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  • Conn. rail service returning to normal

    Metro North employees, in orange vests, help transfer westbound commuters at the transportation center in Bridgeport, Ct., to buses Monday, May 20, 2012, after a train collision on Friday injured 72 people and disrupted rail service into New York City. The commuters had arrived from New Haven by train and were being bused to Stamford, Ct., where rail service to New York was available. (AP ...

  • Mass. bill would try 17-year-olds as juveniles

    BOSTON - Lawmakers are considering a significant change in how the state's court system handles teenage offenders.A bill expected to be debated in the House on Wednesday would treat 17-year-olds accused of most crimes as juveniles, meaning their cases would automatically go to juvenile court instead of adult court.The group Citizens for Juvenile Justice, which supports the bill, says ...

  • Boston earns 2-1 victory takes 3-0 series lead against Rangers | NHL playoffs

    NEW YORK — It took 40 years for Original Six rivals Boston and New York to face off again in the playoffs. Beantown's Bruins seem intent on wrapping up the long-awaited get-together in a hurry. Daniel Paille scored the tiebreaking goal with 3:31 left in the third period — after defenseman Johnny Boychuk got the Bruins even earlier in the frame — and Boston put the ...

  • Buchholz looks to notch seventh win as Red Sox wrap up road trip

    When John Danks returns to the White Sox rotation, there will be room only for Hector Santiago or Dylan Axelrod -- not both. With ace Chris Sale scratched from Wednesday's series finale as a precautionary measure because of mild tendinitis in his left shoulder, Santiago will pitch on three days' rest as the White Sox look to sweep aside the Red Sox at U.S. Cellular Field. Boston will ...

  • Drug probe nets 75

    Cops are grilling dozens of ?accused drug dealers arrested in yesterday’s massive raid, hoping to find out who shot 13-year-old choirboy Gabriel Clarke - and earning the gratitude of the ?recovering boy’s mother for their efforts."The fact that what happened to my son may have inspired the police to redouble their efforts at cleaning up the streets and stopping the violence, yes ...


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Gattaca [Blu-Ray]

Gattaca [Blu-Ray]

Who are we really? What is it about us that makes us who we are? Are all our traits coded into our cells, or is there something deeper and more mysterious? Can each persons potential be determined with a drop of blood or a flake of skin? Simply put, are we the sum of our genetics, or are there g ... ...

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  • ‘Long haul’ eyed for victims of bombings

    Mayor Thomas M. Menino wants to keep The One Fund Boston going as an all-volunteer nonprofit even after all the money is distributed next month with an eye to helping victims of the marathon bombings with long-term "deteriorating" injuries."This is a long haul for (victims)," Menino said. "That’s why it’s important One Fund continues as long as we ...

  • Survivors urged to meet fund deadline

    The driving force behind The One Fund Boston has an ?urgent appeal for hundreds of still traumatized Boston Marathon bombing victims - get your applications for a share of the tax-free $31 million in donations in on time, or you’ll be left out."You would be amazed at how people in grief, with all sorts of uncertainty about their lives, don’t file. File at the last minute. File ...

  • Forms are just 1 click away

    An award from The One Fund Boston is a tax-free "gift," said charity boss Kenneth Feinberg.And that gift can be ?obtained by filling out a few simple forms and submitting them by June 15.Today the Herald is posting all One ?Fund forms at boston?herald.com to assist families who lost loved ones in the attacks and for the 260-plus injured in the marathon twin ...

  • W. Mass pastor Too soon to help

    Many people were eager yesterday to rush help to Moore, Okla., in the aftermath of Monday’s deadly twister but a western Massachusetts pastor whose church was devastated nearly two years ago urged patience."When there’s a disaster people want to do something, but often it’s too overwhelming to have people come and help. Right now, they don’t have a system to deal ...

  • Cop fights back tears recalling slain daughter

    Retired Boston police Detective Billy Kee, testifying at the sentencing yesterday of the men who murdered his daughter, was on the verge of doing what he said cops aren’t supposed to do."Cops don’t cry," Kee said, his voice cracking in a Suffolk Superior courtroom where convicted double-murderers Michael Corbin, 42, and Earl Fulgiam, 33, each received two life sentences ...

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