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Candidates propose ‘People’s Pledge’ for US House race
Two of the five declared Democratic candidates for the congressional seat set to be vacated by Senator-elect Edward J. Markey have proposed a pact that would attempt to limit outside spending in the US House race. State Senator Will Brownsberger and state Representative Carl Sciortino have both called for a “People’s Pledge” in the race to fill the Fifth Congressional District seat.
Meet the Mayoral Candidates: Keeping First Night alive
Can the mayor of Boston save First Night? And what would Boston be without music and ice sculptures at the turn of the new......
Starts & Stops
A do-it-yourself approach to bike ridership data
Ari Ofsevit, who runs the blog "Amateur Planner," was underwhelmed by state data on bike use on Longfellow Bridge. So he hatched a plan to conduct his own ridership count, Ninja-style.
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Dr. Terrie E. Inder to lead newborn department at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Dr. Terrie E. Inder will be chairwoman of the newly named Department of Pediatric Newborn Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. ...
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Religious leaders working on interfaith service
Religious leaders are working with the governor's office to develop Thursday morning's interfaith service in memory of the Boston Marathon bombing victims.

In the Cards

Wynn wins landslide in Everett
EVERETT -- City residents sent an emphatic message Saturday: They want Wynn.

War and Peace

As fighting season heats up, US commander says newly trained Afghan forces passing test -- so far
The annual summer fighting season is now well underway in Afghanistan, with nearly daily suicide bombings, assassinations, and other high-profile attacks by the Taliban and other militant groups. But one thing appears decidedly different this time around to Lieutenant General Mark A. Milley, a native of Winchester who is now on his third tour and commands the International Security Assistance Force Joint Command: the Afghans are fighting back, mostly on their own.

Science in Mind

Two planets discovered orbiting stars in a crowded cluster
In May, NASA scientists announced that the space-based Kepler telescope that has been scouring the sky for habitable worlds was in trouble. Part of the mechanism used to position the telescope had failed. Scientists were quick to praise the mission and note that even if it were over, they had more than enough data to analyze. The latest discovery from the data beamed back by Kepler came Wednesday, with the detection of two planets smaller than Neptune orbiting stars in a cluster about 3,000 light-years away.

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Connecticut news

  • Conn. advocates say work ahead for gay marriage

    HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Gay-marriage advocates who celebrated the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to strike down a key part of the federal Defense of Marriage Act warned on Monday that more work is needed to ensure the state's same-sex couples receive full marriage rights under federal law.(   07/01/2013 4:17 PM )

  • National Weather Service: Conn. tornado probable

    EAST WINDSOR, Conn. (AP) -- The National Weather Service says a tornado may have struck north-central Connecticut.(   07/01/2013 3:57 PM )

  • Mohegan Sun to unveil enhanced Mass. casino plan

    PALMER, Mass. (AP) -- Mohegan Sun is set to unveil renderings of its new, more elaborate plans for a casino in Palmer.(   07/01/2013 3:01 PM )

  • Conn. water utility to cut rates for 2 years

    CLINTON, Conn. (AP) -- A water utility agreed on Monday to cut rates for customers, taking advantage of new federal tax rules to reimburse ratepayers while making needed improvements to the water system.(   07/01/2013 4:30 PM )

  • Lembo predicts Conn. faces $189.1 million surplus

    HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- State Comptroller Kevin Lembo says the state of Connecticut will likely end the current fiscal year with a $189.1 million budget surplus.(   07/01/2013 12:29 PM )

  • Brown names new medical school dean

    PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Brown University has selected the chairman of the department of medicine at Yale's School of Medicine as dean of its medical school.(   07/01/2013 9:13 AM )

  • Byzantine church in Danbury gutted by fire

    DANBURY, Conn. (AP) -- Fire officials have condemned the building housing the St. Nicholas Byzantine Church in Danbury following a weekend blaze that gutted the structure.(   07/01/2013 8:56 AM )

  • Another ordeal for Newtown: Divvying up donations

    HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- More than six months after losing their loved ones in the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, families say dealing with questions over how to distribute the millions of dollars sent to help Newtown heal is instead causing them more pain.(   07/01/2013 6:11 AM )

  • Fisherman missing after fall from boat in Old Lyme

    OLD LYME, Conn. (AP) -- Rescue workers are searching for a man who fell from a boat while fishing with at mouth of the Connecticut River.(   07/01/2013 5:28 AM )

  • Benefit for Sandy Hook to air on public TV

    NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) -- A benefit concert by Broadway stars that was put on for the Newtown community following the mass shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary school will be televised next month.(   07/01/2013 3:21 AM )

  • Federal Reserve official to speak in Conn.

    STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) -- William Dudley, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, is planning to speak in Stamford, offering an outlook for the economy.(   07/01/2013 2:22 AM )

  • Conn. tax licensees will have to pay up back taxes

    HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Connecticut's Department of Revenue Services is sending letters to certain delinquent taxpayers, warning them to pay their outstanding liabilities or else risk not having their sales tax and other tax licenses renewed.(   07/01/2013 2:15 AM )

  • After-school European math program coming to Conn.

    ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) -- An after-school math enrichment program with roots in Europe is establishing a Connecticut school for children in kindergarten through 12th grade.(   06/30/2013 4:50 PM )