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  • Stoughton man convicted of killing rival in bed

    DEDHAM -- A Stoughton man who fatally shot a rival through a window as the victim lay in bed has been convicted of second-degree murder.Michael Blanchard was convicted Tuesday in Norfolk Superior Court of killing 21-year-old Stephen Erving at about 3:30 a.m. on March 16, 2010.Prosecutors say the 24 -year-old Blanchard fired several rounds from a 9 mm pistol through Erving's first-floor ...

  • John Martorano’s ‘nice guy’ image picked apart by defense

    John Martorano’s self-image as a "nice guy" who could justify murder to help a friend or take out a "Judas" will be exploited today by lawyers for James ?"Whitey" Bulger, as they continue to paint the aging ex-hit man as an unrepentant fiend who sold out his Winter Hill Gang partners for freedom, money and his name in lights."You knew the future ...

  • High Noon 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 ...

  • NH inn recognized for energy improvements

    The inn partnered with New Hampshire Electric Cooperative to install an ozone cleaning system in its laundry, four air source heat pumps for heating and cooling and a solar photovoltaic ...

  • School board in allows dodgeball similar games

    The Windham School Board on Tuesday night accepted a study committee’s recommendation to let students play dodgeball and other ‘‘human target’’ games next year. That was a change from a vote in March to eliminate the games over concerns about student safety and ...


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Movie Review

Crash (1996)

It's rare that a controversial film deserves all the heated debate and hype surrounding its release, so when a film like David Cronenberg's "Crash" comes along, it's a shock in the truest sense. Here is a film that is genuinely disturbing, but not for the reasons you would immediately think of. While the sexual lives of the characters are deviant and often times repulsive, it's the film's cold, ca ... ...

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  • Mass. welfare chief promises changes

    BOSTON (AP) - The new director of the state agency that oversees welfare benefits has unveiled measures she says are aimed at preventing fraud and ...

  • Man arrested at NH gun control rally

    CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Police in Concord, N.H., say they arrested a man who was creating a disturbance at a gun control rally outside the ...

  • Conn. poll shows support for new gun control law

    HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - While a new Quinnipiac (KWIHN'-uh-pee-ak) University Poll shows a majority of Connecticut voters support the state’s new gun control law, there’s doubt whether enough has been done to help prevent another mass school shooting like the one in ...

  • 6500 would lose health coverage under RI budget

    PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- The proposed Rhode Island state budget would kick nearly 6,500 low-income people off the state's subsidized health insurance ...

  • Maine man pleads guilty to 1980s sex offenses

    Glenn Graves pleaded guilty Tuesday in Kennebec County Superior Court just before he was scheduled to go on trial on three charges of gross sexual ...

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