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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 ...

  • Bail denied to Massachusetts teen accused of Facebook terror post

    BOSTON (Reuters) - A judge denied bail on Friday to a Massachusetts teenager who was arrested on terrorism charges after posting lyrics on his Facebook page suggesting he could do worse than the Boston Marathon ...

  • Indians activate Swisher from paternity list

    BOSTON (AP) - Cleveland Indians first baseman Nick Swisher is back from the paternity list after his wife, JoAnna, had the couple’s first child, a ...

  • Red Sox put OF Victorino 3B Middlebrooks on DL

    BOSTON (AP) - The Boston Red Sox have placed outfielder Shane Victorino and third baseman Will Middlebrooks on the 15-day disabled list and recalled right-hander Alfredo Aceves and infielder Jose ...

  • Lawrence non-profit settles federal investigation with payment of $80000 US Attorney Carmen Ortiz says

    A Lawrence non-profit has settled federal allegations that the organization paid some of its employees full-time wages when they were working at the same time at another non-profit and that the former executive director and another employee were not working as much as they were supposed to. The Greater Lawrence Community Action Council (GLCAC) won funding from the Department of Education to ...


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America's Sweethearts

In America's Sweethearts, John Cusack and Catherine Zeta-Jones are the "sweethearts" of the title, Eddie Thomas and Gwen Harrison, two fictional movie stars who have recently broken up after several years of marriage and eight movies together, six of which made more than $100 million at the box office. ...

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  • Vt to seek US damage assessment after flash floods

    UNDERHILL, Vt. (AP) - Flash flooding from record-tying rainfall in parts of northern Vermont washed out roads, damaged bridges and clogged culverts after a string of overnight thunderstorms across the region that left some residents Friday slogging through mud and ...

  • Judge rules criminal background checks can be performed on jurors in James ‘Whitey’ Bulger trial

    Prosecutors will be allowed to conduct criminal background checks on jurors in the trial of James "Whitey" Bulger, a federal judge ruled today. Citing the "unique circumstances of the case," US District Judge Denise J. Casper, who is presiding over the notorious gangster's trial, ruled this afternoon that the checks could be made. Prosecutors had contended, among other ...

  • School volunteers to get background checks in RI

    PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - School volunteers in Rhode Island will have to undergo a criminal background check under legislation signed into law by Gov. Lincoln ...

  • What the Lakers should do....NOW MAY 14

    Listen! Right now the Lakers are stuck. They made such a big investment to bring Dwight Howard and Steve Nash that they have no choice but to see it through until the end. Both Pau Gasol and MWP are virtually untradeable and we we all know that Kobe is off the market. That guy is going to retire a Laker for sure. Other than that, they have virtually nothing to bargain with. Their bench sucks and ...

  • Epizyme expected to hold IPO during week of May 27

    Epizyme, whose CEO is Robert Gould, is expected to hold its IPO during the week of May 27. Epizyme Inc., a venture-backed biotech based in Cambridge, Mass., with ambitious plans for seeking drug approvals, is set to go public during the week of May 27, according to Renaissance Capital. The initial public offering of about 4.3 million shares, plus another 643,000 in over-allotments, could raise ...

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