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Hernandez associate indicted in murder case

Carlos Ortiz is facing charges of being an accessory after the fact to the murder of Odin Lloyd.

As Senate vote on spending bill nears, disputes remain

The stopgap bill to fund the government won’t include language defunding the health care law, setting up a showdown with the House.

Scientists more certain of human role in warming

An international scientific group called man-made climate change “extremely likely,” its strongest words yet on the issue.

Plan calls for inspections of Syrian arsenal by Oct. 1

The disarmament plan mandates inspections of the civil war-torn country’s chemical arsenal start by Tuesday.

Neil and Tina Carruthers married in 2010, and nine months later, her cancer returned.

Carruthers family

Stoneham couple’s love story, in life and death

Nine months after Neil Carruthers, 34, married Tina Nedelcu, 29, her cancer returned. When he died unexpectedly, she passed two days later.

A worker at Continuum Energy, a Fall River firm being sued, used a device to analyze elemental metals.

Shirley Leung

Swiss heiress sues after sinking $77m into Fall River firm

The woman accused a baron, a former MIT administrator, and a Harvard professor of fraud and mismanagement after her investments were whittled down to about $50,000.

Lucky Star’s president, Edward Leung, promises that passenger safety will be a top priority if the line gets back on the road.

Fung Wah, Lucky Star may be on the road again soon

The companies, which were shut down earlier this year, have met requirements and are just waiting to be allowed to start carrying passengers again.

Troopers are hoping to deter distracted driving by ticketing as many people as possible.

Police hone ways to catch drivers texting

Troopers are hoping to deter distracted driving by ticketing as many people as possible.

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SCOT LEHIGH

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/09/27/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Scot_Lehigh_150px-2540.jpg Where are the GOP grown-ups?

The Republican Party’s supposed congressional leaders need to make their own voices heard — lest they be drowned out altogether.

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A Boston Police cruiser in the North End.

Police pay may entangle candidates

Boston police patrolmen are expected to receive a major arbitration award that could thrust a high-profile labor dispute into the heated mayoral race.

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Paul J. Konigsberg, an accountant and member of Bernard L. Madoff’s inner circle, was arrested Thursday in the federal investigation of Madoff’s multibillion-dollar fraud.

Longtime Madoff accountant arrested

Paul J. Konigsberg was the only nonfamily shareholder in Madoff’s London operation, which played a crucial role in transferring stolen money.