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  • New software helps overcome social phobias through virtual conversation

    The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is building new software to coach people on how to interact with others in social situations. The virtual personality can be used to help people practice their interpersonal skills until they feel more comfortable with situation, News.com.au reported. The program called MACH- My Automated Conversation coach- presents a digital character on the screen ...

  • Ex-Bulger cohort says hes not a serial killer

    John Martorano says he is a "nice guy" who was only trying to help his family and friends when he pumped bullets into victims while working with Bulger and his ...

  • Buchholz to land on DL or start on Saturday

    Email BOSTON -- How Red Sox right-hander Clay Buchholz feels on Tuesday will determine whether he'll make another trip to the disabled list. Manager John Farrell would like Buchholz, who is dealing with neck soreness, to throw off a mound Tuesday and then make a determination on his health. "The one thing that we've outlined is that today would be the day for him to [throw] off ...

  • Hitman Martorano ‘We were up to our necks in murder’

    Admitted mass murderer John Martorano testified today that the last favor he ever did for James "Whitey" Bulger - the 1982 hit in Florida on Martorano’s close friend John Callahan - was also the last time he took a human life."Very bad, very bad. That was the last thing I did. Just stopped there," Martorano, 72, said when assistant U.S. Attorney Fred Wyshak Jr asked how ...

  • Time to make the doughnuts ad is over

    NEW YORK (AP) - Don’t expect to see Dunkin’ Donuts revive its famous ‘‘Time to make the doughnuts’’ ad campaign anytime ...


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The Pursuit of Happyness [DVD]

The Pursuit of Happyness [DVD]

When I say that The Pursuit of Happyness is the cinematic equivalent of comfort food, I mean it in the best sense--sturdy, warm, and rewarding. It doesnt do anything new or fancy or innovative, but it is solid and reassuring, and what it does it does extremely ... ...

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  • Malloy meets with Conn. utilities on storm prep

    HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says the state of Connecticut and utility companies are taking steps to prepare for the upcoming hurricane season that’s predicted to be busier than ...

  • NH House offers new Medicaid expansion plan

    CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - The Democratic-led House budget negotiating team is proposing a new plan to expand Medicaid under the federal health care overhaul law that would commit the state for three years ...

  • Bank teller pleads guilty in theft from customers

    Prosecutors say Laudato used her position at a Webster Bank branch in Bristol to steal more than $178,000 from the accounts of at least 18 customers between July 2009 and June 2010. Most of the victims were in their 80s and ...

  • Northeastern University student charged in second sexual assault near Huntington Avenue

    A Northeastern University student accused of sexually assaulting a woman at knifepoint in the Mission Hill neighborhood Saturday was charged today in a second assault that occurred less than an hour later, prosecutors said. Patrick Barry, 21, is set to be arraigned on assault with intent to rape charges in West Roxbury District Court today in connection to the second attack. Both assaults ...

  • Jaguars sign 2nd- 3rd-round draft picks

    Safety Johnathan Cyprien and cornerback Dwayne Gratz inked contracts Tuesday, leaving the team with four draft picks unsigned. Seventh-rounders Jeremy Harris and Demetrius McCray signed rookie deals last ...

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