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  • Arraignment scheduled for killer who pistol-whipped cab dispatcher

    Boston Herald – 9 mins ago  

    A paroled killer is being arraigned today on charges he pistol-whipped a city cab dispatcher yesterday making off with bags of cash with an accomplice. Gerald Hill, 47,... Full Story »

  • Husband to serve 25 years in wife's scuba slaying

    Boston Herald – 24 mins ago  

    TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands - A judge in the British Virgin Islands says a Rhode Island man must serve at least 25 years of his life sentence for killing his wife while... Full Story »

  • Bomb-like device puts Camp Edwards on alert

    Boston Herald – 1 hr 9 mins ago  

    CAMP EDWARDS - A suspicious device in a trash bin caused a scare yesterday on the Upper Cape military base, which already was on heightened alert because of last week's... Full Story »

  • Bourne fire union: Town ignored drug-use report

    Boston Herald – 1 hr 9 mins ago  

    BOURNE - Fire union officials are alleging that town and fire department administrators ignored evidence and repeated warnings that a high-ranking firefighter was under the... Full Story »

  • Peter Busa paintings missing from son's Cape Cod home

    Boston Herald – 1 hr 24 mins ago  

    PROVINCETOWN - Seven paintings by the late American artist Peter Busa were stolen from his son's Cape Cod home while he was in the hospital. Police say Christopher... Full Story »

  • Man gets 3 years in drunken driving death

    Boston Herald – 1 hr 24 mins ago  

    DEDHAM - A Wrentham man has been sentenced to three years in prison for causing a drunken driving crash that led to the death of a deacon at a Brockton church. Ryan Shaughnessy... Full Story »

  • H1N1 vaccine clinics slated for this week in Boston

    Boston Herald – 1 hr 24 mins ago  

    Health clinics across the city are administering H1N1 vaccine throughout the week for patients who are considered to be most at risk for contracting the virus. The... Full Story »

  • Lawsuit against prisons moves forward

    Boston Herald – Tue Nov 10, 6:25 am ET  

    BOSTON - The state's budget crisis has forced an end to efforts to build special treatment units for mentally ill prison inmates, and damaged hopes of a settlement in... Full Story »

  • John Buonomo sentencing postponed

    Boston Herald – Tue Nov 10, 6:10 am ET  

    WOBURN - A judge has postponed sentencing for a former Middlesex County probate register who pleaded guilty to stealing thousands of dollars from cash and copy machines, and... Full Story »

  • MBTA takes steps to address safety concerns

    Boston Herald – Tue Nov 10, 6:10 am ET  

    BOSTON - State transportation officials have taken steps to assure the public of the safety of the MBTA a week after a critical independent review of the agency raised several... Full Story »

  • Cash Winfall winning numbers

    Boston Herald – Tue Nov 10, 3:41 am ET  

    BRAINTREE - The winning numbers drawn Monday night in the CASH Winfall game were: 1-25-26-31-35-42 (one, twenty-five, twenty-six, thirty-one, thirty-five, forty-two) There... Full Story »

  • Stabbed doc home, hero's dad speaks

    Boston Herald – Tue Nov 10, 12:28 am ET  

    A psychiatrist brutally stabbed last month by her rampaging patient returned home yesterday as the father of the hero off-duty officer who saved her hoped that eventually... Full Story »

  • Harvard boasts lengthy Honor roll

    Boston Herald – Tue Nov 10, 12:27 am ET  

    A "long Crimson line" of American heroes just keeps getting longer - a Harvard University alumni researcher has found no fewer than 16 Harvard alums who earned the... Full Story »

  • Kin sue over boy's Uzi death

    Boston Herald – Tue Nov 10, 12:27 am ET  

    SPRINGFIELD - The family of an 8-year-old boy who fatally shot himself at a Westfield gun show say the Uzi submachine gun jammed twice before he lost control of it and fired... Full Story »

  • Butch Stearns dishes on being dumped

    Boston Herald – Tue Nov 10, 12:27 am ET  

    Venerable FOX 25 sports anchor Butch Stearns is "disappointed" his decade-long run at the station has come to an end - but says he's not surprised because the... Full Story »

  • T drivers hailed for 'swift action'

    Boston Herald – Tue Nov 10, 12:27 am ET  

    Two quick-thinking T lifesavers were hailed as heroes yesterday for bringing a barreling Orange Line train to a screeching stop inches from a drunken woman who'd fallen... Full Story »

  • Boston honors Marine heroes

    Boston Herald – Tue Nov 10, 12:27 am ET  

    Nearly 2,000 active duty and former Marines filled the Boston Convention and Exposition Center yesterday to join the Boston Semper Fidelis Society's 22nd annual celebration... Full Story »

  • UMass to allow bomber to speak

    Boston Herald – Tue Nov 10, 12:27 am ET  

    A fuming Gov. Deval Patrick is taking on University of Massachusetts officials who now say they must allow a convicted terror bomber to speak on campus because of "academic... Full Story »

  • Conn. woman killed in senior I-495 crash

    Boston Herald – Tue Nov 10, 12:26 am ET  

    A 69-year-old Hamden, Conn., woman who was a passenger in a car driven by an elderly driver was killed yesterday in a crash on Interstate 495 northbound near Foxboro, state... Full Story »

  • Enjoy it while you can!

    Boston Herald – Tue Nov 10, 12:26 am ET  

    Dress in layers, because today's mild temperatures will peel away for Veterans Day. Today will still be on the warm side, with a high of 62, but a cold front will... Full Story »

  • Cops hunt thug in robbery

    Boston Herald – Tue Nov 10, 12:26 am ET  

    A vicious armed thug wanted in connection with the brazen morning robbery and pistol-whipping of a cab dispatcher remained at large last night - hours after his alleged partner... Full Story »

  • Dorchester property called hazard

    Boston Herald – Tue Nov 10, 12:26 am ET  

    The owner of a Dorchester triple-decker was slapped with a $3,400 fine yesterday for operating an auto tow shop there, and had a tiny makeshift apartment condemned because... Full Story »

  • Philly commuters relieved but angry as strike ends

    Boston Herald – Mon Nov 9, 5:55 pm ET  

    PHILADELPHIA - Life began returning to normal today for commuters who spent the previous work week frazzled from a public transit strike, and many expressed relief that buses... Full Story »

  • T operators hailed as heroes

    Boston Herald – Mon Nov 9, 4:55 pm ET  

    Two T "lifesavers" were hailed as heroes today for pulling a drunken woman off the tracks as horrified Celtics fans looked on as an Orange Line trolley came down... Full Story »

  • Mass. high court says alimony can continue after retirement

    Boston Herald – Mon Nov 9, 4:55 pm ET  

    BOSTON - The state's highest court says alimony payments don't automatically end when someone reaches retirement age. The ruling from the Supreme Judicial Court... Full Story »

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