Tsarnaev friend charged with obstruction

Officials said Khairullozhon Matanov met with and contacted the Marathon bombing suspects in the days after the attack.

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Khairullozhon Matanov was seen as an unassuming, affable young man, a hard-working cabdriver trying to make his way in a new country.

Daylan Walker.

Toddler’s fall deemed a ‘tragic accident’

Daylan Walker, 2, died Wednesday when he somehow left his day-care center and climbed to the building’s roof.

Massachusetts Gaming Commission Chairman Stephen Crosby.

Caesars lawsuit against gaming panel chief dismissed

The Las Vegas gambling giant had alleged that Stephen Crosby exercised bias against the company to favor a rival project.

A player delivered a kick at a South End playground during a game between teams named Ernest Plays Kickball and Black Magic.

Kickball gains ground as an adult sport

The playground game is a popular warm-weather social athletic pastime for grown-ups, and leagues are all over the area.

A yacht that ended up on a beach near Alicia Preston’s house in Hampton, N.H., has been the topic of rumors.

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Mystery yacht has Hampton Beach talking

The rumors began swirling through this New Hampshire community just as soon as the vessel crashed into the marsh.

Paramedic Ruben Torres will undergo training at EasCare LLC, one of several Massachusetts ambulance companies that plan to branch into home health care.

Paramedics branch into home care

Several ambulance companies plan to send personnel to treat patients where they live instead of taking them to hospitals.

red sox 3, rays 2 (10 inn.)

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A.J. Pierzynski’s triple scored Jonny Gomes to end a wild game where John Farrell and two of his coaches were ejected.

Cedric Douglas, at his Uphams Corner studio, is focused on connecting neighbors with art.

In Uphams Corner, he makes art hit home

Cedric Douglas uses murals and face-to-face encounters to give voice to the neighborhoods where he has lived.

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