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Percentage of Tuscan Kitchen Sales to go to Boston Victims

The company announced the gesture on Facebook.

1. TODAY'S FORECAST: A partly cloudy day is expected in Salem with a high of 66. Tonight will be clear with a low of 40.

2. THE TUSCAN KITCHEN TO GIVE BACK TO BOSTON VICTIMS: The local Italian restaurant that they will donate a portion of their sales today to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings. The business wrote this message on Facebook:

We along with several restaurants across the Greater Boston area and beyond, are joining together and donating a percentage of our sales on Wednesday, April 17th, 2013 to the victims of the Boston Marathon tragedy via The Greg Hill Foundation. #WeloveBoston

3. MEDFORD WOMAN IS SECOND VICTIM, THIRD A BU GRAD STUDENT: Yesterday, it was learned that the second victim in Monday's Boston Marathon bombing was a 29-year-old Medford woman, while the third victim, still unidentified, was a BU grad student.

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4. THIS DAY IN HISTORY: On April 17, 1970, with the world anxiously watching, Apollo 13, a U.S. lunar spacecraft that suffered a severe malfunction on its journey to the moon, safely returns to Earth.

5. 'SWEET CAROLINE' AT YANKEE STADIUM: An awfully stirring moment took place during the eighth inning at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday. The "evil empire" was quite compassionate to the city of Boston, playing the Red Sox' trademark "Sweet Caroline" by Neil Diamond during the eighth inning. See more here.

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