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  • Friend of Boston bombers had confessed to 2011 triple murders claims FBI Friend of Boston bombers had confessed to 2011 triple murders claims FBI

    NEW YORK A Chechen acquaintance of dead Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev has confessed to slashing the throats of three people in a 2011 gruesome triple murder, federal law enforcement officials have said. Ibragim Todashev, who made the confession, was killed early Wednesday during a confrontation with the FBI and Massachusetts State Police in Orlando, Florida, a federal law ...

  • Napolitano scheduled to visit Boston

    BOSTON (AP) -- U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is in Boston to meet with government officials and visit the marathon bombings ...

  • Boston bombing suspects hearing rescheduled again

    BOSTON (AP) -- A federal judge has rescheduled a probable cause hearing for surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-HAHR' ...

  • Friday Throwdown Lt. Gov. Tim Murray steps down

    Are you going to miss resigning Lt. Gov. Tim Murray?The scandal -plagued number two official in Gov. Deval Patrick’s Administration announced this week he would be stepping down in June in order to take a job at the Worcester Chamber of Commerce.Previously, Murray’s most dramatic press conference came in 2011 when he spoke about the high-speed, pre-dawn crash that left a wreck of his ...

  • Methuen teen asks to be freed from jail

    SALEM, Mass. (AP) - A Methuen High School student charged with making online threats has asked a judge to grant him bail so he can go ...


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Untamed Heart

"Untamed Heart" is a modern romantic fable that tells the story of two broken people who find each other when they are most in need. It's touching in the simplicity of its age-old story, and heart-warming in the way it knows and loves its characters, who are blue-collar, common people normally overlooked or misrepresented in Hollywood. When we first meet Adam (Christian Slater) he is a young boy l ... ...

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  • January trial set in triple slaying in Berkshire County

    Three men facing murder charges in a triple slaying in ­Berkshire County will go on trial in January, a judge has ruled. ­Adam Lee Hall, David Chalue, and Caius Veiovis ­appeared together in court Wednesday for the first time since their arraignment 18 months ago amid heavy security. They are charged with killing David Glasser, Edward Frampton, and Robert Chadwell of Pittsfield in ...

  • Homeland Security Secretary To Visit Boston Marathon Bombings Memorial

    BOSTON (CBS) – Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano will be in Boston Friday. She will visit the memorial for the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings and meet with state and local officials including State Police Superintendent Colonel Timothy Alben, Mayor Tom Menino, and Police Commissioner Ed Davis. Napolitano's office says they’ll talk about training and ...

  • Mass. Clean Energy invests in new tech-promoting partnerships

    A half-dozen young companies that have developed energy-saving technologies -- from storage batteries to improved solar panels -- will be sharing $734,134 in seed money from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center to showcase their ideas to potential investors. Mass Clean Energy, a publicly-funded agency, awarded the grant money through a competitive program, InnovateMass, thats intended to spur ...

  • Medical examiner death of ex-officer was suicide

    DANBURY, Conn. (AP) -- The chief medical examiner's office says a former New Milford officer convicted of an on-duty killing committed suicide by carbon monoxide ...

  • Former Maine sports star guilty on child porn charge

    BANGOR, Maine - A former Maine college basketball star has been found guilty of a child pornography charge.Dana Wilson pleaded no contest Thursday in a Bangor courtroom. The plea means while not admitting guilt, he is not contesting the charges. The judge then found him guilty.Authorities say the 62-year-old Wilson, who works as a disc jockey, had videos of young girls engaged in sexual behavior ...

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