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

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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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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 […]

‘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 […]


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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.


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 […]

What’s News

Your condensed guide to today’s daily papers. Lightning strikes once: But managed to injure 10 people standing under a tree near a soccer field in […]

The Week That Was

Chronicling the past week via quick links and pithy commentary (we’re on summer hours edition). Maria Menounous on the Obama family interview: She tells us […]

The Hill and the Hall Week in Review

Each Friday, Paul McMorrow will take you inside the smoke-filled rooms and darkly-lit corridors of government to bring you the hottest and juiciest political tidbits. […]

48 Hours of Freedom

It’s the weekend. You can spend it parked in front of the air conditioner, or you can get out and enjoy it. Here are some […]

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.


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Movie Metaphors for the Turnpike Mess

In today’s Globe, budget watchdog Michael Widmer likened the Patrick administration’s plan to cosign the Turnpike Authority’s loans to a chick flick. “This is one […]

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Hall of Famer Howie

Back in April, we let you know that local media personality Howie Carr was in the running to be enshrined in the Radio Hall of […]

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Julie Donaldson Calls in the Big Guns

Channel 7 sports reporter and alleged abuse victim Julie Donaldson is going on the offensive. She had been playing defense after her allegations against her […]

What’s News

Your condensed guide to today’s daily papers. Hope springs eternal: Last year’s lottery sales skyrocketed to $4.7 billion, an increase of $237 million. Lottery officials […]

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