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Photo by Kathleen M.G. Howlett (Illustration) Local Coverage By Laurel J. Sweet, Richard Weir and Dave Wedge A sordid drug scandal is reaching deep inside City Hall, where a key operative of Mayor Thomas M. Menino was taped hashing out a deal to sell powerful prescription painkillers... - 106 Comments
- City janitor charged in Oxy deal
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Ron Borges This was another game in which the offense disappeared at halftime as... - 23 Comments
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Northeast 12m ago | By Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — George Washington will have a tourist along for the ride on Christmas Day. Home builder Thomas Fischer will don period... Southwest 14m ago | By Associated Press PHOENIX — Officials say a dust storm has led to 20 or more collisions on Interstate 10 in central Arizona, with several vehicles catching... 
25m ago | By Ian Rapoport Jaguars running back Maurice Jones-Drew is a smart, savvy guy. Yet it took the release of his close friend Fred Taylor by the Jaguars to realize... + More Recent Headlines Real Estate 
By Thomas Grillo The Bay State housing market roared back last month posting the highest... 
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By Michael Silverman When the Red Sox locked up John Lackey last week, they cleared the board... - 210 Comments
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By Gayle Fee & Laura Raposa Dorchester homeboy Donnie Wahlberg kept the Block party going after... - 8 Comments
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By Lauren Beckham Falcone Tweeting - It’s the sixth stage of grief. Twitter, the social... - 38 Comments
- Rumors swirl as fans mourn Brittany Murphy
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By Laurel J. Sweet and Marie Szanislo It’s game over for a 14-year-old Roxbury boy, whose overwhelmed mother was so exasperated with his incessant video game playing that she called the cops on him. ... - 256 Comments
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Associated Press Barack Obama Bill Belichick Boston Boston Police Court Deval Patrick Dianne Wilkerson Elin Nordegren Fenway Park Herald Howie Carr John Simon Monjack Tiger Woods boston college brittany murphy gisele bundchen tom brady weather Local Coverage By Laurel J. Sweet and Marie Szanislo It’s game over for a 14-year-old Roxbury boy, whose overwhelmed mother was so exasperated with his incessant video game playing that she called the cops on him. ... - 256 Comments
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I don't think there will be any sympathy for Tiger and his 600 million dollar bank account, nor should there be. -hoopfan
South By Joe Dwinell Absurd as it seems, experts say Tiger Woods’ fairway redemption may have already begun...
Just a bubbly political aside during the holiday season -- has anyone else noticed Attorney General Martha Coakley has been chatting a lot recently... + More The Daily Briefing
Christmas Eve the Senate is going to put a lump of coal into your stocking in the form of this health care bill. If you currently pay for your... + More Lone Republican
In need of a little holiday spirit? Skip the spiked eggnog and tell the kids to climb in the car for some lights fantastic ... and it's all free! The... + More City Desk Wired
Check out this Christmas greeting from WBZ-TV Channel 4... + More MediaBiz Blog
Jaguars running back Maurice Jones-Drew is a smart, savvy guy. Yet it took the release of his close friend Fred Taylor by the Jaguars to realize... + More Rap Sheet
Pro Sports Duxbury Holiday Basketball Tournament Monday 12/28 & Tuesday 12/29 Game Schedule Monday 12/28 Game... + More High School Insider
To provide some more background on the timeline and treatment of Mike Lowell's right thumb injury that derailed his trade to the Rangers,... + More Clubhouse Insider
KANATA, Ont -- The Bruins first-line carousel keeps spinning. The latest to be deposited on the line: Steve Begin, moving up from the fourth... + More Bruins Insider
Fenway Recordings brought the new and tested indie rock to Great Scott in droves in 2009, from Temper Trap to Echo & the Bunnymen to Girls. Now,... + More Hotline
Normally I write about Boston based artists, but I was on the road to New York City last weekend and while I was there I got... + More The ART Scene
This is unprecedented. The premium cable channel Starz today announced it was picking up its original series "Spartacus: Blood and Sand" for... + More Love That TV!
In my recent interview with Roxbury singer/producer/business mogul Masspike Miles, we touched on a number of topics, including his thoughts on... + More Under Raps
Earlier this week I gave you some ideas of gifts to give that won't set you back more than $25. You can thank me by printing out copies of... + More Hub in Heels
Over the past couple of months, Boston drivers have noticed the new lane design on the westbound side of Storrow Drive where it meets the on-ramp... + More Behind the Wheel
Notable news in the renewable energy front this week included a report that First Solar had reached a deal with China to build what could become... + More Green World
King Penguins How far have you come with checking off your personal list of the 1,000 places to visit before you die? If you are working... + More Traveling with Ginny and Jim
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