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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 ...

  • Cardinal skips Boston College commencement in abortion protest

    Irish prime minister Enda Kenny speaks to graduates at Boston College after receiving an honorary Doctor of Laws degree. Photograph: Elise ...

  • Marathon bomb suspects college forms task force

    DARTMOUTH, Mass. -- The college where Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-HAHR' tsahr-NEYE'-ehv) attended has formed a public safety task force in the wake of the April 15 attack.University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth officials will review emergency planning and academic and financial policies related to maintaining "student in good standing" status.Montana ...

  • Protests as Taoiseach receives honorary doctorate in Boston

    A small group of demonstrators has gathered outside Boston College in protest at Taoiseach Enda Kenny's presence at the college's commencement ceremony.The Taoiseach is addressing some 3000 new graduates and 20,000 spectators at Boston College this evening - where he has just been awarded an honorary doctorate.Boston Cardinal Sean O'Malley is boycotting the event because he says ...


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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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  • Car crashes into Weymouth apartment building

    A car crashed into a Weymouth apartment building early this afternoon, causing serious structural damage, a Weymouth police dispatcher said. The car smashed into the three-story building at 112 Middle St. at 1:03 p.m., prompting officials to evacuate the three-story residence, the dispatcher said. No one in the building was injured. The building is listed online as the Maple Street Apartments. ...

  • Defense rests in trial of former Donovan aide

    NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - Defense attorneys in the federal corruption trial of Robert Braddock Jr., a campaign aide to former Connecticut House Speaker Chris Donovan, rested their case Monday after deciding not to call any ...

  • Students to address Brown board on divestment

    PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Brown University students who are pushing for the school to divest from coal companies will get a chance to address its governing ...

  • Proponents hail Vt. assisted suicide bill

    MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Proponents of a plan that will allow Vermont doctors to prescribe lethal medications to terminally ill patients says the implementation of the new law will trigger a broad range of improvements in end-of-life medical ...

  • Police Body found in park is post office retiree

    WARWICK, R.I. (AP) - Police say a man whose body was found in a trash barrel at Warwick City Park was a retired postal worker and avid runner who frequently used the park’s bike ...

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