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Obama’s health care law roils Democrats

House Democrats implored White House officials to devise a way to stop insurance policy cancellations.

The casino, shown in this rendering, would sit on 187 acres of land at the intersection of Interstate 495 and Route 16.

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Funding uncertain in Milford casino bid

The news that the casino group is still missing a major piece of financing comes less than a week before voters decide a referendum on the project.

US bishops reflect the pope’s sensibility

The new pontiff’s humility and warmth signaled an intention to remake the church’s image — and, possibly, to transform it from within.

Genzyme MS drug gets mixed review

An FDA advisory committee said the multiple sclerosis drug can be approved for sale to patients, although the clinical trials were flawed.

Yvonne Abraham

Hedging their bet at Suffolk Downs

No one should embrace Suffolk Downs’s idea for salvaging its casino proposal by moving the gaming operation to Revere. It may be legal, but it isn’t right.

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“We were a happy, loving young family with hopes and dreams, and he was the soul of our family,” Patricia Donahue (center) said of her husband, Michael, who was killed in 1982.

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“You told me, ‘Your father’s not coming home for Christmas.’ When I asked who this is, you stated, ‘Santa Claus,’ ” said Sean McGonagle, whose father, Paul, vanished in 1974.

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“Shame on you, Mr. Bulger,” said David Wheeler, son of Roger Wheeler, who was killed in 1981. “For all your notoriety, you are a punk, and you don’t even matter anymore.”

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“There is a stigma attached to murder that only the victims’ families know, and it is mentally exhausting,” said Kathleen Nichols, daughter of Edward Connors, who was killed in 1975.

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“I hope Whitey dies the same way my sister did, gasping for breath as he takes his last breath,” said Steve Davis, the brother of Debra Davis, who was killed in 1981.

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James Bulger “did not want to validate the trial by participating directly, or indirectly, through us in the sentencing process,” said his attorney, J.W. Carney Jr.

Relatives of Bulger’s victims tell of anguish

James “Whitey” Bulger refused to look at the relatives of his victims as they told of the impact of the deaths of their loved ones.

Kevin Cullen

A man not worthy of our hate

Even as Whitey Bulger stands to learn that he will spend the rest of his miserable life in prison, he retains a perverse pride, a diffident arrogance.

Agent Scott Boras influences all of baseball

Boras represents Jacoby Ellsbury and Stephen Drew, two key Red Sox free agents, as well as potential replacements Jackie Bradley Jr. and Xander Bogaerts.