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Although "Buffalo Jim Reeves" placed well behind the record-setting hot dog gobbling of three-time winner Joey Chestnut in Nathan's Famous July Fourth Hot Dog Eating Contest, the big man from Boston, N.Y., was satisfied Saturday afternoon.

Once again we celebrate July 4 with picnics, trips to the beach or lake and fireworks displays.

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Via the Dallas News: Wednesday is when teams officially can begin talking to free agents, and Kidd is expected to get overtures from several teams: Cleveland, Portland, Boston, New York and perhaps the Lakers.

I fly more than I drive for work, but I'd say they are a toss-up in terms of inconvenience and stress .

"Collective Buying Power" is the apt slogan of Groupon , a rapidly-expanding bulk-buying website in which members get big discounts on everything from yoga classes to pro baseball tickets to teeth-whitening services to live lobstersa 'so long as a certain number of members sign up for the offer.

While riding a bus to a graduation event my senior year of college, I distinctly remember thinking, "This is my last bus trip ever." In the brave new world of adulthood, I would, naturally, have no need for long-haul public transportation.

State Police arrested two men Friday night after traffic incidents in Elma and Boston that led to further charges.

A long-time friendship between two Berkeley students turned into a million-dollar donation for the University of Connecticut Wednesday.

Advocates across the country are asking commuters to 'dump the pump' and go with public transportation, emphasizing gas and money savings.

School superintendent Joan Thomas is on the WB Ian lifeline to talk about under age drinking good morning John thanks for your time good morning.

Rockefeller, whose real name is Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, snatched the girl on a Boston street during a supervised visit last July and took her to Baltimore.

BOSTON A German man who called himself Clark Rockefeller and spun fantastic stories about himself during three decades in the United States was convicted Friday of kidnapping his 7-year-old daughter and sentenced to four to five years in prison.

The Boston Town Board on Thursday afternoon named one of its own, Richard K. Hawkins, to serve as supervisor until the end of this year.

A A June 12: The man who calls himself Clark Rockefeller has been found guilty of kidnapping his daughter during a supervised visit last summer.

By:Dave Dahl Member Since: 2008-02-13 Boston approves purchase of bucket truck for parks department Public hearing to be held regarding changes to the extension of water district 2 on June 17 Selling an ambulance will soon allow the town of Boston to buy a bucket truck for the parks department with little or no cost to taxpayers.

Kiva.org has spent the past 3 1/2 years raising money on the Internet to finance destitute entrepreneurs in 44 impoverished countries.

Erie County Sheriff Deputies busted up a party where they say there was underage drinking.

It includes national TV and radio commercials and advertisements at public fountains in Boston, New York and Chicago that feature legs sticking up from the water and the message "Please Do Not Remove Change for 99 Items at Dunkin' Donuts." The oven-toasted Wake-up Wrap breakfast sandwich is a five-inch tortilla with half of a scrambled egg and a ...