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?Jingle Bells? was written in Medford, right? For people there, that?s the answer, and let?s just forget about the questions and controversy.
Cashless sales are a temptation for lottery officialsConsumers are using cash less frequently, dampening sales of lottery tickets, but cashless sales could worsen problem gambling.
Eversource shifting thousands of retirees to private health insuranceThe utility company says the move will mean more choices of insurance plans; a union official says retirees are worried about rising costs.
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A plan to redevelop three properties is roiling locals who worry the once-bohemian business district is marching ever closer to sterility.
?I have been honored to serve the people of Massachusetts as US Attorney,? she said in a statement regarding her January 13 departure.
Brianna Wu, Boston game developer and critic of GamerGate, to run for CongressWu, who has been targeted by the shadowy GamerGate movement, plans to run in 2018.
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Pushing back against President-elect Donald Trump could help Massachusetts Democrats boost their own political standing.
On Wednesday, two weeks after the kerfuffle, Dennis Muilenburg made his way south to Donald Trump?s Mar-a-Lago estate to meet face to face.
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A mother prays for smiles at home on Christmas mornA jobless mother wants her children to feel good about the holiday and ?just be kids.?
TV Critic?s Corner
Here?s what the new season of ?Fargo? looks likeThe cast and story outline are taking shape.
The new movie can be difficult for Boston-area viewers to watch, but some also said it?s engaging.
Art Review
Spellbound by ?The Man? at the ICAAt the ICA, Ragnar Kjartansson?s video presents a performance by bluesman Pinetop Perkins.
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A dog is all about love, and for people at a facility run by Boston Health Care for the Homeless, that?s what they need.
?Jeopardy!? run ends for cancer-stricken championCindy Stowell had Stage 4 colon cancer when she recorded episodes of ?Jeopardy!? this summer. She never got to see her appearances on TV.
Comic Jim Jefferies means no offenseKnown for keeping audiences on edge, the Australian stand-up is coming to the Wilbur Theatre for six shows.
Love Letters
Should she ask out the work crush?At this point, I just want to get to know him better. I?ve thought about inviting him to meet up for a drink after work, but I?m hesitant for obvious reasons.
The hilarious video of ?Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas? was pieced together in the holiday spirit.
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Pat and Dina Lacey had been parents for only a few months when doctors discovered a tumor in their new baby?s chest. Told to take their son home to die, they put their faith in a young doctor who wouldn?t accept death as the answer.
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How to bring about true democracyIt?s time for some citizen activism to help America break free of its anti-democratic anchor. I?m talking the Electoral College, of course.
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The Desperate and the Dead | Part 7
The San Antonio solutionOne Texas city took on mental health as a community and became a national model. Why can?t Mass. do the same?
Boston Globe coverage and the movie ?Spotlight??Spotlight? is based on the stories and the reporters behind the investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.
Against the Broncos, he recognized the value of playing mistake-free football under extraordinary duress. That?s why he?s so valuable.
Dr. Drachman?s seminal papers on evaluating patients with dizziness, written in the 1960s and ?70s, are still read by neurologists in training today.
Boston and its surrounding suburbs saw an abundance of high priced single-family homes sell in 2016.
The Obama administration said Wednesday that 6.4 million people had signed up for 2017 health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, an increase of 400,000 over a similar point last year.
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A few years back, motorists leaving Rte. 95 and driving down Rte. 1 South in Westwood could look to the right and see a group of businesses: a daycare center, menswear store, pool and patio company, and some warehouses. David Rosenberg, president of Prime Motor Group, who drove by daily, instead saw that large parcel [?]
Scenes of buses slowly driving out of Aleppo in a shroud of white offered an evocative finale to one of the most brutal chapters in Syria?s civil war.
The dominant theme this holiday shopping season has been the increasing dominance of e-commerce. Don?t tell that to TJX shoppers.
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Cree Bruins?s show Kingston Gallery shows film coming full circle.
The author recently spoke about unexplained phenomena during an appearance at a TEDxBeaconStreet event.
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NASA?s Operation IceBridge has been studying how polar ice has evolved over the past eight years.
Ground Game
With Carrier, Trump exposes rift between unions and leadersSomehow Donald Trump, who claims a net worth of $10 billion, was standing up for the little guy, against their own union boss.
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A Gardener?s GardenThe lush landscape around Andrew Grossman?s home and studio is a showcase of possibilities.
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Mark Wahlberg's 'Patriots Day,? the Marathon bombing movie, is heartfelt and unnecessary
Fenway?s Pesky Pole in the shop for repairs
The media are misleading the public on Syria
Millennials aren?t lazy, they?re workaholics
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