Benoit Denizet-Lewis

Judge Nancy Gertner let a black man off easy, ruling he was a victim of racial profiling. Such decisions have earned this former liberal activist respect. But critics say she's on a crusade to push the limits of the law.

Small-time professional wrestling in Massachusetts is more than just lowbrow entertainment. It's right up there with the soaps.

Two decades after NAMBLA formed in Boston to advocate sex between men and boys, the group has achieved only universal loathing. Now a child's murder could bury it.

What's the easiest way to steal $9.4 million from the Massachusetts State Treasury? Work there for a decade, make the right friends, and walk out the door with bags of cash.

What's the easiest way to steal $9.4 million from the Massachusetts State Treasury? Work there for a decade, make the right friends, and walk out the door with bags of cash.

Like the baseball team that plays there, the Fenway gets no respect. Now it's getting a face-lift. Meet the new Fenway: cultural mecca?