SOUTHBOROUGH, Mass. Chris Grenier had a plan after graduating from Algonquin Regional in 2005, and it didn’t include matriculating to college like the vast majority of his classmates. It was nothing against higher education. It just wasn’t as appealing as higher elevation. So it was out with the books and all in with the snowboards. […]
2015
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Hopes of preserving Cherokee language
CHEROKEE, N.C. Kevin Tafoya grew up hearing Cherokee all around him — his mother, a grandmother and grandfather, aunts and an uncle all spoke the language that now is teetering on the edge of extinction. Yet his mother purposely didn’t teach him. “She told us she had a hard time in school transitioning from Cherokee […]
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Iran nuke talks stumble after missing deadline
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier says negotiators at the Iran nuclear talks are still facing a “tough struggle,” indicating the talks are not likely to end soon. At the same time, he’s holding out hope that the sides will be able to negotiate a preliminary accord that will let them embark […]
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Hughes, Buchholz look sharp in Twins-Red Sox 4-4 tie
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Phil Hughes and Clay Buchholz each had a final spring training tuneup Wednesday as the Minnesota Twins and a Boston Red Sox split squad played to a 4-4 tie in nine innings. Hughes, slated to start Minnesota’s regular-season opener Monday in Detroit, struck out five, walked two and gave up […]
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Reid’s exit sets off leadership scramble
WASHINGTON (AP) — A very public spat between the No. 2 and No. 3 Senate Democrats is dashing the party’s hopes for a drama-free succession in the wake of Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid’s retirement. Dick Durbin of Illinois and Chuck Schumer of New York are longtime colleagues and former housemates in a group home […]
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10 Ebola cases found during shutdown
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Sierra Leone found 10 new Ebola cases during a three-day countrywide shutdown, an official said Wednesday, declaring that the West African country is now at the “tail end” of the epidemic. Hundreds of sick people were identified on Friday, Saturday and Sunday as health teams went door-to-door in an operation […]
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Student charged with sex abuse at day care
BRIDGEWATER, Mass. (AP) — A 21-year-old Bridgewater State University student has pleaded not guilty to sexually abusing two preschool boys at a campus day care center where he worked. The Plymouth district attorney’s office said Kyle Patrick Loughlin of Wrenthan was arraigned Wednesday on two counts of rape of a child and three counts of […]
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217 suspected Mass. heroin overdose deaths
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts state police are reporting more than 200 suspected heroin overdose deaths during the first three months of this, a figure that doesn’t even include the state’s three largest cities. According to the statistics provided by the state police, there were 72 suspected heroin overdose deaths in March. The totals for the […]
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Judge ends Maine man’s attempt to salvage Cape Cod shipwreck
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A treasure hunter’s effort to salvage what he calls $3 billion in platinum from a World War II shipwreck off Cape Cod has been ended by a federal judge. Greg Brooks’ company Sea Hunters LP is no longer allowed to salvage additional items from the S.S. Port Nicholson, which was sunk […]