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  • FBI kills Florida man with suspected ties to Boston bomb suspect NBC

    An FBI agent shot and killed a Florida man with suspected links to the Boston Marathon bombings early on Wednesday, NBC News reported.NBC said the suspect was being questioned and was originally co-operative, but was fatally shot after attacking the agent.The Orlando Sentinel said a friend had identified the dead man as 27-year-old Ibragim Todashev of Orlando. The newspaper quoted the friend, ...

  • Marathon bombing victims urged to apply for funds

    The administrator of a fund created to help victims of the Boston Marathon bombings has released final guidelines for distributing the ...

  • Associate of Boston bomber shot by FBI agent in Orlando

    Something strange happened in Orlando, Florida last night, as an FBI agent who was ';conducting official duties'; encountered 27-year-old Ibragim Todashev, who had been questioned for three hours on Tuesday in connection with the Boston Marathon bombings, at the apartment complex where Todashev evidently lived, and shot him dead. Todashev was a mixed martial arts fighter who knew ...

  • A Fifteen Minute Chat With Governor Patrick On Massachusetts Energy Policy

    Source: www.solsystems.com Last week, the two-day VERGE Boston conference (produced by GreenBiz Group) kicked off with opening remarks from Governor Deval Patrick. VERGE conferences are held in cities worldwide, and they focus on exploring the nexus where technology meets sustainability - specifically the convergence of energy, information, building, and transportation technologies. Governor ...

  • FBI agent kills acquaintance of Boston Marathon bombers

    News reports have added a new wrinkle to the ongoing investigation of the deadly April 15 terrorist bombing at the Boston Marathon. According to various reports, an FBI agent was involved in a shooting on May 21 that resulted in the death ...


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Movie Review

Blow [DVD]

Blow [DVD]

Ted Demme's Blow is based on the life story of George Jung (Johnny Depp), a kid from New England who started out selling dime bags of marijuana on the Southern California beach in the late 1960s and was eventually responsible for 85% of all the cocaine imports into the United States in the late 1970s and early '80s. The film is an aspiring epic that is much like George Jung himself, who a ... ...

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  • Boston City League baseball playoff schedule

    Here are the matchups for the Boston City League baseball playoffs. The venue is still as yet to be determined, but city officials are hoping to finalize that in the next 24-48 ...

  • See you at ‘High Noon’ today with Howie Carr

    "High Noon," the Herald’s weekly webcast, is moving to Wednesdays beginning today at High Noon.As always, Howie Carr and moderator Joe Battenfeld will be taking your questions on the latest political developments. Howie is also sure to touch on the June murder trial of aging Southie mobster James "Whitey" Bulger.Jump on the live chat while watching the show and hit ...

  • Springfield police investigate fatal shooting

    SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Springfield police are investigating the city's seventh homicide of the year.Officers responded to the city's Forest Park neighborhood at about 8 p.m. Tuesday after being alerted by the department's automated gunshot detection system.There they found a man roughly 30 years old suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.He was taken to the hospital where he was ...

  • Report recommends changes in wake of Sandy

    WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) - Westerly officials reviewing their own response to Superstorm Sandy say there are some changes they can make to better deal with future ...

  • Somerset power plant cuts mercury emissions

    SOMERSET, Mass. (AP) - A coal-fired Massachusetts power plant frequently listed as one of the most polluting in the state has dramatically reduced its mercury ...

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