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How Boston Will Represent at the Oscars This Weekend

Photos via Featureflash / Shutterstock.com If Boston wants to walk away from Academy Awards on Sunday with an Oscar in hand, it’s up to Ben Affleck’s […]

Wellness

The November Project Expands Its Free Fitness Empire

Harvard Stadium interior. Perfect for running stadiums. All photos by Melissa Malamut (more photos below) The beloved Boston-born, free fitness community known as the November […]

City Life

Who Wants to Be a Boston Globe Owner?

Image Credit: World Economic Forum via Flickr Updated at 1:30 p.m.: News that The New York Times Co. is once again seeking a buyer for The Boston […]

Wellness

What’s Really On Your Plate?

Nutrition label accuracy is under attack. Photo via Shutterstock. Calorie counting, the cornerstone of diets everywhere, has long been considered the best way to control what […]

City Life

Deval Patrick Thinks ‘Lincoln’ Is Going to Kill It at the Oscars

Deval Patrick Thinks ‘Lincoln’ Is Going to Kill It at the Oscars. The governor’s office shared his predictions in six categories, five of which are […]

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Arts & Entertainment

Sing, Dance, and Hand Jive at the Grease Sing-A-Long

Photo via Grease Sing-A-Long When you watch the 1978 movie Grease at home on your sofa, you might find yourself belting out the lyrics to […]

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City Life

Nathaniel Fujita Trial Conjures Up Painful Evidence

The murder trial of Lauren Astley, the bright-eyed Wayland High School graduate killed on July 3, 2011, is underway, which means the public is getting […]

City Life

This Boston Phoenix Photo Gets More Awkward with Age

There’s really no way the Boston Phoenix could have known that Douglas Rodrigues, the chef at Clio in the Back Bay, would get arrested and […]

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Rajon Rondo Loves To Suck Down Shirley Temples

Rajon Rondo photo by Mark Runyon | Basketball Schedule The Celtics made a small move at the NBA trading deadline on Thursday, sending Leandro Barbosa’s […]

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Our Tweets Suggest Massachusetts Isn’t the Happiest of States

Red is happier. Blue is less happy. Image via the Vermont Complex Systems Center study. Just how happy are we compared to the rest of […]