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  • Victims relatives to testify in Whitey Bulger trial

    BOSTON - After hearing three days of testimony from a hit man who admitted killing 20 people, jurors in the trial of James "Whitey" Bulger will soon get to hear from the families of some of those victims.Prosecutors plan to begin calling relatives Thursday. Judge Denise Casper ruled earlier that their testimony will be limited. They will not be allowed to describe the emotional impact ...

  • Paid family leave bill faces first vote in RI

    PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A proposal to give workers in Rhode Island paid time off to care for a new child or sick loved one is headed to its first legislative ...

  • Maine gets low grade in report on nations bridges

    In a new report examining the state of the nation’s bridges, Washington-based Transportation for America ranked Maine ninth in the percentage of bridges classified as ...

  • F-15 fighter jets to conduct exercises

    BOSTON (AP) - F-15 fighter jets from the 104th Fighter Wing in Massachusetts are scheduled to participate in an exercise over the northern part of the state, as well as parts of New Hampshire and ...

  • Jeb Bush to raise money for Maine gov re-election

    AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is coming to Maine to raise money for Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s re-election ...


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Movie Review

Crumb [DVD]

Crumb [DVD]

Terry Zwigoffs Crumb is an absolutely disarming documentary and one of the very best of its kind. Ostensibly a film about the great counterculture artist Robert Crumb, whose obscenely hilarious and frequently antisocial cartoons both reflected and helped define the ideology of a generation of ... ...

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  • NH agencies museum host travel poster competition

    MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - The state is teaming up with Manchester’s Currier Museum of Art for a poster competition that highlights what makes New Hampshire ...

  • With less than a week left Markey maintains light public schedule

    Democratic nominee Edward J. Markey on Wednesday limited his public schedule to a hand-shaking session disclosed less than an hour ahead of ...

  • NH House Senate reach tentative budget deal

    CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Legislative negotiators reached a tentative deal on a $10.7 billion, two-year budget for New Hampshire early Thursday morning that doesn’t authorize expanding Medicaid to cover 58,000 poor adults but leaves the door open to ...

  • Rejuvenated Blackhawks tie series 2-2 with OT win

    BOSTON (AP) - The Chicago Blackhawks shifted from flat to frenzied, then tied the Stanley Cup finals with a hard-fought overtime win over the Boston Bruins in a free-flowing Game ...

  • GMP seeks permit over bats

    MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - The Vermont Agency of Natural Resources is holding a hearing on Green Mountain Power's request to allow its wind power project on Lowell Mountain to kill up to four bats a year. The utility says it would have to stop its turbines from spinning at night for six months to a year to eliminate any risk to the little brown bats known to fly on the mountain. Idling the ...

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