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Weird news roundup: Don't call 911 for phone sex

911 operators have no time for dirty talk.

Rachel Paiste, Generation Beta


TV picks: Weekend, May 18-20

This weekend's TV highlights: Lady Gaga arrives in Springfield.

TV Watch List, Amber M Ray


Playing the Field: Dwyane Wade erupts, ranking best third wheels

We break down our favorite third wheels, plus enjoy Paulina Gretzky.

Playing the Field


Stephen Houseman: Boston University student is charged in fatal New Zealand crash

The student was driving the van that crashed last week.

Metro Boston City Desk


Metropolitik: Super PAC attacks have yet to begin

In the campaign silly season, faux scandals erupt with the reliability of Old Faithful.

Metropolitik


TV picks: Thursday, May 17

Tonight's TV highlights: "Community" closes the semester with three new episodes.

TV Watch List, Amber M Ray


The CW brings old favorites to new schedule

"The Carrie Diaries," "Beauty and the Beast" and "Arrow" reimagine beloved characters.

TV Watch List, Amber M Ray


Playing the Field: John Tortorella must be stopped, Mrs. Tiger Woods is single again

We offer suggestions for the New York media and pick-up lines to use on Elin Nordegren.

Mike Greger, Remember the Vet


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Stephen Houseman: Boston University student is charged in fatal New Zealand crash

The student was driving the van that crashed last week. 17 May


Today is the eight-year anniversary of gay marriage in Massachusetts

Since the ruling took effect eight years ago, thousands of same-sex couples have been married. 17 May


City launches plan to get ahead of summer violence

Police will deploy new anti-drug team in hotspots, starting with South Boston. 16 May


Ben Affleck and Matt Damon host fundraiser for senate hopeful Elizabeth Warren

Hollywood duo Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are holding an event fundraiser for U.S. Senate hopeful Elizabeth Warren. A ticket will run you $1,000. 9 May


‘Xanadu’ takes the stage

Director Douglas Carter Beane on choosing to bring a bad ’80s flick to the stage. 10 May


Catch the Dengue Fever

Thinking outside the box risks being marginalized as a novelty, but it's worked well for Dengue Fever. 16 May


VIDEO: Boston ad agency has a beer vending machine that tweets

"Arnie," the interactive beer vending machine, is at the headquarters of Arnold Worldwide here in Boston. 16 May


Bob DeLeo tries to woo Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook to Massachusetts in letter

The State House speaker sends the letter to the Patch website in Menlo Park, Calif. 16 May


Weird news roundup: Don't call 911 for phone sex

911 operators have no time for dirty talk. 18 May


Facebook fizzles in debut, shares skirt IPO price

Facebook Inc shares fizzled on their first day of trade on the Nasdaq, erasing early gains of as much as 18 percent to trade close to their initial public offering price. 18 May


Moira Johnston: East Village topless woman identified (UPDATED)

Somewhere in the East Village, a woman is walking around with her breasts exposed. 18 May (5)


Did White House 'spin' tip a covert op?

White House efforts to soft-pedal the danger from a new "underwear bomb" plot emanating from Yemen may have inadvertently broken the news they needed most to contain. 18 May


Investors brace for Facebook debut on Wall Street

Investors are bracing for Facebook's Wall Street debut on Friday after the world's No.1 online social network raised about $16 billion in one of the biggest initial public offerings in U.S. history. 18 May


Stephen Houseman: Boston University student is charged in fatal New Zealand crash

The student was driving the van that crashed last week. 17 May


After massive blackout, Council seeks answers

Inspection, care of power transformers subject of city council hearing. 17 May


Metropolitik: Super PAC attacks have yet to begin

In the campaign silly season, faux scandals erupt with the reliability of Old Faithful. 17 May


Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer just can't stop getting robbed

Spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said no one was home at the time of the burglary, which was discovered May 4 by a housekeeper. 17 May


Autopsy: Trayvon Martin had THC in his system the night he was shot

Martin's blood and urine tested positive for THC the night he was shot and killed. 17 May (2)


Facebook prices $38 a share at top of range in landmark IPO

Facebook Inc priced its initial public offering at $38 a share, giving the world's No. 1 online social network a $104 billion valuation in the third largest offering in U.S. history. 17 May


White House implements new rules to prevent prison rape

U.S. prisons and other facilities where residents are forcibly confined must put in place standards to prevent thousands of incidents of sexual abuse. 17 May (1)


What would a 'black metrosexual Abe Lincoln' look like?

It's silly season in American politics. 17 May (1)


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