Back from jury duty ... In an open letter online, Tom Cruise thanks Boston for the memories, including "unforgettable runs around the St. Charles River."  http://is.gd/4ZTqu. ... David Cole of Providence has won the Rappaport Prize, Greg ...

Email (no link): Today, Diane Patrick, the Commonwealth's  First Lady, announced that she will endorse Mike Capuano for U.S. Senate.   Mrs. Patrick will formally endorse Congressman Capuano tomorrow at his 50th "Open Mike" conversation with vot...

BMG has obtained an advance copy of Senate candidate Steve Pagliuca's policy statement on Net Neutrality.  You read it here first! Defending Net Neutrality A Pagliuca for Senate Report Preserving the internet as an open resource for free speech, inno...

You don’t want to go to this, you need to go to this. Bring your wallets, support this amazing team, do it! Related Posts:Geekhouse Cross Team Party!Team Tiny Bike Presents: Getting SchooledTeam Tiny Bike Presents: Getting SchooledThe Other Side C...

Saturday, November 21 Boxing Super Six World Boxing Classic/Super Middleweights, Mikkei Kessler vs. Andre Ward – Showtime, 10 p.m. Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto (replay) – HBO, 10 p.m. College Basketball Rider at Kentucky – Fox Sports ...

2009 Black As Night Winter Lager THE POUR: This beer poured a thick inky black. Virtually no light was visible through the glass. A foamy, khaki-colored head topped the pour, but settled to a thinner layer. THE AROMA: Virtually no scent to this lager, ...

According to this piece from yesterday, a "little known" Charlestown attorney says he will challenge Anthony Galluccio in next year's Democratic primary (emphasis mine): Sen. Anthony Galluccio, facing legal trouble from an unexplained car accident, has dr...

College Basketball Coaches vs. Cancer Classic 3rd Place Game/Ohio State vs. Cal – ESPN2, 5 p.m. Championship/Syracuse vs. North Carolina – ESPN2, 7:20 p.m. Puerto Rico Tip-Off Consolation/Georgia Tech vs. George Mason – ESPNU, 1 p.m. Sem...

College Basketball Coaches vs. Cancer Classic 3rd Place Game/Ohio State vs. Cal – ESPN2, 5 p.m. Championship/Syracuse vs. North Carolina – ESPN2, 7:20 p.m. Puerto Rico Tip-Off Consolation/Georgia Tech vs. George Mason – ESPNU, 1 p.m. Sem...

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So I read this article in the Globe about the demise of Brigham’s. It’s very sad. Basically, it looks like the last private equity owner decided that the value was in the grocery store ice cream brand, which they sold to Hood, but that the r...

So another Friday is finally here (was it me, or was this a LONG week?) and I’ve got another edition of the top ten from this morning’s sports stories. Consider this one a periodic credit report - Chad Finn is going positive this morning, giv...

So another Friday is finally here (was it me, or was this a LONG week?) and I’ve got another edition of the top ten from this morning’s sports stories. Consider this one a periodic credit report - Chad Finn is going positive this morning, giv...

The gloves have come off a bit in the Senate race.  Steve Pagliuca held a presser yesterday in which he went after Martha Coakley and Mike Capuano by name over their positions that, on final passage, they would vote "no" on the House's health care bi...

I was in Target the other day and walked by this Star Trek Blu-ray disk. It was on an end cap. The perfect position for an impulse buy.I've got a Panasonic Blu-ray player that I got as part of the Panasonic Living in HD program, but haven't watched that...

The Globe has some fundraising numbers for the home stretch.  The second column refers to the amount raised over the last 7 weeks, not the total amount raised. Candidate -- $ Raised -- $ on hand Coakley -- $1.9 million -- $1.9 million Capuano -- $1.8...

When I saw Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) on Fox News Sunday explaining why the trial was a good idea, his logic went much like this, and my thought pattern mirrored Krauthammer’s below: So why is Attorney General Eric Holder doing this? Ostensibly, to demon...

Outraged Liberal is all over the brewing battle between the governor and lawmakers. ... They don't trust the governor to make non-executive-branch cuts? What types of cuts? OL has three examples. ......

Time is short this morning - jury duty continues - so I'm simply going to give you the press release direct from the Boston Symphony Orchestra with all the plans for next summer's Tanglewood season, including the return of Seiji Ozawa, the jazz f...