Medford housing chief faces scrutiny over hirings
Robert Covelle allegedly demoted an employee to create a $53,000-a-year job for his bocce teammate, and hired his son’s girlfriend to decorate an office.
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Robert Covelle allegedly demoted an employee to create a $53,000-a-year job for his bocce teammate, and hired his son’s girlfriend to decorate an office.
Boston charter school operators and advocates are urging state education officials to lift a moratorium on new charter schools in the city.
The circumstances of Lynn Margulis’s career and death provide a window on just how difficult the passing of a working scientist can be for a research university.
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President Obama and Mitt Romney are fiercely pursuing the hearts and minds of the state’s notoriously finicky electorate.
Many Boston area ATMs cannot be used by people who are blind, despite federal rules that went into effect last month requiring more accessibility.
The financial health of the Social Security system worsened in the past year, but the outlook for Medicare stabilized somewhat, the government announced.
Auditors called for the cancellation of a bonus program for private health plans that congressional Republicans have criticized as a wasteful political ploy.
Sudanese ground forces reportedly crossed into South Sudan with tanks and artillery, elevating the risk of all-out war between the two old enemies.
Britain’s broadcast regulator announced it was investigating Rupert Murdoch’s Sky News, extending the hacking scandal to a new branch of Murdoch’s business.
Anders Behring Breivik defended his sanity Monday after a forensic panel found flaws in a psychiatric report that declared him sane in the eyes of the law.
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Dartmouth College is attacking the problem of student drinking with a new weapon: a change in its culture of intervention.
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Charles Colson, the former Nixon henchman who died this weekend, learned moral lessons that prompted him to minister to some of the neediest of all — those behind bars.
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A Harvard College senior was discovered dead in her room on Saturday morning but foul play is not suspected, according to university and law enforcement officials.
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State and Somerville police persuaded a suspect to surrender Monday night after he evaded police and escaped into a nearby house on Minnesota Street in Somerville, said State Police spokesman David Procopio.
Massachusetts is becoming the second state in the nation to outfit electric and hybrid vehicles with special license plates that will protect public safety workers responding to accidents.
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Nearly half of Mass. residents have had their personal information lost or stolen as a result of about 1,800 data breaches over the past four years, according to a report.
A judge Monday agreed with some of Apple Inc.’s claims that Samsung Electronics Co. violated court orders in a patent-infringement case.
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Staples Inc. cut compensation for its top leader by more than $6.3 million last year — or about 40 percent.
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Today's corrections in the obituary section.
Mr. Walker, the first African-American to lead the US Olympic Committee and the first black man to coach an American Olympic team, died Monday. He was 93.
Mr. Vasiliev, the top defenseman with the great Soviet hockey teams of the 1970s and ’80s, died Thursday in Moscow. He was 62.
On Monday, the NHL nominated Bergeron, an eight-year veteran, for the Frank J. Selke Trophy, which is awarded to the league’s best defensive forward.
The Bruins have a multinational roster of players who speak nine languages, led by captain Zdeno Chara, who is fluent in six -- and learning Italian.
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The North Alabama cornerback’s list of off-the-field offenses and potential problems outweighs his NFL-caliber talent for some teams.
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Congrats to Red Sox third baseman Kevin Youkilis and Julie Brady, sister of Pats QB Tom Brady.
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The 14-room Queen Anne Victorian home in Fall River where Borden lived after being acquitted of using an ax to kill her father and stepmother is back on the market.
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The supermodel’s 5-year-old niece Duda Bundchen is about to launch a clothing line with the Brazilian kidswear brand Brandili Mundi.
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