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Lambasting lax Bay State welfare laws and soft work requirements for recipients of state aid, GOP gubernatorial candidate Charlie Baker said yesterday he wants to revamp a broken system, while [...]

Crowds cheered a pol-packed processional in Marlboro yesterday, as the city celebrated its 52nd annual Labor Day parade. Marlboro, which boasts the largest Labor Day parade in the state, also [...]

Their vision for the Commonwealth couldn't be more different, but three candidates for lieutenant governor share some similarities. All Bay State natives, they all boast extensive time in state and [...]

At the Cahill camp, it's a family affair. State Treasurer Tim Cahill's candidacy for governor is backed by a loyal lieutenant - 23-year-old daughter Nicole Cahill. But this political progeny [...]

It was a gubernatorial trifecta on the steps of the State House yesterday. There's no doubt the race is as hot as the pavement as the candidates for governor squared [...]

Idling diesel locomotives spew a brew of pollutants harmful to both humans and the atmosphere - from smog-producing nitrogen oxides to greenhouse gas-trapping carbon dioxide. But it's not only neighbors [...]

The race for governor begins well before the birds sing as rivals for the Corner Office hit the road at dawn in starched shirts and ties with votes on their [...]

WORCESTER - A smiling Lt. Gov. Tim Murray said at his Worcester home yesterday that doctors had given him 'clean bill of health' after Monday night's scare landed him in [...]

A Lawrence mother was nabbed in Salem, N.H., Saturday after she led police on a frightening high-speed chase with her 12-year-old daughter in the car, cops said. The hellride allegedly [...]

Mayor Tom Menino's not-so-silver tongue struck again yesterday at an NBA community event where he misidentified hoop honcho David Stern calling him 'Donald Sterns.' Wethinks Hizzonah, who made a couple [...]

On the second anniversary of her unsolved murder, Rebecca Payne's parents spoke out in love and anguish yesterday. 'Knowing that people heard gunshots, that people heard screams - and they [...]

The nation and the Internet may have been fascinated by President Obama's Aunt Zeituni and her newly legal immigration status, but her neighbors in South Boston said yesterday they don't [...]

A heroic off-duty state trooper shot a pit bull to save a boy in Hyde Park from a vicious attack, Boston police said. The 12-year-old boy, identified by Fox25 as [...]

A heroic off-duty state trooper shot a pit bull to save a boy in Hyde Park from a vicious attack, Boston police said. The 12-year-old boy, identified by Fox25 as [...]

Mixing whimsy and wonkishness, MIT's Toy Lab has again produced a series of lively student inventions aimed at amazing kids. The sixth annual 'Playsentation' was held beneath the school's Great [...]

Marine Sgt. Joshua Desforges, killed in Afghanistan Wednesday, was recalled as a 'larger than life' hero by his grieving family yesterday. Desforges, 23, of Ludlow died 'while supporting combat operations' [...]

A 'psychotic' Boston man is accused of threatening to kill NBA star Juwan Howard and his family as well as attempting to extort $1 million from the Portland Trail Blazers [...]

Machine gun ownership in the Bay State is booming, while a bill to tighten ownership and outlaw full-auto free-for-alls like the one that killed an 8-year-old boy two years ago [...]

For Matt Brown, the 15-year-old Norwood hockey player who was tragically injured in a high school ice hockey game in January, the word 'goal' has new meaning. Learning to live [...]

The Marines hit the beach on Boston Common yesterday, touching down in a mammoth MV-22 Osprey to mark the beginning of Marine Week in Boston. The 57-foot-long tilt-rotor aircraft - [...]

A perfect storm of government regulations, industry ills and climate worries is raging in the Bay State, making local fish increasingly difficult and costly to catch. Starting yesterday, fishermen were [...]

An unprecedented break in a 10-foot pipe deprived 2 million Bay Staters of clean drinking water and sent health officials and law enforcement racing to deploy emergency conservation and boil [...]

An unprecedented break in a 10-foot pipe deprived 2 million Bay Staters of clean drinking water and sent health officials and law enforcement racing to deploy emergency conservation and boil [...]

Tree huggers scrambled above Franklin Park yesterday as 30 volunteers competed in a tree-climbing contest as part of Boston's Arbor Day celebration. The contest, hosted by the city's Parks and [...]

If the immodest women of the Western world have anything to do with it, there should have been a whole lotta shakin' going on yesterday. 'Boobquake' - a global effort [...]

What kind of U.N. environmental ambassador builds a 20,000 square-foot home with a six-car garage, an elevator and a lagoon? Why, that would be the Hub's favorite Pats fan, Gisele [...]

What kind of U.N. environmental ambassador builds a 20,000 square-foot home with a six-car garage, an elevator and a lagoon? Why, that would be the Hub's favorite Pats fan, Gisele [...]

A Boston man who savagely beat and pimped local young women was sentenced yesterday to 25 years in prison, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. Darryl Tavares, 26, of Hyde [...]

Byline: Katy Jordan NativeEnergy is the celebrities' choice in offset providers. But the stars might be hard-pressed to say what they are getting. The Vermont for-profit carbon offset company lists [...]

Paul Martin is distinct from other athletes running in tomorrow's marathon. First, he confesses that the race is merely a training effort for his upcoming 56-mile ultra marathon. Second, he [...]

Marine Maj. Gus Biggio will run 26.2 miles in Monday's Boston Marathon with a friend. But Sgt. Bill Cahir, who was killed in action in Afghanistan while serving with Biggio, [...]

Women are soaring in the latest shuttle mission, including a Pittsfield native who aimed for the stars even as a high schooler. Stephanie D. Wilson thundered into space aboard NASA's [...]

A 20-year-old New Bedford man was struck and killed in Rehoboth yesterday morning while standing near a car that had broken down on Route 195 eastbound, police say. The victim, [...]

A jury has awarded Mattapoisett property owners damages nearly five years after a 100,000-gallon oil spill ravaged Buzzards Bay, polluting residential beaches, devastating ecosystems and hurting local property values, according [...]

It was a perfect day for the annual Good Friday Walk yesterday as more than 400 Boston College High School students quietly set out into the city, observing the annual [...]

As other cities stepped up public transit security in the wake of yesterday's Moscow subway suicide bombings, MBTA officials said the current level of random baggage inspections and police presence [...]

A new Cash for Clunkers appliance program will give Bay State retailers, consumers and environmentalists a much-needed boost, according to details revealed last week. The 'Mass Save Great Appliance Exchange' [...]

May the brainiest one win! Budding junior scientists kicked off their annual robotics competition yesterday in Boston University's Agganis Arena. The fifth annual FIRST - 'For Inspiration and Recognition of [...]

Two Bay State high school teams squared off in a legal battle of wits yesterday at the state's annual Mock Trial Championships in Boston's Faneuil Hall. The Hub's own Winsor [...]

After a Pekingese died ensnared in its own matted, ungroomed, overgrown fur, authorities are looking for the person who allowed the poor pooch to end up in that deadly state. [...]

Michael Brown is measuring success by the moment. The Norwood dad sits beside his son Matt's hospital bed in Atlanta most days, savoring time with the 15-year-old sophomore and hockey [...]

Consumer groups want action on what they consider 'rampant labeling fraud' on organic personal care products and cosmetics. A complaint to be filed today with the Federal Trade Commission calls [...]

A lucky cat has been reunited with its owner after a yearlong separation when he wandered off and took refuge in an abandoned building in the Hub, only to be [...]

A 2-year-old toddler missing for nearly 36 hours was found safe and his uncle was arrested last night in Dorchester thanks to tips from people who saw media coverage about [...]

Boston's skyline dimmed softly last night, as the city joined 4,000 others around the globe in shutting off their lights to honor Earth Hour, an annual world effort focusing on [...]

A Cambridge art exhibit is honoring patients suffering rare genetic diseases. 'Expression of Hope' was inspired by people living with lysosomal storage disorders, genetic diseases which often claim the lives [...]

An elderly Stoughton couple was attacked by a knife-wielding man who stabbed both of them repeatedly, killing one and sending the other crawling to her neighbor's house for help, authorities [...]

A Swampscott native, declared brain-dead in a New York hospital, is being heralded as a hero for sacrificing herself to save her friend from a car that hit her and [...]

Irked Facebook users reported having a 'glitchy' day yesterday on the massive networking site, crippling a weekend social ritual for many and prompting Facebook Nation to unleash its frustrations on [...]

Young soldiers stood beside decorated veterans in Boston yesterday to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima, honoring those veterans who sacrificed their lives on that historic [...]