Boston bombing survivor’s charity gives 1st artificial limb

Boston bombing survivor’s charity gives 1st artificial limb

BOSTON (AP) — Ever since she lost a leg in the Boston Marathon bombing, Heather Abbott has devoted herself to giving others a leg up.

On Monday, she'll accomplish that quite literally. The Heather Abbott Foundation will donate its first artificial limb to a 26-year-old woman from Walpole, Massachusetts, who said it will let her do something she's never been able to do before: walk in heels.

Northeastern U. gives 25 percent tuition break to parents
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Northeastern U. gives 25 percent tuition break to parents

Associated Press

BOSTON (AP) — Come to campus for the family weekend festivities, stay for a graduate degree.

That's the idea behind Northeastern University's newest tuition discount, which will give a 25 percent break to the parents and siblings of undergraduate students if they pursue a degree in almost any of the school's graduate programs. Northeastern said it will unroll the discount starting in spring 2016.

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