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Red Sox agree to $13 million deal with Scutaro

10 hrs ago

Marco Scutaro slipped on his new Red Sox jersey to pose for the cameras, then asked whether he should leave it on for the rest of the news conference.

Obama chooses Kennedy's widow for board

12 hrs ago

President Barack Obama plans to appoint the widow of the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy to serve as a member of the Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington.

Mass. court throws out verdict of attempted rape

13 hrs ago

The state's highest court on Friday threw out the attempted child rape conviction of a Worcester man who had been found guilty of trying to pay for a 4-year-old prostitute.

Massachusetts gov moves funds for Patriots bridge

15 hrs ago

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick moved Friday to defuse a potential political time bomb by announcing he will no longer use federal economic stimulus money to pay for a pedestrian footbridge sought by the billionaire owner of the New England Patriots.

APNewsBreak: Gov. moves funds for Patriots bridge

15 hrs ago

Mass. GOP's Robinson in second bid for Senate seat

15 hrs ago

When the Massachusetts Republicans went hunting for a candidate to oppose Sen. Edward Kennedy in 2000, they thought they'd struck gold in a little known attorney and political newcomer named Jack E. Robinson.

Brown, a renaissance man, runs for US Senate

15 hrs ago

In another era, Scott Brown may have been known as a Renaissance man.

Mass. Senate hopeful Khazei touts City Year legacy

15 hrs ago

During the first half of 2003, Alan Khazei watched as his life's work skittered toward the edge of a fiscal cliff.

Slow pulse a hallmark of Senate candidate Coakley

15 hrs ago

Martha Coakley was Massachusetts attorney general barely two weeks in January 2007 when Boston was locked down after authorities discovered what they thought were bombs planted around the city.

Mass. to use $120M from settlement to close gap

16 hrs ago

Gov. Deval Patrick is planning to use an unexpected $120 million tax windfall to avoid threatened budget cuts.