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  • Friend of Boston bombers had confessed to 2011 triple murders claims FBI 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 ...

  • Bottoms up Weve picked Boston’s Top 3 cocktail bars

    American cities don't come much more traditional than Boston. Home to Paul Revere House, Faneuil Hall and the Freedom Trail, the city practically drips colonial history, and can leave a visitor with a curious desire to don a tri-cornered hat.But Beantown has embraced the American cocktail renaissance with full fervour and, through the Boston Beer Company and its Samuel Adams beers, has ...

  • Indy 500 Officials Tighten Security Following Boston Bombings

    Officials have tightened security for Sunday's Indianapolis 500, which typically draws more than 200,000 spectators, in response to the deadly Boston Marathon bombings last ...

  • Markey’s tax returns show large deductions Social Security benefits

    US Representative Edward J. Markey, the Democratic nominee for the US Senate, reduced his federal tax rate to under 20 percent over the last eight years by taking large deductions, including about $9,000 a year in work-related deductions. According to his federal and state tax filings dating back to 2005, almost of all of Markey's income came from his congressional salary, which ranged ...

  • LePage keeps TV in place but opts for somber tone

    AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - Gov. Paul LePage, who got in a tussle with legislative leaders for having a television running outside his office, was still staying away from his State House office in protest ...


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America's Sweethearts

In America's Sweethearts, John Cusack and Catherine Zeta-Jones are the "sweethearts" of the title, Eddie Thomas and Gwen Harrison, two fictional movie stars who have recently broken up after several years of marriage and eight movies together, six of which made more than $100 million at the box office. ...

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  • Newtown denied bid to postpone hearing on records

    HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut’s Freedom of Information Commission on Friday denied a bid by Newtown officials to postpone a hearing on a request by The Associated Press for records related to the gunman in December’s school ...

  • Refocused Rask ready for Rangers Game 5

    BOSTON (AP) - Boston Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask says he won’t dwell too much on his comical mistake in Game 4 against the Rangers that helped New York get back into the Eastern Conference ...

  • Murder suspect not competent to stand trial

    BANGOR, Maine (AP) - A judge says a Maine man charged with throwing a man out a window to his death in 2011 is not competent to stand ...

  • No progress seen settling hospital-MaineCare issue

    AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - After a day of bitter confrontation and dueling press releases bearing charges of non-cooperation, no progress is seen in Augusta as Republicans backing Gov. Paul LePage and majority Democrats hope for ways to repay a looming debt to hospitals and expand Medicaid ...

  • Brown trustees want robust response on climate

    PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Members of Brown University’s governing body have asked the school to develop a ‘‘robust response’’ to climate change but taken no action on a recommendation that it divest from coal ...

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