A 59-year-old woman died when she fell overboard from a cruise ship Friday night.
Harvard did not release the cause of death of the student, identified as Luke Tang, a member of Lowell House.
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Agents and analysts predict a sellers market, as buyers take advantage of more homes for sale and interest rates near historic lows.
A 35-year-old Roxbury man was attacked early Saturday, and police are still searching for the suspect.
DAN SHAUGHNESSY
It did not start with Bill Belichick and the 2001 Patriots. No doubt you already knew that. This goes way back.
In one of the unlikeliest major finals in women?s tennis, the 26th-seeded Pennetta beat Roberta Vinci Saturday.
The Chinese soft-shell turtles found last week could pose a threat as an invasive species, officials said.
Paul O?Brien, 16, was ejected from the car he was driving in a crash on Chapel Street in Canton on Friday.
A government website does not rank colleges as planned but instead offers information on costs, graduation rates, and salaries.
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About 10,000 migrants were expected in Munich on Saturday as Germany extended a welcome.
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home of the week
Sherborn home with walls and ceilings of glass offers unobstructed views of Farm Pond and forest.
Plan seeks to link 200 miles of local pathways A nonprofit aims to link several Greater Boston routes currently under construction with existing pathways.
Trump gets rich with his humorous ?Tonight Show? turnDonald Trump clarified, sort of, a long-standing question about his personality during an appearance on Friday?s ?Tonight Show.?
Biden?s candor reminds party of his strengthsAn emotional interview with Stephen Colbert highlighted Vice President Joe Biden?s ability to connect.
Michael A. Cohen
Compared to the current Republican field, Romney looks like a combination of Reagan, Kennedy, and Obama.
Wendy Maeda/Globe Staff
The recently completed $18.2 million renovation includes fields for football, soccer, and softball, as well as basketball and tennis courts.
SHIRA SPRINGER I FAIR PLAY
There?s no real progress when a female coach or official or broadcaster is a one-time deal. There needs to be development pipelines.
ty burr
?The Martian? ? starring Matt Damon ? is a solid, engaging, even epic NASA procedural with an immense cast.
New Balance?s 990 may be old and gray, but it?s here to stayBehold the 990 running shoe. Or better yet, don?t ? which is probably what the 990 would prefer, anyway.
How low should blood pressure go? A federal study has the answer: way lower than the current guidelines.
Some Democrats question debate scheduleCalls to add additional Democratic presidential debates have gained some traction in the past week.
opinion | robin washington
What?s the best way to collect T fares ? and does it matter?The MBTA hasn?t released current evasion rates, but one union leader disputes it?s the money drain it?s cracked up to be.
Mitsu Yasukawa/The Record of Bergen County via Associated Press
The Big Picture
In a familiar fall ritual, children around the world returned to classes this week.
BetaBoston
Apple takes on carriers with iPhone lease planApple?s new program allows customers to keep paying by the month, and get a new iPhone once a year.
ON SPIRITUALITY
Colbert: A cultural ? and Catholic ? superstarLet?s face it. There are not many cultural superstars who are superstar Catholics, too. But Stephen Colbert is one of them.
Junichi Tazawa retired just one of five batters he faced, turning a 4-3 lead into a 6-4 deficit, and things got worse from there.
The McGowan sisters never stop thinking of their mother, Stacey Sennas McGowan, who died on 9/11.
Deb Kozikowski said the national chairwoman has done a disservice by allowing Republicans to dominate the airwaves.
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The last Studebaker was built in 1966, but the car still has a legion of loyal followers.
An official says high winds caused a massive crane to topple over in Mecca, killing at least 107 people.
The cost of making things in China and India are rising, and keeping production at home can make it easier to update products.
A few days after our whirlwind weekend together, he told me he had a rash and showed me. It looked exactly like mine.
OperaHub, a grass-roots Boston company that specializes inbringing existing works to life in new ways, opens its season with a romantic yet relevant modern opera.
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Dan Shaughnessy: Apparently, Boston has a history of cheating
Mom: Daughter waited 10 days in ER for mental-health bed
When David Ortiz hits No. 500, a reality check awaits
Thinking of Mom every day, not just Sept. 11
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