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Bulger jury starts deliberations

After 35 days of sometimes grotesque stories of ruthless murders, four women and eight men will decide James “Whitey” Bulger’s fate.

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Divers are searching a Bristol, Conn., lake for the gun used in a murder the former Patriot is charged with.

A Yemeni soldier inspected a car at a checkpoint on a street leading to the US Embassy.

State Dept. urges US citizens to leave Yemen

The State Department also ordered non-essential personnel at the US Embassy in Yemen to leave the country.

Concord-Carlisle faces bullying lawsuit from ex-student

Isabella “Belle” Hankey, now 18, says she was mercilessly bullied for a year and a half while administrators ignored her pleas for help.

Tom Strangfeld at his home in East Harwich.

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Tom Strangfeld at his home in East Harwich.

Strangfeld’s garden is 20 by 30 feet, framed by a white picket fence, and purposely low maintenance.

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Strangfeld’s garden is 20 by 30 feet, framed by a white picket fence, and purposely low maintenance.

“There’s a very limited number of people who get excited about gardening versus cooking and decorating,” said Strangfeld.

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“There’s a very limited number of people who get excited about gardening versus cooking and decorating,” said Strangfeld.

Strangfeld has an encyclopedic knowledge of plants and is a natural teacher.

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Strangfeld has an encyclopedic knowledge of plants and is a natural teacher.

Strangfeld's menacing-looking

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Strangfeld's menacing-looking "killer tool" does everything from slice weeds to clean ledge.

Purple cone flowers at at his home.

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Purple cone flowers at at his home.

The garden has been featured in Better Homes and Gardens magazine, yet it’s unexpectedly unassuming.

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The garden has been featured in Better Homes and Gardens magazine, yet it’s unexpectedly unassuming.

Strangfeld's garden started out as a shade garden but after the flowering cherry tree fell down two years ago, it became very sunny.

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Strangfeld's garden started out as a shade garden but after the flowering cherry tree fell down two years ago, it became very sunny.

Strangfeld plans to completely redo the garden over the next few years for his grandchildren.

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Strangfeld plans to completely redo the garden over the next few years for his grandchildren.

Helping people take back their yards

Eminent landscaper Tom Strangfeld is urging homeowners to avoid the repetitious, the soulless, and the boring in their yards.

The tower will be the first major office building in Seaport Square.

PricewaterhouseCoopers to move to Seaport

The accounting giant has signed a lease that will trigger construction of a 17-story office building to begin later this month.

A Boston Globe driver escaped with no serious injuries after his delivery truck fell 40 feet onto a ramp off Interstate 93.

Drunken driving blamed in I-93 accident

An allegedly drunk driver crashed into a Globe delivery truck, sending the truck over a guardrail and onto an exit ramp nearly 40 feet below, officials said.

Entrepreneur Sarah Cherry Rice described her curriculum-mapping tool for teachers at a recent Waltham event.

Start-ups focus on creating tools for teachers

Massachusetts has become a hub for education technology start-ups, which look to improve education from outside the classroom.

Opinion

TOM KEANE

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If politicians really cared about helping retailers and shoppers, they would cut the sales tax rate across the board.