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Garrett Williamson helps Saint Joe's beat BC 84-80

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:20:21 -0500

ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands - Garrett Williamson scored 10 of his 18 points in the final two minutes, and Saint Joseph's beat Boston College 84-80 on Friday night in the...

Leo DiCaprio's mom? What is Gisele Bundchen thinking??

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:16:30 -0500

Gisele Bundchen, aka Mrs. Tom Brady, has reportedly asked her ex's mother, Irmelin DiCaprio, to be her baby's...

Patrice Bergeron scores in OT as Bruins beat Sabres 2-1

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:15:53 -0500

BUFFALO, N.Y. - Patrice Bergeron scored with 47 seconds into overtime, lifting the Boston Bruins to a 2-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Friday night. Bergeron won a faceoff...

John Holland scores 21 as BU beats Indiana 71-67

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:11:10 -0500

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - John Holland scored 21 points, Jake O'Brien had 14 points and 13 rebounds, and Boston University rallied to beat Indiana 71-67 on Friday night...

35 students rescued from burning bus on NYC bridge

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:59:28 -0500

NEW YORK - A bus carrying 35 elementary school children on an outing has caught fire on a New York City bridge, but the children and their escorts have been rescued. The...

Boston College tries to keep ACC title hopes alive

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:56:07 -0500

Thirty-seven wins, and counting. Three bowl games, soon to be four. Two Atlantic Coast Conference title game appearances. And three different head coaches. So when center...

Report: Galluccio 'totally drunk' hours before crash

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:09:43 -0500

State Sen. Anthony Galluccio was "totally drunk" during his early-morning brush with Cambridge cops just hours before he was involved in a hit-and-run wreck, a newly...

Robbery motive in deaths of 5 in rural Arkansas

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:54:02 -0500

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - Thieves shot to death five Arkansas family members and burned their bodies for the meager bounty of a set of wheel rims and some flat-screen televisions,...

Nightmare is over for British man

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:48:07 -0500

LONDON - A British man who said he was having a nightmare about fighting off an intruder when he strangled his wife to death has been found innocent - thanks to prosecutors...

Pennsylvania university students upset about fitness class

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:20:35 -0500

PHILADELPHIA - A university's requirement that overweight undergraduates take a fitness course to receive their degrees has raised the hackles of students and the eyebrows...

Death of Drew Brees' mother ruled a suicide

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:18:32 -0500

GRANBY, Colo. - The death of the mother of New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees has been ruled a suicide. Mina Brees, an attorney from Austin, Texas, died Aug. 7 while...

Moss to Revis: 'Better back it up'

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:13:37 -0500

Randy Moss said today he couldn't care less what Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis has been saying about covering him the last time the two faced off at the Meadowlands....

Pricey gift: MLB offers Series film set for $2,229

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:48:28 -0500

NEW YORK - Major League Baseball has the perfect gift to bust a budget in a recession. A 20-DVD set of World Series films can be bought for $2,299, and it contains authenticated...

Moderate Dems pivotal in Saturday health care vote

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:44:50 -0500

WASHINGTON - Suitably opaque, Section 2006 takes up only a few dozen lines in a sweeping health care bill that runs to 2,074 pages and mentions neither Sen. Mary Landrieu...

Two die in Bay State from swine flu this week

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:56:46 -0500

A Bay State infant and an adult have died from the swine flu this week, health officials announced today. This brings the total number of deaths in Massachusetts from H1N1...

OF Jason Bay reaches open market

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:55:22 -0500

That sound at midnight last night was the window closing shut on the Red Sox' best shot at a preemptive re-signing of Jason Bay. At 12:01 a.m., all 171 free agents,...

US to drop shooting case against Blackwater guard

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:51:46 -0500

WASHINGTON - The Justice Department intends to drop manslaughter and weapons charges against one of the Blackwater Worldwide security guards involved in a deadly 2007 Baghdad...

Stocks fall for 3rd day as dollar strengthens

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:49:27 -0500

NEW YORK - The stock market ended a down week with light selling as investors grew uneasy about a rising dollar and spiking demand for the safest government debt. After...

TD Bank named in lawsuit connected to $100M fraud probe

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:43:54 -0500

MIAMI -Investors claiming they were fleeced by a high-profile attorney filed a $100 million lawsuit Friday contending that the lawyer orchestrated a massive Ponzi scheme with...

J.M. Smucker 2nd-quarter profit soars on coffee

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:41:45 -0500

PORTLAND, Ore. - J.M. Smucker Co. nearly tripled its profit in the second quarter as the addition of Folgers coffee gave a jolt to its lineup and lower commodity prices for...

Family troubled by hubby's claim that wife hanged herself

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:11:23 -0500

The body of a Lynnfield mother of two lies in limbo while her family - troubled by her husband's claim she hanged herself in their U.S. Virgin Islands hotel room one...

2nd autopsy to be performed in Lynnfield woman's death

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:10:52 -0500

Police in the U.S. Virgin Islands have reopened the investigation of a Lynnfield woman and her burial has been delayed as her grief-stricken family hires a doctor to perform...

GOP Senate candidate Scott Brown blasts NY trial for Mohammed

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:58:31 -0500

Republican Senate candidate Scott Brown wants President Barack Obama to overrule the attorney general on trying the accused Sept. 11 mastermind in New York City. Brown...

Cops: Teen got hair done after running down boy

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:57:53 -0500

The 17-year-old girl who allegedly mowed down a Lowell boy on Wednesday got her hair done in Lawrence after nearly killing the boy in a hit-and-run accident and then told...

UC students occupy buildings to protest fee hike

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:55:38 -0500

BERKELEY, Calif. - Students barricaded themselves inside buildings on University of California campuses to protest a 32 percent increase in student fees and budget cuts that...