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U.S. Charges 11 in TJX Data Theft

DOJ takes action in one of the largest cases of identity theft stemming from a database hack.

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Related Topix: Retail, Barnes and Noble, TJX Companies

Thu Aug 07, 2008

WTNH

Rockefeller may have been Berlin student

Investigators looking into the mysterious past of a man accused of kidnapping his 7-year-old daughter in Boston are trying to determine if he was once a German exchange student to Connecticut.

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Related Topix: Berlin, CT

Wed Aug 06, 2008

EagleTribune.com, North Andover, MA

'Idol' winner visits 'Port for shopping spree

Petit Bijou owner Richard Coco celebrated the one-month birthday of his store in a big way Monday when Kelly Clarkson went on a shopping spree.

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Related Topix: Kelly Clarkson, Pop/Rock

Tue Aug 05, 2008

Boston Globe

STRIVE/Boston prepares ex-offenders for college - and success at work

Robert Ferreira spent six years in jail for assault with intent to murder, but the experience didn't inspire him to change his ways.

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Related Topix: Drugs, State Prisons

Mon Aug 04, 2008

KXMD-TV Williston

Mass. Amber Alert...Suspect in death of soldier in court...Housing...

Mass. Amber Alert...Suspect in death of soldier in court...Housing bill is law BOSTON Massachusetts authorities have issued an Amber Alert for four children taken with their mother from an apartment in Lynn ...

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Sun Aug 03, 2008

wcbstv.com

Missing Boston Girl Reunited With Mother

A Massachusetts father wanted for allegedly abducting his 7-year-old daughter has been arrested in Baltimore, the FBI confirmed, ending a nearly week-long manhunt.

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Register Citizen

Musicians teach and inspire during festival

Thom Brennan came to the Litchfield Jazz Camp as both a student and a residential assistant to the younger students this year.

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Related Topix: Berklee College of Music

Sat Aug 02, 2008

WBUR-AM Boston

Banking on Breast Milk

July 31, 2008 - Bank closures have been in the news lately, due to the rocky economy.

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Related Topix: Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Bank of New York, Banking, Financial Services

Fri Aug 01, 2008

Cw56.com

Police: Woman helped Mass. suspect flee to NYC

Authorities who originally said a woman was kidnapped and forced to flee to New York with her four children by a man accused in a fatal stabbing sought to arrest her Friday on a charge she helped him hide from ...

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The Herald

Alicia Watkins: Ticket out of Conn. can be way to save it

Confession: I don't plan on living in Connecticut forever. But I might stay if I felt I could get to Boston or New York with no hassle, and without having to drive.

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Related Topix: Farmington, CT, Connecticut

Thu Jul 31, 2008

Connecticut Post

State ranks 3rd in nation for most debt

Is the frugal Yankee about to land on the endangered species list? According to a new survey, he or she could be joining the polar bears, as Connecticut ranked third in a national report on monthly credit card ...

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Related Topix: Credit Card Debt, Personal Finance, Fairfield University, New Haven, CT, New Haven Metro

Wed Jul 30, 2008

NewsTimesLive.com

Kansas woman gets 60-year-old letter in the mail

A letter lost in the postal system for nearly 60 years recently turned up in the mailbox of a Lawrence woman.

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Related Topix: Middlefield, CT, Rockfall, CT

WSVN-TV Miami Beach

Amber Alert issued in Mass. for 4 children

State police issued an Amber Alert on Wednesday for four children taken with their mother from an apartment where another woman was found fatally stabbed.

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The Record

Police say dad may flee NY with girl on yacht

A divorced father with a murky background snatched his 7-year-old daughter during a supervised weekend visit and may be trying to flee the country on a 72-foot yacht, police say.

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The Record

Police say dad may flee NY with girl on yacht

A divorced father with a murky background snatched his 7-year-old daughter during a supervised weekend visit and may be trying to flee the country on a 72-foot yacht, police say.

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The Record

Police say dad may flee NY with girl on yacht

A divorced father with a murky background snatched his 7-year-old daughter during a supervised weekend visit and may be trying to flee the country on a 72-foot yacht, police say.

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Tue Jul 29, 2008

The Record

Police say dad may flee NY with girl on yacht

A divorced father with a murky background snatched his 7-year-old daughter during a supervised weekend visit and may be trying to flee the country on a 72-foot yacht, police say.

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The Record

Police say dad may flee NY with girl on yacht

A divorced father with a murky background snatched his 7-year-old daughter during a supervised weekend visit and may be trying to flee the country on a 72-foot yacht, police say.

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1010Wins

Missing Boston Girl Believed to Be in N.Y.

Police say a divorced father who snatched his 7-year-old daughter during a supervised visit over the weekend may be trying to flee from Long Island on a boat.

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Mon Jul 28, 2008

WCAX-TV Burlington

Kirk Douglas gives St. Lawrence U $1 million gift

Film legend Kirk Douglas has given a private university in upstate New York a $1 million gift.

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Related Topix: Kirk Douglas, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Western, Lawrence University

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