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  • FBI kill Florida man known to Boston bombing suspects FBI kill Florida man known to Boston bombing suspects

    MIAMI - A man known to the Boston Marathon bombers was shot and killed Wednesday by an Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent after he turned violent during questioning, the investigating agency said. The Orlando Sentinel newspaper identified the man as Ibragim Todashev, 27. He was killed in the early morning incident in Orlando, Florida. The FBI said the shooting occurred in Orlando, ...

  • Boston bombing probe Man shot dead by FBI

    An FBI agent shot and killed a 27-year-old alleged friend of slain Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev in Florida, a day after questioning him as part of the investigation into the April 15 attack, media reports said. The victim, identified as Ibragim Todashev, was shot at a condominium complex Wednesday in Orlando, Florida. The FBI confirmed a man died while one of its agents ...

  • Ross set to catch Morales in Portland

    Email CHICAGO -- The Red Sox will have a full battery at Double-A Portland for Thursday's 11 a.m. ET game, when David Ross catches left-hander Franklin Morales. Ross is returning from a concussion that he sustained on May 11, and this should be his only rehab game before being activated by the Red Sox, most likely on Friday. Morales, who has had a hard time getting started this season, ...

  • Dempster ready to go after high-stress outing

    Email CHICAGO -- In Ryan Dempster's last start, he threw 127 pitches over just 4 2/3 innings. But the right-hander keeps himself in great condition and manager John Farrell doesn't think it will be an issue when Dempster takes the ball on Thursday night against the Indians. Will there be any restrictions on Dempster? "Hopefully not," Farrell said. "The game is going to ...

  • Papi gears up for first reunion with Tito

    Email CHICAGO -- While the rest of the Red Sox faced manager Terry Francona's Indians in Cleveland from April 16-18, David Ortiz was still in the final stages of a Minor League rehab assignment. Thursday, he will play against the man who managed him for eight memorable seasons, two of which ended with a World Series championship. Considering the fondness Red Sox fans still hold for ...


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Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday [DVD]

Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday [DVD]

Credit should be given where credit is due: The filmmakers behind Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday tried. They really tried. Doing something original or different with the ninth installment of the Friday the 13th slasher franchise, which was largely derivative to begin with, was a significant task. That the end result is convoluted, lacking in logical coherence, and somet ... ...

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  • Victorino shows improvement still not ready to play

    Email CHICAGO -- Though Shane Victorino did not return to Boston's lineup on Wednesday, it appeared more likely than 24 hours earlier that he'd be able to avoid a trip to the disabled list. "He's improved today," said Red Sox manager John Farrell. "He's going to do some running on the treadmill. There's increased looseness in the hamstring but [he's] ...

  • National Briefing | New England Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor to Resign

    The lieutenant governor of Massachusetts, Timothy P. Murray, said on Wednesday that he would resign on June 2, a move that surprised the political establishment there. Mr. Murray, who has played a prominent role in the administration of Gov. Deval Patrick since 2007, was once considered likely to try to succeed his boss, but his public image suffered from an early-morning accident in 2011 in ...

  • Bill allows Newtown families to release records

    HARTFORD, Conn. -; A bill crafted privately by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's office, Connecticut's top prosecutor and legislative leaders would require the written consent of family members of the Sandy Hook Elementary School victims before certain records concerning the shooting may be publicly ...

  • London attackers inspired by Boston

    Police investigating the butchering of a man on London's streets have confirmed the arrests of two men, who may have been inspired by the Boston ...

  • Boston bomb investigators kill Florida man

    US media reported that Todashev had known Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the ethnic Chechen Boston bombings suspect killed in a shootout with police days after last month's deadly marathon ...

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