It should surprise no one that in the months before his death, the former mayor left unambiguous instructions.
The last 297 days of a most remarkable lifeFriends and observers said Thomas Menino?s last 10 months were lived with new purpose, even as his body failed him.
At quiet memorials, tearful tributes to Menino?He?s done so much for so many people in the city,? one mourner said. ?He saw no color, no barrier. It?s just a sad day.??
An explosion was heard in the house on Meadow Street and a bomb squad was on the scene, officials said.
Campaign hooked on Baker?s fisherman storyRepublican Charlie Baker said he got some details of the story wrong, and his rival Martha Coakley criticized Baker.
Thomas Farragher
The candidates are asking you to consider this question as you approach the voting booth: Don?t you think my opponent is a big fat liar?
The poor would benefit from the ability to collect and redeem more unclaimed bottles for deposits.
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Leaders of a new movement say we now have the technology for government that is literally by the people. What could possibly go wrong?
Alan M. Dershowitz
Name-calling bruises US-Israel relationsCongress has an obligation to get to the bottom of this foreign policy mess.
The decision was the nation?s biggest court case yet over how to balance personal liberty, public safety, and fear of Ebola.
The Kenyan runner passed her tests at Boston, but tested positive for a banned substance in an out-of-competition test, her agent confirmed.
?You?re not a real soldier,? one man shouted Friday at Eric Frein, in reference to his military role-playing.
Some of the details of Baker?s emotional 2009 encounter with a soulful fisherman may have been lost at sea.
Despite the momentum of Major League Soccer and the team, the Revolution are one of the few clubs without a tailor-made soccer stadium.
Mikko Nissinen?s new production of ?Swan Lake? for Boston Ballet at the Opera House, with sets and costumes by Robert Perdziola, is a spellbinder.
She calls him Oliver Twist, but he exhibits behavior befitting the Artful Dodger.
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Menino took a ground-level view of the city on a hill, earning himself a nickname for his focus on the nuts and bolts of everyday life: the urban mechanic.
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Who rules hip-hop?s past?Biggie or Kool Herc? As a cultural juggernaut hits middle age, two parallel visions emerge for what ?classic? should mean.
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