Stage Review: “Body Awareness” from Speakeasy Stage Company

Oct. 31, 2010   2 Comments  

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Lesbians, Aspergers and porn

Fire helmet stolen from Boston firetruck

Oct. 31, 2010   2 Comments  

A Jamaica Plain man maybe thought it would be a funny trick to steal a firefighter’s helmet from a firetruck while its crew was working on a call on Halloween night. He will be treated to a night in jail and a few stitches at an area hospital. At about 8 p.m. Sunday, Nicholas Duncan, [...]

Boston firefighter nearly electrocuted

Oct. 31, 2010   2 Comments  

A Boston firefighter was shocked and nearly electrocuted on October 24 during a 4-alarm fire after an aerial ladder set down on contact with a life electrical wire. FirefighterCloseCalls reported that Boston Fire Department Ladder 26 set down on contact with a high-voltage electrical wire with 2,800 volts running through it. A firefighter and fire [...]

Man, 20, killed in New Hampshire motorcycle accident

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A Durham, N.H. 20-year-old was killed in a motorcycle crash in nearby Madbury on Saturday afternoon. Tyler Smith died after missing a curve on Freshet Road and crashing into a cluster of trees, New Hampshire State Police said on Sunday. He had been wearing a full face helmet when he crashed his Honda motorcycle. Police [...]

Coast Guard suspends search for missing Gloucester fisherman

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The Coast Guard suspended around noontime Sunday its search for the crewman who fell overboard from the fishing vessel Lindsey II on Saturday. The Coast Guard Cutter Vigorous searched throughout the night, and a HU-25 Falcon jet searched Sunday morning at first light. But neither were able to locate the victim. The Coast Guard searched [...]

More scenes from the Rally To Restore Sanity And/Or Fear

Oct. 31, 2010   1 Comment  

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Blast correspondent in Washington reacts

Bill Clinton makes Nashua appearance for John Lynch

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NASHUA — Win or lose, Democrats have made it clear that they aren’t going down without a fight. Part of that involves the Democratic Party bringing their big guns to New England. Two weeks ago President Obama gave an impassioned speech at a rally for Governor Deval Patrick in Boston’s Back Bay. A week ago, [...]

State Police investigating bodies found in Chelsea, Revere

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Hours after a 16-year-old boy was stabbed to death in Chelsea early Sunday morning, police in Revere found a man in a marsh near Route 107 in neighboring Revere. Authorities do not believe the deaths are connected, but Chelsea police have noted an upswing in gang-related violence and are investigating the first death as a [...]

The Sims 3 review

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Console players finally get a true Sim experience.

First look at Black Ops’ Zombie Mode

Oct. 31, 2010   2 Comments  

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Play as JFK and Fidel Castro in the Pentagon.

The Force Unleashed 2 review

Oct. 31, 2010   3 Comments  

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The force is mediocre with this one.

16-year-old boy stabbed to death in Chelsea

Oct. 31, 2010   1 Comment  

A bloody year in Chelsea continued Sunday morning after a 16-year-old boy was stabbed to death on Grove Street in the sixth homicide this year in tiny city bordering Boston to the north. Police responded around 1:35 a.m. to 60 Grove Street where they found the victim unconscious, with a single stab wound to the [...]

GALLERY: Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert’s Rally To Restore Sanity And/Or Fear

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Satire defined

Stewart and Colbert Host “Rally To Restore Sanity And/Or Fear”

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Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert hosted “Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear” at the National Mall in Washington Saturday. The event was for a joint rally that crowded streets, taxed the transit system and flooded the Mall. The two comedians’ skewering of the media, Democrats and Republicans has been lauded as a great way to [...]

Filmmaker George Hickenlooper dead at 47

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George Hickenlooper attends Casino Jack Premiere during the 35th Toronto International Film Festival at Roy Thomson Hall on September 16

Foul play not suspected

Rush Limbaugh defends videogames. No, really

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Conservative radio host calls games both free speech and art.

Siobhan Magnus bombs National Anthem at Quincy political rally

Oct. 30, 2010   76 Comments  

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Joe Biden would have sounded better

28-year-old man shot and killed in New Bedford

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State and local police are investigating the death of a New Bedford man, shot early Saturday morning. Ricardo Encarnacion, 28, was shot and killed around 4:30 a.m. this morning outside of a home at 325 North Front St., said Gregg Miliote, a spokesman for the Bristol District Attorney’s office. Encarnacion, who was found outside, was [...]

Joe Biden and Dems stump in Quincy

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Biden spoke passionately about what he feels is at stake this election (John Stephen Dwyer for Blast Magazine)

QUINCY — The race for the 10th Congressional District of Massachusetts is a close one in an election that many view as pivotal. Norfolk District Attorney William Keating is running to succeed retiring fellow Democrat Rep. William Delahunt. Hoping to tip the scales in Keating’s favor, Vice President Biden appeared today at a rally in [...]

You can own the “Back to the Future” DeLorean

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This year is the new 25th Anniversary of a legendary film “Back to the Future” and Profiles in History is partnering with the foundation created by Michael J. Fox, who starred as Marty McFly in the films. The foundation’s Team Fox in an amazing auction of over 150 pieces of Hollywood memorabilia hope to raise [...]