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Peggy Fogelman, a seasoned museum professional with New England roots, will be the new director of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
Jimmy Fallon mocks his Harvard fall ?That?s right, even when I get into Harvard, I embarrass my parents,? Fallon said Monday on the ?Tonight Show.?
Dolphins linebacker crushes Tom Brady?s head on TwitterChris McCain didn?t waste any time stoking the fires of Patriots Nation Monday.
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The original celiac doctor explains the misguided origins of ?the most popular diet that you can imagine.?
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New York relied on a power-armed rotation and homers, while Kansas City used contact and speed, plus a strong bullpen.
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Temps too hot for humans predicted in Persian GulfRising global temperatures could push the region?s sun-baked cities across a threshold unknown since the start of civilization.
How last winter could have actually been worseBoston eluded at least three scenarios that could have made the winter much more brutal.
Woman?s death at Nevada cryotherapy center raises safety questionsChelsea Ake-Salvacion, 24, was found dead in one of the freezing tanks at the Rejuvenice spa where she worked.
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Should a surgeon run two operations at once?It is the root question in a battle pitting a star surgeon against a great hospital, MGH, and the conflict has put careers and reputations at risk.
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A medflight helicopter landed to transport at least one person to a hospital following a crash near Exit 50.
Several schools bucked the overall trend and saw their student counts increase, according to a new report.
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Layoffs ?the right thing to do,? State Street CEO saysJay Hooley spoke before the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce just days after State Street said it would lay off 600 workers globally.
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US weighs moving troops closer to front lines in Syria, IraqThe changes would represent a significant escalation of the American role in both countries.
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Congress, Obama reach agreement on two-year budget dealThe bipartisan plan is aimed at heading off a looming debt crisis and forestalling a government shutdown in December.
In unusual move, REI closing stores on Black FridayThe 143-store chain, which has four stores in Massachusetts, is encouraging customers to spend time outside.
Ben Carson leads Donald Trump nationally in new poll Carson is leading Trump 26 percent to 22 percent among Republican voters nationwide, according to the poll.
A video showed the sheriff?s deputy tossing a female high school student from her desk and dragging her across a classroom.
Authorities arrested Stephen Cass, former athletic director, who said he was told he could keep the ?old beat up clunker.?
September real estate sales highest in a decade in Mass.Single-family home sales hit 5,430 last month, 25 percent greater than monthly sales a year earlier.
JOAN VENNOCHI
The patient has a right to knowThere?s no obligation to tell the patient when concurrent surgery will happen ? even though some question the ethics of it all.
Joe Scarborough talks about N.H. voters, Hillary ClintonAfter holding a ?Morning Joe? town hall meeting on Friday, Scarborough sat down with Ground Game.
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Before bleak scenes and colder temperatures arrive, foliage and glowing sunsets enliven landscapes across the globe.
Tool measures Mass. tech performance against other statesIf you wonder what tech companies plan to bring up with policy makers next, you might want to check out MATTERS.
After synod, can Catholics put Humpty Dumpty together again?Did the synod marathon leave the church more energized or simply more fractured?
New York?s blitz-heavy defensive plan gave the Patriots problems ?
The park is set to come to fruition after more than a decade of planning, fund-raising, and designing.
Donald Trump is outspending other GOP candidates, including the one-time front-runner, in pivotal states.
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The 2016 Chevrolet Volt is an obvious, serious refinement of the current model.
Many of the people affected by Monday?s 7.5-magnitude quake live in mountainous locations.
The deal with CRISPR Therapeutics is aimed at developing new drugs using technologies that fix disease-causing gene mutations.
With two new albums this year, the English raconteur has no plans to stop making her infectious brand of down-and-dirty roots music.
The Internet Cat Video Festival, which originated as a whimsical gag, visits Berklee Performance Center on Thursday.
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