Boston wins authority to control cable fees
The Federal Communications Commission said that it will restore the City of Boston’s authority to regulate basic cable rates.
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The Federal Communications Commission said that it will restore the City of Boston’s authority to regulate basic cable rates.
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Seven months after the storm hit Williamstown, nearly 200 residents of The Spruces mobile home park no longer live there.
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The $4,000 BAA minimum for charity runners is $750 higher than last year, and so many fund-raising “athons’’ nationwide mean donors can suffer fatigue.
Warren’s campaign raised $6.9 million in the first three months of the year, continuing her staggering pace and doubling the figure collected by incumbent Scott Brown.
Large daily temperature swings during the summer may shorten life expectancy for elderly people with chronic medical conditions, a Harvard study has found.
Today's corrections for The Boston Globe.
The two white men accused of killing three black people and wounding two others over Easter weekend confessed to the police shortly after their arrest, the authorities said.
Two firefighters who were battling a blaze at an abandoned warehouse were killed when an adjacent store they were inspecting collapsed, burying them in debris, authorities said.
An Al Qaeda attack on an army post in the south set off clashes that left 64 people dead Monday and prompted local civilians to take up arms alongside the military.
An unfolding political scandal ahead of Wednesday’s parliamentary elections has many South Koreans drawing comparisons with Watergate.
Iran floated an offer of scaling back uranium enrichment but not abandoning the ability to make nuclear fuel as talks with world powers neared.
Letters | TOO MANY BEHIND BARS
"Will the state’s leadership have the courage to fund policies and programs that create healthy communities?" -- Nancy W. Ahmadifar
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"The data show 85 percent of women’s offenses are non-violent and are predominantly related to their mental illnesses and addictions." -- Erika Kate
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"Someone, please save us from fiscal boondoggles and social failures." -- Patricia Muldoon
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BOSTON
Twelve people were evacuated from a multistory South End apartment building, and four Boston police officers and an ambulance crew were taken to a hospital after a woman committed suicide late Monday night by ingesting a toxic chemical, a fire official said.
BOSTON
About 40 Occupy protesters complied with a State Police request Monday to clear an area near the State House before a scheduled visit Tuesday by the Brazilian president, an official said.
BOSTON
An escalator fire sent smoke through the Government Center MBTA station Monday night, prompting firefighters to evacuate the area and trains to bypass the stop for approximately 30 minutes, an MBTA spokeswoman said.
MASS. MOVERS
The Cambridge-based company may be underestimating the threat from Hertz On Demand and others, Trefis.com says.
The second-largest US office supply chain recalled 307,000 desk chairs in the United States and 12,000 in Canada after it received 11 reports about chairs breaking, resulting in reports of injuries.
ClickSoftware Technologies Ltd. fell 16 percent, the most since October 2009.
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MARKET MOVERS
Mr. Lenzi, the last American male diver to win Olympic gold, died at age 43 in Greenville, N.C.
Mr. Kiel, the former Notre Dame quarterback and punter who played for Tampa Bay, Indianapolis, and Green Bay in the NFL, died Sunday. He was 50.
Ms. Donnelly, who explained Boston history to scores of visitors during each of her 20 years as a ranger, died March 14.
On Baseball
Pedroia does not wear a “C” on his jersey. But his heart and actions, especially in the team’s first win, show he’s the real leader.
The Boston Marathon charity program officially began in 1989, but people have been running for good causes in Boston much longer than that.
Sports log
Baylor said it has been involved in a three-year investigation with the NCAA into what are believed to be hundreds of impermissible calls and text messages sent by coaches to prospects.
NFL notebook
Netflix offers more than 60,000 titles that can be viewed on Internet-connected devices, while its DVD-by-mail service has more than twice that — some 140,000.
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Spears has requested that her fiance join her father in decision-making duties involving the pop superstar’s conservatorship.
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The Boston performer, who costars on the touring production of ‘‘Mamma Mia!’’, appeared with her fellow ‘‘Dynamos’’ from the show on Friday’s episode of ‘‘The Price Is Right.’’
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