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  • Tewksbury man gets up to 15 years for sex crimes

    WOBURN, Mass. -- A Tewksbury man prosecutors call a "predator" has been sentenced to up to 15 years in prison for extorting and sexually assaulting young victims.Thomas Hutchinson pleaded guilty to 55 charges on Tuesday in Middlesex Superior Court, including rape of a child by force, possession of child pornography, and attempted extortion.Authorities say the 21-year-old Hutchinson ...

  • Cape Wind project gets $200M investment

    BOSTON - A Danish pension fund has promised to invest $200 million in the Cape Wind energy project providing financing is closed by the end of the year.The wind farm proposed for Nantucket Sound off the coast of Cape Cod is expected to cost at least $2 billion.PensionDanmark has already invested in offshore wind farms in Europe, as well as several land-based wind farms in the U.S.PensionDanmark ...

  • Police search for gunman in Darien Norwalk

    NORWALK, Conn. (AP) - A police search in Darien and Norwalk for a reported gunman has come up empty after officials temporarily suspended Metro-North train service and asked local residents to stay ...

  • Connecticut gun maker moving to South Carolina

    CONWAY, S.C. (AP) - A Connecticut gun manufacturer is moving to South Carolina after Connecticut state lawmakers passed stricter gun control laws after the Sandy Hook School ...

  • NH lawmakers negotiate health insurance rules

    CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - New Hampshire lawmakers are taking another crack at a bill intended to align state insurance rules with President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul ...


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Midnight Express [Blu-Ray]

Midnight Express [Blu-Ray]

Alan Parkers Midnight Express is a brutal and brutalizing film whose effects have diminished little in the decades since its controversial theatrical release in the late 1970s. It was both highly acclaimed, evidenced by a standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival and s ... ...

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  • Land ownership questioned for Vt. trail

    DUMMERSTON, Vt. (AP) - Development of a trail near Dummerston, Vt., has come to a halt as its ownership is being questioned. The goal is have the trail follow a 36-mile former West River Railroad route from Brattleboro to Londonderry. It's attracted hikers since the railway's demise in the late 1930s. Representatives of the nonprofit Friends of the West River Trail say they want to ...

  • Xerox to sell Western European paper business

    NORWALK, Conn. (AP) -- Xerox Corp. plans to sell its Western European paper and print media products business to a subsidiary of the paper maker Sequana. Terms of the deal were not ...

  • Markey Gomez clash in final Senate debate in Massachusetts

    Republican Gabriel Gomez and Democratic U.S. Rep. Edward Markey clashed over Markey's record in Congress and Gomez's background in business during the final and often testy debate of their U.S. Senate campaign in Massachusetts.  Wednesday's debate, sponsored by a consortium of Boston media outlets, came less than one week before the June 25 special election.  The ...

  • Mass. couples 2001 message in a bottle found

    REHOBOTH, Mass. -- A message sealed in a champagne bottle and tossed into the waters off Tampa, Fla., more than a decade ago by a Massachusetts couple celebrating their engagement has been found.Karl and Michelle Kimmell of Rehoboth say occasionally they would wonder if anyone had found the message they cast away in August 2001. The message, announcing their engagement, had just their first ...

  • Former ICE agent pleads guilty in firearms case

    BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (AP) - A former U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent will sell more than 150 firearms that were seized from his home during a raid by another agency in ...

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