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Outgoing Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, right, walks with President-elect Joko Widodo upon arrival prior to a tour of the presidential palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2014. Widodo, popularly known as Jokowi, will be inaugurated as the country's new president on Monday, Oct. 20. (AP Photo/Adek Berry, Pool)

Kerry seeks Asia’s help in anti-Islamic State push

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014, file photo, Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen speaks with staff during a visit to the office of CONNECT, a coalition of local organizations that provides employment services in Chelsea, Mass. Yellen said Friday, Oct. 17, 2014, that the last several decades have seen the most sustained rise in income inequality in a century. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

Yellen says US experiencing widening inequality

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER - Associated Press

Elizabeth Roscio, archivist at the Old State House Museum, hands at right, helps in displaying the contents of a copper box removed from a lion statue at a studio, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014 in Woburn, Mass. Historians and restorers opened the small copper box that has been hidden for more than a century inside the statue which has been sitting atop Boston's Old State House until it was taken down for refurbishing. Discovered inside the box were a hardcover book, along with papers from 1901, when the time capsule was sealed. Nothing was taken out of the box because of the items' fragile condition. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Contents of 1901 Boston time capsule revealed

By Bob Salsberg - Associated Press

Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin, of Russia, celebrates his second goal of the first period during an NHL hockey game against the Boston Bruins in Boston, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Alex Ovechkin scores pair as Caps blank Bruins for first win of season

By Ken Powtak - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2014 file photo, a Southwest Airlines jet plane lines up for a landing at Love Field in Dallas. British billionaire Richard Branson on Tuesday, May 6, 2014 said that Virgin America should get gates at Love Field, near downtown Dallas, to create competition for Southwest Airlines, which controls most of the gates there. The U.S. Justice Department agrees. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Virgin America adds Las Vegas to Boston route

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The J. Edgar Hoover building in Washington, which serves as the Federal Bureau of Investigation's headquarters, is seen here on April 26, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Target of FBI bribery probe successfully bribes FBI agent

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

New York Yankees designated hitter Derek Jeter prepares to face Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Joe Kelly in the first inning of a baseball game at Fenway Park in Boston, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Derek Jeter in lineup for Yankees’ season finale at Fenway Park

By Howard Ulman - Associated Press

New York Yankees designated hitter Derek Jeter hugs teammate Ichiro Suzuki after coming out of the baseball game for a pinch-runner in the third inning against the Boston Red Sox in a baseball game at Fenway Park, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014, in Boston. It is the last baseball game of Jeter's career. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Derek Jeter bows out in Boston after 3,465th and final major league hit

By Howard Ulman - Associated Press

New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter adjusts his cap as he talks with reporters prior to the Yankees' baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston, Friday, Sept. 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Jeter sits out Game 1 of final series in Boston

By Jimmy Golen - Associated Press

New York Yankees' Derek Jeter jumps after hitting the game-winning single against the Baltimore Orioles in the ninth inning of a baseball game, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014, in New York. The Yankees won 6-5. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Derek Jeter exits Yankee Stadium with game-winning hit

By Mike Fitzpatrick - Associated Press

FILE - This file photo released April 19, 2013, by the Federal Bureau of Investigation shows Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. A judge has granted a two-month trial delay for Tsarnaev, but denied a defense request to move his trial. Judge George O'Toole ruled Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014, that the trial will begin Jan. 5 instead of Nov. 3. Prosecutors say Tsarnaev and his now-deceased older brother placed two pressure cooker bombs that exploded near the marathon's finish line last year. Three people were killed and more than 260 were injured. Tsarnaev could face the death penalty if convicted. (AP Photo/Federal Bureau of Investigation, File)

Judge delays Boston Marathon bombing trial, won’t move it

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Boston Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara scores a goal against Washington Capitals goalie Pheonix Copley as Patrick Wey (56) tries to defend during the third period of an NHL preseason hockey game in Boston, Wednesday, Sept, 24, 2014. The Bruins won 2-0. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Chara helps Bruins beat Capitals

By Matt Kalman - Associated Press

Robel Phillipos, a college friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, leaves federal court after a hearing Tuesday, May 13, 2014, in Boston. Phillipos, of Cambridge, Mass., is charged with lying to investigators after last year's fatal bombing. Judge Douglas Woodlock ruled Tuesday that separate trials will be held for Phillipos and two other of Tsarnaev's friends, Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev, but that their trials do not need to be moved out of Massachusetts. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

Venue change denied for marathon suspect’s friend

By DENISE LAVOIE - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 15, 2014 file photo, Robel Phillipos, a college friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, arrives at federal court before a hearing in Boston. Lawyers for Phillipos, a U.S. citizen who is charged with lying to investigators after last year's fatal bombing, filed a change of venue motion Monday, Sept. 22, 2014. The motion seeks to have his federal trial, scheduled to start the following week, moved from Boston to Springfield; Providence, R.I., or Portland, Maine. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Marathon suspect’s friend renews bid to move trial

By DENISE LAVOIE - Associated Press

FILE - This undated file photo provided by Mark and Kate Quigley shows Glen Doherty, who died in an attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya on Sept. 12, 2012. Doherty's heirs, led by his mother Barbara Doherty, filed a claim in September 2014 seeking damages from two government agencies, alleging inadequate security at the U.S. diplomatic post and nearby CIA compound in Benghazi. (AP Photo/Quigley Family, File)

Family of CIA contractor slain in Benghazi may sue

By DENISE LAVOIE - Associated Press

This Sept. 12, 2014 photo shows the “Bridge of Flowers,” a pedestrian bridge over the Deerfield River connecting Shelburne Falls and Buckland, Massachusetts. The 400-foot concrete span was built in 1908 for a trolley. It became the Bridge of Flowers in 1929 after the trolley closed and today attracts 25,000 people a year _ more than five times the population of the two towns it connects. The bridge closes right before Halloween and reopens in May. (AP Photo/Beth J. Harpaz)

5 free things to see in Western Massachusetts

By Beth J. Harpaz - Associated Press

Cardinal Sean O'Malley blesses a family after Mass, Tuesday, April 1, 2014, along the international border wall in Nogales, Ariz. O'Malley was several Bishops who serve along the U.S./Mexico border were visiting the border town to bring awareness to immigration reform and to remember those who have died trying to cross the border in years past. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Boston priest named secretary of Vatican commission to protect minors

By Elise Harris - Catholic News Agency

FILE - This combo of file photos taken on June 14, 2014, show Massachusetts Democratic gubernatorial hopefuls, from left, Don Berwick, Martha Coakley and Steve Grossman, at the state Democratic Convention in Worcester, Mass. The three face each other for their party's nomination in the state's primary election on Sept. 9. (AP Photo Stephan Savoia, File)

Martha Coakley to face Charlie Baker for Massachusetts governor

By Steve LeBlanc and Bob Salsberg - Associated Press