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Harvard braces for Kagan departure

January 6, 2009

Boston.com -- Massachusetts news / Peter Schworm, Globe Staff

When Harvard Law School dean Elena Kagan was passed over for the presidency of Harvard University nearly two years ago, law students and faculty threw a party in her honor to celebrate her staying on.

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Tufts to break with Blue Cross

January 6, 2009

Boston.com -- Massachusetts news / Scott Allen and Jeffrey Krasner, Globe Staff

Tufts Medical Center has begun warning thousands of patients that Tufts doctors will no longer accept Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO coverage after Jan.

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Boston 4-alarm fire destroys restaurants

January 6, 2009

Boston.com -- Massachusetts news

A four-alarm fire has destroyed a row of restaurants in Boston's Fenway neighborhood, causing an estimated $5 million in damage.

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Federal prosecutors seek gag order for Turner in bribery case

January 6, 2009

Boston.com -- Massachusetts news / Shelley Murphy, Globe Staff

Federal prosecutors urged a judge yesterday to prohibit Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner from revealing, or even talking about, evidence and witnesses the government is relying on to convince a jury ...

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Local Nutrition Expert Tells Truth About Vitamins

January 6, 2009

TheBostonChannel.com - News

Millions of Americans take multi-vitamins in the hopes of staying healthy. But with so much negative new research about vitamins recently, what should you be taking and what should you be tossing out?

More details on Splinter Wooden Supercar

January 6, 2009

Just Luxé: Fashion and Style News

Wooden Supercar: The Splinter, a wooden car designed by a group of college students, has made the rounds to the recent International Woodworking Fair, where it met with acclaim, and now the project is ...

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Drugs may have incited spree, police say

January 6, 2009

Boston.com -- Massachusetts news / Brian Ballou, Globe Staff

A Mattapan man with more than a dozen convictions for armed robbery dating back to the mid-1980s was probably motivated by an addiction to crack cocaine in robbing six Back Bay and South End ...

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Patrick intensifies state's push to curb soaring health premiums

January 6, 2009

Boston.com -- Massachusetts news / Marcella Bombardieri, Globe Staff

Governor Deval Patrick yesterday accelerated his administration's efforts to control spiraling statewide healthcare costs, warning that rising premiums threaten to crush families and businesses and ...

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Citizens Energy giveaway imperiled as Venezuela halts its oil donations

January 6, 2009

Boston.com -- Massachusetts news / Todd Wallack, Globe Staff

If you call Joe for oil this year, expect to be disappointed. Joseph P. Kennedy II, the president of Citizens Energy Corp., said yesterday the Venezuelan oil company Citgo Petroleum Corp.

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DiMasi confident he'll again lead House

January 6, 2009

Boston.com -- Massachusetts news / Andrea Estes, Globe Staff

Facing little open dissent in the House, Salvatore F.

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