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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 ...

  • Boston men convicted of cruel double slaying

    BOSTON -- Two Boston men have been convicted of what prosecutors called the "cruel, callous" slayings of a city man and his girlfriend during an armed robbery.Michael Corbin and Earl Fulgiam, both of the city's Mattapan section, were convicted Monday of first-degree murder for the July 2011 slayings of Kevin Thomas Jr. and Billie Marie Kee.District Attorney Daniel Conley said the ...

  • Elite getting incentives for Metro Airport flights

    BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Baton Rouge Metro Airport will give a standard incentive package to Elite Airways when the company begins flying out of the market in ...

  • LePage Eliminate Maines income tax

    The Republican governor said Monday that if re-elected he would make eliminating the state income tax a goal. He also acknowledged that it would be difficult if the Legislature remains controlled by ...

  • Teachers call for ouster of RI commissioner

    CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) - Teachers attending a union forum in Cranston have called for the ouster of Rhode Island Education Commissioner Deborah ...


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The 400 Blows (Les quatre cents coups) [DVD]

The 400 Blows (Les quatre cents coups) [DVD]

In the early 1950s, with the help of noted film theorist and critic Andr Bazin, 20-year-old Franois Truffaut began writing regularly for the Parisian film journal Cahiers du cinema. He quickly gained a reputation as an uncompromising and often vicious critic with a clear-cut sense ... ...

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  • NH could face a challenging mosquito season

    Michael Morrison of Swamp Inc., a Portsmouth mosquito control company, tells WMUR-TV (http://bit.ly/13HCTMG) the melanura mosquito feeds on birds and plays an important role in the spread of Eastern equine ...

  • 3 homeless men get more time for case in NH

    CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Three homeless men challenging a ‘‘No Camping’’ order on public lands in New Hampshire are getting more time to explain their ...

  • Police find 19-year-old shot dead in Providence

    Police tell WPRI-TV (http://bit.ly/16LtNla ) the victim was found at about 10:30 p.m. Monday suffering from multiple gunshot wounds on Steere ...

  • Greenwich compound for sale at $190 million

    The Greenwich Time (http://bit.ly/16LrVcd ) reports the property includes a French Victorian mansion, two private islands, a carriage house with a clock tower, two swimming pools, a greenhouse, a wine cellar and a grass tennis ...

  • Defendant freed in Lewiston barbecue fork stabbing case

    - A Lewiston man facing up to 30 years in prison for allegedly stabbing his friend in the chest with a barbecue fork has been freed after the victim refused to testify against him in court. In a move that surprised the entire courtroom, Vincent Turner on Monday invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. Authorities say the 42-year-old Turner was stabbed in the chest by ...

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