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Friend of Boston bombers had confessed to 2011 triple murders claims FBI
NEW YORK A Chechen acquaintance of dead Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev has confessed to slashing the throats of three people in a 2011 gruesome triple murder, federal law enforcement officials have said. Ibragim Todashev, who made the confession, was killed early Wednesday during a confrontation with the FBI and Massachusetts State Police in Orlando, Florida, a federal law ...
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The Nationals Aaron Dessner on Playing and Curating the First Annual Boston Calling Music Festival
, with three intimate club shows in New York earlier this week. But for guitarist and producer Aaron Dessner, the band's headlining slot at the first ...
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Friday Throwdown Lt. Gov. Tim Murray clears the way -- for what
Are you going to miss resigning Lt. Gov. Tim Murray?The scandal -plagued number two official in Gov. Deval Patrick’s Administration announced this week he would be stepping down in June in order to take a job at the Worcester Chamber of Commerce.Previously, Murray’s most dramatic press conference came in 2011 when he spoke about the high-speed, pre-dawn crash that left a wreck of his ...
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Boston City League postpones baseball and semifinal playoffs due to impending weather
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US marshals seeking suspect in Lynn shooting attempted strangulation in N.H.
Authorities in two states are looking for Shaun Springer, who allegedly strangled a woman in New Hampshire and is also a suspect in a Lynn ...
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Untamed Heart
"Untamed Heart" is a modern romantic fable that tells the story of two broken people who find each other when they are most in need. It's touching in the simplicity of its age-old story, and heart-warming in the way it knows and loves its characters, who are blue-collar, common people normally overlooked or misrepresented in Hollywood. When we first meet Adam (Christian Slater) he is a young boy l ... ...
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Maine bill would protect children in leased parks
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - A bill to protect children in certain parks and fields from sex offenders has won final legislative approval and was sent to Gov. Paul LePage for his ...
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Menino endorses Markey in Mass. Senate race
BOSTON (AP) - Boston Mayor Thomas Menino is lending his political clout to fellow Democrat Edward Markey in the state’s special U.S. Senate ...
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4 accused of kidnapping in Vt.
Police stopped the vehicle and arrested three of the suspects- 38-year-old Jacobina Carter of Brattleboro; 19-year-old Marcus Koritz of Springfield, Mass.; and 29-yeasr-old James Manning of Jersey City, N.J. - on kidnapping ...
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Bill requires exercise time in Maine schools
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - A bill requiring Maine public schools to provide at least 30 minutes of physical activity each school day for kindergarten through fifth grade students has won an initial round in the state ...
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Zappix rolls out app to aid Oklahoma tornado survivors
Just one month after Zappix rolled out an application to aid in the collection of donations for Boston Marathon bombing victims, its done it again for those in Oklahoma who were left homeless after recent tornadoes smacked the state, leaving behind a path of devastation. The Israeli-based mobile portal and customer service app company, which recently opened its U.S. headquarters in Burlington, ...
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We must define the nature and scope of this struggle, or else it will define us. Neither I, nor any President can promise the total defeat of terror. What we must do is dismantle networks that pose a direct danger.
Barack Obama
The U.S. president was speaking on his administration's counter terrorism policy.
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Mantra on Jolimont, East Melbourne, Australia
Right from our arrival the Mantra on Jolimont had an air of friendliness, and a sense that the property was ...
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- Friend of Boston bombers had confessed to 2011 triple murders claims FBI
- The Nationals Aaron Dessner on Playing and Curating the First Annual Boston Calling Music Festival
- Friday Throwdown Lt. Gov. Tim Murray clears the way -- for what
- Boston City League postpones baseball and semifinal playoffs due to impending weather
- US marshals seeking suspect in Lynn shooting attempted strangulation in N.H.
