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  • Farrell Red Sox sticking with Bailey as closer

    Email BOSTON -- Though Red Sox manager John Farrell knows that Andrew Bailey needs to start pitching better, he is not ready to make a change in the vital role of closer. "Well, any time you can go to a guy to lock down a game in which you're supposed to win, I think that keeps momentum going within our clubhouse," said Farrell. "It keeps a positive atmosphere within that ...

  • Respond to this The Boston Globe wants to offer iPhone users a native app and a cheap price

    The newspaper world’s most prominent exemplar of responsive design is also putting a bet on Apple’s App Store -- at a price point aimed at people who wouldn’t normally pay full ...

  • Mom of man found dead near Hernandez home speaks

    The mother of a 27-year-old Boston man found dead near the home of Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez thanked the person who discovered her son’s body and stressed he was "a wonderful child."Odin Lloyd, a semi-pro football player, was found Monday in an industrial park in North Attleboro located less than a mile from the sprawling Hernandez home. Authorities are calling the death ...

  • House sustains but will reconsider Medicaid veto

    AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - Maine lawmakers failed on Wednesday in an attempt to override a veto by Republican Gov. Paul LePage to provide health care coverage for more Mainers, but the effort to expand Medicaid under the federal health care overhaul isn’t dead ...

  • Markey Gomez ramp up voter appeals in Senate race

    BOSTON (AP) - Republican Gabriel Gomez and Democrat Edward Markey are gearing up for the final rush to election day by highlighting issues they hope will persuade voters to support ...


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Movie Review

Saving Private Ryan

Saving Private Ryan

The sky is overcast and the gray ocean waves are choppy as the Higgins boats advance steadily toward Omaha Beach. Inside each boat, rows of soldiers stand in formation, gripping their weapons, some nervously vomiting on the deck. All of their faces are scrawled with terrified anticipation, not of greatness or glory or fighting for their country, but anticipation of death. When the boats arrive and ... ...

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  • Ben McLemores draft stock slips JUN 19

    06:46 PM ET 06.19 | Ben McLemore was widely considered one of the best shooting guard prospects in the 2013 NBA Draft. Though he sometimes disappeared in his freshman season with the Kansas Jayhawks, his upside was enough for some to consider him a potential No. 1 overall pick leading into the pre-draft workout rounds. But as McLemore has gone through his workouts, several issues have begun to ...

  • Dwyane Wades knee swollen with Game 7 on deck JUN 19

    Miami Heat 's thrilling Game 6 victory looked more concerning at halftime, when the Miami guard remained in the locker room to receive treatment and loosen up his left leg. With a right knee that had caused him issues throughout the postseason, Wade's new injury on a surgically-repaired knee could be a question mark heading to Game 7. Wade said he'll definitely play but he could ...

  • Bruins hope victory can help city of Boston heal

    Boston Marathon bombing victim Jeff Bauman waves a Boston strong flag before game two of the first round of the 2013 Stanley Cup playoffs against the Toronto Maple Leafs at TD Garden on May 4, ...

  • Body near Patriots home was semi-pro athletes

    Bob and Barbara Schmidt dashed to their home on a dirt road in a heavily wooded area northeast of Colorado Springs as smoke from what would become the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history filled the ...

  • NH police 1 injured when pickup hit school bus

    SALEM, N.H. (AP) -- Police say one student was injured when a pick-up truck collided with a school bus carrying 22 elementary school children in Salem, ...

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