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Book review: ‘Animal’ by Casey Sherman - Books - The Boston Globe bostonglobe.com 1 TWEETS
Boston-based journalist Casey Sherman takes us deep into the origins of the FBI’s infamously corrupt Top-Echelon Informant program, whose evil poster child remains Whitey Bulger, and shows that Bulger wasn’t the first FBI informant to use his FBIbureau co
Transcript of President Obama’s remarks - Metro - The Boston Globe bostonglobe.com 78 TWEETS
A transcript of the remarks made by President Obama during Thursday’s interfaith service at the Cathedral of The Holy Cross.
Police believe Marathon bombing suspect pinned in Watertown - Metro - The Boston Globe bostonglobe.com 1 TWEETS
WATERTOWN — Police this morning are searching a 20 block area here for one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects after a few violent hours that has cost an MIT Police officer his life, left a Transit police officer wounded and the second Boston Marathon
‘Wearing Boston’ helping people heal from the outside in - Metro - The Boston Globe bostonglobe.com 1 TWEETS
Bostonians are donning whatever Marathon or Boston-related garb they can find this week to show support for the battered city, and a grassroots movement is underway to make Friday a “wear Boston” day throughout New England and across the country. For some
‘You will run again,’ Obama tells Boston at interfaith service - Metro - The Boston Globe bostonglobe.com 1 TWEETS
People are standing in a line that stretches some 10 blocks in the South End this morning, waiting patiently for the opportunity to attend the interfaith prayer service to honor victims of the Boston Marathon bombings being held today at the Cathedral of
After bad one, Adam Scott gives golf g’day - Sports - The Boston Globe bostonglobe.com 1 TWEETS
Sunday was a very good day for Masters champion Adam Scott. By extension, and because of the time difference, Monday was a very good day in Australia. A pair of nice developments, because Saturday gets recorded in the log as a very bad day for golf. None
Grief is mixed with dread for Boston imams - Metro - The Boston Globe bostonglobe.com 1 TWEETS
Like so many others this week, local imams have been praying since Monday’s bombings. They’ve been praying for the victims. They’ve been praying that the fanatic who did this is caught quickly and brought to justice. And they’ve been praying for somethin
Some try to drive home dire consequences for breaking state’s Social Host Law - South - The Boston Globe bostonglobe.com 1 TWEETS
For the past 10 years, Richard P. Campbell has been warning parents that if they allow underage kids to drink, they’re courting disaster. They can go to jail, face fines, and get sued for millions of dollars. Sometimes, he admits, he feels like nobody’s l
As racing dwindles, Greyhound Friends shifts focus to other breeds as well - West - The Boston Globe bostonglobe.com 2 TWEETS
With greyhound racing now banned in most states — including throughout New England — Greyhound Friends has recently begun to shift its purpose. While the 30-year-old nonprofit still brings in a steady rotation of greyhounds, it’s also broadening out to in
Gun control compromise expected to fail in US Senate - Politics - The Boston Globe bostonglobe.com 1 TWEETS
Compromise legislation to expand mandatory background checks for gun sales — a key element of the federal response to the elementary school massacre in Newtown, Conn. — failed Wednesday afternoon in the US Senate. The inability of President Obama and Demo
US amasses Big Data on 10 million people; banks protest - Business - The Boston Globe bostonglobe.com 1 TWEETS
The new US consumer finance watchdog is gearing up to monitor how millions of Americans use credit cards, take out mortgages, and overdraw their checking accounts. Their bankers aren’t happy about it. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is demanding
On gun control, Sullivan stands alone among Senate hopefuls - Politics - The Boston Globe bostonglobe.com 1 TWEETS
Gun control legislation screeched to a halt Wednesday afternoon in Washington, but the issue continues to be a flashpoint in the race for Senate in Massachusetts. Four of the five candidates running for the open seat said they would have voted for the bip
Facebook finds a Home on your Android mobile phone - Business - The Boston Globe bostonglobe.com 1 TWEETS
Facebook’s new Facebook Home software spreads a tasty layer of social interaction atop Google Inc.’s Android smartphone operating system. I’ve been sampling the results on the first phone to offer the software, appropriately named the First and made by HT
Internet: Keep marathon scammers and trolls at bay - Editorials - The Boston Globe bostonglobe.com 1 TWEETS
Amid the countless acts of kindness that occurred in Boston after Monday’s explosion at the Marathon, there was also a noteworthy one that occurred online. A California graphic artist named Jaimie Meuhihausen registered the Internet domain BostonMarathonC
Super PAC to air pro-Gomez ad in US Senate race - Metro - The Boston Globe bostonglobe.com 1 TWEETS
An outside group supporting Republican Gabriel E. Gomez’s campaign for US Senate goes on the air today with a 60-second radio ad knocking Democratic US Representative Edward J. Markey as one of “the same old politicians,” according to a Gomez campaign adv
Musharraf disqualified from running in Pakistan election Musharraf disqualified from running in Pakistani elections next month - World - The Boston Globe bostonglobe.com 1 TWEETS
ISLAMABAD — A Pakistani court Tuesday disqualified the country’s one-time military leader and president, Pervez Musharraf, from taking part in coming national elections, dashing his hopes of rejoining Pakistani politics. General elections are scheduled fo
The week ahead: Theater, galleries and museums - Theater & art - The Boston Globe bostonglobe.com 1 TWEETS
THE BOOK OF MORMON For all of its raunchy envelope-pushing and scorched-earth satire, “Mormon’’ is bursting with affection for the old-fashioned Broadway musical, an institution it does as much to revitalize as to upend. With topnotch performances by Mark
Confusion engulfs Boston Marathon investigation as authorities find photo of suspect - Metro - The Boston Globe bostonglobe.com 1 TWEETS
A five-year-old boy is one of two patients still in critical condition at the Boston Medical Center where doctors have performed seven amputations since receiving 23 people who were wounded during the terrorist bombings at the Boston Marathon on Monday. D
Men’s fashion goes more casual, NPD Group says - Business - The Boston Globe bostonglobe.com 1 TWEETS
By some lights, much of 2012 was the year of the dragon. But on the US calendar for male fashions, 2012 was the year of colorful socks and “active bottoms.” So suggests an analysis of haberdashery spending patterns by the NPD Group. According to NPD, the
Guatemalan coffee grower enjoys ‘seed to cup’ relationships with local shops - Food & dining - The Boston Globe bostonglobe.com 1 TWEETS
Gustavo Alfaro produces Buena Esperanza and Pena Blanca coffee beans distributed by Barismo Roastery to specialty coffee shops like Voltage Coffee & Art, Dwelltime Coffee Bar, and Clover Food Lab, all in Cambridge. Alfaro is a fourth-generation coffee
