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BOSTON, Feb. 17 (UPI) -- A lawyer for a victim hurt by a gorilla that escaped from Boston's Franklin Park Zoo six years ago objects to the zoo's birthday celebration for the primate.

STONEHAM, Mass., Feb. 11 (UPI) -- The Stone Zoo in Stoneham, Mass., announced Monday the building of a $750,000 habitat to house two 250-pound black bears this spring.

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BOSTON, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- The fan base of the World Series champion Boston Red Sox grew by one at the Franklin Park Zoo, where staff named a new baby giraffe "Sox."

BOSTON, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- The first witness to testify in a gorilla-attack lawsuit against Franklin Park Zoo in Boston said the animal pulled a toddler from her arms.

PROVIDENCE, R.I., Feb. 26 (UPI) -- John Linehan got his record but Darius Rice and

PROVIDENCE, R.I., Jan. 5 (UPI) -- DeShaun Williams and Kueth Duany scored 16 points apiece Saturday as 10th-ranked Syracuse battled back from an 11-point deficit in the second half to beat Provi

LAS VEGAS, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Maurice Baker scored 20 points and three others reached double figures Monday night as No. 16 Oklahoma State did not show any signs of fatigue in an 83-65 victo