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How the Karen Read Case Turned a Neighborhood Bar Into a True Crime Landmark

The region’s most sensational murder trial made Canton’s Waterfall Bar & Grille into an unwitting supporting character in the mystery of John O’Keefe’s death.


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The Rise of ‘Elite Speak’: Why Do Smart People Sound So Dumb?

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Does Boston Still Drink?

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The Chilling Case of Nathan Carman’s Deadly Fishing Trip


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Kevin Convey Explains ‘Grotesquely Endowed’

We thought we’d learned all the euphemisms for the male anatomy from reading Cosmopolitan. There’s the somewhat graphic “member,” the cutesy “package,” and the generic […]

Spanning the Web

Taking you around the Internet for your afternoon enjoyment. You’d think he’d know better than to stand between a constituent and his medium regular: An […]

The Red Sox Are Hiring a New Green Monster

In this troubled economy, it’s hard to find any job, let alone a position with a well-known local company. So we’re delighted to inform you […]

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Four-Day Work Week? Sold!

Our favorite thing about our job (aside from you, dear readers) is summer hours. Every Friday between early July and Labor Day, we leave Boston […]

Tri-Cornered Hats and Muskets?

This morning, the Globe introduces us to salvia, the latest substance kids are using to get high. It’s currently legal, but as with all drugs […]

What’s News

Your condensed guide to today’s daily papers. Don’t book a venue just yet: Members of the House are angry with Speaker Sal DiMasi. They don’t […]


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The Best Public High Schools in Greater Boston

The Best Public High Schools in Greater Boston

We crunched the numbers to come up with our annual guide to the top-performing schools in the region.

The 150 Most Influential Bostonians

The 150 Most Influential Bostonians

Through countless conversations and a year’s worth of observation, we’ve found leaders who don’t just ride the wave of the zeitgeist—they create it.


The Last Word

Your long day of corporate drudgery is over. Get out and enjoy the city! Here are a few ideas to get you started, lovingly picked […]

Nigel Barker’s Experience at Oak Bluffs

Late last week, we learned that noted fashion photographer Nigel Barker would attend the Oak Bluffs Monster Shark Tournament to photograph the event for the […]

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Arroyo? Arroyo? Arroyo?

The Monday after a nice summer weekend is always the worst. You crawl to your desk, chugging cup after cup of lukewarm communal office coffee, […]

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A Jingle-Singing Contest? That’s Nice.

With all the recent changes to the long-running Bernie and Phyl’s commercials, it’s great to see the jingle remain the same. As if to ease […]

Spanning the Web

Taking you around the Internet for your afternoon enjoyment. Does this mean we can get some good halftime acts now? A court threw out the […]

The Karen Read Case

The Karen Read Case

The Fractured, Surprising, and Sobering Truth About Kids and Smartphones

The Fractured, Surprising, and Sobering Truth About Kids and Smartphones

A special report on our Tiktok-scrolling, Snapchat-loving, sleep-deprived teens—and what to know to keep kids safe.


‘Mommy, Why Is the Mailman Wearing a Skirt?’

Like everybody that went to high school in the ’90s, we had a guy friend who loved to pair kilts with his Megadeth t-shirts and […]

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Patrick Dissents on Possible Supreme Court Gig

Gov. Deval Patrick has been a great spokesman for Barack Obama, standing by his BFF even when his odds of getting the nomination were slim, […]

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The Boston Fire Department Is [Expletive]

The Boston Fire Department’s run of bad press continues with today’s item about Dr. John Mahoney, the neurologist who declared firefighter Albert Arroyo “totally and […]

Weekend Redux: What You Missed

Just because you spent all weekend praying your air conditioner would keep working doesn’t mean the world stopped moving. We round up the notable stories […]

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