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<![CDATA[It's on the Eastern finals for Bruins]]>
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<![CDATA[BOSTON (AP) -- Tuukka Rask stopped 28 shots, Gregory Campbell scored twice and the Boston Bruins beat the New York Rangers in Game 5 on Saturday to advance to the Eastern Conference finals.]]>
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<![CDATA[Sat, 25 May 2013 18:29:00 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Red Sox rally to clip Indians, 7-4]]>
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<![CDATA[BOSTON (AP) -- Pinch-hitter Mike Carp drove in the tying run with an eighth-inning double and then scored on a double by Dustin Pedroia as the Boston Red Sox rallied for a 7-4 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Saturday.]]>
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<![CDATA[Sat, 25 May 2013 16:05:14 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Lawson does it again for Duke lacrosse]]>
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<![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (AP) -- Westford native David Lawson scored the winning goal with 6:35 left in the fourth quarter to lift Duke to a 16-14 victory against Cornell in the NCAA lacrosse semifinals at Lincoln Financial Field on Saturday.]]>
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<![CDATA[Sat, 25 May 2013 15:28:03 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Search on for pilot of Hanscom flight that crashed in N.Y.]]>
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<![CDATA[EPHRATAH, N.Y. (AP) -- Divers searched a large pond while investigators combed nearby woods Saturday for any sign of the pilot of a volunteer Angel Flight that crashed in upstate New York, killing two passengers.]]>
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<![CDATA[Sat, 25 May 2013 09:40:49 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Obama says nation must do more for fallen heroes]]>
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<![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says the nation must do more than just remember its fallen heroes on Memorial Day.]]>
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<![CDATA[Sat, 25 May 2013 08:02:57 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Syria regime unleashes artillery barrage on Qusair]]>
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<![CDATA[BEIRUT (AP) -- Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad shelled a strategic western town on Saturday in their heaviest barrage of a week-long battle to dislodge rebels from there, activists said.]]>
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<![CDATA[Sat, 25 May 2013 08:02:14 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Judge: Ariz. sheriff's office profiles Latinos]]>
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<![CDATA[PHOENIX (AP) -- A federal judge has ruled that the office of America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff systematically singled out Latinos in its trademark immigration patrols, marking the first finding by a court that the agency racially profiles]]>
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<![CDATA[Sat, 25 May 2013 08:01:37 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Missing Lowell teen to be featured on digital billboard]]>
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<![CDATA[LOWELL -- A Lowell teen who has been missing since March 13 will be highlighted on a digital billboard Saturday in honor of National Missing Children  Day.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@lowellsun.com (Sarah Favot, sfavot@lowellsun.com)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 20:27:13 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Sat. state divisional track meets postponed]]>
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<![CDATA[Sun Staff Report    The MIAA outdoor track meets scheduled for Saturday have been postponed until Monday.]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 14:42:52 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Nashua police request reimbursement for bombing help]]>
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<![CDATA[NASHUA, N.H. (AP) -- The police department in Nashua, N.H., has asked to be reimbursed for $15,000 spent in overtime while helping in the search for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev last month.]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 14:13:49 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Markey releases tax returns]]>
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<![CDATA[BOSTON (AP) -- Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Edward Markey has released his last eight years of tax returns.]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 14:06:26 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Bayliss matter back on the council agenda]]>
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<![CDATA[LOWELL -- City Councilor Rita Mercier is calling for the city to uphold the agreement it reached with Walter Bayliss Jr.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@lowellsun.com (Lyle Moran, lmoran@lowellsun.com)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 11:07:21 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Senate budget invests in education, elder care, local aid]]>
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<![CDATA[BOSTON -- The Senate approved a $34 billion annual state budget late Thursday that makes investments in early education, elder care, local aid and other areas in part by drawing from the state's reserves]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@lowellsun.com (Matt Murphy, State House News Service)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 11:00:54 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Bill to honor slain MIT officer moving quickly]]>
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<![CDATA[BOSTON (AP) -- A bill that would posthumously honor the dream of slain MIT officer Sean Collier to be appointed to the Somerville Police Department is moving quickly through the legislature.]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 05:45:56 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Key span in Washington state collapses]]>
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<![CDATA[MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) -- Dan Sligh and his wife were in their pickup truck on Interstate 5 heading to a camping trip when a bridge before them disappeared in a "big puff of dust.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@lowellsun.com (MANUEL VALDES and MIKE BAKER, Associated Press)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 05:41:53 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[10 things to know Friday]]>
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<![CDATA[Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:    1.]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 05:40:49 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Kerry in Israel, focusing on peace]]>
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<![CDATA[TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged Israel's government on Friday to prevent further settlement construction where possible to help revitalize Middle East peace hopes, but stressed that the Jewish state and Palestinians]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@lowellsun.com (BRADLEY KLAPPER, Associated Press)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 05:40:06 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Britain braces for copycat attacks]]>
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<![CDATA[LONDON (AP) -- Britain is bracing for clashes with right-wing extremists and possible copycat terror attacks after the brutal slaying of a young soldier.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@lowellsun.com (PAISLEY DODDS, Associated Press)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 05:40:04 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[5.7-magnitude earthquake shakes Northern California]]>
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<![CDATA[GREENVILLE, Calif. (AP) -- An earthquake has struck Northern California's Plumas County with a preliminary magnitude of 5.]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 05:11:29 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Bridge collapses in Washington state]]>
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<![CDATA[MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) -- The Washington State Patrol says the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River at Mount Vernon has collapsed, dumping vehicles and people into the water.]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 05:11:25 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Rangers get one back with OT win]]>
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<![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP) -- Chris Kreider, a native of Boxford, Mass., steered in a pass from Rick Nash 7:03 into overtime, and the New York Rangers stayed alive in the Stanley Cup playoffs with a 4-3 victory over the Boston Bruins on Thursday night.]]>
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<![CDATA[Thu, 23 May 2013 20:44:53 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Boy Scouts vote to admit openly gay boys]]>
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<![CDATA[GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) -- In one of their most dramatic choices in a century, local leaders of the Boy Scouts of America voted Thursday to ease a divisive ban and allow openly gay boys to be accepted into the nation's leading youth organization.]]>
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<![CDATA[Thu, 23 May 2013 16:38:57 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Prosecutor: Probe into puppy theft led to Lowell gunfire]]>
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<![CDATA[LOWELL -- It began with an investigation into a $5,000 ransom demand for a dognapped pitbull puppy stolen from a lottery winner.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@lowellsun.com (Lisa Redmond, lredmond@lowellsun.com)]]>
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<![CDATA[Thu, 23 May 2013 15:25:30 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[NH Senate passes bill legalizing medical marijuana]]>
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<![CDATA[CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- New Hampshire soon could join 18 other states and the District of Columbia in allowing seriously ill people to use marijuana in their medical treatment.]]>
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<![CDATA[Thu, 23 May 2013 14:17:53 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Middlesex sheriff looking to move up the chain]]>
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<![CDATA[WALTHAM -- Middlesex Sheriff Peter Koutoujian launched a congressional campaign committee in anticipation of a congressional seat opening up if Ed Markey wins the special election to the U.]]>
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<![CDATA[Thu, 23 May 2013 13:19:28 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[MCC graduates its largest class ever]]>
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<![CDATA[LOWELL--  When Edson Novinyo was growing up in Ghana, he wore sandals made out of recycled car tires, studied from the same books his father had used and developed an interest in aviation from watching birds fly.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@lowellsun.com (Katie Lannan, klannan@lowellsun.com)]]>
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<![CDATA[Thu, 23 May 2013 12:42:31 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Mass. Senate approves changes to sex offender laws]]>
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<![CDATA[BOSTON (AP) -- The Massachusetts Senate has unanimously backed a plan to overhaul the state's procedures for classifying convicted sex offenders.]]>
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<![CDATA[Thu, 23 May 2013 12:23:20 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Archdiocese reinstates suspended priest after investigation]]>
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<![CDATA[BRAINTREE (AP) -- A Roman Catholic priest suspended a year ago after he was accused of child sexual abuse has been reinstated after the allegation was found to be unsubstantiated.]]>
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<![CDATA[Thu, 23 May 2013 12:17:13 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Senate motors through budget amendments]]>
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<![CDATA[By Andy Metzger    State House News Service    BOSTON -- Tacking on special commissions and bumping up spending in areas across the nearly $33.]]>
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<![CDATA[Thu, 23 May 2013 08:00:45 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Lowell police charge man who allegedly shot at detective]]>
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<![CDATA[LOWELL -- A 24-year Lowell man is scheduled to be arraigned on charges, including armed assault with intent to murder, after police allege Ccshron Arthur Brown fired six shots at an undercover Lowell police detective Wednesday.]]>
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<![CDATA[Thu, 23 May 2013 07:25:16 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Springfield police probe two murders in two nights]]>
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<![CDATA[SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) -- Springfield police are investigating the city's second homicide in two nights.]]>
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<![CDATA[Thu, 23 May 2013 05:39:24 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Mass. state rep. resigns,  effective immediately]]>
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<![CDATA[UK emergency committee meets after attack]]>
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<![CDATA[LONDON (AP) -- The British government's emergency committee met Thursday after two attackers butchered a British soldier in a daylight attack in London that raised fears terrorism had returned to the capital.]]>
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<![CDATA[Japanese climber, 80, becomes oldest to summit Everest]]>
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<![CDATA[KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) -- An 80-year-old Japanese man became the oldest person to climb to the top of Mount Everest on Thursday -- although his record may last only a few days.]]>
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<![CDATA[MIAMI (AP) -- LeBron James made a layup as time expired in overtime, and the Miami Heat found a way to beat the Indiana Pacers 103-102 in a wild Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals Wednesday night.]]>
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<![CDATA[CHICAGO (AP) -- Clay Buchholz pitched five-hit ball over seven innings to improve to 7-0, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Chicago White Sox 6-2 Wednesday night to avoid a three-game sweep.]]>
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<![CDATA[Scoreboard: Lowell High girls get in tourney]]>
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<![CDATA[The Lowell High girls lacrosse team made the state tournament field with a 10-5 win over Haverhill in its final chance.]]>
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<![CDATA[Downtown Lowell bridge replacement project delayed 2-3 months]]>
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<![CDATA[By Christopher Scott    cscott@lowellsun.com     LOWELL -- A reconstruction project on a key downtown bridge has been delayed for at least two months while a utility company designs a support system for an important electrical line that passes]]>
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<![CDATA[Iconic Pow-Wow is felled]]>
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<![CDATA[Boston church official faces racketeering charges]]>
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<![CDATA[BOSTON (AP) -- An official at a Boston church who once claimed to be an associate of mobster James "Whitey" Bulger has been arrested on charges of stealing money from the church.]]>
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<![CDATA[LOWELL -- NMTW Community Credit Union will become Align Credit Union in September, the second Lowell-area banking institution in a week to announce a name change.]]>
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<![CDATA[IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -- When a small anti-abortion group in Iowa sought nonprofit status, the IRS asked its board to promise not to organize protests outside Planned Parenthood and demanded to know how its prayer meetings and protest signs were]]>
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<![CDATA[Administrator: Marathon victims procrastinating]]>
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<![CDATA[BOSTON (AP) -- The administrator of the Boston Marathon victims' compensation fund says so far just five people have filed applications for a portion of the $30 million the One Fund has already collected.]]>
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<![CDATA[Death toll rises to 23 in China factory blast]]>
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<![CDATA[BEIJING (AP) -- The death toll from a massive blast at an explosives plant in eastern China has risen to 23 with 10 people still missing.]]>
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<![CDATA[Quintana dominates as White Sox beat Red Sox]]>
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<![CDATA[CHICAGO (AP) -- Jose Quintana took a no-hitter into the seventh before David Ortiz broke it up with a one-out broken-bat single, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Boston Red Sox 3-1 on Tuesday night.]]>
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<![CDATA[Paille's goal puts Bruins on verge of East finals]]>
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<![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP) -- Daniel Paille snapped a tie with 3:31 left in the third period, and the Boston Bruins put the New York Rangers on the brink of elimination with a 2-1 victory in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinal series on Tuesday night.]]>
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<![CDATA[Amber Alert issued in Boston kidnapping]]>
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<![CDATA[BOSTON -- An Amber Alert was issued Tuesday night after a 36-year-old man kidnapped his son at gunpoint from Highland Street in Boston, according to State Police radio broadcasts that describe the father as "armed and dangerous.]]>
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<![CDATA[Tue, 21 May 2013 20:05:43 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Council wants more info on chicken plan]]>
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<![CDATA[Cavaliers win NBA draft lottery again]]>
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<![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP) -- Nick Gilbert and the Cleveland Cavaliers have beaten the NBA lottery odds again.    The Cavaliers won the lottery for the second time in three years Tuesday, giving them the No.]]>
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<![CDATA[LOWELL -- A major piece of Lowell history lost some weight Tuesday afternoon when a gigantic limb of the legendary Pow-Wow Oak tree broke off and fell onto Clark Road.]]>
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<![CDATA[Boston demonstrators protest IRS targeting]]>
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<![CDATA[By Andy Metzger    STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE    BOSTON -- Decrying the Internal Revenue Service's targeting for extra review of Tea Party groups seeking tax-exempt, non-profit status, demonstrators lined the sidewalk in front of the JFK Federal]]>
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<![CDATA[NH Senate panel rejects cigarette tax hike]]>
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<![CDATA[CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- The Senate's budget committee is saying no to a House-proposed 20-cent cigarette tax hike and delays in several business tax credits worth $53 million in revenue.]]>
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<![CDATA[Study says tax hikes will reduce jobs, cut into household income]]>
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<![CDATA[By Michael Norton    STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE    BOSTON -- The tax hike proposals moving through the Legislature this spring will results in 2,460 fewer jobs in Massachusetts and will lower disposable income by about $250 per household, according to]]>
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<![CDATA[LOWELL -- A 19-year-old Lowell man accused of child rape when he was a juvenile has been charged with molesting two young girls in their play area.]]>
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<![CDATA[Ortiz reflects on support, says she has "another big chapter left"]]>
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<![CDATA[Panel using data to develop criminal justice reforms]]>
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<![CDATA[By Andy Metzger    STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE    BOSTON -- Alternatives to incarceration, a new classification of the security risks of inmates, and a protocol of sending inmates from a state prison to a house of correction before release could all be]]>
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<![CDATA[Marathon bomb victims eligible for state fund]]>
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<![CDATA[BOSTON (AP) -- Those affected by the Boston Marathon bombings have an alternative to the widely-publicized One Fund when seeking compensation.]]>
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<![CDATA[Bruschi elected to Patriots Hall of Fame]]>
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<![CDATA[FOXBORO (AP) -- Tedy Bruschi has been elected by fans to the New England Patriots team Hall of Fame.    The team announced Tuesday that the linebacker and three-time Super Bowl champion will be inducted along with broadcaster Gil Santos at a]]>
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<![CDATA[UMass students urge senators to boost funding]]>
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<![CDATA[Tea party activists plan IRS protest in Boston]]>
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<![CDATA[Tobin going to all-electronic tolls]]>
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<![CDATA[Mass. tea partyers to protest IRS]]>
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<![CDATA[BOSTON (AP) -- Tea party activists are planning to hold a demonstration in downtown Boston to protest the Internal Revenue Service for improperly targeting conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status.]]>
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<![CDATA[DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) -- Syria said Tuesday it destroyed an Israeli vehicle that crossed the ceasefire line in the Golan Heights overnight, while the Israeli military said gunfire from Syria had hit an Israeli patrol, damaging a vehicle and prompting]]>
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<![CDATA[WORCESTER (AP) -- The trial of a former Leicester Middle School music teacher charged with raping a 12-year-old female student is getting under way.]]>
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<![CDATA[Boston men convicted in slayings]]>
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<![CDATA[BOSTON (AP) -- 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.]]>
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<![CDATA[Death toll in Oklahoma tornado expected to climb]]>
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<![CDATA[Police: Gunshots fired into Lowell home]]>
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<![CDATA[LOWELL -- A gunshot broke a window of an apartment between Wamesit and Abbott streets in the Back Central neighborhood late Monday night, but no one was struck, police said.]]>
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<![CDATA[High school scoreboard: Gryphons come up big]]>
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<![CDATA[The Greater Lowell Tech baseball team continued to roll along with a 5-3 win over Shawsheen Tech, setting up a game with Whittier Tech on Thursday with the CAC league title on the line.]]>
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<![CDATA[Lester loses for first time all season]]>
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<![CDATA[CHICAGO (AP) -- Adam Dunn hit a three-run homer in the first inning and the Chicago White Sox handed Jon Lester his first loss of the season with a 6-4 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Monday night.]]>
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<![CDATA[Chelmsford awards $2.4M turf-fields pact]]>
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<![CDATA[5 weeks later, bombing victims receive BC degrees, including Ayer native]]>
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<![CDATA[BOSTON (AP) -- Five weeks after they were blasted by shrapnel from a bomb at the Boston Marathon, two Boston College graduate students walked past their applauding classmates to receive their diplomas.]]>
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<![CDATA[Gomez, Markey agree to debate June 5]]>
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<![CDATA[BOSTON (AP) -- Republican Gabriel Gomez and Democrat Edward Markey have agreed to their first debate in Massachusetts' contentious special U.]]>
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<![CDATA[McCain in Mass. on the stump for Gomez]]>
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<![CDATA[BOSTON (AP) -- U.S. Sen. John McCain is in Massachusetts to campaign for and help raise cash for Gabriel Gomez, a fellow Republican and Navy veteran who is running in a special election for the U.]]>
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<![CDATA[East Chelmsford wells remain shut down following tanker accident]]>
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<![CDATA[CHELMSFORD -- About 700 customers of the East Chelmsford Water District need not worry about the safety of their water after an oil tanker overturned Friday night on Route 3, a water district official said Monday.]]>
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<![CDATA[HUDSON -- Residents at 39 B St. need to relocate temporarily after a single-alarm fire burned through the home's roof early Monday morning.]]>
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<![CDATA[BOSTON (AP) -- Johnny Boychuk broke a tie midway through the second period, and the Boston Bruins scored two goals in the third to beat the New York Rangers 5-2 on Sunday and take a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinal series.]]>
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<![CDATA[Billerica raising burial fees 37 percent]]>
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<![CDATA[BILLERICA -- Tack on hundreds of dollars to your funeral budget.    The Billerica Cemetery Commission voted last week to increase the town-owned cemetery lot fee by about 37 percent, from $1,100 to $1,500.]]>
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<![CDATA[MIT scientist killed while riding bike]]>
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<![CDATA[BOSTON (AP) -- A Massachusetts Institute of Technology visiting scientist from Japan has been killed while riding her bicycle in Boston.]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 06:37:34 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) -- Connecticut commuters planned for long, slow trips to and from work Monday following last week's train collision that that injured 72 people and disrupted rail service into New York City.]]>
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<![CDATA[United Airlines is getting its 787s back in the air.    The planes are returning after being grounded for four months by the federal government because of smoldering batteries on 787s owned by other airlines.]]>
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<![CDATA[10 things to know Monday]]>
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<![CDATA[Wave of attacks kills at least 57 in Iraq]]>
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<![CDATA[BAGHDAD (AP) -- A string of car bombs and shootings tore through Shiite and Sunni areas of Iraq on Monday, killing at least 57 people and escalating fears of a return to widespread sectarian bloodletting, officials said     The attacks, some of]]>
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<![CDATA[Bradley can't hold lead at Byron Nelson Classic]]>
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<![CDATA[IRVING, Texas (AP) -- Sang-Moon Bae won the Bryon Nelson Championship on Sunday for his first PGA Tour title, beating third-round leader Keegan Bradley by two strokes after blowing a four-stroke lead.]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 05:06:08 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Lowell General TeamWalk raises $920G]]>
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<![CDATA[LOWELL -- Much strength can be drawn from numbers, as organizers of Lowell General Hospital's 14th annual TeamWalk for CancerCure and Boston Bruins national anthem singer Rene Rancourt again proved at the Tsongas Arena on Sunday.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@lowellsun.com (John Collins, jcollins@lowellsun.com)]]>
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<![CDATA[IRS probe ignored most influential groups]]>
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<![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- There's an irony in the Internal Revenue Service's crackdown on conservative groups.]]>
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<![CDATA[Sun, 19 May 2013 07:46:27 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[One $590M-plus Powerball ticket sold in Zerphyrhills, Fla.]]>
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<![CDATA[DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- It's all about the odds, and one lone ticket in Florida has beaten them all by matching each of the numbers drawn for the highest Powerball jackpot in history at an estimated $590.]]>
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<![CDATA[Sun, 19 May 2013 07:44:45 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Aide: Obama learned about IRS from news accounts]]>
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<![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- A senior White House adviser insists President Barack Obama learned the Internal Revenue Service had been targeting tea party groups "when it came out in the news.]]>
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<![CDATA[Ortiz blasts two homers in Sox rout]]>
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<![CDATA[MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- David Ortiz homered twice and drove in six runs to torment his former team once again, leading the Boston Red Sox to a 12-5 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday night.]]>
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<![CDATA[NBA dream may soon be a reality for Lowell's Oriakhi]]>
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<![CDATA[Alex Oriakhi had barely entered middle school when the doubters began trying to deflate his dreams.    As a youngster growing up in the Pawtucketville section of Lowell, Oriakhi aspired to one day play in the greatest professional basketball league]]>
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<![CDATA[Oxbow takes the Preakness as Orb fades]]>
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<![CDATA[BALTIMORE (AP) -- Oxbow has won the Preakness, ruining Orb's bid to capture the Triple Crown.    Oxbow led from start to finish.]]>
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<![CDATA[Sat, 18 May 2013 16:37:14 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[600 graduate from Fitchburg State]]>
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<![CDATA[FITCHBURG -- Fitchburg State University held its 117th commencement Saturday with about 600 graduates earning degrees.]]>
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<![CDATA[Lowell trio charged in NH hammer attack]]>
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<![CDATA[HOLLIS, N.H. (AP) -- Police say two men and a woman from Massachusetts are charged with attacking a man with a hammer and knife following a roommate dispute in Hollis, N.]]>
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<![CDATA[Sat, 18 May 2013 08:17:16 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Powerball jackpot closing in on another record]]>
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<![CDATA[DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- A little more than a year after three tickets split a world-record lottery prize, the jackpot for Saturday's Powerball drawing was nearing historic territory.]]>
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<![CDATA[Sat, 18 May 2013 08:08:30 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Probe begins after Conn. commuter trains crash]]>
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<![CDATA[FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) -- Two commuter trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in an accident that sent about 70 people to the hospital, severely damaged the tracks and threatened to snarl travel in the congested Northeast Corridor.]]>
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<![CDATA[Priest suspended after plagiarism allegation]]>
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<![CDATA[SANDWICH, Mass. (AP) -- A Cape Cod Episcopal priest has been suspended for allegedly plagiarizing more than a dozen sermons verbatim from a book.]]>
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<![CDATA[Sat, 18 May 2013 08:00:48 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Obama talks jobs, says politics misplace focus]]>
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<![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is calling attention to his economic proposals and efforts to expand the middle class.]]>
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<![CDATA[Sat, 18 May 2013 07:59:36 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[UPDATE: Tanker spill closes Rte. in Chelmsford]]>
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<![CDATA[Sun Staff Report    CHELMSFORD -- A tanker truck overturned on Route 3 northbound just before the Lowell Connector at 11:02 p.]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 17 May 2013 22:23:25 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[High school scores]]>
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<![CDATA[BASEBALL    Tewksbury 7, North Andover 5;    Worcester Tech 16, Nashoba Tech 3;    Chelmsford 8, Lowell 2;    Haverhill 9, Billerica 8;    Austin Prep 16, North Shore Tech 4;    Tyngsboro 11, Gardner 3;    Central Catholic 8, Andover 3;]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 17 May 2013 21:46:57 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Nashua man faces Hudson sex-assault charges]]>
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<![CDATA[HUDSON, N.H. -- A 37-year-old Nashua man was arrested Friday on an outstanding warrant charging him in a sexual assault of a minor.]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 17 May 2013 20:45:48 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Nearly 50 injured as Conn. trains collide]]>
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<![CDATA[FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) -- Two commuter trains serving New York City collided in Connecticut during Friday's evening rush hour, injuring about 50 people, authorities said.]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 17 May 2013 19:56:40 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[On UML election eve, Commissioner Davis credits community policing with cracking marathon bombings]]>
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<![CDATA[LOWELL -- Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis earned himself a national reputation modeling community policing when he was the superintendent of the Lowell Police Department.]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 17 May 2013 19:24:33 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Golf great Ken Venturi dies]]>
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<![CDATA[Former U.S. Open champion Ken Venturi has died just 12 days after he was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@lowellsun.com (Doug Ferguson, AP Golf Writer)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 17 May 2013 17:40:24 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Officer shot by bomb suspects in rehab]]>
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<![CDATA[BOSTON (AP) -- The MBTA police officer who was critically injured in a shootout with the Boston Marathon bombing suspects has moved to a rehab hospital.]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 17 May 2013 17:34:31 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[DA: Infant dies in Lowell shaken-baby case]]>
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<![CDATA[Sun Staff Report    LOWELL -- A nine-week old baby boy allegedly shaken into unconsciousness by his father last weekend has died, the Middlesex District Attorney's office has confirmed.]]>
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<![CDATA[Billerica man facing 12th OUI held without bail for 90 days]]>
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<![CDATA[AYER -- Describing a 62-year-Billerica man facing his 12th drunken-driving charge as a "deadly menace" behind the wheel, prosecutor Katherine Briggs argued that Guy Patierno is a danger to society and the only way to keep him from drinking and]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 17 May 2013 15:08:21 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Patrick OK $21M in spending, reversing cuts]]>
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<![CDATA[By Matt Murphy    State House News Service    BOSTON -- In light of stronger than anticipated tax collections through April and under pressure from lawmakers, the Patrick administration announced Friday it would restore $20.]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 17 May 2013 13:41:37 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Lowell refugees share efforts to adapt, retain culture]]>
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<![CDATA[LOWELL -- While the city's immigrant and refugee dynamics are changing, community support and education remain the keys for welcoming new populations, said speakers at the Voices from Home panel Friday morning.]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 17 May 2013 11:45:21 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Thieves break in to Pelham store, steal boxes of cigarettes]]>
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<![CDATA[PELHAM -- Police are asking the public's to help catch three men who broke into a local business and stole boxloads of cigarettes.]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 17 May 2013 10:58:49 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[House chairman sees IRS errors as part of pattern]]>
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<![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Internal Revenue Service's improper use of tougher scrutiny of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status seems part of a broader pattern of intimidation and cover-ups by the Obama administration, a top House Republican]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@lowellsun.com (ALAN FRAM and STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 17 May 2013 09:22:10 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Bulger lawyers object to juror background checks]]>
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<![CDATA[BOSTON (AP) -- Lawyers for reputed gangster James "Whitey" Bulger have criticized a request from prosecutors to do criminal background checks on potential jurors for Bulger's trial.]]>
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<![CDATA[Evidence of torture found in Syrian prisons]]>
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<![CDATA[BEIRUT (AP) -- Rights activists have found torture devices and other evidence of abuse in government prisons in the first Syrian city to come under the control of the opposition, Human Rights Watch said in a report Friday.]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 17 May 2013 05:40:53 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Quabbin trespassers posed no threat]]>
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<![CDATA[BELCHERTOWN, Mass. (AP) -- Investigators have determined that seven people spotted by police in a restricted area near the Quabbin Reservoir have no connection to any criminal activity or groups.]]>
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<![CDATA[Leaving scandal behind, Obama heads to Baltimore]]>
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<![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is leaving behind scandal-focused Washington to focus on the country's slowly improving jobs picture.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@lowellsun.com (NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 17 May 2013 05:30:45 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[10 things to know Friday]]>
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<![CDATA[1. HOUSE TO GRILL OUSTED IRS CHIEF    Steven Miller will have to answer to a Republican-run committee today about why conservative groups were targeted by the agency.]]>
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<![CDATA[Chelmsford walks off with win]]>
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<![CDATA[Abby Desrosiers had 2 hits and scored 2 runs, including the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning as Chelmsford topped rival Billerica, 4-3.]]>
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<![CDATA[Marchand wins it for Bruins in OT]]>
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<![CDATA[BOSTON (AP) -- Brad Marchand scored with 4:20 left in the first overtime and the Boston Bruins beat the New York Rangers 3-2 in the first playoff game in 40 years between the Original Six teams.]]>
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<![CDATA[Candice Glover wins 'American Idol']]>
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<![CDATA[LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Candice Glover was crowned the new "American Idol" on Thursday after defeating country singer Kree Harrison.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@lowellsun.com (DERRIK J. LANG, AP Entertainment Writer)]]>
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<![CDATA[Thu, 16 May 2013 20:38:45 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Boy's ashes saved in Pelham blaze]]>
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<![CDATA[PELHAM -- John Zimmerman's wife and three children had made it safely out of their burning house on Little Island Pond, and they were able to grab birth certificates and other valuables before they ran out.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@lowellsun.com (Grant Welker, gwelker@lowellsun.com)]]>
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<![CDATA[Thu, 16 May 2013 20:22:38 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Power outage impacts 500 in Lowell]]>
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<![CDATA[Sun Staff Report    LOWELL -- About 500 customers were without power late Thursday afternoon in the area around Gorham Street, according to National Grid.]]>
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<![CDATA[Thu, 16 May 2013 16:04:20 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Keegan Bradley shoots 60 at PGA event]]>
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<![CDATA[IRVING, Texas (AP) -- Keegan Bradley has set the TPC Four Seasons course record with a 10-under 60 in the opening round of the Byron Nelson Championship.]]>
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<![CDATA[Thu, 16 May 2013 13:01:01 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[ATM robbery suspect held on $15K bail]]>
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<![CDATA[LOWELL -- A 25-year-old Lowell man accused of lurking outside the ATM vestibule of a downtown bank, then using a box cutter knife to steal customers' cash, was ordered held on $15,000 cash bail on charges linked to a string of robberies from March]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@lowellsun.com (Lisa Redmond, lredmond@lowellsun.com)]]>
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<![CDATA[Thu, 16 May 2013 12:18:14 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[MassDevelopment issues $61M in bonds to Lowell General]]>
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<![CDATA[LOWELL -- MassDevelopment announced Thursday that it has issued $61 million in tax-exempt bonds on behalf of Lowell General Hospital.]]>
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<![CDATA[Thu, 16 May 2013 08:46:53 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[State reports loss of 1,400 jobs last month]]>
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<![CDATA[BOSTON (AP) -- The Massachusetts unemployment rate held steady in April while preliminary estimates show the state losing 1,400 jobs during the month.]]>
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<![CDATA[Consumer prices fall on cheaper gas]]>
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<![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- A sharp fall in the cost of gas drove a measure of U.S. consumer prices down last month by the most since December 2008.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@lowellsun.com (CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER, AP Economics Writer)]]>
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<![CDATA[Thu, 16 May 2013 07:48:36 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[GOP wants more Benghazi documents released]]>
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<![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House release of some 100 pages of emails and notes about the deadly attack on the U.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@lowellsun.com (DONNA CASSATA, Associated Press)]]>
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<![CDATA[Thu, 16 May 2013 05:29:10 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Joint chiefs chairman cites 'crisis' over assaults]]>
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<![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sexual assault in the U.S. military is costing the armed services the confidence of women in uniform that the problem can be solved, the nation's top military officer warns.]]>
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<![CDATA[Thu, 16 May 2013 05:26:34 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[At least 6 killed by Texas tornado]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@lowellsun.com (JOHN L. MONE and ANGELA K. BROWN, Associated Press)]]>
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<![CDATA[Thu, 16 May 2013 05:25:21 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Thu, 16 May 2013 05:24:29 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Car bomb kills six in Kabul]]>
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<![CDATA[KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- NATO says two of its service members and four civilian contractors were killed when a suicide car bomber struck a convoy belonging to the military alliance in the Afghan capital.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@lowellsun.com (AMIR SHAH and KATHY GANNON, Associated Press)]]>
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<![CDATA[Thu, 16 May 2013 05:19:21 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Westfield woman avoids prison in embezzlement from city coffers]]>
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<![CDATA[SPRINGFIELD (AP) -- A woman who embezzled more than $100,000 from Westfield while working in the city collector's office has avoided prison time.]]>
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<![CDATA[Thu, 16 May 2013 05:18:13 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Nantucket woman found not guilty in daughter's death]]>
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<![CDATA[NANTUCKET (AP) -- A Nantucket woman authorities say killed her 3-year-old daughter because she thought the girl was possessed by the devil has been found not criminally responsible because of mental illness.]]>
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<![CDATA[Thu, 16 May 2013 05:18:09 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Mass. House GOP: Audit IRS on targeting of conservative groups]]>
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<![CDATA[BOSTON (AP) -- Massachusetts House Republicans are weighing in on the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups.]]>
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<![CDATA[Thu, 16 May 2013 05:01:23 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- Jon Lester stayed unbeaten, Stephen Drew hit his second career grand slam and the Boston Red Sox roughed up AL Cy Young winner David Price and the Tampa Bay Rays, 9-2, on Wednesday night.]]>
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<![CDATA[Wed, 15 May 2013 21:09:16 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[High school scores]]>
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<![CDATA[20-25 Lowell teachers could be laid off this year]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@lowellsun.com (Sarah Favot, sfavot@lowellsun.com)]]>
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<![CDATA[Arrest made in violent assaults at Lowell ATM]]>
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<![CDATA[LOWELL -- One day after Lowell police released a photograph of a suspect in the armed robbery of five people who used a downtown ATM, a tip from the public led to an arrest and charges against a 25-year-old Lowell man.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@lowellsun.com (Robert Mills, rmills@lowellsun.com)]]>
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<![CDATA[Wed, 15 May 2013 19:58:49 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Duquette to be named new UMass Lowell men's basketball coach]]>
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<![CDATA[LOWELL -- Pat Duquette will be named the new head men's basketball coach at UMass Lowell.    Duquette spent the last two seasons as associate head coach at Northeastern University.]]>
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<![CDATA[Wed, 15 May 2013 19:44:22 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Pats cut Love after diabetes diagnosis]]>
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<![CDATA[FOXBORO (AP) -- The New England Patriots released defensive tackle Kyle Love on Wednesday after he was diagnosed with diabetes.]]>
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<![CDATA[Tsongas: Afghan women have made great strides]]>
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<![CDATA[LOWELL -- When the Taliban ruled Afghanistan, women could not attend school and were considered second-class citizens in the country.]]>
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<![CDATA[Obama: IRS acting commissioner being ousted]]>
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<![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced the ouster of the top official at the Internal Revenue Service following disclosures that the agency targeted conservative political groups.]]>
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<![CDATA[LOWELL -- The city has found a new location for its annual fireworks display to celebrate Independence Day.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@lowellsun.com (Lyle Moran, lmoran@lowellsun.com)]]>
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<![CDATA[Lawmakers hear call to professionalize veterans' services officers.]]>
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<![CDATA[Wed, 15 May 2013 13:55:17 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Billerica woman, Chelmsford man charged in NH break-ins]]>
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<![CDATA[CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- Three Massachusetts residents, including one from Billerica and one from Chelmsford, have been charged in a series of burglaries.]]>
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<![CDATA[Wed, 15 May 2013 12:41:30 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[NH House panel KOs casino bill]]>
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<![CDATA[CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- A special joint House committee has recommended killing a bill that would legalize a casino in New Hampshire.]]>
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<![CDATA[Quabbin Reservoir tests normal after trespassing]]>
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<![CDATA[BELCHERTOWN, Mass. (AP) -- State officials say testing done at the Quabbin Reservoir showed no abnormalities after seven people were seen at a reservoir park entrance late at night.]]>
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<![CDATA[LowellBank seeks name change to Sage Bank]]>
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<![CDATA[LOWELL -- Officials at LowellBank announced Wednesday that the business has filed applications to change its name to Sage Bank, a move they hope will help the company expand.]]>
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<![CDATA[Proposed Senate budget short of Patrick's request]]>
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<![CDATA[By Matt Murphy    STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE    BOSTON -- Senate budget officials on Wednesday will present plans for state spending of $33.]]>
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<![CDATA[Man gets probation for assault on stranger in wheelchair]]>
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<![CDATA[AYER -- A 36-year-old military veteran, suffering from mental health and medical issues, was placed on probation for a year for assaulting a stranger in a wheelchair.]]>
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<![CDATA[Boston fire chief criticized for marathon response]]>
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<![CDATA[Palestinians mark their 1948 displacement]]>
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<![CDATA[RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) -- Thousands of Palestinians took to the streets in the West Bank and Gaza on Wednesday to mark the 65th anniversary of their mass displacement during the war that followed Israel's founding in 1948.]]>
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<![CDATA[House panel set to OK cut in food stamp program]]>
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<![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House Agriculture Committee is set to consider small cuts to the $80 billion-a-year food stamp program in an effort to appease conservatives who say the food aid has become too expensive.]]>
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<![CDATA[Wed, 15 May 2013 05:55:47 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Quabbin trespassing probed]]>
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<![CDATA[BELCHERTOWN (AP) -- Massachusetts state police say they and the FBI are investigating a trespassing incident at the Quabbin Reservoir but have no evidence of terrorism.]]>
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<![CDATA[Diplomat or spy? American detained briefly in Russia]]>
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<![CDATA[Pedestrian killed in Springfield]]>
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<![CDATA[SPRINGFIELD (AP) -- Springfield police a 58-year-old man died after being struck by a pickup truck on a city street.]]>
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<![CDATA[AP: Tamerlan Tsarnaev's widow to cooperate in probe, lawyer says]]>
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<![CDATA[PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A new criminal defense lawyer for the widow of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev says his client will continue to cooperate with investigators but says he plans to keep quiet about the details of her case publicly]]>
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<![CDATA[MGM seeks July casino vote in Springfield]]>
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<![CDATA[SPRINGFIELD (AP) -- MGM Resorts International has announced that it's requesting a July 16 referendum in Springfield on its $800 million casino plan.]]>
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<![CDATA[Wed, 15 May 2013 04:52:11 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Consultants update Council on Rourke Bridge plans]]>
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<![CDATA[LOWELL -- The team studying a potential permanent replacement for the Rourke Bridge has identified four alignments it believes are most deserving of consideration for a new span there.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@lowellsun.com (Lyle Moran, lmoran@lowellsun.com)]]>
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<![CDATA[Tue, 14 May 2013 21:38:02 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Convict escapes, is caught in Concord]]>
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<![CDATA[CONCORD -- A 25-year-old Leominster man who was nearing the end of a 5- to 6-year prison sentence for felony assault faces more jail time after spending about two hours on the lam Tuesday.]]>
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<![CDATA[Tue, 14 May 2013 21:17:06 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Red Sox remain in slump]]>
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<![CDATA[ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- Tampa Bay's Matt Moore pitched six strong innings and beat the Boston Red Sox, 5-3, Tuesday night to remain unbeaten and claim a share of the major league lead in victories.]]>
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<![CDATA[Tue, 14 May 2013 21:16:10 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[High school scores]]>
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<![CDATA[BOYS TENNIS    Lawrence 4, Billerica 1;    Bedford 5, Chelmsford 0;    Westford 4, Boston Latin 1;    Wilmington 5, Stoneham 0;    Lowell Catholic 4, Haverhill 1    GIRLS TENNIS    Lowell Catholic 3, Tyngsboro 2;    Bedford 5, Chelmsford 0;]]>
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<![CDATA[Tue, 14 May 2013 20:03:22 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Soldier in sexual-assault office accused of abuse]]>
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<![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- A soldier assigned to coordinate a sexual assault prevention program in Texas is under investigation for "abusive sexual contact" and other alleged misconduct and has been suspended from his duties, the Army announced Wednesday.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@lowellsun.com (ROBERT BURNS, AP National Security Writer)]]>
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<![CDATA[Tue, 14 May 2013 19:05:29 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[New principal at Hajjar Elementary in Billerica]]>
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<![CDATA[BILLERICA -- Hajjar Elementary School is getting a new leader.     Billerica Superintendent of Schools Tim Piwowar announced at Monday's School Committee meeting that Tyngsboro Elementary School principal Beth Devine will be the next principal in]]>
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<![CDATA[Tue, 14 May 2013 14:06:10 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Meals tax holiday on state's plate]]>
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<![CDATA[BOSTON -- The Joint Committee on Revenue heard testimony Tuesday from supporters of the Meals Tax Holiday with no sign of opposition.]]>
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<![CDATA[Tue, 14 May 2013 13:50:33 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA['Little lungs' bill would ban smoking in vehicles with children]]>
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<![CDATA[By Colleen Quinn    STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE     BOSTON  -- Smokers who drive with children in their vehicles would no longer be able to light up, under legislation being considered by lawmakers on the Public Health Committee.]]>
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<![CDATA[Tue, 14 May 2013 12:06:19 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Parents of slain teen plea for action]]>
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<![CDATA[By Matt Murphy    STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE    BOSTON -- The parents of slain Wayland teenager Lauren Astley made a heartfelt plea to lawmakers on Tuesday to implement comprehensive teen relationship and violence education in public schools, hoping]]>
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<![CDATA[Tue, 14 May 2013 11:39:33 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Manhunt for escaped convict ends with capture]]>
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<![CDATA[CONCORD -- A nearly two-hour search for a prison escapee ended shortly before 1 p.m. Tuesday as the authorities caught up with him.]]>
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<![CDATA[Tue, 14 May 2013 11:29:16 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Bomb victim Sdoia released from hospital]]>
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<![CDATA[BOSTON -- Dracut native Roseann Sdoia was released from Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital on Tuesday morning, less than a month after losing a leg in the Boston Marathon bombings.]]>
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<![CDATA[Tue, 14 May 2013 10:43:53 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Analysts: Plenty of power to meet summer demands]]>
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<![CDATA[BOSTON -- Despite an economy on the upswing, conservation and efficiency efforts will help to slightly lower the projected peak power demand in the Northeast this summer and analysts are projecting]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@lowellsun.com (Michael P. Norton, STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE)]]>
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<![CDATA[Tue, 14 May 2013 10:08:14 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Democracy needs to challenge terrorism's 'poisonous narrative']]>
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<![CDATA[By Andy Metzger    STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE    BOSTON -- Diverse and democratic societies need to challenge the "poisonous narrative" that feeds terrorism and should trumpet the virtues of a free and multitudinous way of life, British Prime Minister]]>
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<![CDATA[Tue, 14 May 2013 08:50:21 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Billerica man, accused of 12th OUI, held without bail]]>
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<![CDATA[AYER -- A Billerica man facing his 12th drunken-driving charge will be held without bail until Friday, when prosecutors plan to argue that the only way to keep Guy J.]]>
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<![CDATA[Tue, 14 May 2013 06:52:11 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[10 things to know for today]]>
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<![CDATA[Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:    1.]]>
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<![CDATA[Tue, 14 May 2013 06:34:17 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Russian accuses US diplomat of spying]]>
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<![CDATA[MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia's security services say they have caught a U.S. diplomat who they claim is a CIA agent in a red-handed attempt to recruit a Russian agent.]]>
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<![CDATA[Tue, 14 May 2013 06:32:57 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Angelina Jolie says she had double mastectomy]]>
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<![CDATA[LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Angelina Jolie says that she has had a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried a gene that made it extremely likely she would get breast cancer.]]>
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<![CDATA[Tue, 14 May 2013 05:28:07 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Gov. Patrick headed to Ireland]]>
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<![CDATA[BOSTON (AP) -- Gov. Deval Patrick is heading to Ireland to join a trade mission already under way by Senate President Therese Murray.]]>
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<![CDATA[Tue, 14 May 2013 05:20:47 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Group: Docs have right to discuss gun safety]]>
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<![CDATA[BOSTON (AP) -- The Massachusetts Medical Society is reaffirming the right of doctors in the state to discuss gun safety with their patients.]]>
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<![CDATA[Tue, 14 May 2013 05:07:59 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Woman's body pulled from Upton pond]]>
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<![CDATA[UPTON (AP) -- Authorities have recovered a 48-year-old woman's body from an Upton pond.    The Worcester district attorney's office says the body of Sheryl Mayo was pulled from Pratt Pond at about 5 p.]]>
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<![CDATA[Tue, 14 May 2013 05:05:36 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[UPDATE: AG: Human-trafficking ring used fake businesses (VIDEO)]]>
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<![CDATA[WILMINGTON -- Massage parlors in Wilmington, Billerica and Bedford are among the businesses authorities believe a Medford woman and a Woburn man used as fronts in what they are calling an extensive human-trafficking ring.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@lowellsun.com (Katie Lannan, klannan@lowellsun.com)]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 13 May 2013 21:02:40 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[High school scores]]>
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<![CDATA[BOYS TENNIS    Tyngsboro 5, Gardner 0;    Memorial 6, Alvirne 3;    Wachusett 4, Groton-Dunstable 1;    Wayland 4, Concord-Carlisle 1;    Westford 4, Acton-Boxboro 1;    North Andover 5, Central Catholic 0;    Marlboro 4, North Middlesex 1    GIRLS]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 13 May 2013 20:15:09 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Billerica Superfund site part of EPA five-year review]]>
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<![CDATA[BOSTON (AP) -- The EPA has begun five-year reviews of 16 Superfund sites across New England.    The evaluations are conducted every five years on previously completed cleanup and remediation work performed at Superfund sites to determine whether the]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 13 May 2013 18:28:59 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Mass. gas prices rise 6 cents]]>
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<![CDATA[BOSTON (AP) -- Massachusetts gasoline prices are up six cents this week, but are still below the national average.]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 13 May 2013 15:27:25 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[UTEC pushes Vote 17 effort again]]>
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<![CDATA[LOWELL -- Teens pushing to have the voting age in city elections lowered to 17 will testify at the Statehouse on Wednesday in favor of their proposal.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@lowellsun.com (Lyle Moran, lmoran@lowellsun.com)]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 13 May 2013 14:15:34 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Chelmsford man pleads not guilty to child abuse]]>
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<![CDATA[LOWELL -- A 48-year-old Chelmsford man pleaded not guilty to a charge that he hit his 2-year-old son with special needs in the face giving the boy two black eyes.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@lowellsun.com (Lisa Redmond, lredmond@lowellsun.com)]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 13 May 2013 13:26:18 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[State busts human trafficking ring]]>
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<![CDATA[WILMINGTON -- Attorney General Martha Coakley will hold a press conference this afternoon at 4:00 p.m.]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 13 May 2013 12:57:09 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Frustrated in Congress, Capuano weighs gubernatorial run]]>
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<![CDATA[By Andy Metzger    STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE    BOSTON -- Eager for substantive debates that he says are lacking on Capitol Hill, Congressman Michael Capuano said Monday he is closer to his own decision on whether to run for governor in 2014.]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 13 May 2013 12:06:24 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Carey appointed new trial court chief justice]]>
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<![CDATA[BOSTON -- The Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court on Monday announced the appointment of the Honorable Paula M.]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 13 May 2013 09:51:37 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Burst pipe gives collaborative students day off]]>
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<![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP) -- A longtime board member accused of quieting allegations of sexual abuse at an elite New York City prep school has been stripped of his title of emeritus trustee.]]>
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<![CDATA[Sun, 12 May 2013 08:37:55 -0600]]>
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