The measure to increase the country’s borrowing authority now heads to President Obama.
A judge set Nov. 3 as the trial date in the Marathon bombings case. Defense attorneys had sought a date of September of next year at the earliest.
Julie Corey sobbed as a Worcester jury found her guilty of the 2009 murder of 23-year-old Darlene Haynes.
A judge also ruled an interview police conducted with Jared Remy’s daughter be sealed from public release.
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Kevin Miller looked out of the window of his friend’s car as they sat in traffic in Raleigh, N.C.
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Crews worked on power lines that had grown heavy with ice in Dog Town, Ala.
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A highway sign warned drivers in Norcross, Ga.
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Residents walked across the Walnut Street Bridge as snow deepened in Chattanooga, Tenn.
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Anne Chandler Philips, 7, made a snow angel in Lookout Mountain, Tenn.
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A highway patrol officer checked on the safety of a motorist in Raleigh, N.C.
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Grace Williamson, front, and Maggie McDaniel found a sledding hill in El Dorado, Ark.
More than 300,000 homes and businesses were without power across the region from the storm.
Vladislav Tretiak was the goalie who lost to the US then, and is now the head of the Russian team trying to win gold on home ice.
Caesar’s inspired clowning lit up TV screens during the 1950s and helped shape American comedy for decades.
“I could not be more sure. I know it in my heart,” the Yankees captain, 39, said in announcing his decision.
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Death for Tsarnaev is a matter of justiceThe death penalty for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is appropriate, even with the risk that he might become a martyr.
The Red Sox coach hopes to improve the footwork of every infielder. Not even Dustin Pedroia will be exempt.
A three-alarm fire ripped through an apartment building early this morning, fire officials said.
Nagin was found guilty accepting bribes, free trips, and other gratuities while in office.
President Obama first announced the executive order to boost some contractor wages during his State of the Union address.
A former executive at a company that makes traffic cameras claims he was “carrying out orders” when he bribed officials in at least 13 states.
The cartoonist will focus on his Web series, “Alpha House,” and Sunday “Doonesbury” comic strips.
South African entrepreneur Sarah Collins’s Wonderbag is an electricity-free portable slow cooker.
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Should the government pay you to be alive?The “guaranteed basic income” almost became law in the US — and it’s having a revival now.
