Was Mitt Romney right about US health overhaul?

Mitt Romney, shown signing the Massachusetts health care bill in 2006, said during his presidential run that the state’s  reform wouldn’t work for the whole country.

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Romney warned that Massachusetts’ groundbreaking health reform wouldn’t work for the country as a whole.

Problems continue to plague Mass. health marketplace

Not one person has been fully enrolled in a health insurance plan through state’s marketplace after it was revamped.

Mike Napoli hit 23 homers and had 92 RBIs last season.

Mike Napoli, Red Sox agree on 2-year deal

The first baseman made it clear after the World Series that he wanted to stay with the team.

US veteran Merrill Newman, who was detained for over a month in North Korea, arrived at Beijing airport after being released.

North Korea frees 85-year-old US veteran

Merrill Newman was detained in October after trying to visit North Korea six decades after he oversaw a group of South Korean guerrillas.

Jennifer Grout, shown in the “Arabs Got Talent” studio, will compete in the show’s finals on Saturday in Beirut. She says she does not speak Arabic, though she sings Arabic songs.

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Non-Arabic speaker in finals of Arab talent contest

She’s blond, claims English, Scottish, and Native American descent, and doesn’t speak Arabic, but Jennifer Grout is now a star thanks to “Arabs Got Talent.”

In her essay, Kate Plourd of Jamaica Plain described hearing the bombs while she was recovering in a medical tent.

Moving essays earn hundreds entry into Marathon

BAA officials selected 467 people who were “personally and profoundly impacted” by the bombings to receive the special bibs for the 2014 Marathon.

High School Football

Super Saturday has arrived

Massachusetts will crown six state champions at Gillette Stadium Saturday, the first year the state will have true high school football state champions.

Opinion

RENÉE LOTH

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/12/07/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/reneeLoth_150px-1628.jpg A ticket that leaves out Mass. voters

Private deals between candidates can be a perilous way to pick running mates in the gubernatorial race.

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Beers from Heavy Seas, Narragansett and Idle Hands

Narragansett Beer announced the release of a limited-edition Autocrat Coffee Milk Stout, Heavy Seas riffs on Fuller’s ESB, and more beer news.