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  • Woman 2 kids taken to Boston hospitals

    JENNIFER JOINS US LIVE. SHE'S IN SEABROOK WITH THE VERY LATEST. JEN, WHAT HAPPENED HERE? WELL, THIS IS JUST EVOLVING. A MOTHER AND HER TWO YOUNG CHILDREN ARE HOSPITALIZED AND THAT SEABROOK POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING. BECAUSE OF THAT, THEY CAN'T COMMENT YET. LAST NIGHT AT ABOUT 7:00, THEY RESPONDED TO A MEDICAL EMERGENCY AT 15 STREW ROAD. -- TRUE ROAD. THE WOMAN AND HER TWO CHILDREN WERE ...

  • Mass. insurance settlement raised to $5.25M

    BOSTON - A company authorities say used deceptive practices to sell supplemental health insurance to veterans and other Massachusetts residents will now pay more than $5 million to settle case.Attorney General Martha Coakley said Tuesday that the new $5.25 million settlement is an increase of $1.5 million over an earlier agreement reached between Coakley's office and Life Insurance Company ...

  • Watch now Howie Joe 
weigh in on 
debate trial

    With less than a week until voters head to the polls for the special election for the open U.S. ?Senate seat, Democrat ?U.S. Rep. Edward J. Mar­?key and Republican rival Gab­riel E. Gomez met ?last night in a feisty final debate.Who scored and who was off base?Hear what Howie Carr and Joe Battenfeld have to say about the candidates’ performance on today’s weekly "High ...

  • Fall River man arrested in fatal hit and run in Somerset

    Police have arrested a Fall River man in connection with a hit and run Friday in Somerset that killed a 65-year-old man who was crossing the street in his electric wheelchair, Somerset police said today. Police arrested Richard Reis, 35, this morning after his wife responded to a reverse 911 call and told police that Reis's father owned a car matching the description of the one that struck ...

  • NH picks conservation group for beach storefront

    CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - A nonprofit group that promotes marine conservation has been selected to move into a small storefront at Hampton Beach State ...


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Movie Review

Midnight Express [Blu-Ray]

Midnight Express [Blu-Ray]

Alan Parkers Midnight Express is a brutal and brutalizing film whose effects have diminished little in the decades since its controversial theatrical release in the late 1970s. It was both highly acclaimed, evidenced by a standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival and s ... ...

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  • Official fired from RIs Wyatt Detention Center

    WPRI-TV reports that (http://bit.ly/17mN4Lc) Wyatt Chairman Brendan Doherty would not name the official, but said he was fired during a board meeting ...

  • Decherd to retire from Dallas-based AH Belo

    DALLAS -; The CEO of Dallas-based A.H. Belo (BEE'-loh) Corporation plans to retire in September and will become vice chairman of the board of ...

  • 2 Senators among winners of Jefferson Awards

    WASHINGTON (AP) - Two U.S. Senators, the winner of a Nobel Prize for peace, a labor leader and the owner of a professional tennis team are among the people being honored with a national prize for public service. Recipients of the 2013 Jefferson Awards accepted their honors Wednesday in Washington. Republican Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma and Democratic Sen. Pat Leahy of Vermont won the award for ...

  • Vt. police investigate report of Peacham shooting

    PEACHAM, Vt. (AP) - Vermont State Police are investigating the report of a shooting in the town of Peacham. Police say a woman reported Wednesday morning that a white van came to her home and her husband went outside. She told police that she then heard shots fired and went into her basement and then to a neighbor's to call 911. She says she has not seen her husband since. Vermont State ...

  • Mozarts Violin Comes To Boston Live In Concert

    June 19, 2013 Mozart himself never made it to America -- but his violin and viola recently did. Hear the full program and see an excerpt of the performances in Boston, thanks to a collaboration between the Salzburg Mozarteum, the Boston Early Music Festival and Classical New ...

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