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  • AG Elderly couple died of stab wounds

    Neighbors of an elderly New Hampshire couple stabbed to death in their Nashua home say they were stunned by the news they were killed and can only hope it's a random act of violence and not someone in their ...

  • Feds seek immunity for two witnesses in Whitey Bulger trial

    Federal prosecutors are seeking immunity for two government witnesses against mobster James "Whitey" Bulger who they fear will otherwise take the Fifth if put on the witness stand.If U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper grants immunity to Ralph DeMasi and Frank Capizi, they will be protected from prosecution for anything they testify to unless they perjure themselves, according ...

  • RI receives nearly $40M in federal Sandy relief

    PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The federal government has given Rhode Island nearly $40 million so far to assist in the recovery from Superstorm ...

  • 2 dead in Peacham Vt. in apparent murder suicide

    Police say they later found 50-year-old Mark Peabody dead outside and 59-year-old John Jackson of Amherst, N.H., dead inside the home. Police believe Jackson shot Mark Peabody and then ...

  • Maine lawmakers seek to limit use of police drones

    AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - Maine lawmakers have advanced a proposal to ban law enforcement from using unmanned aerial drones for surveillance unless they have a search ...


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Die Another Day

Die Another Day

Forty years and 20 official movies later, James Bond is still at it. In the longest-running franchise in movie history, we have seen British special agent 007 escape from virtually every situation imaginable, defeat dozens of maniacal villains intent on taking over the world, utilize gadgets ranging from the extraordinary to the ludicrous, and bed a bevy of beauties from every continent while sti ... ...

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  • Mayors push to limit use of food stamps to buy soda

    The mayor of Providence is among 18 mayors nationwide reviving a push against allowing government food vouchers to be used to buy soda and other sugary drinks. In a letter to congressional leaders Tuesday, mayors including Angel Taveras said it is ‘‘time to test and evaluate approaches limiting’’ the use of the subsidies for sugar-laden beverages. In New York, the office ...

  • Google search leads to prostitution arrest in Salem

    Salem police investigating the robbery of $70 from a Bridge Street coffee shop allegedly found not only the thief but a prostitution business. While investigating an unarmed robbery at the Coffee Time Bake Shop June 10, police were given the cellphone number of a woman who allegedly knew the male thief, Salem Police Lieutenant Conrad Prosniewski said. A Google search of the phone number turned ...

  • Man backing boat into water sinks truck trailer

    NASHUA, N.H. (AP) - Police say a man trying to get his boat into the Merrimack River ended up accidentally putting his trailer and pickup truck in the water, ...

  • Biden to attend rally in Dartmouth for Markey

    BOSTON (AP) - Vice President Joe Biden is the latest high-profile Democrat planning to visit Massachusetts to stump for Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Edward ...

  • 33 people arrested in Vt. illegal-drugs sweep

    SPRINGFIELD, Vt. (AP) - Almost three dozen people in the area were arrested Wednesday as part of an expanding effort to tamp down a burgeoning problem with opiate drugs, especially heroin, across the state, police ...

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