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Deadly Storm Heads Northeast
(CBS/AP) A slow-moving storm that blanketed swaths of the U.S. East Coast with nearly 2 feet of snow headed northward Sunday, continuing its assault after causing at least five deaths, crippling travel and leaving empty stores normally crammed
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Boston mom calls 911 over son's video game habit
BOSTON (AP) — Police say a frustrated Boston woman called 911 to say she couldn't get her 14-year-old son to stop playing video games and go to sleep.
Police spokesman Officer Joe Zanoli said Monday the mother called for help around 2:33 a.m. on
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Arnold Stang, Actor Known for Nerdy Roles, Dies
BOSTON – Arnold Stang, an actor who appeared alongside Milton Berle
and Frank Sinatra and was known for his nerdy looks and distinctive
nasal voice, has died. He was 91.
Stang died Sunday of pneumonia at Newton-Wellesley Hospital in
Massachusetts, said
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Woman arrested over Michelle Obama threat
Kristy Lee Roshia called the Boston office of the Secret Service and allegedly told them "I will kill Michelle Obama" / Getty
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Threatened to "blow away" Michelle Obama
Allegedly knew where family was staying
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'American Idol' returning Jan. 12
NEW YORK -- "American Idol" will return next month with a
two-night, four-hour premiere featuring auditions in Boston and
Atlanta, the Fox network said.
The Boston auditions will air Jan. 12 and the Atlanta auditions
will air Jan. 13. Fox says
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Magic Coach Doesn't Want Christmas NBA Games
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Stan Van Gundy has a request for the NBA: no more Christmas games.
"I actually feel sorry for people who have nothing to do on Christmas Day other than watch an NBA game," the Orlando Magic coach said.
The Magic were playing Boston
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Cavs romp over Lakers, 102-87
Kobe Bryant scored 35 points for the Lakers, who had won 16 of 17 before Cleveland's decisive victory behind Williams, James and the Cavs' impressive interior play, which negated the Lakers' usual advantages down low.
After Odom got his
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Car Showrooms Reborn As Nursery, Yoga Ctr
With hard times in the auto industry and car dealerships closing around the country, the gleaming showrooms that once featured next year's models are becoming this year's new store, restaurant, school, day care center or yoga studio.
In Lane County,
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Details sought on Ireland, US clergy abuse cases
"Unfortunately the places they have been moving include our backyard," said McKiernan, who spoke at a news conference held in front of the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, the residence of Cardinal Sean O'Malley of the Boston archdiocese.
"So the Irish
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Confusion fills skies in wake of foiled bomb plot
Holiday traveler Renee Jansen, of Cambridge, is directed through a security line by a TSA worker, right, as she prepares to board an aircraft with her 8-month-old daughter, Josephine, at Logan International Airport, in Boston, Monday.
CHICAGO - You are
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Jason Bay set to join Mets
year. They especially needed a bopper after hitting a major league-low 95 homers in the first season at their spacious, new ballpark.
2002 to become Montreal's general manager, he traded Bay and another minor leaguer to New York for infielder Lou
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Janitors for Delta, United planes strike in Boston
Janitors for Delta, United planes strike in Boston The Associated Press More News Janitors who clean Delta and United airlines planes at Boston's Logan International Airport have gone on strike in a contract dispute. The more than 100 Aramark Corp.
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World Cheers Arrival Of 2010
NEW YORK (CBS 5 / AP) ―
Hundreds of thousands of revelers in chilly weather in Times Square cheered when an 11,875-pound crystal ball covered with more than 32,000 bulbs dropped at midnight, ushering in the new decade and ending 10 years marred
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Smoke smell sends NYC-bound jet back to Boston
NYC-bound jet returns to Boston after pilot smells smoke in cockpit minutes after takeoff
BOSTON (AP) -- A New York-bound plane has returned safely to Boston's Logan International Airport after a pilot smelled smoke in the cockpit minutes after
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Devils win for Jacques Lemaire in his return to Minnesota
New Jersey coach Jacques Lemaire, who coached the Wild from 2000 to last season, won in his return to Minnesota.
In Lemaire's first appearance in Minnesota since leaving the Wild last spring, Minnesota native Jamie Langenbrunner (FSY) handled the fun
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Evidence lacking for special diets in autism
CHICAGO -- An expert panel says there's no rigorous evidence that digestive problems are more common in children with autism compared to other children, or that special diets work, contrary to claims by celebrities and vaccine naysayers.
Painful
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Higgins's late goal rescues Rangers against Boston
NEW YORK -- Christopher Higgins' tiebreaking goal with 1:29 left rescued the New York Rangers, lifting them to a 3-2 victory over Boston after the Bruins scored twice late in the third period Monday night. The Rangers appeared to be cruising to just
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Ex-Cubs star Dawson makes Hall; Blyleven, Alomar fall short
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NEW YORK -- Andre Dawson got up at 6 a.m.
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Andre Dawson is sole selection to Baseball Hall of Fame
by Barry Bonds and Willie Mays as the only players with 400 home runs and 300 stolen bases, Dawson also played for Boston and Florida.
NEW YORK — Andre Dawson was elected to the Hall of Fame on Wednesday in his ninth try, while Bert Blyleven and
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240-year-old Maine elm tree to be chopped down
Tree warden Frank Knight was so smitten with the tree that he couldn’t bear to cut it down. After all, it had been standing sentinel in this New England village since before the American Revolution.
Over the next half-century, Knight carefully nursed
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For the unemployed, a new job in this economy often means less pay than they’re used to
Unemployed for nearly a year, David Becker was relieved to land a new job in information technology last summer.
The offer carried a price, though: It was a lower-rung job than the one Becker had lost. He had to uproot his family from Wisconsin to
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For Unemployed, New Job Often Means Pay Cut
Unemployed for nearly a year, David Becker was relieved to land a new job in information technology last summer.
The offer carried a price, though: It was a lower-rung job than the one Becker had lost. He had to uproot his family from Wisconsin to
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Rondo has triple-double as C’s beat Raptors
bounce out of bounds."
TORONTO -- Boston coach Doc Rivers asked point guard Rajon Rondo to give the Celtics an early burst of energy.
Rondo kept it up all game and finished with a triple-double.
He had 22 points, 13 assists and 10 rebounds for his ,
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San Diego Among World Cup Host Finalists
SAN DIEGO -- San Diego was chosen as one of 18 cities nationwide where FIFA World Cup matches would be played, should the United States be selected to host the soccer tournament in 2018 or 2022, it was announced Tuesday.
The other host cities are
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Major quake hits Haiti; many casualties expected
Norwich, Conn., said at least two Americans working at its Haitian aid mission were believed trapped in rubble.
Edeline B. Clermont weeps in the "Little Haiti" area of Miami on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010 as she talks to her sister in Boston after both
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Effort there but result isn't for banged-up B's
ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Anaheim Ducks' season-high fifth straight victory was tempered substantially with word that Teemu Selanne fractured his jaw.
Playing his third game after missing the previous 17 because of a broken hand, Selanne was injured with 8:
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N-Dubz's Dappy sent death threats to BBC Radio 1 listener
Dubz be good to me ... Dappy (left) has apologised for sending abusive texts. Photograph: Chris Floyd
You'd think that those in the limelight would be well equipped to deal with criticism. Yet it seems that N-Dubz rapper Dappy has yet to grow a thick
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Aid Trickles In to Haiti Quake Survivors
(CBS/AP) With food, water and other aid flowing into Haiti in earnest, relief groups and officials are focused on moving the supplies out of the clogged airport and to hungry, haggard earthquake survivors in the capital.
U.S. Secretary of State
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Obama Stepping Out In Boston For Senate Race
BOSTON (AP) ―
His agenda potentially imperiled by the outcome of a close U.S. Senate race, President Barack Obama focused his attention and prestige Sunday on Massachusetts Democrat Martha Coakley, whose bid to succeed the late Sen. Edward M.
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Local writers, publisher honored in Caldecott, Newbery awards
Two Twin Cities writers and a local publisher were honored today in Boston when the winners of the Caldecott and Newbery medals were announced.
Wayzata writer Joyce Sidman's book "Red Sings From Treetops," won one of two Caldecott honor medals,
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'Spenser' novelist Robert Parker dies in Mass.
Robert Parker, the author of the popular "Spenser" novels about a hard-nosed Boston private investigator, has died. He was 77.
Robert Parker, the author of the popular "Spenser" novels about a hard-nosed Boston private investigator, has died. He was 77.
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GOPs Brown wins Massachusetts Senate seat
Massachusetts State Sen. Scott Brown, R-Wrentham, holds up a copy of the Boston Herald as celebrates in Boston Tuesday after winning a special election held to fill the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death of Sen. Edward Kennedy. At left is his
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Socialite Betty Broderick Confessed Killing Two; Will Parole Board Buy Battered Spouse Story?
CHINO, Calif. (CBS/AP) Two decades ago, San Diego socialite Betty Broderick drew national attention for fatally shooting her ex-husband and his new wife in their bed. Today Broderick, who became the subject of a book and two TV movies, has her first
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Carmelo will start for Western Conference All-Star team
NEW YORK -
Allen Iverson was voted to start in the All-Star game Thursday, while Steve Nash and Tim Duncan made late moves to claim starting spots for the Western Conference.
Nash passed the inactive Tracy McGrady as the second guard, while Duncan
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Prince, coach feud in Pistons’ loss to Pacers
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) -The Detroit Pistons played a lot like the team that not too long ago lost 13 straight games.
Danny Granger scored 25 points, Troy Murphy added 16 points and 11 rebounds and the Indiana Pacers snapped a three-game skid with a 10
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Angel frieze returns to Davenport Museum
As restoration work began on the hotel this fall, developers Restoration St. Louis decided to donate the valuable piece of art back to the library.
"It takes us back to our roots as a Carnegie library," said a grateful Amy Groskopf, the chief
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Dad dies; brother charged with assault
WOBURN, Mass. -- Daniel Kerrigan, who rushed to his sobbing daughter Nancy and carried her into the locker room after an attack at a skating competition nearly derailed her Olympic dreams, died after what authorities said was a violent struggle with
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Tragedy Thrusts Kerrigan Back in Spotlight
(CBS/AP) Nancy Kerrigan's low-key family, which struggled with the attention brought on after an attack at a skating competition nearly derailed her Olympic dreams, has again been thrust into the spotlight with the death of her father after what
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Jury finds US botanist guilty of murder plot
KINGSTON, Jamaica - A Jamaican jury has convicted a U.S.-born botanist of conspiring to kill his wife on the Caribbean island.
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White House to dole out $8 billion in rail grants
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are expected to pitch the program as a boost to the economy at a town hall meeting Thursday in Tampa, Fla. A half-dozen Cabinet members and other senior administration officials were scheduled to fan
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Protecting the recluse author Salinger's privacy lives on in tiny Cornish, NH, after his death
But woe to the "Catcher in the Rye" fan who came looking for his chalet-style house, up a winding 1 1/2-lane road in a rural town, population 1,758. Locals were as fierce in protecting his privacy as he was.
"Everyone in the town felt that way. The
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Hawks finish sweep of Celtics
ATLANTA
Joe Johnson scored 16 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter and the Atlanta Hawks beat Boston, 100-91, last night to complete their first season sweep of the Celtics in 11 years.
Jamal Crawford had 28 points as the Hawks recovered after
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Helene Elliott: Kings get away clean with 3-2 win in Boston
In other seasons the Kings probably would have lost this game.
They would have been swamped by Boston's second-period push, and their penalties -- including 19 minutes against Wayne Simmonds for avenging Mark Stuart's hard but clean hit on Anze
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Helene Elliott: Kings enjoy the perfect ending
The Kings began this journey with a comeback win against Detroit and ended it with comeback wins at Boston and New Jersey, taking home their first-ever perfect record on a five-game trip and much, much more.
"This game today, I think, was a real good
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Celtics beat Wizards 99-88 to end losing streak
WASHINGTON -- Kevin Garnett's 19 points led six Celtics in double figures, and Boston limited Washington to 2-for-18 shooting in the fourth quarter en route to a 99-88 victory over the Wizards on Monday night.
Boston ended a three-game losing streak
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Obama aunt girds for new bid to avoid deportation
BOSTON President Barack Obama's aunt will make a second bid for political asylum as she goes before an immigration judge to argue that she should be allowed to stay in the United States.
Kenya native Zeituni Onyango, (zay-TUH'-nee awn-YAHN'-goh) will
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Scott Brown may be sworn in to Senate a week early
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Chauncey Billups in three-point contest
NEW YORK All-Stars Paul Pierce of Boston and Chauncey Billups of Denver (and formerly of the Detroit Pistons) headline the field for the three-point contest.
Also chosen for the field today were defending champion Daequan Cook of Miami, Golden State
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Wyo. Cops: Man Set Up Ex For 'Rape Fantasy'
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) ―
Authorities say a Wyoming woman was assaulted at her front door, raped at knifepoint in her living room and left bound on the floor, and they say one of the men charged in the brutal attack claimed that he thought it was
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Magic's third-quarter flurry extends Celtics' slide 96-89
Boston's Tony Allen, center, loses the handle after taking a foul in the third quarter under pressure from Orlando's Vince Carter, left, and Rashard Lewis.
BOSTON (AP) Vince Carter (FSY) led a 19-0 surge in the third quarter and finished with 20 points
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Bruins: Finally, a win
Miroslav Satan, left, of the Bruins and Montreal's Brock Trotter follow the puck in Sunday's game.AP
MONTREAL — Tuukka Rask was pretty much all that stood between Boston and a blown lead.
Not to mention a record the Bruins would have wanted no part of.
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Dallas H-O-R-S-E competition gets All-Star Kevin Durant
Kevin Durant will defend his title in the H-O-R-S-E competition at All-Star weekend.
The Oklahoma City forward will face fellow All-Star Rajon Rondo of Boston and Sacramento rookie Omri Casspi. The field was announced Monday night on TNT, which will
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Second big snowstorm hits US East Coast
THE second major snowstorm in less than a week hit the US East Coast yesterday, with predictions of 12 inches (30.5 cm) or more stretching from Washington, D.C., to New York City, forcing schools to close and the US Congress to sharply curtail
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Cold-weather states lose heating aid to South
SOUTH PORTLAND — The recent cold snap in the Deep South has sucked federal emergency home heating dollars away from traditional cold-weather states, causing heating aid to dry up faster than usual in many northern states.
The South was the beneficiary
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Cold-weather states lose heating aid to South
PORTLAND, Maine The recent cold snap in the Deep South has sucked federal emergency home heating dollars away from traditional cold-weather states, causing heating aid to dry up faster than usual in many northern states.
The South was the beneficiary
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Ala. prof held in 3 killings shot Mass. kin in '86
BRAINTREE, Mass.—An Alabama university professor accused of shooting three colleagues to death at a faculty meeting this week shot her younger brother dead at their home in the Boston suburbs more than 20 years ago, but records of it are missing,
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Boston's Pierce Wins 3-Point Contest in Dallas
Boston's Paul Pierce arrived for All-Star weekend wanting to make up for an embarrassing performance. Consider it done. Pierce won the 3-Point Shootout during the NBA's All-Star festivities Saturday night, proving his lackluster performance the last
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Chris Bosh sinks two free throws to decide shootout
Arlington, Texas -- The largest crowd to watch a basketball game saw an all too familiar sight.
Dwyane Wade did it again in north Texas.
Wade had 28 points and won MVP honors, and the Eastern Conference edged the West 141-139 on Sunday night in the
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US tops Swiss in men's hockey opener
VANCOUVER, British Columbia —
The U.S. kids were all right.
The youngest collection of American hockey players since the NHL began supplying the talent for the 1998 Nagano Games opened this tournament with a workmanlike 3-1 victory over Switzerland on
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AP IMPACT: Testing curbs some genetic diseases
Births of babies with cystic fibrosis, Tay-Sachs and other less familiar disorders seem to have dropped since testing came into wider use, The Associated Press found from interviews with numerous geneticists and other experts and a review of the
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Police investigating suspicious package delivered to Sen. John Kerry's Boston office
BOSTON
- Authorities are investigating a suspicious package sent to Sen. John Kerry's office in downtown Boston.
Kerry spokeswoman Brigid O'Rourke says the package was delivered in the mail Thursday morning.
Staffers became concerned and contacted
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Knicks get McGrady, trade Nate Robinson to Boston
GREENBURGH, N.Y. (AP) — A big trade deadline day has the New York Knicks in position for a bigger score in July.
The Knicks acquired Tracy McGrady in a three-team deal and shipped Nate Robinson out in another trade, but the makeup of this season's
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Ala. shooting suspect brilliant, but troubled
Boston -- Amy Bishop's intelligence was never debatable. Even as a child, she didn't hesitate to tell people when they were wrong. As she grew older, earned a Harvard Ph.D and claimed a genius IQ of 180, her brilliance could come with a bluntness,
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Tracy McGrady collects 26 points in debut, but Knicks still fall to Thunder, 121-118, in OT
Tracy McGrady scores 26 points - his highest total since January 2009 - but New York Knicks lose in OT to Oklahoma City Thunder.
Donnie Walsh should have traded for Tracy McGrady months ago. And maybe Mike D'Antoni should have played McGrady when
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Curry shines as shorthanded Warriors tip Hawks
Playing with only eight healthy players, the Warriors scored 16 straight points in the fourth quarter to erase the big deficit and went on to win their first game against a team, with a winning record since beating Boston on Dec. 28. Golden State had
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GOP's Brown branded turncoat for jobs bill vote
Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., talks to reporters after he voted for cloture on the Jobs Bill on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Feb. 22, 2010. A bipartisan jobs bill cleared a GOP filibuster with critical momentum provided by the Senate's newest
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Fist full-body scanners to be installed in Boston
WASHINGTON (AP) The first of 150 full-body scanners planned for U.S. airports will be installed in Boston next week, officials said Tuesday.
The plan is to install three machines at Logan International Airport, according to a homeland security official
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Site asks social networkers to rethink revelations
SAN FRANCISCO: As more people reveal their whereabouts on social networks, a new site has sprung up to remind you that letting everyone know where you are and, by extension, where you're not could leave you vulnerable to those with less-than-friendly
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NH hotel fire spreads, engulfs block; no injuries
HAMPTON, N.H.
— New Hampshire firefighters say a blaze that started in an oceanfront hotel and was fanned by strong winds has destroyed an entire block.
Fire Capt. David Lang says the fire erupted early Friday in the unoccupied three-story Surf Hotel
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Cavs rolling again
TORONTO -- Mo Williams made the clutch 3-pointers again as the Cleveland Cavaliers followed up a big win in Boston with an overtime triumph in Toronto.
Williams made back-to-back 3-pointers to begin the extra period and finished with 22 points, LeBron
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Shaquille O'Neal to have thumb examined by hand specialist
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) Cavaliers center Shaquille O'Neal (FSY) will have his injured right thumb examined by Dr. Thomas Graham at the National Hand Center in Baltimore.
An MRI Saturday confirmed the injury was a significant sprain and he will be
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Study says minority kids at higher risk for obesity
CHICAGO - The odds of obesity appear stacked against black and Hispanic children starting even before birth, provocative new research suggests.
The findings help explain disproportionately high obesity rates in minority children. Family income is often
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Large wagons lift GM, Subaru February sales in US
DETROIT - Toyota's recalls and East Coast snowstorms weighed down U.S. auto sales in February, but automakers remained optimistic that a recovery is under way.
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Tapes indicate child directed planes at JFK airport
NEW YORK — The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating whether a child directed planes from Kennedy Airport's air traffic control tower.
A child's voice can be heard on a tape making five transmissions to pilots preparing for takeoff on Feb. 17
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Controller suspended after child radios info to pilots
But the Federal Aviation Administration suspended the controller and a supervisor Wednesday after recordings of the calls were posted on the Internet, then reported on by a Boston television station.
“This lapse in judgment not only violated FAA’s own
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3 new full-body scanners in Boston at vanguard of new wave of US airline security upgrade
BOSTON
- The Transportation Security Administration is fielding a second, more widespread wave of full-body scanners at U.S. airports amid heightened concern about hidden explosives.
Three new machines going online at Boston's Logan International
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Bruins edge Islanders 3-2
UNIONDALE, N.Y. - Marc Savard scored in the second period and Tim Thomas made 37 saves to lead Boston past the New York Islanders 3-2 on Saturday in the opener of the Bruins' season-high seven-game road trip.
Milan Lucic and David Krejci also scored
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Kansas City wants to close half its public schools
Buffeted for years by declining enrollment, political squabbling and a revolving door of leadership, the district's fortunes are so bleak that Superintendent John Covington has said diplomas given to many graduates "aren't worth the paper they're
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JFK condolence letters published for first time
CONCORD, N.H.: Among the 1.5 million condolence letters sent to President John F. Kennedy's widow after his assassination in 1963 were more than two dozen from Jane Dryden, a dogged and dramatic 11-year-old who churned out a letter a week for six
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Knicks edge Hawks as Horford's shot ruled too late
Atlanta Hawks' Jamal Crawford, left, strips the ball from New York Knicks' Toney Douglas during the second quarter of an NBA basketball game Monday, March 8, 2010 at Madison Square Garden in New York.
The New York Knicks beat the Atlanta Hawks for the
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American, British Airways, Iberia to cede airport slots in London and N.Y.
BRUSSELS British Airways, American Airlines and Iberia have offered to give away takeoff and landing slots at London and New York airports to soothe European Union antitrust worries, EU regulators said Wednesday.
The European Commission said it would
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Garciaparra retires in Boston uniform
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Nomar Garciaparra rejoined the Red Sox for one day and then retired, ending a 14-year career in which he won two batting titles with Boston and was once a beloved player in the city.
The shortstop signed a one-day contract with
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Magic roll past Bulls 111-82 as Rose sprains wrist
Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose holds his wrist after being knocked to the floor on a foul by Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Orlando, Fla., Thursday, March 11, 2010.
Vince Carter had 23 points to
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Milwaukee Bucks have strong finish in victory against Utah Jazz
MILWAUKEE Ersan Ilyasova scored on a putback with 27.2 seconds remaining for the lead and the Milwaukee Bucks knocked off yet another NBA powerhouse, holding on to beat the Utah Jazz 95-87 on Friday.
John Salmons had 24 points and Brandon Jennings
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High Winds Topple Houses, Construction Crane In NJ
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- Strong winds and heavy rain pounded parts of the Northeast on Saturday, leaving more than 100,000 without power in New Jersey, where a boom crane at an Atlantic City casino construction site tipped over, scattering debris over a
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Stubborn storm darkens, floods much of Northeast
BOUND BROOK, N.J. (AP) - Torrential rains and high winds pounded the Northeast for a third day Monday, taking a heavy toll on people and property in a region that only recently restored power or finished digging out from the last of several major
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Smoltz not retired, but signs TV deal
: John Smoltz is joining Turner Broadcasting's baseball crew as an analyst. He will work on national telecasts on TBS and Atlanta Braves' games on Peachtree TV in Atlanta.
(Updated 03/16/2010).
No information available at this time (Updated 3/1
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Activist's family sues over Mass. wheelchair death
BOSTON - A wheelchair company and its technicians are to blame for the death of a disability advocate who died after his wheelchair malfunctioned during routine repairs, pinning his legs under a tabletop and causing him to suffer seizures, according to
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Magic Smother Tim Duncan To Beat Spurs 110-84
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Vince Carter had 24 points and eight assists, and the Orlando Magic smothered Tim Duncan defensively to beat the San Antonio Spurs 110-84 on Wednesday night.
Duncan had two points and was 1 for 10 from the field in the worst shooting
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Rangers fall to Blues, 4-3, as Henrik Lundqvist has off night
NEW YORK – The usually-reliable Henrik Lundqvist had an off night at the worst time for the Rangers.
Lundqvist faced just 16 shots – a season-low against the Rangers - but the Blues won, 4-3, Thursday at Madison Square Garden. Three of the goals looked
