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FILE -- In this April 18, 2016 file photo, runners approach the finish line of the 120th Boston Marathon in Boston. Organizers of the 2017 race said the April 17 event will pump more than 192 million into the local economy, including 30 million for dozens of charities. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

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Marathoners sure to give a boost to Boston’s economy

by William J. Kole Associated PressApril 2, 2017

FILE - In this Feb. 7, 2017, file photo, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady holds a Super Bowl trophy, beside others the team previously had won, during a rally in Boston to celebrate the team's 34-28 win over the Atlanta Falcons in the NFL Super Bowl 51 football game in Houston. A new book and a movie are in the works about Brady and the suspension he overcame to earn an unprecedented fifth Super Bowl ring. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Tom Brady the movie could soon be a reality

by William J. Kole Associated PressFebruary 24, 2017

FILE - In this Wednesday, April 22, 1998 file photo, President Clinton and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton walk down the State Floor hallway with Poets Laureate Robert Pinsky, left, Rita Dove, center, and Robert Haas, right, before the Millennium Evening Lecture at the White House in Washington. America's leading poets, including Pinsky and Dove, are averse to Donald Trump, and they have organized literary rallies in more than 30 states, which will be held on Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017, to say so. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

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Averse to Trump, America’s poets fight back with words

by William J. Kole Associated PressJanuary 13, 2017

The ruins of tanks containing 2.5 million gallons of molasses lie in a heap after an eruption that hurled trucks against buildings and crumpled houses in the North End of Boston, Jan. 15, 1919.

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Scientists extract clue to 1919 Boston disaster

by William J. Kole Associated PressNovember 24, 2016

Above, Divers Greg See, left, Nathan Adams and Matt Barnes relax in the shadow of the Mayflower II after working underwater to brace it in the ship-lift cradle to be hauled out of the Mystic River at the Shipyard. The 1957 replica of the vessel that brought the Pilgrims to the new world in 1620 is there for a complete overhaul in time for festivities in 2020 that will mark the 400th anniversary of the Pilgrim landing.

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Don’t give up the ship: Mayflower replica gets a makeover

by William J. Kole Associated PressNovember 23, 2016

In this Oct. 27 file photo, early voters stand by campaign signs as they wait at a voting location in Dallas. Campaign signs have been a thing since the early 1800s. Political scientists question the effectiveness of yard signs, at least in presidential politics.

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Old-fashioned political yard signs sprout in digital age

by William J. Kole Associated PressNovember 7, 2016

A crowd jeers self-confessed Boston Strangler Albert DeSalvo, lower left, as he is led outside the Lynn police station, Feb. 26, 1967.

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New movie to explore hunt for Boston Strangler

by William J. Kole Associated PressAugust 8, 2016

Boston Red Sox's David Ortiz reacts after he flied out during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels, Thursday, July 28, 2016, in Anaheim, Calif. The Angels won 2-1. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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Big Papi to help Boston schoolkids get out of bed

by William J. Kole Associated PressAugust 1, 2016

Boston Marathon bombing survivor Adrianne Haslet poses at the starting line in Hopkinton, April 18, before running in the 120th Boston Marathon.

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Marathon bombing amputee scales Andean mountain

by William J. Kole Associated PressJuly 25, 2016

FILE - In this Nov. 25, 1963 file photo, three-year-old John F. Kennedy Jr., salutes his father's casket in Washington, three days after the president was assassinated in Dallas. Widow Jacqueline Kennedy, center, and daughter Caroline Kennedy are accompanied by the late president's brothers Sen. Edward Kennedy, left, and Attorney General Robert Kennedy. A documentary film on John Kennedy Jr.'s life opens Friday, July 22, 2016, in select theaters. It also airs on Spike TV at 9 p.m. EDT on Aug. 1, and a DVD release is set for Aug. 16. (AP Photo, File)

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New JFK Jr. documentary looks back at America’s prince

by William J. Kole Associated PressJuly 15, 2016