General manager Ben Cherington discussed the negotiations after Jon Lester rejected a $135 million offer from the Sox.
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A group that promotes civic engagement among Asians and Pacific Islanders has a petition against a pardon for Wahlberg.
The Warrior Ice Arena will replace the Ristuccia Arena in Wilmington, where the Bruins have practiced since the late 1980s.
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In the series finale of the FX show, Jax Teller came clean, and then things got very messy.
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The city?s retention of the students who attend its colleges and universities has long been a concern.
After the Ray Rice and Adrian Peterson cases, a more extensive list of prohibited conduct will be included in the policy.
?I aspire to act with great respect and humility in dealing with others, no matter what the situation,? Benjamin Edelman said.
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When can four dollars turn into an online firestorm? When it adds up to a modern-day David vs. Goliath.
Senator Warren and other Democrats are against a provision in the bill that removes a safeguard from the Dodd-Frank financial overhaul.
A Boston education nonprofit will run the Dearborn STEM Academy in hopes of sparking a rapid turnaround.
White House pushes back against calls for CIA purgeThe administration is confronting blowback from revelations about the CIA?s brutal interrogation methods.
How much snow would nor?easter have brought us?The storm likely would have dropped much less in terms of fluffy, white flakes than it did in rain.
Brian Golden has served as acting director of the urban planning and development agency since the mayor took office.
Nancy Gertner, Michael B. Keating, and Martin F. Murphy
Spare Boston the pain of a Tsarnaev trialThe last chapter doesn?t have to be one of bitterness, division, and re-traumatization.
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The huge fire shut down parts of two major freeways in Los Angeles early Monday morning.
The forward has left the team temporarily to be with his father, who was diagnosed with an incurable form of cancer.
The Greater Boston Toys for Tots is struggling to meet this year?s high demand for donations.
MoveOn.org launched an elaborate campaign intended to convince Senator Elizabeth Warren to enter the presidential race.
Tamara Green alleges Cosby ??publicly branded?? her a liar when his lawyer called her sexual assault claims ??absolutely false.??
Besides the usual assortment of groceries, hot food, and alcohol, the new location will include an in-store spa.
BMOP and Odyssey Opera co-presented Tobias Picker?s opera ?Fantastic Mr. Fox,? based on the children?s tale by Roald Dahl.
Davis Square needs more places like Spoke, an intimate wine bar serving consistently inventive small plates.
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How ?deadbeats? can still be good dadsChild support needs to catch up to reflect new roles for fathers, say experts.
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