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Atlanta police late Saturday swarmed the area near a city park where Occupy Atlanta protesters had gathered with the intent of staying overnight. Police officers converged on the area near Woodruff Park on motorcycles, horseback and in riot gear soon after its 11 p.m. Saturday closing time. Police began herding protesters away from the park and installed barricades around it. A police helicopter flew overhead. While most protesters had left the park, police arrested at least two people.

FBI agents on Thursday searched the property of a reputed Connecticut mobster suspected of having information about the 1990 robbery of a Boston museum that remains the largest art heist in history. Agents examined a car in the driveway, searched a wooded area and removed boxes of evidence from the ranch-style suburban home of 75-year-old Robert Gentile, who has been detained since February on federal drug and weapons charges. A lawyer for Gentile, A. Ryan McGuigan, said the FBI returned to his client's property in Manchester, just outside Hartford, because the agency had a new...

This was no 'B' game. The Diamondbacks' grounds crew used a combination of cotton candy and lemonade to help disperse a swarm of bees that delayed the San Francisco Giants split squad's 11-1 win over Arizona for 41 minutes in the second inning Sunday. With runners on second and third and one out in the second inning, a dark cloud appeared in right field, sending Diamondbacks center fielder Chris Young sprinting toward left. "I didn't see them at first I just heard them," Young said.

A computer made of crabs If you're tired of artificial, factory-built computers, then check out this new, all-natural one, designed by computer scientists in Japan and Britain. It's 100 percent organic: In place of the usual silicon circuits, it uses huge swarms of blue soldier crabs. The "computer" was built by Yukio-Pegio Gunji and Yuta Nishiyama, of Kobe University, and Andrew Adamatzky, of the appropriately named Unconventional Computing Centre at the University of the West of England.

A computer made of crabs If you're tired of artificial, factory-built computers, then check out this new, all-natural one, designed by computer scientists in Japan and Britain. It's 100 percent organic: In place of the usual silicon circuits, it uses huge swarms of blue soldier crabs. The "computer" was built by Yukio-Pegio Gunji and Yuta Nishiyama, of Kobe University, and Andrew Adamatzky, of the appropriately named Unconventional Computing Centre at the University of the West of England.

If you're tired of artificial, machine-made computers, then check out this new, all-natural computer, designed by computer scientists in Japan and Britain. It's 100% organic: In place of the usual silicon circuits, it uses huge swarms of blue soldier crabs. The "computer" was built by Yukio-Pegio Gunji and Yuta Nishiyama, of Kobe University, and Andrew Adamatzky, of the appropriately named Unconventional Computing Centre at the University of the West of England.

BC High suffered another tough loss yesterday when star running back Preston Cooper went down with an apparent dislocated left ankle in the second half of the Eagles' 35-21 loss to Everett at Veterans Memorial Stadium. "Early indication is a dislocated ankle, so we'll find out shortly what's up with Preston," said BC High coach Jon Bartlett. Cooper, who entered the game with 14 touchdowns this season - second in Division 1 - was taken off the field by ambulance after being tackled by a swarm of Everett defenders near midfield with 1:03 remaining in the third...

The first depressing moment on Courtney Love's new CD, "America's Sweetheart" (Virgin), arrives as soon as the music begins. It's a vintage grunge riff, oh-so speedy and ferocious, accessorized with a darling swarm of feedback. Love screams "Hey!" and then she screams it again, like a petulant cheerleader trying to get the spectators' attention. But the riff is stale, the singer sounds wrecked, and all the pill-popping, Sunset Strip bluster feels canned. And so goes most of the rest of Love's long-awaited solo debut.

CAMBRIDGE -- With every outing, Jose Mateo's 19-year-old company refines its mission to extend the vocabulary, and delivery, of classical dance. The company's current program features works from 2003 to now: Mateo isn't looking back. In looking forward, he's built a company of exceptional, and exceptionally loyal, dancers who understand his fleet, buoyant style. Nobody in this company fusses over preparations for pirouettes; "just do it" is the message. The current program, in the Sanctuary Theatre in the Old Cambridge Baptist Church near Harvard Square, feels like the...

Scale matters in Anna Hepler’s show “Intricate Universe’’ at the Montserrat College of Art Gallery. She offers three degrees of it: an installation that fills a large part of the room, three dioramas viewed through small portholes, and a series of ordinary-size woodblock prints. I headed for the portholes first; there’s an inviting intimacy to being the only person gazing at a tiny scene through a small window. This “Project Rooms’’ series also plays with scale: Inside each of the three dioramas, one or two tiny figures, no more than an inch tall, regard a...

If you're tired of artificial, machine-made computers, then check out this new, all-natural computer, designed by computer scientists in Japan and Britain. It's 100% organic: In place of the usual silicon circuits, it uses huge swarms of blue soldier crabs. The "computer" was built by Yukio-Pegio Gunji and Yuta Nishiyama, of Kobe University, and Andrew Adamatzky, of the appropriately named Unconventional Computing Centre at the University of the West of England.

This was no 'B' game. The Diamondbacks' grounds crew used a combination of cotton candy and lemonade to help disperse a swarm of bees that delayed the San Francisco Giants split squad's 11-1 win over Arizona for 41 minutes in the second inning Sunday. With runners on second and third and one out in the second inning, a dark cloud appeared in right field, sending Diamondbacks center fielder Chris Young sprinting toward left. "I didn't see them at first I just heard them," Young said.

Every time a Wichita State player got the ball, someone in a crimson jersey was right there in his face. The Shockers were held to 34 percent shooting — and that was in their good half. Tony Mitchell scored 26 points and No. 16 Alabama blocked a tournament-record 14 shots in a 70-60 win over Wichita State on Friday night. "Their press is really good," Shockers coach Gregg Marshall said. "They take you out of sets. You have to beat the pressure, but if you do they have some guys in the back who can alter if not block shots.

Atlanta police late Saturday swarmed the area near a city park where Occupy Atlanta protesters had gathered with the intent of staying overnight. Police officers converged on the area near Woodruff Park on motorcycles, horseback and in riot gear soon after its 11 p.m. Saturday closing time. Police began herding protesters away from the park and installed barricades around it. A police helicopter flew overhead. While most protesters had left the park, police arrested at least two people.

BC High suffered another tough loss yesterday when star running back Preston Cooper went down with an apparent dislocated left ankle in the second half of the Eagles' 35-21 loss to Everett at Veterans Memorial Stadium. "Early indication is a dislocated ankle, so we'll find out shortly what's up with Preston," said BC High coach Jon Bartlett. Cooper, who entered the game with 14 touchdowns this season - second in Division 1 - was taken off the field by ambulance after being tackled by a swarm of Everett defenders near midfield with 1:03 remaining in the third quarter.

This winter weather calls for a trip to Tahiti. Any takers? Ugh, me neither. Kids, mortgage, unflagging commitment to my work — the usual. Still, I have a suggestion. If you can’t make the Tahiti trip, the next best thing has to be a visit to the Addison Gallery of American Art, in Andover, where a small exhibition pungent with the fragrance of hibiscus and frangipani opened last weekend. Evocatively titled “John La Farge’s Second Paradise: Voyages in the South Seas, 1890-1891,’’ the show was organized by Elisabeth Hodermarsky and comes to Andover...

This winter weather calls for a trip to Tahiti. Any takers? Ugh, me neither. Kids, mortgage, unflagging commitment to my work — the usual. Still, I have a suggestion. If you can’t make the Tahiti trip, the next best thing has to be a visit to the Addison Gallery of American Art, in Andover, where a small exhibition pungent with the fragrance of hibiscus and frangipani opened last weekend. Evocatively titled “John La Farge’s Second Paradise: Voyages in the South Seas, 1890-1891,’’ the show was organized by Elisabeth Hodermarsky and comes to Andover after a 2 1/2-month spell at the...

Once upon a time, there was a slice of Boston called the Combat Zone, and in that zone was a long block named LaGrange Street. LaGrange was the core of the Zone. What it was was a rodeo. On any given night from the ’60s into the ’80s, you’d find scores of prostitutes on parade on LaGrange. They leaned into open car windows, teetering on elevator platforms, talking to men inside while trying to steal their wallets. They worked the sidewalks like they owned them, which they did. “Scores of them?

Pittsburgh coach Mike Tomlin isn’t sure who’s going to play quarterback next for his Steelers. The way his defense is playing, it might not matter. Antonio Brown scored on an 89-yard kickoff return to open the game, and the Pittsburgh Steelers forced seven turnovers in defeating the Tennessee Titans, 19-11, yesterday in Nashville. The Steelers won’t get Ben Roethlisberger back from suspension for two more games. Left tackle Max Starks is injured, Byron Leftwich was cut to add depth on the defensive line, and starting quarterback Dennis Dixon hurt his left knee early and didn’t...