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Utah professor denies child porn charge

Last updated Monday, November 28, 2011 - 12:27pm

BOSTON -- A University of Utah professor pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges that he viewed child pornography on his laptop during a flight from Salt Lake City to Boston.

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Boston Marathon training hampered by snow, ice

Mark Pratt, The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, February 12, 2011 - 10:53pm

BOSTON -- Alex McKinney has dodged cars, hurdled snow banks, slipped on ice and splashed through slushy puddles while training for the Boston Marathon.

Preparing for 26.2 miles is never easy, but this winter has been particularly trying for runners, who have had to deal with record snowfall in the Northeast.

Before they can even think about challenging Heartbreak Hill, they've had to endure slippery sidewalks, icy inclines and frozen footpaths.

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Boston Marathon training hampered by snow, ice

Mark Pratt, The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, February 10, 2011 - 5:40pm

BOSTON -- Alex McKinney has dodged cars, hurdled snow banks, slipped on ice and splashed through slushy puddles while training for the Boston Marathon.

Preparing for 26.2 miles is never easy, but this winter has been particularly trying for runners, who have had to deal with record snowfall in the Northeast.

Before they can even think about challenging Heartbreak Hill, they've had to endure slippery sidewalks, icy inclines and frozen footpaths.

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This is a June 24, 2009 file photo of Nancy Kerrigan, a silver medalist in figure skating at the 1994 Olympics, speaking with reporters in Boston. The father of Nancy Kerrigan was found dead Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010 in his home, and authorities have charged the brother of the Olympic figure skater with assaulting their father. Mark Kerrigan, 45, faces arraignment Monday, Jan. 25, 2010 in Woburn, Mass. District Court on a charge of assault and battery on a person over 60 that resulted in injuries, said John Teevan, first assistant clerk magistrate of the court. Teevan identified the victim of the assault as Daniel Kerrigan, 70. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Dad's Mass. death puts Kerrigan in spotlight again

Mark Pratt The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, January 26, 2010 - 10:44am

WOBURN, Mass. -- Nancy Kerrigan's low-key family, which struggled with the attention brought on after an attack at a skating competition nearly derailed her Olympic dreams, has again been thrust into the spotlight with the death of her father after what authorities said was a violent struggle with his troubled son.

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(The Associated Press) Mark Kerrigan, 45, the brother of Olympic figure skater Nancy Kerrigan, reacts as he is arraigned in Woburn, Mass. District Court Monday. He has been charged with assaulting their 70-year-old father, Daniel, who died over the weekend after a disturbance at the family's Stoneham, Mass. home.

Kerrigan's dad dies; brother accused of assault

Mark Pratt The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, January 25, 2010 - 5:05pm

WOBURN, Mass. -- Daniel Kerrigan, who rushed to his sobbing daughter Nancy and carried her into the locker room after an attack at a skating competition nearly derailed her Olympic dreams, died after what authorities said was a violent struggle with his son in their family home.

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