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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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Rhode Island news

  • 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 )

  • 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 )

  • Ex-fugitive gets life sentences in 2004 RI killing

    PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- A 36-year-old Rhode Island man who lived in Arizona under an assumed identity for years has received consecutive life sentences for a 2004 murder that occurred during a botched robbery attempt in Providence.(   07/01/2013 12:33 PM )

  • Mosquitoes in RI test negative for West Nile

    PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- The latest batch of mosquitoes tested in Rhode Island is free of West Nile virus and eastern equine encephalitis.(   07/01/2013 12:11 PM )

  • Gas prices drop 4 cents in RI ahead of holiday

    PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Gas prices have fallen 4 cents in Rhode Island ahead of the Fourth of July holiday.(   07/01/2013 11:08 AM )

  • Flurry of bear sightings reported in Rhode Island

    LINCOLN, R.I. (AP) -- Rhode Island environmental officials are reporting an increase in the sightings of black bears, especially in the northwest part of the state.(   07/01/2013 8:18 AM )

  • RI lawmakers vote to divest from Iran

    PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Legislation to divest Rhode Island state money from companies within operations in Iran is heading to Gov. Lincoln Chafee.(   07/01/2013 3:27 AM )

  • Local firewood use urged to stop insect disease

    PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- State environmental officials say that only local firewood from Rhode Island should be used at campsites and summer cottages to help prevent the introduction of invasive insects and diseases from out of state.(   07/01/2013 1:48 AM )

  • Bruins select Swedish defenseman, eye Lecavalier

    BOSTON (AP) -- The Boston Bruins, hit with the news they will likely be losing right wing Nathan Horton to free agency, are one of many teams interested in signing free-agent forward Vincent Lecavalier.(   06/30/2013 11:11 PM )

  • Little RI wins big pension award

    PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Rhode Island's public pension system has been recognized by an investment magazine as the best small public pension plan in the nation.(   06/30/2013 5:25 PM )