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Busy weekend for Enda Kenny in United States
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 ...
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Chinese Taipei win mens doubles TT title
Chinese Taipei's Chen Chien-An and Chuang Chih-Yuan upset Hao Shuai and Ma Lin from China to win the men's doubles title at the World Table Tennis Championships here. Chen and Chuang fought back from one game down to win three in a row but Ma, former Olympic Champion, and Hao Shuai took the fifth before the Chinese Taipei tandem sealed the victory Sunday by taking the sixth 11-8, reports ...
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Bay to Breakers Just a thin shadow of Boston attack
SAN FRANCISCO -- Beefed-up security in response to last month's Boston Marathon bombings didn't deter tens of thousands from reveling in San Francisco's most spirited footrace Sunday.Berkeley resident Kenneth Prochnow, 62, ran his 28th Bay to Breakers wearing a "Boston Strong" T-shirt, one of many that could be spotted in the sea of colorful costumes and birthday ...
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2-month-old Lowell baby boy dies
LOWELL, Mass. -- Prosecutors say a 2-month-old Lowell baby allegedly shaken by his father has died.The Middlesex district attorney's office says William Berry was taken off life support and died Friday at Tufts Floating Hospital for Children in Boston.An autopsy has been performed and could result in additional charges against the father, 22-year-old Christopher Berry.Prosecutors allege he ...
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Cardinal boycotts Boston College commencement because Irish leader there abortion is issue
BOSTON - Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny is speaking at commencement ceremonies at Boston College on Monday, so Boston's Roman Catholic Cardinal Sean O'Malley is staying away. O'Malley objects to Kenny's support for legislation in his country that would permit abortion in Ireland. The leader of the Boston Archdiocese traditionally gives the benediction at Boston ...
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Drive
Drive, which won Nicolas Winding Refn the Best Director prize at Cannes last spring, is a sharply etched, finely tuned homage to the existential road movies of the 1970s like Vanishing Point (1970) and Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) in which the nature of human existence was fuse ... ...
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Police in NH town increase patrols after report
FARMINGTON, N.H. (AP) - Police in Farmington, N.H., are putting extra officers on duty after a middle school student said he was approached by a ...
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Leeds girl lucky to be alive after crash
WAYNE, Maine (AP) - Police say a 17-year-old Leeds girl is ‘‘lucky to be alive’’ after suffering only minor injuries in a spectacular rollover crash in ...
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Police searching for suspects in NH fatal shooting
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - Police in New Hampshire are still looking for a suspect or suspects involved in a fatal shooting over the weekend in ...
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Maine Turnpike toll increase paying off
The Turnpike Authority reports that in the six months since it increased tolls at some spots along the 106-mile highway, revenue has increased by 16 percent even as the number of cars using the turnpike dropped by 4 ...
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16-year-old learning to drive in accident in NH
LACONIA, N.H. (AP) - Police say a 16-year-old girl being taught how to drive by her father drove into the opposite lane of traffic in Laconia, N.H., hitting a stopped vehicle that backed into a ...
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