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  • Remy to return to NESN booth Tuesday

    Email BOSTON -- Jerry Remy has a piece of good news for Red Sox fans. The popular color analyst will be back in his familiar perch in the NESN broadcast booth on Tuesday night, when Boston opens its next homestand against the Colorado Rockies. Remy has been out of work since May 28 after suffering an allergy attack and then pneumonia. Due to his two bouts with lung cancer -- the most recent of ...

  • Boston School Committee approves distribution of condoms in all high schools

    The Boston School Committee approved two significant policy changes Wednesday night, one of which will make condoms available in all high schools across the city and the other will beef up employee background checks. The approval of condom distribution -- a key feature in a new comprehensive health and wellness policy -- marks a dramatic shift in practice for the city's public schools ...

  • Blackhawks Bruins Tied 1-1 After 1st of Game 4

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  • Body found near Patriots home was homicide victim

    State police returned to the home of New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez on Wednesday, two days after a body was found about a mile ...

  • Tireless Salty draws another start for Red Sox

    Email BOSTON -- Jarrod Saltalamacchia will finally get a chance to rest on Thursday night, when the Red Sox open a four-game series in Detroit. But even after playing both ends of a day-night doubleheader on Tuesday and catching all 18 innings, Saltalamacchia was right back behind the plate on Wednesday. David Ross was supposed to start Tuesday's nightcap, but had to go on the seven-day ...


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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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  • Ross to visit noted concussion specialist

    Email BOSTON -- The Red Sox should get a better idea of how David Ross is responding to his second concussion of the season when the backup catcher goes to Pittsburgh to see Dr. Michael Collins on Thursday. "I don't know if there's ever a normal recovery type or time with these -- they take on a life of their own," said Red Sox manager John Farrell. "After the foul ball ...

  • DA Death of man near Hernandez home a homicide

    homicide Lloyd, a semi-pro football player, was found Monday in an industrial park in North Attleboro located less than a mile from the sprawling Hernandez ...

  • Hossa returns for Blackhawks in Game 4

    BOSTON (AP) - Chicago Blackhawks forward Marian Hossa was back in the lineup for Game 4 of the Stanley Cup finals against the Boston Bruins on Wednesday ...

  • Chara leads in ice time among Cup finalists

    He averaged 30 minutes, 4 seconds in 19 games before Game 4 of the Stanley Cup finals between Boston and the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday night. That is more than any other player in the ...

  • Farrell Red Sox sticking with Bailey as closer

    Email BOSTON -- Though Red Sox manager John Farrell knows that Andrew Bailey needs to start pitching better, he is not ready to make a change in the vital role of closer. "Well, any time you can go to a guy to lock down a game in which you're supposed to win, I think that keeps momentum going within our clubhouse," said Farrell. "It keeps a positive atmosphere within that ...

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