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Former Legislator Loved Shen Yun’s Vivid Backdrop
BOSTON—Shen Yun Performing Arts was greeted by an enthusiastic audience for the third of four shows at the City Wang Theatre, in Boston, Mass., March 1. Lucile ‘Cile’ Hicks, who served in the...
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Boston Chinatown: Partial Building Collapse
BOSTON—Seven stories of a building under construction in Boston’s Chinatown collapsed Thursday morning. Two people have been reported injured. An electrician and a laborer suffered, “non-life...
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The Best All-Natural Dishwasher Detergent Recipe
Dishwasher detergent pods look cool and work pretty well for about 50 cents a load. That doesn’t sound too bad, but if you run your dishwasher every other day like I do, that’s almost $200 a year....
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Timeline of Boston Fire
Honoring the fallen is part of the process of healing. Less than one year from the Boston Marathon Bombing, the city mourns another tragic event. The loss of the lives of two Boston firefighters has...
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In the Line of Healing: Therapy Dogs Soothe First Responders
BOSTON—Just before the anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings, the city is still reeling from the loss of two firefighters in a nine-alarm fire on Beacon Street. Many of those who responded to the...
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Boston Marathon Memorial: A Photo Tour
BOSTON—A steady stream of visitors made their way up the steps of the Boston Public Library in Copley Square. The library is home to “Dear Boston: Messages from the Marathon Memorial,” a collection of...
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Marathon Runners Take Back Boston
BOSTON—The bombs that exploded at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon have changed the marathon forever. While the course is the same, and many of the runners are the same, it is the spirit of...
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Boston Marathon: One Year to the Finish Line
BOSTON —At the Boston Marathon finish line, “Everything is different. Everything about being a spectator, everything about running it. Everything feels different this year,” Randy Crookshank said. His...
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Black Broadway Stars Honor Trailblazers
NEW YORK—The stage at Carnegie Hall exploded in a pulsing array of red and white, “So, you wanted to meet the wizard,” Andre De Shields began the signature song of the wizard from the Broadway musical...
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Profile: African Americans on Broadway
The Producers David Horace Greer David Horace Greer is a playwright, actor, and Tony-nominated producer. He produced “Porgy and Bess”, “Mountaintop,” and “The Scottsboro Boys” on Broadway. His original...
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U.S. Jets Sent to S. Korea in Response to N. Korea Threats
North Korean leader Kim Jung Un has become a quote machine for inflametory statements over the past month. Directly threatening the United States and South Korea, declaring a “state of war” and...
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April Fools’ Prankster Supreme: Google’s Best Hoaxes (+ Videos)
Google announced its latest innovation on April 1, Google Nose, which will allow users to search for smells. It also announced that it will be shutting down its incredibly popular site, YouTube. Wait a...
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Mexican Brewery Workers Die in Confined Space Accident
Seven workers at a Mexican brewery owned by the makers of Corona died while cleaning a tank, Reuters Reported. Media reports have speculated that the workers inhaled toxic fumes, but the investigation...
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The Cicadas Are Coming!
This spring, billions of cicadas will swarm the northeastern United States. A group of periodical cicadas, known as a “brood,” emerges from underground every 17 or every 13 years depending on the...
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North Korea Shuts Down Kaesong
North Korea announced April 8 that it will shut down the Kaesong industrial complex. Closing the complex means pulling out more than 53,000 North Korean workers and cutting it’s most valuable economic...
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Four-Year-Old Shoots Wife of County Deputy
A four-year-old child shot the wife of Wilson County deputy Daniel Fanning April 6 while at the couples home for a cookout, the Tennessean reported. The four-year-old picked up a loaded gun from a bed...
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M6.3 Earthquake Shakes Nuclear Plant in Iran
A 6.3 magnitude earthquake shook Iran at 11:52 GMT ( 7:52 a.m. EST) according to the Unites States Geological Survey (USGS). Local media has reported three dead so far, according to Al Jazeera. The...
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North Korea Tells Foreigners to Evacuate
North Korean state Television carried an announcement by the North Korea’s Asia-Pacific Peace Committee (KAPPC) warning all foreigners in South Korea to evacuate April 9. “The committee informs all...
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Cheering From the Streets
BOSTON—The 2013 male and female winners of the Boston Marathon were Lelisa Desisa Benti, from Ethiopia and Rita Jeptoo from Kenya, respectively. But anyone from Boston knows that the marathon is not...
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Neighbors Lend a Hand to Boston Marathon Runners After Explosions
BOSTON—Gail McManaman and her coworkers were relaxing on the lawn of her Beacon Street apartment watching the Boston Marathon when two explosions at the finish line stopped the party in its tracks....
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