Fifteen-year-old Abigail Hernandez, who disappeared nearly two months ago after leaving her high school, wrote her mother a letter, police revealed today.
The US unemployment rate fell to 7 percent in November as employers added 203,000 jobs, an encouraging sign for the economy.
Mayor Menino expressed his displeasure with Partners, which he said had been considering a site in Roxbury.
A 15-year-old girl was allegedly lured out of an Arlington middle school by a man who was talking with her in an Internet chat room.
Nelson Mandela, 1918-2013
“The prisoner released from the dark dungeon, the pauper who turns out to be a prince, the bogeyman who proves to be the wizard,” Nelson Mandela’s friend and biographer Anthony Sampson once called his story.
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Schoolchildren held candles near a giant portrait of Nelson Mandela in Chennai, India, on Friday.
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A man wrote a message on a poster of Mandela outside Mandela's old house in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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A mural of Mandela in Loures, on the outskirts of Lisbon, Portugal.
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South African pressmen reviewed copies of newspapers early Friday commemorating the nation’s late leader, Nelson Mandela.
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South Africans held pictures of their former president as they paid tribute to Mandela following his death late Thursday.
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Summer Lopez (left) and Adam Keith, both of Washington, looked on as the flag outside the South African embassy was lowered to half-staff.
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President Obama spoke about Mandela’s lasting impact on both South African and world society on Thursday.
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A tribute to Mandela was displayed during a moment of silence prior to the Bulls-Heat NBA game in Chicago.
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The marquee at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem honored Mandela, hours after his death.
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Praying for a power outage while watching NBC’s ‘Sound of Music’Yes, it was that bad. After the power outage stubbornly failed to materialize, our critic began to pray for more commercials.
Christopher L. Gasper
While the Patriots offense struggled earlier this season, naysayers suggested Brady was in decline. But now he has the team position for another playoff run.
SCOT LEHIGH
Economics 101 for the RepublicansThe acid test of economic doctrine isn’t its theoretical appeal but rather how well it works in the real world.
Boychuk was taken to the hospital after a first-period hit, and the Bruins were unable to keep the Canadiens from overtaking them in the second.
Statues of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph were found, but a statue of a lamb was “still on the lam,” a Quincy police spokesman said.
The brazen, Al Qaeda-style attack follows a rise in US drone strikes in this key American ally in the Middle East.
Social conservative activists are threatening to walk away from the campaign after Karyn Polito endorsed gay marriage.
Farmers to You is one of several area companies expanding the local food movement.
Critics’ picks for upcoming concerts around the region, including Pink at TD Garden.
Frederick Wiseman’s documentary is a four-hour study of a critical juncture in the University of California, Berkeley’s existence, and in American higher education.
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Snowy New England wintersIt delights, it frustrates, and it changes the landscape in ways nothing else does. Winter in New England means snow — embrace it.
Donor-advised funds: Where charity goes to wait$45 billion of American philanthropic money has been given—but not received.
