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  • Busy weekend for Enda Kenny in United States Busy weekend for Enda Kenny in United States

    Taoiseach Enda Kenny has spent the weekend in Boston, Massachusetts furthering the strength of U.S. -Ireland relations. The head of Ireland's government attended a function on Saturday at the JFK Library to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of President Kennedy's 1963 visit to Ireland At the ceremony Kenny addressed an audience of U.S. lawmakers and representatives of the business ...

  • Chinese Taipei win mens doubles TT title

    Chinese Taipei's Chen Chien-An and Chuang Chih-Yuan upset Hao Shuai and Ma Lin from China to win the men's doubles title at the World Table Tennis Championships here. Chen and Chuang fought back from one game down to win three in a row but Ma, former Olympic Champion, and Hao Shuai took the fifth before the Chinese Taipei tandem sealed the victory Sunday by taking the sixth 11-8, reports ...

  • Lawyers to get Boston bombing suspect prison files

    U.S. Magistrate Judge Marianne Bowler said prison officials should give attorneys daily activity logs, suicide watch logs, psychology data files, photographs, commissary files and other ...

  • Irish Prime Minister Speaks at Boston College Despite Pro-Life Protests

    The prime minister, or taoiseach, of Ireland gave what some onlookers described as a "rousing speech" at Boston College despite fervent protests from pro-life students and ...

  • Amtrak Commuter Rail Service To Resume In Conn. Wednesday

    BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (CBS/AP) -- Transit authorities say commuter rail service in Connecticut is expected to resume in full by rush hour Wednesday morning, five days after ...


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Edward Scissorhands [DVD]

Edward Scissorhands [DVD]

In one way or another, all of Tim Burton's films are about misunderstood outsiders. Even when working with a well-known superhero in his 1989 hit "Batman," Burton still managed to focus on how others misperceived the Dark Knight as a menace rather than a crime-fighting crusader. In his biopic "Ed Wood" (1994), he portrayed Edward D. Wood, Jr., often considered worst director in the history of ... ...

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  • Graham Fuller Uncle Ruslan the CIA and the Boston Bombings

    Are there too many coincidences in the Boston Bombings official narrative to call them coincidences? Behind each one lurks the shadow of Graham Fuller--a top CIA strategist who famously advocated co-opting Islamic extremists to further advance the US agenda in Central Asia--and his cozy ties with the accused brothers' uncle. William Engdahl delves into the ramifications of the Fuller-Tsarni ...

  • 5 things to know about Vt.s assisted suicide law

    4. THE FOURTH STATE: Vermont joins Oregon, the first state in the country to implement such a law, called in that state the Death with Dignity Act, after a public referendum; Washington state followed, and a court order in Montana made it legal ...

  • NH man on trial in girlfriends death

    Jurors heard opening statements Monday in the trial of Dale Collinge who’s charged with second-degree murder in the death of Karen ...

  • Red Sox activate RHP Andrew Bailey

    CHICAGO (AP) - The Boston Red Sox have activated relief pitcher Andrew Bailey from the 15-day disabled list before their game Monday against the Chicago White ...

  • Search continues for missing Maine teen

    BANGOR, Maine (AP) - Maine law enforcement officials are continuing to look for a 15-year-old Glenburn girl last seen more than a week ...

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