The firings follow an investigation into the 2009 death of a Bridgewater State Hospital mental health patient.
Martha Coakley is running to extend the governor?s agenda on education and transportation.
Thomas Farragher
Buprenorphine is a treatment drug not without controversy, but it could help addicts immensely.
Ideas
Six bold plans for the future of Suffolk DownsIt?s an opportunity so large and unusual that it could change how Boston, and the region, deals with development.
Iraq veterans torn over US involvementMany military personnel who fought in Iraq said they feel deeply conflicted over the latest intervention.
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Alex Beam
Recent movies set in Boston, along with previous ones like ?The Town? and ?The Departed,? paint a particularly bleak picture of our little city on a hill.
DAN SHAUGHNESSY
The retiring Yankee great said he?s playing out the season at Fenway partly in respect to Red Sox fans.
Between Labor Day and Thanksgiving, college students are most at risk for sexual assault and alcohol poisoning.
The baby, named Charlotte, is the first grandchild of Bill and Hillary Clinton.
Paul English
A new vision needs to include the tech sectorThe Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce needs to modernize and be more inclusive.
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Doctors estimate that Rondo could miss 6-8 weeks, meaning he will be sidelined for the start of the regular season.
Dr. Richard Sacra met with the media in Worcester on Friday, one day after he was released from an isolation ward in Nebraska.
?I?m a lifelong Democrat,? says one voter. Another finishes the thought by saying: ?I?m voting for Charlie Baker.?
Skeptics mulled over conspiracy theories and cast doubt on official reports at a conference examining the assassination.
The move comes 15 months after the company?s kidney cancer drug was rejected by the FDA.
Bradford Washburn?s ?Vintage Photographs? offers spectacular mountain views, while Ivana Damien George?s ?Glacial Waters? addresses climate change.
New England hospice provides care for ailing animals and comfort for owners amid a rise in pet services.
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Logan Airport: The early yearsWhen it first opened in September 1923, Logan Airport was mainly used by the military and post office.
How to fight biasPsychologists are testing ways to reduce unconscious racial prejudice ? not just in the police, but in all of us.
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