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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 ...

  • Rangers top Bruins in OT force Game 5 in Boston

    NEW YORK (AP) -- During a sluggish first period, a difficult second period, and a tense third period, there were few signs the New York Rangers would be able to hold off the Boston Bruins and extend their season for at least one more ...

  • Sen. Cowan to address BC Law School commencement

    BOSTON (AP) - Massachusetts U.S. Sen. William ‘‘Mo’’ Cowan will be delivering the commencement address at Boston College Law ...

  • RIPTA to offer limited service on Memorial Day

    RIde will offer only ADA trips on the holiday. Flex Services are not operating except for Route 210, the Kingston Flex Service. It will run on the holiday ...

  • Hurricane center Beware of the storm surge

    By JENNIFER KAYAssociated Press MIAMI (AP) - The National Hurricane Center is changing the way it talks about storm surge in hopes that emergency officials, the media and the public can better understand the dangerous phenomenon. Storm surge is the hurricane hazard that poses the greatest threat to life and property. It is the abnormal rise in sea water during a hurricane, and it can happen ...


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The Fifth Element

What an exhilarating, visual feast is Luc Besson's "The Fifth Element." And what a mess. Combining hokey science fiction, quasi-religious sentiments, and a garish French new wave fashion sensibility, "The Fifth Element" is a tumultuous cinematic experience to say the least. It veers from being passably interesting to insulting to exciting to downright stupid. Writer/director Besson ("La Femme Niki ... ...

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  • Lackey looks to cool down red-hot Indians

    Unlike Thursday's series opener between the Indians and Red Sox, which had a total of 15 runs scored on 23 hits, Friday's game at Fenway Park could be quite the pitchers' duel. Justin Masterson will be on the hill for Cleveland, while John Lackey toes the rubber for Boston. The Indians right-hander has won three straight games and was named the American League Player of the Week ...

  • Mail Online scoops biggest ever digital day with Boston marathon bombing

    Mail Online with its biggest ever digital day, attracting more than 9.5 million unique users.However, the bombing proved the 12th and 16th most popular web days in April ...

  • Senate votes to establish Cellucci ALS Registry

    BOSTON (AP) - The Massachusetts Senate has voted to establish a Department of Public Health ALS registry named after former Gov. Paul ...

  • Time in Boston Short but sweet to Mike Aviles

    Mike Aviles’ career with the Red Sox probably won’t go down in the annals of team history.But as Aviles was slipping on his Cleveland uniform for his first game back at Fenway Park last night before the Red Sox and Indians played the opener of a four-game set, he reminisced about his feelings when his run with Sox was done. His time with the Red Sox was short - a year and a half - ...

  • State Senate passes $33.9 billion budget

    The state Senate voted 36 to 3 Thursday night to approve a $33.99 billlion budget for fiscal 2014, adding $68.4 million in spending to the plan over the course of two days of ...

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