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  • Whitey Bulgers Boston is Gone

    Now, as the Whitey Bulger trial grinds into gruesome and depressing gear, we recall a period in Boston's history not with civic pride, but with shame. If there is one silver lining, beyond the expectation justice may finally be served, it's this; Whitey Bulger's Boston is ...

  • UMass board to hike tuition if budget falls short

    BOSTON - With one eye on Beacon Hill, University of Massachusetts trustees have voted to authorize up to a 4.9 percent increase in tuition and fees that would occur only if the Legislature does not approve the level of funding the university is seeking.UMass officials said Wednesday they continue to hope for a tuition freeze in the next academic year if the Legislature approves $479 million in ...

  • Wynn bankrolls casino push in Everett

    BOSTON -- Campaign finance reports show that while Las Vegas casino operator Steve Wynn is pumping significant cash into convincing Everett voters to support a proposed $1.2 billion casino, nothing has been spent in opposition to the plan.A referendum is scheduled for Saturday on an agreement calling for Wynn to pay Everett more than $25 million a year if the casino is built at the site of a ...

  • Private equity spin in Massachusetts Senate debate

    Massachusetts voters heard a lot about private equity last night, but not all of it was accurate. FORTUNE -- Gabriel Gomez and Ed Markey squared off last night in the final debate before next Tuesday's special election in Massachusetts, the winner of which will fill out the remainder of John Kerry's term as a U.S. Senator. And, unlike in the prior two debates, there was significant ...

  • Markey reports Malden address on tax returns

    BOSTON (AP) -- Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Edward Markey has released eight years of state and federal tax returns showing he reported his home address as 7 Townsend Street in ...


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Movie Review

Die Another Day

Die Another Day

Forty years and 20 official movies later, James Bond is still at it. In the longest-running franchise in movie history, we have seen British special agent 007 escape from virtually every situation imaginable, defeat dozens of maniacal villains intent on taking over the world, utilize gadgets ranging from the extraordinary to the ludicrous, and bed a bevy of beauties from every continent while sti ... ...

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  • Boston poised to begin condom giveaway in high schools

    By Stephanie Simon (Reuters) - Students at all Boston public high schools may soon be able to obtain free condoms at the front office - as long as they sit through a few minutes of counseling about safe sex - under a policy due to be voted on Wednesday by the school board. Condoms are already available in 19 high schools with on-site health centers. The policy, up for a vote by the Boston ...

  • Herald Globe agree to printing deal

    The Boston Herald and the Boston Globe announced today that they have reached an agreement that will allow the Globe to print the entire press run of the Herald.The agreement, which is in effect for 10 years, finishes a process begun in 2012, when the two media outlets announced that the Globe would print and deliver about one-third of the Herald’s print circulation."The newspaper ...

  • Martorano ends his testimony against ex-boss Whitey with a smile

    John "The Executioner" Martorano walked out of James "Whitey" Bulger’s life forever today without so much as a polite glance back - but grinning like the cat that ate the canary."Couldn’t care less," Joe Martorano, the ex-enforcer’s cousin, said afterward of Martorano’s feelings about seeing his former Winter Hill Gang confederate for the ...

  • State police back searching near Hernandez home

    A squad of state police investigators are scouring the underbrush in the road near the sprawling North Attleboro home of Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez.Hernandez was questioned last night about the suspicious death of a man found less than a mile away in an industrial park Monday.Hernandez was seen outside his home today and told a Herald reporter he didn’t want to ...

  • Report MBTA bus maintenance costs excessive

    A new report says the MBTA could save $250 million over six years by bringing the cost of maintaining its bus fleet in line with other transit agencies around the ...

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