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Celtics hoping revived offense has life in Game 5
It started with a 3-pointer by Avery Bradley 16 seconds into the game. It ended with a layup by Jason Terry with 6.5 seconds left. Yes, the Boston ...
Mother of bomb suspects insists sons are innocent
The angry and grieving mother of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects insists that her sons are innocent and that she's no terrorist. But Zubeidat ...
Celts top Knicks 97-90 in OT, avoid playoff sweep
The reeling Boston Celtics needed a spark of optimism and a surge of offense to keep their season going. Jason Terry provided both. The energetic ...
Senators beat Bruins 4-2 to grab No. 7 seed
Ottawa Senators forward Daniel Alfredsson said he's always wanted to face the Montreal Canadiens in the playoffs. Or was he just trying to avoid the ...
Mother of bomb suspects found deeper spirituality
In photos of her as a younger woman, Zubeidat Tsarnaeva wears a low-cut blouse and has her hair teased like a 1980s rock star. After she arrived in ...
Bombing shifts Mass. Senate race before primaries
Even before the explosions, polling suggested that Massachusetts voters weren't excited about the looming special election to replace former U.S. Sen.
Boston bomb suspect in small cell with steel door
The Boston Marathon bombing suspect is being held in a small cell with a steel door at a federal medical detention center about 40 miles outside the ...
Down 3-0, Celtics try avoid sweep Sunday vs Knicks
Hanging on a wall of the Celtics' practice facility, opposite the faded banners that hung in the old Boston Garden a half-century ago, is a spotless ...
J.R. Smith suspended for Game 4 for elbowing Terry
The NBA suspended Knicks guard J.R. Smith on Saturday night for Game 4 of New York's playoff series against Boston for elbowing the Celtics' Jason ...
New England keeps its stride after 2 tragedies
They are six small states, settled before the nation's birth, wedged between New York, Canada and the Atlantic Ocean: New England. The region is ...
Investigators push ahead in Boston bombing probe
With the Boston marathon bombing suspect in a prison hospital, investigators are pushing forward in the U.S. and abroad to piece together the myriad ...
Overseer of US victim funds says work wrenching
His work has immersed him in events that read like a roster of recent catastrophes, from 9/11 to the Gulf oil spill. Now, Kenneth Feinberg is adding ...
Knicks roll to 3-0 lead over Celtics
When the New York Knicks finally returned to the playoffs two years ago, the Boston Celtics let them hang around for only four games. Now Carmelo ...
Boston bombing suspects' mom in terror database
U.S. intelligence agencies added the mother of the Boston bombing suspects to a government terrorism database 18 months before the bombings, two ...
Boston Marathon bombing suspect out of hospital
The surviving Boston Marathon bombings suspect has been released from a civilian hospital and transferred to a federal medical detention center in ...
Boston victims face huge bills; donations pour in
Cost of amputating a leg? At least $20,000. Cost of an artificial leg? More than $50,000 for the most high-tech models. Cost of an amputee's rehab? ...
Police: Boston suspects planned to attack New York
The Boston Marathon bombers were headed for New York's Times Square to blow up the rest of their explosives, authorities said Thursday, in what they ...
AstraZeneca Q1 net profit plunges 31 percent
British drug maker AstraZeneca PLC, facing generic competition for some of its biggest products, says first-quarter profits fell 31 percent.
Officials: Suspect described plot before Miranda
The surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings acknowledged to the FBI his role in the attacks but did so before he was advised of his ...
Boston Marathon victims vow to dance, to run again
Mornings are the hardest for Adrianne Haslet because the 32-year-old professional ballroom dancer forgets at first that her left foot is gone.
Officials: Suspect unarmed when arrested in boat
Two U.S. officials say the surviving suspect in the Boston bombings was unarmed when police captured him hiding inside a boat in a neighborhood back ...
Funerals held for young bomb victim, slain officer
Funerals were held Tuesday for the 8-year-old boy killed in the Boston Marathon bombing and the college police officer authorities say was shot by the ...
Uphill battle for defense of marathon bomb suspect
There are photos of the suspect at the bomb scene, video footage of him dropping a knapsack at the site of one of the blasts, and perhaps most ...
Man describes finding marathon suspect in boat
The Massachusetts man who found the surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect hiding in his boat was glad to be able to help and feels lucky to be ...