glory or fighting for their country, but anticipation of death. When the boats arrive and ... ...

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  • Weymouth dad hails conviction of son’s ax murderer

    A Weymouth father rejoiced yesterday after a jury convicted the "animal" who killed his son with an ax in 2009, saying the verdict has restored his faith."It was a beautiful day," Robert Phillips, 65, said yesterday, adding that the jury’s verdict came down on what would have been his slain son Jeffrey Phillips’ 35th birthday."I was worried. You never know ...

  • Hit-and-run suspect’s wife tipped off investigators

    A Fall River man has been arrested in connection with a hit-and-run accident that killed a Somerset man riding in his electric wheelchair after his wife turned him in, police said.Richard Reis, 35, was arrested yesterday and charged with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death.James Moore, 65, of Somerset was struck and killed just before midnight Friday by a gray Toyota Avalon as he ...

  • Former jury pool member hopes to cash in on lucky number

    A purported member of the original jury pool for the trial of James "Whitey" Bulger is trying to make a buck off the experience.A Lynn man who claims on eBay, "I was the very last juror excused from the jury in a historic mob case in Boston," is attempting to auction off his juror number, 126, for 99 cents.There were no takers as of yesterday, but bidding is open until 10 ...

  • Family pained by photos

    Tommy Donahue folded over, eyes closed, in his front-row seat at James "Whitey" Bulger’s murder trial yesterday, as he, his mother and brothers braced for the crime-scene photos of the day in May 1982 when Bulger allegedly emerged on Northern Avenue with a machine gun and cut down his father, Michael Donahue, and the man he offered a lift to, Bulger’s intended target Brian ...

  • Aaron Hernandez under new scrutiny in Fla. shooting

    The 27-year-old Dorchester semi-pro linebacker whose homicide sent cops back to the North Attleboro manse of Aaron Hernandez for a second day was "a wonderful child," his grieving mom said - as questions hovered over the Patriots tight end and news broke of a Florida lawsuit accusing him of shooting a friend in the face after a night at a Miami strip joint.The Bristol County District ...

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