Prosecutors sought to show that the House speaker granted Probation Department officials favors in exchange for jobs for friends.
Yvonne Abraham
A couple of days in Courtroom 18 at the Moakley Courthouse leaves one with an overwhelming urge to shower.
The wide-ranging legislation is aimed at tightening state gun laws, already considered among the strictest in the nation.
Tech Lab
For unwary users, a lot of free software can end up costing quite a bit more than they?d expect.
The man also critically wounded his 15-year-old daughter, authorities said.
The animal found its way into a Weymouth liquor store, causing an estimated $3,000 in damage.
Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff
The behomoth chain is now the state?s dominant check-cashing operation.
A judge ruled that new evidence ?cast real doubt on the justice of the conviction? of a Lowell man in a fire that killed eight people.
Officials said they made the move because of the school?s opposition to federal hiring protections for gays and lesbians.
CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER
It?s time to bring on the kids like Christian Vazquez, Anthony Ranaudo, and Deven Marrero.
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Matthew Gilbert and Sarah Rodman talk about what shows and actors should be nominated for an Emmy Award. Nominations will be released later today.
OPINION | Basim Usmani
A Muslim citizen?s US passport gets him everywhere but home Rhetoric about meeting the needs of a new generation clashes with the reality of immigration policy.
Re-inventing the wheel: Why not? Many doThe Australian patent office has ? quietly ? revoked a patent it granted, in the year 2001, for the wheel.
Brock Holt?s RBI single drove in Daniel Nava with the winning run.
For years, this line has suffered from summertime speed restrictions, directly related to high temperatures.
The move comes as tens of thousands of children stream from Central American nations to the US border.
Each side escalated its responses Wednesday, with neither showing signs of backing down.
A local group has spearheaded a surge in the practice of harvesting excess crops for the poor.
It?s a four-day celebration of the carbonated beverage that many Mainers consider a symbol of the state?s unique character
NBC is premiering two new sitcoms, and one of them ? ?Welcome to Sweden? ? is actually pretty charming.
Colin Flavin of Flavin Architects designed a mahogany railing and trellis and encased the landing with a structure that has glass doors on two sides.
Design New England
Plenteous pots in New HampshireWith a little help from a friend, children?s author Tomie dePaola contains his garden.
Dawn of the Web: an oral historyHow did it feel when the Internet first arrived on your desk? What does a tidal wave look like from shore?
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