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Markey’s tax returns show large deductions, Social Security benefits
US Representative Edward J. Markey, the Democratic nominee for the US Senate, paid an effective tax rate of less than 20 percent over the past eight years, claiming large deductions for his mortgages, his travel expenses, and his car, his tax returns show.
Who shouldn't bother with college?
When Yahoo bought Tumblr for $1.1 billion this week, David Karp, Tumblr's 26-year-old founder, became an instant celebrity -- and joined the pantheon of......
Starts & Stops
Buses will await CapeFlyer arrivals, but is a gridlock-free trip worth that extra travel time?
The CapeFlyer, the MBTA's revival of the Boston-to-Cape-Cod rail tradition, has not yet begun service -- it will debut this afternoon at 5:12 p.m. -- but Beverly A. Scott, general manager of the MBTA, is already considering extending the service past its scheduled Labor Day closing date if it garners enough popularity.
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State: Cambridge Health Alliance child psychiatry beds too critical to close
Psychiatry beds that Cambridge Health Alliance plans to eliminate in budget-cutting efforts are critical to “preserving access and health st ...
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Puffin census on the Farne Islands

Articles of Faith

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

Mohegan Sun adds Boston retail developer as partner in Palmer proposal
Mohegan Sun today announced a partnership with Finard Properties, a Boston-based commercial real estate investment and development company, to build a 300,000 square foot retail development as part of Mohegan's proposed casino resort in Palmer.

War and Peace

Top military scientist: building a cyber army with few qualified recruits
The Air Force has a message for computer geeks: send us your resumes. At least that is the word from Mark Maybury, a computer scientist at the government-funded MITRE corporation in Bedford who was tapped in 2010 to serve as the chief scientist for the US Air Force. The Lowell native and Chelmsford resident, who will return from Washington to his old job this summer, says the Pentagon is struggling to maintain its technological edge in the realm of cyberspace. And a primary reason is a lack of new talent. "If you told me I want you to hire 1,000 cyber guys tomorrow, I'd count up all my friends and might have 60 or if really lucky might find 100," he explained. "But 1,000?"

Science in Mind

Obscure University of New Hampshire math professor takes major step toward elusive proof
A soft-spoken, virtually unknown mathematician from the University of New Hampshire has found himself overnight a minor celebrity, flooded with requests to give talks at top universities as his work is debated and celebrated online by leaders in his field.
Boston-Power founder Christina Lampe-Onnerud joins hedge fund firm Bridgewater Associates
One of Boston's highest-profile energy entrepreneurs, Christina Lampe-Onnerud, is moving to Connecticut to join one of the world's biggest hedge fund managers, Bridgewater Associates. Lampe-Onnerud is a former Arthur D. Little scientist who in 2004 founded Boston-Power, a maker of lithium ion batteries for laptops and electric vehicles. The company attracted customers like HP and Saab. But Lampe-Onnerud dialed down her involvement with the company in 2012, after it raised a big new funding round and shifted much of its operations to China....
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Connecticut news

  • All Conn. parks, forests to be open for holiday

    HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Connecticut park officials say all 107 state parks and 32 state forests will be open for the Memorial Day weekend, the start of the summer season. (   05/25/2013 11:27 AM )

  • Conn. residents to march against Monsanto

    HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- More than 100 Connecticut residents expected to participate in a "March Against Monsanto" in downtown Hartford. (   05/25/2013 11:08 AM )

  • Conn. veterans receive home repairs

    HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Nearly 100 volunteers are set to help two Connecticut veterans and a military widow repair and renovate their homes in Berlin, New Britain and Plainville. (   05/25/2013 10:35 AM )

  • Malloy seeks review of Conn. trash authority

    HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's administration is offering a bill in the final days of the legislative session that would require Connecticut's largest regional trash authority to undergo an extensive audit so the state can get a better handle on the organization's troubled finances. (   05/25/2013 9:11 AM )

  • Lawsuit filed in Conn. commuter train collision

    Attorneys for a 65-year-old woman injured in last week's train crash in Connecticut said they have filed a lawsuit alleging negligence by the Metro-North Railroad. Attorney Joel Faxon said the suit was filed Friday in federal court in Bridgeport to gain access to witnesses and to allow victims and their families to be involved in the investigation.(   05/25/2013 12:00 AM )

  • 'Unusual condition' seen before Conn. train wreck

    NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- The engineer of the commuter train that derailed last week in Connecticut observed an "unusual condition" on the track before the wreck, federal officials said Friday without explaining what the condition was, though they did say repair work was done last month in the area of the crash. (   05/24/2013 9:41 PM )

  • Malloy defends effort to restrict Newtown records

    HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is defending efforts to restrict the release of certain public records related to the Newtown school shooting, saying he wants to protect the victims' families. (   05/24/2013 6:50 PM )

  • Conn. legislature passes separate food label bills

    HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Connecticut lawmakers are considering dueling bills that mandate special labels on food that contains genetically modified ingredients. (   05/24/2013 4:50 PM )

  • Duncan, Malloy pledge support for school security

    HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- State and federal officials, including the U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, offered reassurances Friday that efforts are underway to improve school security in the wake of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown and the gun violence experienced in Connecticut's state capital and other cities. (   05/24/2013 4:33 PM )

  • Newtown denied bid to postpone hearing on records

    HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Connecticut's Freedom of Information Commission on Friday denied a bid by Newtown officials to postpone a hearing on a request by The Associated Press for records related to the gunman in December's school shooting. (   05/24/2013 4:11 PM )

  • W.Va. inmates will start farming for food bank

    MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) -- Inmates at seven minimum- and medium-security prisons in West Virginia will be sowing seeds this spring and tending plants this summer as part of a new program to grow produce for the state's largest food bank. (   05/24/2013 12:37 PM )

  • Lawsuit filed in Conn. train collision

    BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) -- Attorneys for a 65-year-old woman injured in last week's train crash in Connecticut say they have filed a lawsuit alleging negligence by the Metro-North Railroad. (   05/24/2013 12:14 PM )