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  • Report MBTA bus maintenance costs excessive

    A new report says the MBTA could save $250 million over six years by bringing the cost of maintaining its bus fleet in line with other transit agencies around the ...

  • $20000 bail for Northeastern students second assault case

    The Northeastern University student accused of a second knife-point attack on a woman was ordered held on $20,000 bail today at his arraignment in West Roxbury District Court.If he does post bail, Patrick Barry, 21, of Medford, was ordered to abide by a 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew and wear a GPS monitoring bracelet.Judge Kathleen E. Coffey said the allegations were "a horrendous nightmare" ...

  • Massive cache of fireworks discovered in Hyde Park building stored near gasoline and propane tanks

    Police and firefighters uncovered a massive cache of fireworks stored dangerously close to gasoline and propane tanks at a Hyde Park building Tuesday night after responding to a report of a break-in at the premises, a Boston Fire Department spokesman said today. The Boston police bomb squad spent hours removing hundreds of boxes of fireworks from 1661 Hyde Park Ave. after police found the ...

  • Conn. judge admits issuing decisions late

    HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A Connecticut state judge has been suspended for 30 business days after admitting being late in issuing child welfare ...

  • 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 ...


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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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  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

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