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Aly Raisman exits 'Dancing' stage

Needham native Aly Raisman was the first to be eliminated on Tuesday night's finale.

Singer Kellie Pickler named new 'Dancing' champ

Aretha Franklin postponing concerts during June

A spokesman for the 71-year-old singer says Franklin will reschedule two shows and resume her touring schedule in July.

2013 Summer movie preview

Action and laughs in summer movies

There are touches of darkness too, with our superheroes facing problems usually plaguing mere mortals, and even Will Smith not doing much smiling.

Review: 'Hangover Part III' is plain 'bad'

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Ashton: more sanctions on Syria, Iran an option
The European Union is considering imposing more sanctions on Syria in a bid to end its civil war and against Iran to curb its nuclear ambitions, the bloc's foreign policy chief said Saturday. (Associated Press, 12:39 p.m.)

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Adrian Walker

Boston seafood restaurant boosts Haiti fishing industry
Valentin Abe founded a charity in Haiti to bring a new industry there - aquaculture. Haiti is an island nation, yes, but one with a seriously depleted fish population. Skip Bennett owns a seafood restaurant in Kenmore Square who was looking for a worthy charity to invest in. Their causes intersected, forming an unusual bond between rich and poor. Fancy dinners in Boston are now helping to support poor fishermen in rural Haiti.

Brian McGrory

He’s not quite sorry
Former House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi pled for leniency in federal court yesterday ahead of his sentencing today by Judge Mark Wolf. As he addressed the court, DiMasi said many things - that he was a “broken man;’’ that he was “unable to fully comprehend what has happened;’’ that his “family is devastated;’’ and that he “caused the institution I love to suffer disgrace.’’ - but he never said he was sorry for his crimes.

Kevin Cullen

Standing on principle
Sam Novey is 23 years old, had never been in trouble with the law before, and last week he went down to Washington and got arrested on purpose, to make a point.

Yvonne Abraham

The things they kept
The belongings of those who died on Sept. 11 transport those left behind to the day before the day. They burst with life.

Beverly Beckham

Deaths we can do something about
All deaths are tragic. Expected deaths, unexpected deaths, every death stunning, a person alive and full of life, totally vibrant, or down for the count, but breathing still, and here.

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