President Obama suggested that he may alter the power of the NSA to collect data, and conceded ‘‘we screwed it up” on the rollout of the health care website.
State to retain custody of teen in medical caseThe judge also appointed an independent investigator to take a new look at the case of Justina Pelletier, who has spent the past 10 months at Boston Children’s Hospital.
Gary Lee Sampson, who pleaded guilty to multiple murders, has fought off capital punishment in a series of court appeals.
A social worker and supervisor have been fired in the case of a missing 5-year-old Fitchburg boy, who is feared dead.
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The senior guard, who had an offer to go pro in Turkey, turned down the money and has helped the Minutemen get off to a 10-0 start.
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The creator of “The Hobbit” gets more credit than he deserves.
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A Boston third-grader sampled a gingerbread cookie, a girl picked out a Christmas tree in South Boston, and more of the week’s best images.
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When bombs went off at the Boston Marathon finish line, the crowds fled for safety. But a group of everyday people rushed in to offer whatever help they could.
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The GOP vs. the rightThe vote for the bipartisan budget deal was an explicit rejection of right-wing advocacy groups’ demand for ideological purity.
The second-round pick returned to practice last Friday, and was on the field for the first two practices this week.
Four people are facing drug charges after a traffic stop on Interstate 91 in Hatfield led to the seizure of the bags, each labeled “Obama Care,” State Police said.
John Koskinen, a retired corporate and government turnaround specialist, won a five-year term as IRS commissioner.
Reid was hospitalized early Friday after feeling unwell and undergoing tests that revealed nothing wrong, his spokesman said.
The economy grew at a 4.1 percent annual rate amid strong consumer spending, the fastest pace since late 2011.
Gibson, known for her Mary Dolan act, is currently studying comedy with the Groundlings in Los Angeles.
Director David O. Russell’s film is a playful mix of scam and ’70s schlock that sends you out of the theater on a cloud of rapture.
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Watch the ‘Broken City’ Insiders eventVideo of a discussion with The Boston Globe’s Washington bureau of the gridlock in Washington and what can be done to end it.
Was Dickens’s Christmas Carol borrowed from Lowell’s mill girls? A new discovery by literary scholars highlights an unexpected inspiration.
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