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DAN SHAUGHNESSY
The star quarterback dealt with a lot in 2016 ? court appearances, a suspension, aging ? and emerged better than ever.
Chad Finn
It was time to make a statement, and this team did itAfter last season?s disastrous loss in Miami, it was time for redemption.
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NBC preens, but don?t dismiss Channel 7The Peacock Network emphasizes its star power as it launches its own Boston station, leaving longtime affiliate WHDH-TV behind.
Armless Syrian boy, thriving here, hopes family can come to US??I want my mom to come here. I feel like I?m losing her,? said Ahmad Alkhalaf, now attending fourth grade at a school in Sharon.
CNN news anchor was ?lit? on-air during New Year?s Eve programDon Lemon took shots of alcohol and got his ear pierced during a broadcast from New Orleans.
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After a brief, flawless rendition ?Auld Lang Syne,? it was all downhill.
Vandalized Hollywood sign briefly reads ?Hollyweed?No, it wasn?t your hangover playing tricks on you: The Hollywood sign really did read ??Hollyweed?? on New Year?s Day.
An old ? and cold ? tradition renewed in South BostonNearly 1,000 people jumped into the frigid waters off South Boston to take part in the L Street Brownies? annual New Year?s Day swim.
The best time to retune your career? Probably right nowThe prospect of another year at a job that fails to satisfy can be daunting, if not downright depressing.
The state?s base wage rose to $11 an hour Sunday, but additional gains here and nationwide may be challenged.
Islamic State claims responsibility for Istanbul nightclub attackThe terrorist group said the massacre was carried out by a ?heroic soldier of the caliphate.?
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A loophole in the act let city police to send nine people with ?serious criminal histories? to Immigration and Customs Enforcement in 2015.
STAT
How a mail-order opioid operation took root on the high plains of Texas?It?s the Amazon of drug trafficking,? said one official.
Man dies after car struck by commuter rail train in HolbrookA preliminary investigation showed the man attempted to drive around lowered crossing gates, police said.
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The ambitious majority plans to unravel some of the most significant policy prescriptions put forward by this administration.
Democrats targeting eight of Trump?s Cabinet nomineesSuch delays would upend GOP hopes of quickly confirming most of the appointees on Inauguration Day.
Boston?s first baby, born at 12:01 a.m., is already an ?overachiever?Kennedy Lynn Schmitt checked in at 6 pounds 15 ounces and measured 19¼ inches, Beth Israel Deaconess said.
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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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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.
Thomas, a free agent after next season, is earning $6.59 million in 2016-17.
Police say James Morales, 35, formerly of Cambridge, fled in a car stolen from a parking lot just over the Mass. border.
The Boston area's combined home value in 2016 was higher than it was during bubble years, according to a new real estate analysis from Zillow.
George W. Bush had his Texas ranch. His father had his Kennebunkport compound. Donald Trump has a 118-room private club.
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A self-driving car is hitting the streets of Boston for the first time on Tuesday
Thousands of riders flooded into the Second Avenue line?s polished stations when it opened Sunday.
AMP has delivered on its promise of faster mobile webpages, but publishers worry about giving too much control to the tech giant.
The black filmmaker weathered a backlash for assembling an all-white starring cast for the TLC drama.
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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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Mariah Carey?s New Year?s show was a fiasco. Blame tech problems, her people say.
CNN?s Don Lemon gets ear pierced on live TV, tells viewers he?s ?lit?
Dan Shaughnessy: Tom Brady should be the NFL's MVP
Dave Barry?s year in review: The train wreck that was 2016
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