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Convicted rapist who fled sentenced to 36 years

May 24, 2013 12:29 am
DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — A man convicted of raping three women in Massachusetts was sentenced Thursday to 36 to 40 years in prison more than three decades after he fled the state and began living a secret life in Maine. Gary Alan Irving could have faced possible life in prison at his sen...
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Probe begins after Conn. commuter trains crash

May 18, 2013 6:51 am
FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Two commuter trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in an accident that sent more than 60 people to the hospital, severely damaged the tracks and threatened to snarl travel in the congested Northeast Corridor. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said five people were cr...
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Northern New England seeing surge in heroin use

May 12, 2013 6:59 pm
MONTPELIER, Vt — A rise in heroin abuse in Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire is being blamed partly on aggressive marketing by out-of-state drug dealers and the higher cost of prescription drugs sold illegally on the streets. In Vermont, Rutland Police Chief James Baker calls the spik...
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Giffords receives Profile in Courage award

May 05, 2013 10:00 pm
BOSTON — Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords received the 2013 Profile in Courage award at the John F. Kennedy Library on Sunday in recognition of the political, personal, and physical courage she has demonstrated in her fearless public advocacy for policy reforms aimed at reducing gun viol...
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N.H. honors Old Man 10 years after formation's fall

Apr 28, 2013 9:34 pm
CONCORD, N.H.— Edward Geddes already had spent two long days on the mountain when the weather turned. Battered by wind and soaked by rain — "like shower baths of ice water" — he clung to a rope and pressed on, even after the rain turned to ice that coated his clothing and left t...
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Boston Marathon bombing suspect moved to federal facility

Apr 26, 2013 7:18 am
BOSTON (AP) — The surviving Boston Marathon bombings suspect has been released from a civilian hospital and transferred to a federal medical detention center in central Massachusetts. The U.S. Marshals Service said Friday that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev left Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Cent...
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