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NEW YORK - A Boston woman who fell onto train tracks is lucky to be alive, and two transit workers have been honored for keeping her out of harm's way.

The woman, whose name was not released, toppled onto the tracks just before a subway car pulled into the station -- somehow screeching to a halt, without running her over.

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Things aren't getting any better for accused "Craigslist Killer" Philip Markoff.

The former Boston University medical student accused of killing a masseuse he met through the online website, has been indicted on separate charges that he assaulted a stripper in Rhode Island.

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BOSTON - A federal jury on Friday ordered a Boston University graduate student, who admitted illegally downloading and sharing music online, to pay $675,000 to four record labels.

Joel Tenenbaum, of Providence, R.I., admitted in court that he downloaded and distributed 30 songs. The only issue for the jury to decide was how much in damages to award the record labels.

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NEW YORK (CBS/AP) David Ortiz, the Boston Red Sox slugger who had never hit more than 20 home runs in a season before 2003, but suddenly jumped to fourty plus homers the next three years, was shocked to find out that he had become the latest star implicated in baseball's ever-growing drug scandal.

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BOSTON - It sounds absurd.

A Boston University graduate student is being taken to court by a powerful coalition of record companies for downloading music from the Internet. If he loses, he could be forced to cough up $1 million in fines for downloading dozens of songs.

Think it can’t happen?

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BOSTON - Prosecutors dropped a disorderly conduct charge Tuesday against prominent black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr., who was arrested at his home near Harvard University after a report of a break-in.

The city of Cambridge issued a statement saying the arrest “was regrettable and unfortunate” and police and Gates agreed that dropping the charge was a just resolution.

“This incident should not be viewed as one that demeans the character and reputation of professor Gates or the character of the Cambridge Police Department,” the statement said.

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BOSTON - Supporters of a prominent Harvard University black scholar who was arrested at his own home by police responding to a report of a break-in say he is the victim of racial profiling.

Henry Louis Gates Jr. had forced his way through the front door of his home because it was jammed, his lawyer said Monday. Cambridge police say they responded to the well-maintained two-story home near campus after a woman reported seeing “two black males with backpacks on the porch,” with one “wedging his shoulder into the door as if he was trying to force entry.”

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BOSTON - Henry Louis Gates Jr., the nation's pre-eminent black scholar, is accusing Cambridge police of racism after he was arrested while trying to force open the locked front door of his home near Harvard University.

Cambridge police were called to the home Thursday afternoon after a woman reported seeing a man "wedging his shoulder into the front door as to pry the door open," according to a police report.

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BOSTON - Philip Markoff, the man accused of killing a woman he met in the "erotic services" section of Craigslist, firmly stated “not guilty” on Monday when asked how he pleaded to the seven charges against him, including first degree murder, kidnapping, armed robbery and weapons violations.

Then Markoff stared straight ahead as prosecutors outlined their case during a brief arraignment in Suffolk Superior Court, which included a new revelation about how prosecutors believe Markoff obtained the murder weapon.

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BOSTON - The former medical student accused of killing a 25-year-old masseuse he met through Craigslist pleaded not guilty Monday to first-degree murder charges.

Philip Markoff was arraigned in Suffolk Superior Court. He was indicted by a grand jury Thursday after a two-month investigation.

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