Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search

October 12, 2008 10:09:11 PM CDT

Learn about Newser Points »

Stories related to: Boston

Stories

Stories 41 - 53 of 53

<< Prev 1 2 3
  • September 2007

    • Puzzle Lover Pops Question in Crossword

      Boston Globe  |  Sep 25, 07 6:33 PM CDT

      Puzzle Lover Pops Question in Crossword

      (Newser) - One lovable "dork" was in luck yesterday when she ended a crossword on the clue, "Will you marry me?" Her boyfriend fell to one knee and popped the question right then and there. He'd had a long night, wondering if his conjugal crossword would be published in the Boston Globe — but lucky for him, a married team had penned the puzzle around his query. More »

      Tags

      marriage  • Boston  • crossword puzzle

    • MIT Student Wears Fake Bomb to Airport

      Boston Globe  |  Sep 21, 07 12:48 PM CDT

      MIT Student Wears Fake Bomb to Airport

      (Newser) - An MIT student was arrested today at the Boston airport wearing a device that appeared to be a bomb. Police armed with machine guns took her into custody and determined that the circuit board on her chest was harmless. “Thankfully because she followed our instructions, she ended up in our cell instead of a morgue,” said a police spokesman. More »

      Tags

      War on Terror  • Boston  • MIT  • airport security  • Logan Airport

    • These Streets Are Paved in Gold

      Forbes  |  Sep 15, 07 11:04 AM CDT

      These Streets Are Paved in Gold

      (Newser) - Forbes has compiled a list of the most expensive real estate blocks in 10 major cities.  It teamed up with date provider Reply! to compile an index of the 'billionaire rows' of the US. In New York, the block between Fifth Avenue, Madison, 69th and 70th Sts. takes the crown. In Boston, it's a private square on Beacon Hill, and in L.A. it's a block just above Sunset Blvd. More »

      Tags

      list  • New York City  • United States  • real estate  • Boston  • homes  • billionaires

  • August 2007

    • Glue Company Indicted in Big Dig Death

      Boston Globe  |  Aug 9, 07 5:03 AM CDT

      Glue Company Indicted in Big Dig Death

      (Newser) - A glue company has been indicted for manslaughter for its role in a fatal accident in Boston's controversial Big Dig tunnel. Powers Fasteners of New York supplied adhesives for use in a ceiling which collapsed, killing a 38-year-old woman in a car. The adhesive used in the construction was not intended for long term use. More »

      Tags

      accident  • Boston  • manslaughter  • Big Dig  • glue  • adhesive

    • New Van Gogh Surfaces

      Associated Press  |  Aug 3, 07 6:20 PM CDT

      New Van Gogh Surfaces

      (Newser) - A previously undiscovered Van Gogh has been found hiding in plain sight—beneath another painting. Conservators at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts X-rayed The Ravine , revealing another painting created several months earlier, the MFA and the Van Gogh Museum said today. A pen-and-ink drawing of the concealed painting, Wild Vegetation, is in the Amsterdam institution. More »

      Tags

      art  • painting  • Boston  • Amsterdam  • asylum  • Vincent Van Gogh

    • Boston Builds for Halcyon Year

      Boston Globe  |  Aug 2, 07 4:00 AM CDT

      Boston Builds for Halcyon Year

      (Newser) - A sudden cascade of talent has catapulted Boston into contention for at least three championships and given its fans, including Globe columnist Dan Shaugnessy, reason to hope again. In the last week, the Celtics handed over a raft of prospects for superstar Kevin Garnett, and the Red Sox beat their archrivals in New York to a trade for consecutive-saves recordholder Eric Gagne. More »

      Tags

      MLB  • basketball  • NBA  • Boston Red Sox  • Boston Celtics  • Kevin Garnett  • Boston  • Super Bowl  • Randy Moss  • sports trade  • Eric Gagne

  • July 2007

    • FBI Pays Out $101M in Mob Suit

      Boston Globe  |  Jul 26, 07 4:54 PM CDT

      FBI Pays Out $101M in Mob Suit

      (Newser) - A federal judge ordered the government to pay $101.7M after the FBI withheld evidence related to a 1965 murder in Boston that sent four men to prison for three decades. "This case is about intentional misconduct, suborning of perjury" and "the framing of innocent men," said the judge today at the close of the 22-day trial. More »

      Tags

      murder  • FBI  • prison  • Boston  • perjury  • Mafia  • mob  • hitman  • wrongful conviction

    • Darfur Lake Is Dried Up, Draining Hope

      BBC  |  Jul 20, 07 4:41 PM CDT

      Darfur Lake Is Dried Up, Draining Hope

      (Newser) - Hopes for an enormous underground lake discovered recently in Darfur might supply enough water to end starvation and violence in the area were dimmed by a second opinion from  a French geologist. The area receives too little rain and has the wrong type of rocks for water storage, said a specialist in mineral and water exploration: the lake probably dried up thousands of years ago. More »

      Tags

      Africa  • Sudan  • Darfur  • Boston  • genocide  • water  • Crisis in Darfur  • lake  • geologist  • Darfuris

    • Low-Key Lawyer to Moderate Dow Buyout

      Boston Globe  |  Jul 20, 07 2:51 PM CDT

      Low-Key Lawyer to Moderate Dow Buyout

      (Newser) - One man stands between News Corp. chief Rupert Murdoch and the Dow Jones-controlling Bancroft Family: a reserved, unassuming Boston lawyer named Michael B. Elefante, who has managed most of the Bancrofts' trust accounts for decades. Next week, beginning with Monday's strictly informational meeting, Elefante will mediate the $5B transaction. More »

      Tags

      Dow Jones  • Rupert Murdoch  • News Corp  • Massachusetts  • Boston  • buyout  • Bancroft family  • takeovers  • trusts

  • June 2007

    • Grandpas Take Down Unruly Passenger

      Boston Globe  |  Jun 5, 07 8:00 AM CDT

      Grandpas Take Down Unruly Passenger

      (Newser) - A 65-year-old former police commander and a gray-haired former marine helped flight attendants subdue an unruly passenger on a Northwest Airlines flight Saturday night. The suspicious man threatened other passengers and refused to take his seat during the three hour Minneapolis-to-Boston flight, but the two undaunted grandpas managed to detain him before landing. More »

      Tags

      airplane  • elderly  • Boston  • Minneapolis  • flight  • Northwest Airlines  • flight attendant

  • May 2007

    • Boston Show Tries Out Imus Sidekick

      Boston Globe  |  May 18, 07 8:56 PM CDT

      Boston Show Tries Out Imus Sidekick

      (Newser) - Don Imus's old sidekick Bernard McGuirk will audition live next week to be the co-host of "Finneran's Forum," a morning political talk show on Boston's WRKO. McGuirk set off last month's controversy by calling the Rutgers womens' basketball team "hard-core hos." But his potential future co-host, Tom Finneran, is confident there won't be a reprise. More »

      Tags

      CBS  • radio  • Boston  • Don Imus  • talk radio

  • April 2007

Stories 41 - 53 of 53

<< Prev 1 2 3

Today's Most Popular

Loading...

Premium Articles from HighBeam

Find more articles like this

What is Newser?

2008 Codie Finalist

Newser gives you more news in less time. We search for the best and most important stories all over the web, read them for you, and deliver concise and sharp summaries—along with links to the full text. Newser provides a way to stay on top of an ever-expanding horizon of news and opinion—politics, sports, business, trends, technology, personalities, crimes, and controversies. Newser keeps you not just better informed, but, with our signature graphic interface and smart condensed format, more enjoyably informed.

Learn more »