The trial of ’Whitey’ Bulger
Confessed murderer ties Bulger to 6 killings
John Martorano took the stand for the first time against his friend-turned-foe, James “Whitey” Bulger, and recounted a long series of deaths.
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The trial of ’Whitey’ Bulger
John Martorano took the stand for the first time against his friend-turned-foe, James “Whitey” Bulger, and recounted a long series of deaths.
“I am ready to lead,” said Newton Democrat Donald M. Berwick, a pediatrician and former Obama administration official.
Welfare applicants would need to prove they have searched for employment before receiving cash benefits, the bill proposes.
The man allegedly left a woman bleeding after he tried to cut off her clothes with a knife and threatened to rape her.
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Police believe that a Beverly woman who initially claimed she was kidnapped and locked in the trunk of her car made the episode up, and she will now face a charge of falsifying a police report, Beverly police spokesman Mike Boccuzzi said.
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Adrian Walker
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Not many people know that Rockport and Gloucester were once called Tragabigzanda. Or that Salem was Sholom Naumkeag.
Deep within the ocean’s sediments dwell half of the microorganisms on Earth.
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