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Beverly Scott had come under fire from Governor Baker for the performance of the system during recent storms.
Bitter cold temperatures and ?significant, plowable snow? may be on the way for the weekend.
The fire on Massachusetts Avenue near Harvard Square was reported around 7 p.m.
About 75 people in Charlestown met with casino executives and expressed concerns, including about traffic, but little opposition.
Simon covered a range of stories around the world in a career spanning five decades.
President Obama?s request for Congress to authorize a campaign against the Islamic State ran into opposition from both sides of the aisle.
Researchers say periods of intense hurricane activity coincided with higher ocean temperatures.
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The Patriots coach appeared on David Letterman?s show Wednesday and tried his best not to talk about deflated footballs.
Celtics 89, Hawks 88
Evan Turner scored with .2 seconds left to give the Celtics their only lead of the game at TD Garden.
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Like his chief rival Tom Brady, the Broncos? quarterback is a football junkie.
What to do if you have an ice damIce dams are ridges of ice that form at the edge of a roof and prevent melting snow from draining. Here?s how to handle them.
The former World No. 1 cited injuries and rustiness for his sudden departure.
Early photo of Helen Keller donated to museumThe photo shows an 8-year-old Helen Keller with her teacher, Anne Sullivan, in 1888.
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For fans of the erotic book series ? and the new film ? the sex isn?t what makes them blush. It?s the politics.
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The gap between Triple A and the big leagues is growing, and a closer look at statistics reveals one reason why.
The rising Republican star was passionately active in campus politics but dropped out 36 credits short of graduating.
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A valentine for fossil fuels The booming use of petroleum, coal, and natural gas, has fueled an almost inconceivable amount of good.
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Photographers captured the lives of soldiers and civilians on both sides of the Ukrainian conflict.
The righthander, 30, is now the elder statesman in the Red Sox? rotation.
The judge in the case told the jury after about two hours of testimony that the juror was excused for personal reasons.
John Lakian, a former Republican candidate for governor in Mass. in 1982, allegedly defrauded investors out of millions of dollars.
The Medal of Valor is the nation?s highest honor for public safety officers who risk their own safety to save or protect others.
The cronut ? that?s a doughnut made with croissant dough ? has gone mainstream.
Anne Hawley has announced that she plans to step down at the end of the year.
Italian restaurant Sorriso is now Bel Ari and warrants at least as much attention as its sister, Les Zygomates.
Design New EnglandImaginations and innovation are harnessed to turn a crawl space into a tiny jewel of a bathroom.
New Harvard Law program aims for ?systemic justice?The new initiative goes beyond legal doctrine to show how history, psychology, and economics explain the causes of injustice.
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