The system?s grim financial outlook comes as the city undertakes pricey new initiatives, such as lengthening the school day.
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The threat of Ebola has raised troubling questions about what will happen when the next dangerous new germ arrives.
An Indonesian official told a local TV station that some of the bodies were still belted into their seats.
During his two-term governorship, Deval Patrick visited 59 percent of Mass. cities and towns, a Globe analysis found.
Student run over by officer was impaired, DA saysGarrett Gagne had drunk ?hour after hour of alcohol? and was lying in the road when a Chatham officer hit and killed him, officials said.
The crash left one person seriously injured and others with minor injuries, and closed part of the highway for hours.
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The feat would elevate BU, a school not typically a leader in aerospace engineering, to the cutting edge of amateur rocketry.
Reality TV has turned into its own cottage industry ? just look at the cast for the seventh season of ?The Celebrity Apprentice.?
A rousing ovation greeted the former Celtics captain, and a video tribute was played after the first quarter.
Shirley Leung
The self-described reluctant first lady is leaving her post with a spring in her step.
Governor Deval Patrick?s daughter, Katherine, is engaged to marry Alisha Marie Lemieux, of New Bedford.
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Though the company said drivers could make up to $60 per hour, a huge response from occasional drivers kept profits down.
Alex Speier
The Red Sox adjusted their roster to feature players reaching their prime years.
For parents, an answer to death of son at 34Neil Carruthers collapsed in August 2013 while caring for his terminally ill wife, who died hours later.
Michael A. Cohen
Mario Cuomo?s flat ?two cities? speech His unapologetic liberalism may not have soared in 1984, but they might have been popular today with Americans concerned about inequality.
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Photographers captured images of Boston protests and holiday events.
Rondo scored Dallas?s first 10 points of the game and finished with a season-high 29 against his former team.
Mohamed Alfageeh was allegedly driving the vehicle that struck Jessica Campbell and her boyfriend, John Lanzillotti, in June.
Governor Patrick named First Assistant District Attorney Thomas Quinn III to replace Samuel Sutter.
The Obama administration is doubling down on its allegation that North Korea?s leadership was behind the hacking.
Movie tickets continue to produce more revenue per viewer than online sales and rentals.
Samurai sword-wielding yakuza gangs take center stage in the movie within the movie.
Late-night TV became less about rearranging deck chairs on a sinking ship and more about reviving a TV institution.
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