The rise in opposition appears insufficient to kill the tax holiday this year, but its fate in future years is increasingly uncertain.
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As salaries of college presidents have risen to new heights, compensation for their prep school counterparts has quietly surged in kind.
Amber Loiselle?s 7-year-old son slipped into a coma after allegedly being starved and beaten by his father.
Red Sox 11, Tigers 1
The Sox won two of three vs. the Tigers after losing their first seven games after the All-Star break.
The legendary Red Sox righthander was among four who were enshrined in Sunday?s ceremony in Cooperstown.
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The Hall of Fame pitcher is a symbol of hope and achievement to those in the Dominican Republic.
Biden?s plans for 2016 still a mysteryIt?s six months until the Iowa caucuses and the Democratic field still has one big asterisk: the 72-year-old sitting vice president.
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Advocates are hopeful that a proposed Medicare rule will make end-of-life decision-making a routine part of medical care.
BetaBoston
Fox Sports is leading a $300 million investment that will help the Boston fantasy sports startup battle its larger competitor.
TV Review
The show, which premiered Sunday, documents the day-to-day unreal reality of Caitlyn Jenner, fresh from her public debut as herself.
The 22-year-old died Sunday, about 7 months after she was found face-down and unresponsive in a bathtub.
In recent weeks, prominent Dominicans here have criticized the country?s citizenship policies toward people of Haitian descent.
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About 150 rallied against a proposed pipeline that would run beneath parts of West Roxbury, as well as Dedham and Westwood.
A steady line of visitors streamed into a Springfield funeral home Sunday to mourn Thomas Sullivan, killed in Chattanooga.
Among the new procedures, the NFL will introduce random football pressure-checking at halftime and after the game.
A Milton woman was awarded $300,000 after a plainclothes officer smashed her window with a flashlight and pulled her into the street.
Music Review
There was never a question that owner Bonney Bouley wanted Scruffy the Cat to be the last band standing on stage at her club.
Inside the presidential primaries with James PindellGlobe reporter James Pindell brings you the latest news from New Hampshire and beyond as 2016 presidential politics take shape.
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Big Picture
Photographer David Ryan provides a visual respite of the shoreline during an assignment in a fixed-wing Cessna.
Cambridge company born in Internet?s ?big bang? has lasting impact
Viaweb played a pivotal role in the evolution of e-commerce, and the entrepreneurial ecosystem.
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Religious persecution, by both oppressors and the oppressed India showcases the maddening complexity of religious persecution.
Steve Bisciotti issued a statement saying an ESPN report was ?100 percent wrong.?
Neither politician appears ready to satisfy the USOC, which raises new questions about the fate of the bid.
?Ready, set, go!? I yell, fake the handoff to the first back, and gently place the ball in the second back?s hands. He runs for 7 yards.
An adviser to Hillary Clinton gave a House committee 15 emails that the State Department cannot find among the ones she handed over.
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Mayor Marty Walsh announced this week that the ParkBoston app could be used in five more Boston neighborhoods.
President Barack Obama?s trip Sunday to Ethiopia represents the first time a sitting U.S. president has been to this East African country.
The clean energy sector is refocusing from breakthroughs to incremental advances that can be achieved faster and for less money.
The travel industry is changing to win over its most lucrative market ever: baby boomers.
No longer a doe-eyed ingénue, the 25-year-old Swift now commands an audience like none of her peers can.
Breakfast, lunch, and prepared meals at West Concord?s Saltbox Kitchen use produce from chef Ben Elliott?s nearby Saltbox Farm.
Design New England
A home with open spaceA new floor plan for a renovated 1960s ranch-style house makes entertaining easy.
ideas
Why slow thinking winsMany decisions and policies are created with intuitive-but-wrong approaches.
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