Bottoms up Weve picked Boston’s Top 3 cocktail bars

American cities don't come much more traditional than Boston. Home to Paul Revere House, Faneuil Hall and the Freedom Trail, the city practically drips colonial history, and can leave a visitor with a curious desire to don a tri-cornered hat.But Beantown has embraced the American cocktail renaissance with full fervour and, through the Boston Beer Company and its Samuel Adams beers, has ...

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The paper reported that Kenneth Erickson, 48, was arraigned Friday in Central District Court after police said he assaulted his wife and threatened to burn down their Maravista Road ...

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Some 300 mourners crowded inside Eagle Heights Baptist Church here Friday to pay their respects to an elementary school student killed when a tornado churned through nearby Moore, ...

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Officials have tightened security for Sunday's Indianapolis 500, which typically draws more than 200,000 spectators, in response to the deadly Boston Marathon bombings last ...

Markey’s tax returns show large deductions Social Security benefits

US Representative Edward J. Markey, the Democratic nominee for the US Senate, reduced his federal tax rate to under 20 percent over the last eight years by taking large deductions, including about $9,000 a year in work-related deductions. According to his federal and state tax filings dating back to 2005, almost of all of Markey's income came from his congressional salary, which ranged ...