GOP hints of dealing to avert fiscal cliff
House Speaker John Boehner offered the president a faint framework of a deal to avoid a “fiscal cliff,” suggesting Republicans could accept “new revenue.”
The war in Afghanistan has not ended. Iran remains a threat. The economy is still struggling. The federal debt still exists. And bitter divisions continue.
House Speaker John Boehner offered the president a faint framework of a deal to avoid a “fiscal cliff,” suggesting Republicans could accept “new revenue.”
Mayor Thomas M. Menino’s get-out-the-vote expertise cranked out the largest turnout in Boston since 1964. Three out of every four ballots went for Elizabeth Warren.
The state’s election of the nation’s first all-female congressional delegation was the most dramatic example of a phenomenon that swept the country.
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Even if your cause or candidate tanked, the obscene, untold billions spent assaulting voters’ senses yielded generous helpings of the absurd.
The storm dropped more than 3 inches on parts of Central and Southeastern Massachusetts Wednesday night, with some areas seeing more than 5 inches.
A thinly fictionalized biography of Arn Chorn-Pond and his escape from Cambodia’s Killing Fields is a finalist for this year’s National Book Awards.
James D. Coffey has been fired for allegedly ignoring a complaint in July about the Framingham compounding pharmacy at the center of the meningitis outbreak.
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The Celtics struggled through most of regulation against the Wizards, but got their act together in overtime for a 100-94 win.
Some of Elizabeth Warren’s strongest supporters want her to be a vocal and visible champion of liberal causes in the US Senate.
A new storm that threatened to complicate Hurricane Sandy cleanup efforts now looks like it will be weaker than expected.
Hopes have been dashed that a new president and Congress would rewrite the Dodd-Frank law or eliminate the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
At almost 2½ hours, the movie plays like a long, familiar family conversation: Should we put dad in a home or not?
Here’s an introduction to these stylish local entrepreneurs.