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Mayor Menino and David Ortiz at Fenway Park during the 2013 AL Division Series. Mayor Menino loved sports. Especially baseball. The last time I saw him was in the Houghton Mifflin box at Fenway Park at the end of September, and he told me he was certain the Red Sox were going to re-sign Jon Lester this offseason. I told him that — with all due respect — he was out of his mind. We bet dinner on it, and when the mayor signed his book over to me, he wrote, “I can’t wait to have McDonald’s after I win the bet. Keep their feet to the fire. Tom Menino.’’ The mayor had third base loge box seats but in his later years, he was a regular visitor to the third level of Fenway Park. On many game nights, he could be seen walking past the EMC bar behind home plate on his way to the Reebok box. In his final season attending Fenway, he walked with the aide of a 29-inch Louisville Slugger baseball bat cane, presented to him by local philanthropists Gary and Lynne Smith. The bat features an...

Now that Cook has come out, some people and groups who oppose LGBT rights have spoken out about Cook. “I’m proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has given me,” Apple CEO Tim Cook wrote in a Bloomberg Business week essay, discussing his sexual orientation for the first time in public. But the reaction to his announcement has mostly stayed true to the recent environment, in which high-profile coming-out statements are followed by a relative lack of controversy — perhaps a sign that LGBT orientations are no longer a viable wedge issue in the mainstream. “The issue may no longer help opponents of gay rights to win elections,” Richard Socarides wrote in the New Yorker. He then quoted an e-mail from New York Times congressional reporter Jeremy Peters, who said: “Most Republicans are adopting what they see as a do-no-harm strategy: Don’t advocate for same-sex marriage, but don’t do anything to actively oppose it eith...

Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs and National Security Sartaj Aziz blamed on Saturday India for wanting to resolve the Kashmir dispute in its own way, which he said Pakistan would not allow. “India wants to resolve the Kashmir dispute in its own way and Pakistan will not allow this Indian attempt to succeed,” he said while speaking to reporters in Islamabad. The adviser added that Pakistan is responding to Indian firing along the Line of Control (LoC) and working boundary in a befitting manner, adding that the Pakistan’s desire for peace should not be mistaken as its weakness. The adviser on foreign affairs said Pakistan has been highlighting human rights violations by the Indian forces in Indian Kashmir where India has deployed 700,000 troops to suppress Kashmiris. Referring to India’s Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s statement disapproving of Pakistan’s recent move of approaching the UN to ‘internationalise the Kashmir issue’ and seeking the world ...

Real Madrid vs Barcelona, El Clasico, La Liga - Latest score, news updates, live match report and result as Cristiano Ronaldo faces Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi   REAL MADRID 0 BARCELONA 1 17 mins:  Barca with a bit more of the ball now, but they lose it and here are the Whites. Marcelo orchestrating the break, slides it out to Ronaldo who has a shot from distance that's easy for the keeper. 16 mins:  Suarez hasn't seen much of it. Corner for Barca. Cleared. 14 mins:  Dear me, the more you look a that goal. Terrible defending. Anyhow, Kroos with a run and a shot but straight at the keeper. 11 mins:  Benzema has missed a sitter. Neymar has gone into the book for elbowing Carvajal. Real Madrid having all the ball, Ronaldo running the show and an equaliser feels very likely. 10 mins:  Messi, that well known enforcer, has committed two fouls. He's slid in on Modric and then done the same to Kroos. Either one could have earned him a yellow, and h...

Megan, a social studies teacher at Marysville-Pilchuck High School, heroically stopped the horrific shooting that took place in Washington on Oct. 24, by reportedly grabbing the 15-year-old gunman, Jaylen Fryberg’s, arm before anymore shots could be fired. According to a new report, she potentially saved dozens of lives.  Social studies teacher  Megan Silberger  heroically confronted  Jaylen Fryberg , 15, as he fired bullets across Marysville-Pilchuck High School’s cafeteria on Oct. 24, preventing what could have been a bigger massacre than it already was, according to witnesses. Marysville Shooting: Hero Teacher Stopped Jaylen Fryberg Megan allegedly ran into the cafeteria after hearing Jaylen shoot one student dead and critically wounding four others, according to Daily Mail. As the popular teenager went to reload his gun, Megan allegedly went over and grabbed his arm. In a struggle, Jaylen a...

KARACHI: A recent research by the   Bureau of Investigative Journalism   found that only 12% of drone victims in Pakistan have been identified as militants. Moreover, the research also stated that fewer than 4% of the people killed have been identified as members of al Qaeda.   The research contradicts US Secretary of State John Kerry’s claim last year that only “confirmed terrorist targets at the highest level” were fired at. The number of US drone strikes in Pakistan has hit 400 between June 2004 and October 2013. Of the 2,370 people killed in these strikes, 704 have been identified, of which only 295 were reported to be members of some kind of armed group. More than a third of them were not designated a rank, and almost 30% are not even linked to a specific group. The Bureau has a project titled Naming the Dead, which has gathered the names and details of people killed by CIA drones in Pakistan since June 2004. According to Mustafa Qadri, a Pakis...

Google Nexus 6/Nexus X Latest News Nexus X AKA Nexus 6 Price & Specs Leaked By Retailer Google Workshop Leaks Online – Fancy designing your own custom Nexus cases inside Google Play?  Motorola Tasked With Building The Nexus 6 – The once-Google-owned handset maker is apparently hard at work building a Nexus phablet  Nexus 6 vs. Nexus 5: What Changes Can We Expect? – How are the rumours currently stacking up? Will it be that different to the Nexus 5? We compare the rumours of the Nexus 6 with last year’s Nexus 5 to see how it will improve. Nexus 6 Is Happening: Google "Still Invested In Nexus", says Android Engineering Chief – Don't worry, the Nexus 6 is still happening! Get Android 5’s Performance Boost Now: How To Switch From Dalvik To ART – Fancy a taste of Android L on your Nexus 5 ahead of the OS' official release? Look no further It’s official, most of th...

3. 10 pm: J&K chief minister called UNMOGIP a 'toothless organisation' Voicing out his opinion on the LoC ceasefire violations, Jammu and Kashmir chief minister  Omar Abdullah  said that stopping talks with Pakistan is not the solution. "Govt has said shelling will be answered by shelling. But I think nothing can be solved without talks," he said. The J&K chief minister called UNMOGIP a 'toothless organisation', and said that it has never been able to stop any violence. "If Pakistan wants a suitable situation then it can only happen if the guns go silent," he added, 3.00 pm: No flag meeting till Pak stops firing, says Amit Shah Addressing a rally in Wardha, BJP leader Amit Shah said that government won't stand Pakistan's treachery. "When there was Congress government, Pakistan used to start and end firing. But now though Pakistan begins the firing, India finishes it," he said. The BJP leader said that Pakis...