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  • Busy weekend for Enda Kenny in United States 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • Conn. lawmakers to seek hearings on derailment

    Family and friends of Eastern Connecticut State University student Alyssiah Marie Wiley exit the arraignment on murder charges of Jermaine Richards at Superior Court in Bridgeport, Conn. on Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Connecticut Post, Brian A. Pounds, ...

  • Boston Police Driver Sought In Deadly Accident Is Cooperating

    Download MIT identified the victim as 36-year-old Kanako Miura, a visiting scientist from Japan. Police say she was riding at Beacon Street and Charlesgate West near Kenmore Square at about 3:30 p.m. Sunday when she was struck and killed by a garbage truck. Miura was wearing a helmet, according to ...

  • 5 weeks later bombing victims receive BC degrees

    BOSTON (AP) -- Five weeks after they were blasted by shrapnel from a bomb at the Boston Marathon, two Boston College graduate students walked past their applauding classmates to receive their ...


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Edward Scissorhands [DVD]

Edward Scissorhands [DVD]

In one way or another, all of Tim Burton's films are about misunderstood outsiders. Even when working with a well-known superhero in his 1989 hit "Batman," Burton still managed to focus on how others misperceived the Dark Knight as a menace rather than a crime-fighting crusader. In his biopic "Ed Wood" (1994), he portrayed Edward D. Wood, Jr., often considered worst director in the history of ... ...

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  • Chicago runners to help Boston bombing victims

    "Gloria Steinem once said, 'Self-esteem isn't everything; it's just that there's nothing without it,'" said Jothy Rosenberg, who lives near Boston and was diagnosed with bone cancer at 16 and had to have his right leg amputated. Three years later, doctors told Rosenberg the cancer had spread to his lung. After removing about 40 percent of his lungs, doctors ...

  • Federal prosecutors say James ‘Whitey’ Bulger is not entitled to name of confidential informant

    Federal prosecutors today insisted that lawyers for James "Whitey" Bulger do not need the name of an FBI confidential informant the defense believes will help undermine the credibility of Kevin Weeks and John Martorano, former Bulger allies who are expected to testify against the gangster. In papers filed in US District Court, US Attorney Carmen Ortiz's office said defense ...

  • Autopsy Maine man died of self-inflicted gunshot

    SACO, Maine (AP) - The Maine medical examiner has determined that a Saco man who was in a police standoff before setting his house on fire died of a single self-inflicted gunshot ...

  • Rambling bear causes stir in Lincoln Weston

    Police are urging residents to keep an eye out for a black bear after one was sighted Sunday in Lincoln and again this morning in Weston. The black bear was reported in the area of Route 117 and Route 126 Sunday and officials believe the bear was likely looking for food. In a message posted on Twitter, Lincoln police recommended residents take down bird feeders and remove other food sources ...

  • Celtics still monitoring Greg Oden MAY 20

    Greg Oden , but recent indications are that the former top pick won't be ready to play again any time soon. GM Danny Ainge said the team couldn't even watch him work out last time they met, though he still plans to check in this summer on Oden's status going into next season. Battling a number of injuries, Oden hasn't played since the 2009-10 season, when he started 21 games ...

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