Amid tight supply, Boston rents soar

With monthly rents averaging $1,881 and a dearth of new apartments, many residents will have a harder time finding an affordable place to live.

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Paul Ryan, tapped as Mitt Romney’s running mate on Saturday and known as a budget hawk, wrote letters in 2009 asking for stimulus funds to benefit his home state.

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Paul Ryan’s plan to cut taxes, slash spending, and revamp Medicare represents an unprecedented reduction in spending.

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Neil Entwistle appeared in court during his murder trial in 2008 in Woburn.

SJC rejects appeal by Neil Entwistle

The state’s highest court has upheld the murder convictions of Entwistle for the deaths of his wife and nine-month-old daughter in 2006.

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Glassblowing is hot at MIT

On the campus of one of the world’s most technologically advanced schools, glassblowing is the most popular of all extracurricular activities.

MIT has had a glassblowing furnace in the bowels of its Building 4 for four decades.

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MIT has had a glassblowing furnace in the bowels of its Building 4 for four decades.

Peter Houk (left) has been director of the MIT glass lab since 1997.

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Peter Houk (left) has been director of the MIT glass lab since 1997.

Snagging a spot can be competitive. 120 students apply via lottery for 16 open slots in each fall’s beginner glassblowing class.

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Snagging a spot can be competitive — 120 students apply via lottery for 16 open slots in each fall’s beginner glassblowing class.

Originally, it was used in a lab course, to blow oddly shaped beakers needed for experiments.

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Originally, it was used in a lab course, to blow oddly shaped beakers needed for experiments.

Glassblowing is a bit of a team sport, providing a way for students to sharpen their collaboration skills.

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Glassblowing is a bit of a team sport, providing a way for students to sharpen their collaboration skills.

In recent years, interest in the glassblowing class as exploded.

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In recent years, interest in the glassblowing class has exploded.

In addition to teaching students and former students, Houk recently demonstrated his skills to a group from the ICA.

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In addition to teaching students and former students, Houk recently demonstrated his skills to a group from Boston’s ICA.

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After a weekend of violence that left four people dead and five others wounded, Mayor Menino said the public must help police solve the crimes.

Carrying a trademark fungo bat, Johnny Pesky salutes the crowd on Sept. 28, 2008, when the Red Sox retired his No. 6 at Fenway Park.

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Red Sox lose link between past and present

The foul pole, the retired number, and the statue are well-deserved, but we don’t need them to remind us of Johnny Pesky, Boston baseball’s nicest guy.

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“Flushing Meadow” is one of Philip Jones’s nocturnal urban images.

Looking out and in at the Photographic Resource Center

Three photographers at a showcase at the PRC offer images of the external world, and three are showing an internal world of emotion and states of mind.