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Boston lawyer Egbert who defended politicians dies
- Richard Egbert, the prominent New England criminal defense lawyer whose famous clients included Massachusetts House Speaker Thomas Finneran and Providence Mayor Vincent "Buddy" Cianci, has died. He was 61.
Mass. high court rules in patient survival case
- The state's highest court ruled Wednesday that doctors can be held liable for negligence that reduces a patient's chance of survival, even if the patient's prospect for recovery was already less than 50 percent.
DA: Mass. doc created fake alibi in woman's death
- A doctor who was ordered to pay a $15 million civil judgment in the killing of his girlfriend was arrested Monday for allegedly faking an alibi in an effort to get a new trial.
Big Dig costs continue to swamp state
- State overseers of the Big Dig highway project acknowledged Thursday that the project will ultimately cost the taxpayers $22 billion by the time the debt is paid off 30 years from now - nearly 50 percent higher than the most recent official pricetag.
Ex-mob boss expected to leave prison by January
- A former New England mob boss has been sentenced in a plea deal that should have him out of the locker by January.
Former New England mob boss gets 5 years in prison
- Francis "Cadillac Frank" Salemme, the former boss of the New England mob, turned down a chance for a lighter prison term Tuesday and was sentenced to five years in prison for lying to authorities investigating the FBI's connections to gangsters.