Governor-elect Charlie Baker picked James Peyser, a former chairman of the state Board of Education.
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The shuttles offer a slice of Boston?s political and corporate stratosphere, and are a unique sample of the Mass.-based economy.
Investors cheered new data showing the US economy grew in the third quarter at the fastest pace in more than a decade.
Today is the deadline to select and pay for a health plan to begin coverage Jan. 1.
The company is recalling some 7 million single-serve coffee brewing machines because of reported burns.
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Barrington Coffee opens new shop in Back BayThe new store is brightly-lit, with funky art on the walls. But the claim to fame is bound to be the Steampunk.
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The Bengals? win over the Broncos on Monday night gave the Patriots the top overall seed in the AFC playoffs.
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Gronk?s ugly Christmas sweater sells outThe Patriots have sold out of the woolen threads modeled on the cover of the team?s holiday catalog three times already.
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Pope Francis ticked off 15 ?spiritual diseases? to which he suggested top-level Vatican officials are especially prone.
A study will test whether the technology can help ease the anxiety of parents temporarily separated from their infant.
opinion | Jeff Robbins
A ?very good question? in Israeli-Palestinian conflictWhy is it that the Palestinians rejected Israel?s offer for an independent state in 2000, 2001, and 2008?
State senator?s partner to leave his PR jobThe domestic partner of presumptive Senate president Stanley Rosenberg blamed the Globe for driving him out of his job.
Baker seeks review of MassDOT move to RoxburyGovernor-elect Charlie Baker said transferring the agency should be subject to a more detailed public review.
Bob Odenkirk gets kicky in new ?Better Call Saul? trailerThe ?Breaking Bad? spinoff looks at how attorney Jimmy McGill evolved into crooked lawyer Saul Goodman.
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The peacemakers of 2014As the year ends, a close look illuminates thousands of courageous men and women who work ceaselessly for the elusive hope of peace.
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Photos from the last four months of 2014 depicting news events and daily life around the world.
Comparing newcomer Rick Porcello to pitchers ahead of him in stat projections might change your perception of him.
Craig ?C.J.? Parsons admitted that he was one of two men who attacked a homeless man in Allston in January.
The incoming Baker administration will encourage it to operate more like other pensions for public workers, a spokesman said.
Key North Korean websites were back online Tuesday after a nearly 10-hour shutdown that followed a US vow to respond to a cyberattack on Sony.
Consumer spending is closely watched because it accounts for about 70 percent of economic activity.
Recent episodes have been frenetic, but the season finale had a quieter tone.
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?Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike?Robin Abrahams (aka Miss Conduct) will lead a post-show talkback on the bad behavior in the Huntington Theatre Company show.
How a Mass. man invented the global ice market An entrepreneur?s 1806 scheme to sell chunks of frozen New England ponds still shapes how we live.
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