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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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  • Mass. lawmakers agree on photo IDs for EBT cards

    BOSTON (AP) -- State lawmakers have approved a requirement that photo identification be placed on electronic benefit transfer cards for most welfare recipients.(   07/01/2013 4:27 PM )

  • Powerful thunderstorms move through Mass.

    BOSTON (AP) -- Powerful thunderstorms moving though Massachusetts have caused steet flooding, downed trees and scattered power outages.(   07/01/2013 4:25 PM )

  • Lawmakers approve $34B Mass. budget

    BOSTON (AP) -- Massachusetts lawmakers approved a $34 billion state budget that includes additional aid for cities and towns and enough funding for the University of Massachusetts to avoid a tuition increase in the upcoming academic year.(   07/01/2013 4:23 PM )

  • 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 )

  • Tolls, economic agency dominate session's endgame

    PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Rhode Island entered a new fiscal year without a state budget as lawmakers seek to end their 2013 session this week.(   07/01/2013 3:56 PM )

  • No Maine law license for F. Lee Bailey _ yet

    PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- Celebrity attorney F. Lee Bailey is going to have to wait a few months to find out if he can practice law in Maine, where he hopes to restart his legal career.(   07/01/2013 3:51 PM )

  • Vt. Rep. Townsend loses battle with cancer

    RANDOLPH, Vt. (AP) -- Vermont State Rep. Larry Townsend of Randolph has died after a battle with cancer.(   07/01/2013 3:44 PM )

  • Manchester man sentenced for 2011 shooting

    MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) -- A Manchester, N.H., man has been sentenced to 43½ years to life in prison for shooting an acquaintance in the head in 2011.(   07/01/2013 3:44 PM )

  • Candidates lining up for Markey's seat in Mass.

    BOSTON (AP) -- The race for the House seat being vacated by U.S. Sen.-elect Edward Markey is heating up.(   07/01/2013 3:44 PM )

  • Vt. gov marks repayment of unemployment loan

    MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) -- Three years after Vermont cut benefits to unemployed workers and began borrowing from the federal government to shore up its unemployment trust fund, Gov. Peter Shumlin hit the send button Monday to pay the borrowed money back two years early.(   07/01/2013 3:42 PM )

  • Booms of cannon mark opening of Gettysburg battle

    GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) -- The booms of ground-shaking cannon fire Monday marked the start of the Battle of Gettysburg, 150 years after Union and Confederate soldiers fought the defining encounter of the American Civil War.(   07/01/2013 3:32 PM )

  • Street in Vt. city closed due to sinkhole

    BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) -- Officials in Vermont's largest city say a major street is closed due to a sinkhole.(   07/01/2013 3:26 PM )

  • Cape Wind inks local firm for $15M in work

    BOSTON (AP) -- The Cape Wind offshore wind project has signed a $15 million deal with a Falmouth company to do the upland construction work needed to bury the project's electric cables.(   07/01/2013 3:23 PM )

  • Ex-FBI agent apologizes to slain man's family

    BOSTON (AP) -- A former FBI agent who admitted taking payoffs from James "Whitey" Bulger offered a tearful apology Monday to the family of one of Bulger's alleged murder victims, but the man's widow said his words "didn't mean anything."(   07/01/2013 3:09 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 )

  • Vt. promoting highway safety with new strategy

    WATERBURY, Vt. (AP) -- Vermont transportation and public safety officials say they have a plan to keep people safe on the state's roadways.(   07/01/2013 2:52 PM )

  • Steinway accepts $438M buyout from Kohlberg & Co.

    WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) -- The famed piano maker Steinway is hoping that the sale of the company to private equity firm Kohlberg & Co. will strike the right chord.(   07/01/2013 2:29 PM )

  • Investigators: Vt. barn fire intentionally set

    ST. ALBANS, Vt. (AP) -- Investigators say someone intentionally set fire to a barn in St. Albans, Vt., that caused over $30,000 in damage.(   07/01/2013 2:25 PM )

  • New England Aquarium reopens giant tank

    BOSTON (AP) -- The New England Aquarium is officially reopening its signature attraction following a $17 million redesign and renovation project.(   07/01/2013 2:16 PM )

  • East Beach trail closed to protect piping plovers

    CHARLESTOWN, R.I. (AP) -- Rhode Island environmental officials are temporarily closing an off-road vehicle trail through the East Beach-Ninigret Conservation Area to help protect a nesting shorebird.(   07/01/2013 2:03 PM )

  • Michaud raises $300K for governor's race

    BANGOR, Maine (AP) -- U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud has raised more than $300,000 in little more than two weeks since announcing an exploratory committee to consider a run for governor.(   07/01/2013 1:54 PM )

  • Jackson, Willette to run for Maine's 2nd CD

    AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- Two Maine lawmakers, including one who drew the ire of Gov. Paul LePage, are running for Congress.(   07/01/2013 1:52 PM )

  • Maine Gov. boosts funding for domestic violence

    AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- Maine Gov. Paul LePage is directing some of the state's saved money toward services for people affected by domestic violence.(   07/01/2013 1:49 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 )