Points in the Paint

George M. Thomas of the Akron Beacon Journal : “LeBron James doesn’t believe there is any animosity between the two teams. ‘I don’t dislike Boston; I don’t think they dislike us, either. When you’re competitors, there’s a little bit more fire than usual with other teams,’ James said. ‘I don’t think there [are any] hard feelings. No one wants to see anyone get hurt or anything like that, but it’s definitely going to be a physical ballgame.’ Powe would beg to differ about the bad blood. ‘Honestly

H1N1 Can Make Bizs Sick, Too

CBS News reports that small business could feel the most pain from the H1N1 flu virus. In Boston, the Port Authority is training extra workers to operate snowplows – following concern regular drivers will get sick. And in Malibu, Calif., one restaurant is giving its employees vitamins and wiping down every door knob every two hours. A bad flu season would do more than make people sick – it would make the economy sick too. Worst-case estimates have a full H1N1 pandemic costing the nation $

Terror suspect ‘reveled’ in U.S. military deaths, FBI agent says

(CNN) - A Massachusetts man charged Wednesday with conspiring to provide material support to terrorists abroad distributed a video that he said showed the "mutilation and abuse" of the bodies of U.S. personnel in Iraq, an FBI agent says. The video file was stored on a computer authorities took from the bedroom of Tarek Mehanna, 27, of Sudbury, Massachusetts, said Heidi Williams, an FBI special agent in Boston. Mehanna sent the video to associates, explaining that it showed the aftermath of

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Federal prosecutors say Tarek Mehanna, 27, wanted to carry out terror attacks on shopping malls and two White House officials in the United States.BOSTON (AP) — A 27-year-old Massachusetts (MUSLIM) man conspired to kill two prominent U.S. politicians and carry out a holy war by attacking shoppers in U.S. malls and American troops in Iraq, federal prosecutors said Wednesday as they announced his arrest. Tarek Mehanna of Sudbury sought — but never received — training in terrorist camps and worked

Ice Breakers: Bruins-Predators, Wednesday 10-21

The Bruins will showcase their new-look roster Wednesday night at the TD Garden, hosting the lowly Nashville Predators. Boston GM Peter Chiarelli, in an effort to shake up his under-performing squad, sent winger Chuck Kobasew to Minnesota over the weekend , in exchange for minor leaguer Craig Waller, unsigned draft choice Alexander Fallstrom, and a draft pick. Another winger lost is Milan Lucic, who found himself in the surgery room instead of the training room over the weekend, to repair hi