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Chicago Blackhawks beat Boston Bruins in 11-goal overtime thriller

Bryan Bickell and Jonathan Toews of the Chicago Blackhawks celebrate after Brent Seabrook (not pictured) scores the game winning goal against Tuukka Rask of the Boston Bruins in overtime in Game Four of the 2013 NHL Stanley Cup Final at TD Garden on June 19, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts. Photograph: Bruce Bennett/Getty ...
Rask finally has rough game Blackhawks tie series

The Bruins goalie, who had been spectacular throughout the postseason, finally lost his touch against some of the NHL’s top scorers as the Chicago Blackhawks beat Boston 6-5 in overtime and tied the Stanley Cup finals 2-2 on Wednesday ...
Secretary Kerry Do you mean John or Cameron

WASHINGTON - John Kerry is Secretary of State. Cam Kerry is acting Secretary of Commerce. It means that, for the first time in history, there are two brothers serving at the same time in a presidential ...
Maine governor to stop talking to three newspapers

PORTLAND, Maine - Maine’s blunt-spoken governor does not mince words when opponents dare to cross him but he has saved some of his harshest criticism for newspapers, once telling schoolchildren he is not a fan of newspapers and another time saying that reading one is ‘‘like paying somebody to tell you ...
For second time in two days a man in Dorchester is shot in a car as a child sleeps

On Tuesday, the male victim, a young girl, and the girl’s mother were in a car parked along Norwell Street about 7 p.m. when a black sport utility vehicle pulled alongside, Boston police ...

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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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Marjorie Dorson Harvey 91 of Littleton writer and activist had taught at Concord Academy

A freelance writer who often used articles to bring readers along with her on journeys, Marjorie Dorson Harvey wrote her last column for the Littleton Independent about her final trip, a path through the unknown world of ...
Charlotte Golar Richie to receive endorsement of EMILY’S List in mayor’s race

Boston mayoral candidate Charlotte Golar Richie on Thursday will receive the endorsement of EMILY’S List, a national political organization for women that could provide a much needed fund-raising boost for her fledgling ...
A lost year at Madison Park high school

The missing textbooks and broken ceilings at Madison Park Technical Vocational High School are bush-league problems, the kind of absurdities that plagued urban schools back when disco did, long before the mayor staked his reputation on education, long before the entire city turned its attention to the achievement gap. But here we are, in 2013, and Madison Park is in the midst of its own ...
Mass. couple’s 2001 message in a bottle found

REHOBOTH - The couple from Massachusetts had just finished off a bottle of champagne to celebrate their engagement on a Florida beach in August 2001 when they got a crazy ...
Chicago beats Boston 6-5 in OT to cap crazy roller-coaster Stanley Cup game

Chicago Blackhawks right wing Marian Hossa (81), of Slovakia, looks for a pass as Boston Bruins right wing Jaromir Jagr (68), of the Czech Republic defends, during the first period in Game 4 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Finals, Wednesday, June 19, 2013, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles ...

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Our nuclear programmes are completely transparent. But we are ready to show greater transparency and make clear for the whole world that the steps of the Islamic Republic of Iran are completely within international frameworks. The sanctions are unfair, the Iranian people are suffering, and our (nuclear) activities are legal. These sanctions are illegal and only benefit Israel.

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Iran's president-elect was speaking after his historic election victory.

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The Westin Resort & Spa, Whistler, Canada

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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 while using speech and face recognition tools to pick up on your behaviour.

The software, which can run on a laptop with a webcam and microphone attached, assesses users' voice tone, posture and behaviour to give them pointers on how to improve their interpersonal skills. (ANI)