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Marylou Churchill, at 64, of Newton, BSO violinist

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:00:35 -0500

Marylou Speaker Churchill of Newton, a member of the College and Preparatory School faculties at New England Conservatory for 28 years and former principal second violin of...

Terrorist defends killing of trooper

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:19:38 -0500

WALDO, Maine - Defiant domestic terrorist Raymond Luc Levasseur yesterday defended his bloodthirsty anarchist group's 1981 killing of a New Jersey state trooper as self-defense. ...

Grandmother's body found in pond

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:18:06 -0500

The body of a 58-year-old grandmother who vanished mysteriously just before Christmas last year was found in a Lynn pond yesterday thanks to a dogged investigation by authorities....

Poll: Election (date) not so special

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:11:02 -0500

Attorney General Martha Coakley continues to cruise in the U.S. Senate race but there's one potential glitch: Most voters don't know when the special election will...

Deval Patrick may 'divide and conquer' race

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:51:26 -0500

Bay State voters just can't quit Deval Patrick, even though most would cast ballots against him, a new 7News/Suffolk University poll shows. The poll shows a three-way...

Ancient coins evidence of siege of Jerusalem

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:48:55 -0500

JERUSALEM - Israel displayed for the first time yesterday a collection of rare coins charred and burned from the Roman destruction of the Jewish Temple nearly 2,000 years...

TV news anchorwoman's attacker guilty of murder

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:48:07 -0500

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - A man was convicted of capital murder yesterday for beating an Arkansas TV anchorwoman so brutally that her face was shattered and she never regained consciousness...

Study to examine how human DNA used in animal experiments

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:47:29 -0500

LONDON - British scientists begin a new study today to consider how human DNA is used in animal experiments and to determine what the boundaries of such controversial science...

Harvard's Medal of Honor alumni feted at ceremony

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:22:34 -0500

Harvard University reconnected with a long-neglected piece of its history yesterday, hosting a Veterans Day salute to 16 alumni who earned the Medal of Honor in combat from...

Paratrooper 'Gave the world his all'

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:15:59 -0500

Army paratrooper Benjamin Sherman probably died the way he lived, his wife said, doing whatever he could to help someone in need. Military divers found his body Tuesday,...

Happy ending for ex-fighting dogs

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:11:36 -0500

ST. LOUIS - Dozens of American pit bull terriers netted in the largest dogfighting raid in U.S. history are finding homes despite some who predicted aggression or trauma would...

Woman mauled by chimp: I don't 'look backwards'

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:08:09 -0500

CHICAGO - A Connecticut woman who was attacked by a 200-pound chimpanzee revealed her heavily disfigured face on television yesterday, saying she is blind and has to eat through...

Nixing radical's speech silences protesters, too

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:01:13 -0500

Here's what should have happened tonight at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Convicted terrorist Raymond Luc Levasseur should have spoken. And then...

Sneak peek at 'Nutcracker'

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:52:56 -0500

Hub kids had visions of sugar plums yesterday as the Boston Ballet took over the Boston Children's Museum. In a Veterans Day tradition, members of the Boston Ballet's...

Boston Fire Department, DA: We didn't block Feds in firefighter probe

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:49:32 -0500

Suffolk prosecutors and Boston Fire Department brass yesterday strongly refuted findings in a federal report, saying they never blocked requests from safety investigators...

Elderly dog attack victim recounts horror

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:39:53 -0500

An elderly Quincy woman nearly mauled to death in her own yard by a neighbor's English bulldog Sunday afternoon is recovering from the encounter, which she called "traumatic." ...

Suffolk/ 7News Poll: By the numbers

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:34:28 -0500

A four-day poll by Suffolk University queried 600 likely voters. Here is a sampling of the electorate's mood on a variety of topics: Do you approve...

DA: Peabody grandma may have been found in Lynn pond

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:00:33 -0500
The body of a 58-year-old Peabody woman who disappeared last year is believed to have been found in a car sunk 16 feet beneath the waters of a Lynn pond. Essex District...

Deer hunter outfoxes dad who abducted daughter, 2

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:39:10 -0500
SANFORD, Maine - A deer hunter convinced a Maine dad to surrender to police more than a day after he abducted his 2-year-old daughter and triggered the state's first...

Terror suspect seeks release ahead of trial

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:29:08 -0500
A Sudbury man accused of plotting terrorist attacks on a mall and planning to assassinate two unidentified government officials is expected to ask the court today to release...

Warlords' political clout threatens Afghans

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:27:36 -0500
KABUL - Warlords helped drive the Russians from Afghanistan, then shelled Kabul into ruins in a bloody civil war after the Soviets left. Now they are back in positions...

Blackouts in Brazil bad sign for Olympics

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:27:04 -0500
RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian officials yesterday investigated a blackout that plunged as many as 60 million people - nearly a third of the nation's population - into darkness,...

Gay rights law passes with Mormon support

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:23:14 -0500
SALT LAKE CITY - The Mormon church for the first time has announced its support of gay rights legislation, an endorsement that helped gain unanimous approval for Salt Lake...

Missouri relatives charged with kid sex crimes

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:21:57 -0500
LEXINGTON, Mo. - Authorities yesterday were searching a rural property in western Missouri for bodies and buried glass jars containing notes written more than 15 years ago...

Topless java oasis reopens

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:20:18 -0500
VASSALBORO, Maine - The Grand View Topless Coffee shop in Vassalboro, Maine, is back in business. Tuesday, the town planning board gave Donald Crabtree permission to operate...