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Atsuki Higashiyama, from Ritsumeikan University in Japan, speaks after receiving the Ig Nobel Perception Prize during ceremonies at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016. Higashiyama was awarded the prize for investigating whether things look different when you bend over and view them between your legs. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

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Scholars of the strange, bizarre and dull win Ig Nobels

by Mark Pratt Associated PressSeptember 22, 2016

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School athlete’s sex assault case panned

by Mark Pratt Associated PressAugust 23, 2016

In this photo taken Wednesday July 20, 2016, Otter Brook is seen almost dry in Keene, N.H. Parts of the Northeast are in the grips of a drought that has led to water restrictions, wrought havoc on gardens and raised concerns among farmers. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

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Small part of state in ‘extreme’ drought

by Mark Pratt Associated PressAugust 11, 2016

A whale plaque adorns a door at the New Bedford Whaling Museum.

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New Bedford museum creates historic database of whale hunters

by Mark Pratt Associated PressJuly 28, 2016

In this Monday, July 11, 2016 photo, Samantha Curtis, center, Tara Sivak, left, and Gabriella Bortolotti, right, attend firefighting camp at a fire station in Ashland, Mass. Camp Bailout is one of about a dozen all-girl firefighting camps around the nation, seen as crucial in boosting the number of female firefighters. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

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Camp preps girls for firefighter jobs

by Mark Pratt Associated PressJuly 12, 2016

In this Wednesday, July 6, 2016 photo, fans walk from Kenmore Square, with the iconic Citgo sign in the background, to a baseball game at Fenway Park in Boston. The Boston Landmarks Commission meets Tuesday to decide whether to launch a study to determine if the sign qualifies for preservation as an historic landmark. Thousands of Bostonians have signed a petition clamoring to save it. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Boston’s Citgo sign threatened

by Mark Pratt Associated PressJuly 11, 2016

FILE - In this May 21, 1993 file photo, members of the television show "Cheers," from left, George Wendt, John Ratzenberger, Rhea Perlman, Woody Harrelson and Kelsey Grammer, toast the crowd outside the Bull and Finch Pub in Boston. "Cheers" is being adapted for the stage riffing on the Bostonian themes and sexual tension that powered the wildly popular '80s TV sitcom. The play is scheduled to debut in September 2016 in Boston before embarking on a national tour. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Where everybody knows your name: ‘Cheers’ coming to stage

by Mark Pratt Associated PressJune 20, 2016

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Man who spent 21 years in prison sues police, claims framing

by Mark Pratt Associated PressJune 15, 2016

This April 15, 2016 photo provided by RR Auction shows a hand-written letter by President John F. Kennedy. The letter written by Kennedy to a purported paramour seeking to set up a liaison is one of several Kennedy-related items being sold at auction. The online auction is being held by Boston-based RR Auction starting June 16. (RR Auction via AP)

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JFK letter to purported lover for sale

by Mark Pratt Associated PressJune 2, 2016

A deer tick under a microscope.

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UMass lab offers discounted tick testing to public

by Mark Pratt Associated PressMay 23, 2016