In 2011, there was the triple murder linked to Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the victims' bodies sprinkled with marijuana.
A high-school student was shot to death last week, police say, in an attempted drug rip-off that was aimed at recovering money the victim felt was stolen in an earlier pot deal by his cousin.
Using court and police records, along with interviews with prosecutors, police and victims, the Globe profiles the former turnpike toll taker, Red Sox security guard and violent man, who mostly managed to evade any punishment for a series of crimes dating back to his high-school years.
Xconomy reports on Proteon Therapeutics, whose sole potential product is an enzyme aimed at breaking up the fiber formed by blood vessels when they're cut into. It's aimed at long-term kidney-dialysis patients who first undergo surgery aimed at toughening up a vein to withstand the repeated punctures required for dialysis.
And, yes, we're expecting one to two inches of snow today. But, still, people who were up at, well, the crack of dawn, got to see quite the sunrise. Allison Pyburn watched the sun rise over Waltham.
The Herald's Laurel Sweet scores a jailhouse interview with the alleged abusive murderer, who says he wants his parents to get custody of his daughter (they have lots of money) and says people should stop pestering the assistant DA who failed to get him jailed on an abuse rap. Oh, yeah, and he didn't kill his girlfriend.
Or as WFXT puts it: Jerry Remy’s son arrested on murder charges in Waltham stabbing.
Jonathan Berk watched a wall cloud roll over Boston this evening.
Chris Devers watched the cloud barrel across Allston around 7:30:
The Waltham Police Department reports cops, firefighters and the city animal control officer were able to rescue a young raccoon found, as you can see, with its head stuck in a storm grate yesterday. Found at Chestnut and Lowell streets by PRG, who reported it on Twitter.
Aston Martin Lagonda and an Aston Martin dealership in Waltham are racing at each other full speed in a dispute over whether the car company - whose cheapest model goes for $122,400 - can open another dealership in Wayland.
Aston Martin of New England on Linden Street in Waltham, says the plan would cut its sales dramatically and wants $3 million in damages. The dealership is currently the only place in all of New England to buy a new Aston Martin.
Lauren reports from Waltham, which once a year becomes the steampunk capital of Massachusetts.
This video shows Boston Dynamics's Big Dog, which used to just be able to walk up hillsides, but which has now been outfitted to be the sort of robot you wouldn't want to meet in a dark alley.
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Saul Blumenthal noticed that among the items the Waltham Shaw's put out on its Sandy table were shabbos candles, normally only used for celebrating the start of the Sabbath on Friday.
"Yahrzeit candles work better!" Greg Reibman offers.
Meanwhile, the Globe found some guy at the South Bay Home Depot who'd driven up from New Jersey to pick up a generator he'd reserved online. Seems the generator-desperate gentleman only thought to look up Boston stores after discovering generators were sold out from New Jersey to Ohio, which makes one wonder about the state of geography education in the Garden State.
Christopher photographed the scene in the water aisle at the Waltham Shaw's on Saturday night.
Of course, that's just what City Hall would say if it were taken over by zombies.
Imagine if that sign were on Morrissey Boulevard: WICKED HIGH ZOMBIES.
WCVB reports officials in Waltham are trying to find the owners of a parrot that flew into a police cruiser Monday.
Ed. note: Take a look at the photo and tell me that bird's name is not Charlie Brown.
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