Romney testimony reveals rocky start at Staples

As Bain Capital invested early in Staples, Mitt Romney had reservations about the success of the office supply chain and engaged in “painful” negotiations with its founder.

Despite bacteria in labs, a clean pharmacy report

The Framingham company linked to a meningitis outbreak sent customers a report trumpeting the cleanliness of its labs, though its internal testing showed widespread contamination.

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Obama returns to campaign trail Thursday

President Obama and Mitt Romney are resuming their campaigns in the wake of Sandy.

Retrial begins in Mattapan massacre

Dwayne Moore, 35, faces four counts of first-degree murder in the 2010 shooting deaths that included a 2-year-old boy.

Power outages drop to around 90,000 in Mass.

With more and more Massachusetts residents getting their power restored, the state has sent National Guard personnel to harder-hit states.

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The storm left cars partially submerged in a New York City parking lot.

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A tree crew worked to free a pine from power lines in Norwell on Tuesday.

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Flooded streets kept firefighters away when a blaze tore through homes in New York’s Rockaway area on Tuesday.

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The storm upended trees in Washington, D.C. It also left more than 8.2 million homes in 17 states without power.

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A rescue worker helped a young boy evacuate an area in Little Ferry, N.J., on Tuesday, that was hit by flood waters.

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Jason Locke moved mud out of his mother’s home near Gooseberry Point at Horseneck Beach in Westport.

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President Obama monitored relief efforts at the Red Cross in Washington.

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Mitt Romney collected food donations at a campaign event in Ohio.

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The storm uprooted a tree in Copley Square.

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Parts of West Virginia received up to two feet of snow.

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A man looked at a tree resting on powerlines in the front yard of a home in Newton.

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A damaged home was seen on Manasquan Beach in Manasquan, N.J.

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A car passed a tree lying on power lines, the morning after Hurricane Sandy in Dartmouth.

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A woman dragged a wet rug out of her gallery in Falmouth Harbor.

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A child looked at power lines knocked down by Hurricane Sandy in Scituate.

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Needham public works crews removed a tree from power lines and traffic lights.

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A submerged boat in Scituate Harbor.

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In the Queens, N.Y., a rainbow could be seen behind homes devastated by the storm.

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A boat was almost sideways between two flooded houses in Lindenhurst, N.Y.

Another home in Cambridge sustained damage from a fallen tree.

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A home in Cambridge sustained damage from a fallen tree.

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Hurricane Sandy shows media: Don’t believe everything on Twitter

Sandy demonstrated that nothing on social media sites should be taken as truth unless verified, a rule that is especially true for news organizations during emergency situations.

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Ray Allen gets the cold shoulder

The takeaway moment of opening night was Kevin Garnett’s refusal to acknowledge Allen, and it made you wonder, why does it always end badly in Boston?