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Why Are There Random Tomatoes All Over Boston's Landmarks?

Passers-by might be curious as to why there are hundreds of tomatoes neatly perched upon several Boston landmarks today. Reading the little signs poked through […]

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Crazy Ideas We Love

If your life could be neatly compartmentalized like this furniture, you’d have a lot more time to write that novel. In the meantime, take a […]

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The Keeper of the Sports Illustrated Vault

David Ortiz and Coco Crisp, 2006. Used with permission from Sports Illustrated Andy Gray is Sports Illustrated’s special projects producer. It’s a vague title, but […]

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The State GOP Just Adopted Mitt Romney's Platform for President

Photo by Gage Skidmore via Flickr Having postponed their decision to take up a party platform until after the election, the Massachusetts GOP continued its […]

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Wellness

FDA Tried to Close Compounding Pharmacy 10 Years ago

Pharmacy symbol via Shutterstock Federal health inspectors wanted to shut down the pharmacy linked to the deadly meningitis outbreak back in 2003, and reported concerns […]

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People Should Really Stop Walking Off the Red Line Platform

Today marks the third time in a month we've seen spit-out-your-coffee video footage of a person walking off a Red Line MBTA platform and falling […]

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Wellness

Fit Trend: TRX

TRX group fitness photo via Shutterstock By now, you’ve at least heard of the TRX. Many gyms, large and small, carry the suspension trainers. The […]

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Cambridge Residents Have Something to Say About David Petraeus's Mistress

Paula Broadwell, David Petraeus’s Mistress, Lived in Cambridge in 2005. And the Herald wins the prize for most awkward comment related to the affair: “‘Cool,’ […]

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Globe Editor Marty Baron Is Leaving for The Washington Post

The Boston Globe editor Marty Baron is leaving his job in January to become executive editor of The Washington Post, his paper reports. Baron will replace the […]

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Food Fight at Harvard Business School

Photo via Facebook Sara el-Yafi, a graduate student at Harvard Business School, was offended last month when she noticed that the dining hall put together […]