68 Blocks: Life, Death, Hope | Part 5

Facing the dream of a future

There were 19 shootings in Bowdoin-Geneva this year, but no one was killed. Here, that seems a step ahead. But progress, if real, feels like a fragile reed in a garden furrowed deep with promise and pain.

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A walk through Bowdoin-Geneva

For those who take the time to look, a neighborhood known for violence brims with character.

Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher. In this flick, all he does is throw people into quicksand.

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Timing is off on a dull ‘Jack Reacher’

Sometimes movies don’t have the best timing, arriving when you need them least. “Jack Reacher” asks us to ­escape from fresh horror into a stale, manufactured variety.

From left: Maude and Iris Apatow, Paul Rudd, and Leslie Mann star in Judd Apatow’s new married-with-children comedy “This Is 40.”

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Apatow’s ‘This Is 40’ hits close to (his) home

A “sort-of sequel” to 2007’s “Knocked Up” that focuses on that film’s supporting characters, Pete (Paul Rudd) and Debbie (Leslie Mann), as they grapple with a stalled marriage.

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Tom Brady returns to Patriots practice

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Firefighters and others lined up outside St. Rose of Lima for the funeral of Daniel Barden, who wanted to be a firefighter.

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Brandon Flowers (pictured performing in California) has battled laryngitis recently.

The Killers raw but roaring at Agganis Arena

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