Caesars dumped from Suffolk Downs casino plan

The racetrack’s ownership team intends to find another casino manager and continue its bid to win the sole Greater Boston resort casino license.

Celtics legend Bill Russell was briefly detained and cited for bringing a loaded handgun into a Seattle airport in his carry-on bag on Wednesday night, officials said.

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Bill Russell briefly detained at Seattle airport

The Celtics legend was cited for bringing a loaded handgun in his carry-on bag, officials said.

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William Lantigua’s popularity, coupled with one-time enemies’ reversal, is puzzling outsiders and infuriating critics after his stormy first term.

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Just days after a possible worldwide fiscal calamity was averted, Tea Party Republicans appear anything but chastened.

Pedestrians in downtown North Adams have their choice of  galleries, thanks to the city’s flourishing arts community.

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North Adams rebounds with art, education

A broad infusion of culture and an ambitious makeover in higher education have reenergized the smallest city in the state.

After four one-run games in the ALCS, John Farrell (with GM Ben Cherington in the background) enjoys a laugh Friday.

Christopher L. Gasper

Only one team will survive this classic ALCS

The truth is this is such an entertaining, enthralling, engaging, engrossing series that those witnessing it are winners.

INTERACTIVE GRAPHIC

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Explore all you need to know, from race times to restaurants, about the Head of the Charles Regatta, which starts Saturday.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/10/18/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/tlumacki_thanksgivvukah_lifestyle1080.jpg The frenzy that is ‘Thanksgivukkah’

A marketing specialist in Massachusetts came up with the term — and trademarked it — to note that the first day of Hanukkah falls on Thanksgiving this year.

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TOM KEANE

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After 101 years of cheering on the team at Fenway Park, we don’t need to become some Pittsburgh knockoff.

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Andris Nelsons led the Boston Symphony Orchestra for the first time Thursday night since his appointment as the BSO’s next music director.

With Andris Nelsons on BSO podium, a partnership debuts

The music director's first performance since his appointment was an exciting night, for the robust music-making that took place but also for the new chapter it represented.

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Northeastern’s Mihir Shah swings and misses in front of Harvard’s Norris Guscott at Jordan Field.

Cricket growing in popularity on American college campuses

The game has caught on quickly in education-rich New England, where Northeastern, MIT, Bryant, and Worcester Polytechnic have established cricket clubs.