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Boston bombing suspect had multiple gunshot wounds

BOSTON — Newly unsealed court papers describe the injuries to the surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect. According to a doctor who treated him, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s injuries included multiple gunshot wounds, including one to the face, and a skull fracture. The injuries were described by Stephen Ray Odom in a legal proceeding at Beth Israel Deaconess […]

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Dr. Robert Saisi

1930 – 2013 RUMFORD — Dr. Robert Saisi, 82, died Monday, Aug. 12, at his residence on Holyoke Avenue, Rumford. He was born in Rumford on Sept. 29, 1930, son of the late Natale and Cleofe (Corti) Saisi.  Dr. Saisi, valedictorian of Stephens High School (Rumford) Class of 1948, earned a E.D.D. in education administration/supervision […]

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Mob boss ‘Whitey’ Bulger guilty in 11 killings

BOSTON (AP) — James “Whitey” Bulger, the feared Boston mob boss who became one of the nation’s most-wanted fugitives, was convicted Monday in a string of 11 killings and dozens of other gangland crimes, many of them committed while he was said to be an FBI informant. Bulger, 83, stood silently and showed no reaction […]

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Jury finds Whitey Bulger guilty of racketeering, 11 killings

BOSTON — James “Whitey” Bulger, the feared Boston mob boss who became one of the nation’s most-wanted fugitives, was convicted Monday in a string of 11 killings and other gangland crimes, many of them committed while he was said to be an FBI informant. Bulger, 83, showed no reaction upon hearing the verdict, which brought to […]

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Friends of bombing suspect face conspiracy charges in Boston

BOSTON — Two friends of suspected Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev were indicted Thursday for allegedly trying to throw away fireworks and other items police say they found in Tsarnaev’s dorm room before his capture. Authorities later found some of the items in a New Bedford landfill, the federal indictment says. Dias Kadyrbayev and Azamat […]

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Red Sox owner enters $70M deal for Boston Globe

BOSTON (AP) — Businessman John Henry, the principal owner of the Boston Red Sox, has entered into an agreement to buy The Boston Globe for $70 million, a massive drop from its record $1.1 billion price two decades ago. The impending purchase from The New York Times Co. marks Henry’s “first foray into the financially […]

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Boston victims to be remembered at Beach to Beacon road race

CAPE ELIZABETH (AP) — Undertones of the Boston Marathon bombings will be evident when thousands of runners take to the course for the TD Beach to Beacon 10-kilometer race in Maine. The starting horn for Saturday’s race in Cape Elizabeth will be sounded by Karen Rand, a former Westbrook resident who now lives in Somerville, […]

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Inmate shoots deputy at Boston hospital

BOSTON — An inmate being taken for treatment at a specialty hospital shot a deputy sheriff after a struggle over the officer’s gun Wednesday, then was shot and critically wounded by a second deputy, police said. Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis said the shooting happened around noon in the emergency room of the Massachusetts Eye […]

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Frances Rolfe McKnight

1921 – 2013 TOPSHAM — Frances Rolfe McKnight, 92, of Rumford and Auburn, died Thursday, July 25, at The Highlands in Topsham. She was born July 18, 1921, in Rumford, the daughter of Cliff and Grace Rolfe, and graduated from Stephens High School and then Bates College in 1943 with a degree in religious studies. […]