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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 ...

  • Bostons One Fund nears $55M with more than 250 claims

    One Fund Boston administrator Kenneth R. Feinberg leads a town hall meeting held to discuss how victims of the Boston Marathon bombing will be compensated on May 7, 2013, at the Boston Public ...

  • Hoops stars Maine Hall of Fame induction revoked

    BANGOR, Maine (AP) - The Maine Sports Hall of Fame has revoked the induction of a former college basketball star following his conviction on a child pornography ...

  • Providence councilor wants Birch oversight review

    PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A Providence councilman wants a city review of how a vocational school could have violated the civil rights of the developmentally disabled for years by unnecessarily segregating them in a ‘‘sheltered workshop’’ where they were paid little or no wages for manual ...

  • Personal banker sentenced to two years in prison for stealing more than $100000 from elderly man

    A former personal banker has been sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to pay full restitution after stealing more than $100,000 from an elderly man and concealing her income to receive rent subsidies, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said. Before her indictment in January, Eden Cato, 29, used her position as a personal banker at a Bank of America to issue herself a ...


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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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  • No contest plea to 2011 murder from Hopkinton man

    SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) - A Hopkinton man has pleaded no contest to second-degree murder in a deal reached with prosecutors on the first day of jury selection in his ...

  • YMCA and Boston police plan hot dog cookouts to help stem wave of violence in city

    In an attempt to connect with a Roxbury community already stung by a summer surge in violence, Boston police officers will join YMCA staff Friday for the first in a series of hot dog cookouts they hope will attract the neighborhood's young adults, the YMCA said today. The weekly cookout, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. every Friday at the Roxbury YMCA branch at 285 Martin Luther King Blvd., is part ...

  • Surprise Hossa scratch part of NHL injury culture

    And then, suddenly, he wasn’t in the lineup for a team that needs all the scoring it can get. His absence is part of a long-running cat-and-mouse game NHL teams play on the theory that any information about injuries is a competitive ...

  • Ski NH recognizes owners of Pats Peak Ski Area

    HENNIKER, N.H. (AP) - The longtime owners of Pat’s Peak Ski Area are being recognized for their contributions to New Hampshire’s skiing and snowboarding ...

  • Two seriously injured after single-car crash on Interstate 395

    Troopers shut down the left northbound lane of Interstate 395 in Webster after a single-car crash left two people seriously injured early this afternoon, State Police said. The car crashed at 12:20 p.m., State Police said. Local firefighters worked to free the two victims, who were trapped in the car, troopers said. As of 1:30 p.m., a collision reconstruction team was still on scene ...

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