US – Thursday, March 18
My Voice
The Senate’s Weak Health Care Bill
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid “got to 60” at 1:08 yesterday morning, clearing a key Republican hurdle and keeping the Senate’s version of a health care reform bill on track for passage before Christmas.
 
Boston
Alumni look for like-minded fans
When last month’s apocalyptic snowstorm never hit, despite empty streets outside, 50 Syracuse basketball fans still attended a local alumni association basketball watch party at the Pour House.
 
Boston
MBTA steps up for Riverside riders
Riverside Line commuters only have to endure two more days of bus service as Secretary of Transportation Jeffery Mullen estimated yesterday that the D line will be open for the Monday morning commute.  
 
Boston
Twenty years without a clue
For the past twenty years officials at the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum have been working with FBI agents the U.S. Attorney’s office to bring back 13 stolen artifacts that were infamously stolen on March 18th, 1990.  
 
Boston Arts
Two tickets to ‘Paradise Lost’
“Paradise Lost” is a Depression-era drama rife with parallels to the current economic and political climate. In the wrong hands, a predictable production of Clifford Odets’ period piece could bore an entire audience into a coma.
 
Boston Arts
Two tickets to ‘Paradise Lost’
“Paradise Lost” is a Depression-era drama rife with parallels to the current economic and political climate. In the wrong hands, a predictable production of Clifford Odets’ period piece could bore an entire audience into a coma.
 
Boston Sports
Cooke-ing up a B’s grudge match
When the Bruins and Penguins face off tonight at the Garden, it will be more than a chance for the Bruins to hang on to the final playoff spot in the East.
 
Boston Sports
Dice-K on road to return?
The groin. The shoulder. The back. The neck.
 
Listings
T Time: Week of February 26, 2010
Where to go and what to see
 
Areas of color key to Menino victory
Mayor Thomas Menino was able to fend off challenger Michael Flaherty in large part due to his success in communities of color, according to a MassVOTE report released yesterday.
 
Boston
Flaherty ready for big day
Michael Flaherty is entering the most important week of his political career, but he doesn’t have time to think about it in those terms. Instead, he was plugging away on the campaign trail, which brought him to Jamaica Plain yesterday to speak with seniors about crime, education and city services.
Boston
Flaherty to face off with Menino for the last time
A polling controversy has preceded the last debate between Mayor Thomas Menino and challenger City Councilor Michael Flaherty, set for tonight at the John F. Kennedy Library.
 
 

Boston
Heavyweights back Flaherty
In 1983, Ray Flynn and Mel King faced off in an emotional mayoral race that drew the highest voter turnout in city history. Yesterday, the two men cast their support behind Michael Flaherty less than three weeks before he faces off with incumbent mayor Thomas Menino at the polls.
 
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Mayoral race
Is Menino really this invincible?
Mayor Thomas Menino defended his administration again yesterday after The Boston Globe reported that city officials discovered another computer of a top aide that could contain e-mails sought by federal authorities.
 

Mayoral Race Boston
Menino will face Flaherty in final
And then there were two. Thomas Menino, the four-term incumbent, and City Councilor Michael Flaherty will battle for the mayor of Boston on Nov. 3 after besting City Councilor Sam Yoon and businessman Kevin McCrea in yesterday’s preliminary election.

 

Boston
Who will be the last men standing?
Voters will head to the polls today for the city's preliminary election, amid a mayoral campaign in which Mayor Thomas Menino has absorbed a wave of criticism from his three challengers following an e-mail deletion controversy at City Hall.
 
 
 
Mayoral Race Boston
Flaherty: You Can’t Manage What You Can’t Measure
Imagine a business that rewarded employees for their longevity, regardless of their performance.  Sounds good if you’re that employee, but not so good if you’re a company stockholder. 
Boston
McCrea: Being open, honest key to leading
Government’s responsibility to its citizens is to provide fair and honest services. City government has some fairly straightforward responsibilities: provide good schools and roads; police, fire, and health services; and a legal structure for residents and businesses to thrive in.
 
Mayoral race
Yoon: Time to fix our broken system
They say, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. I’m running because the way we do business in City Hall is broken, and we need to change it. Right now all the power of city government is concentrated in the office of the mayor. And we have a mayor who has been there for 16 years. This makes City Hall a place where innovative ideas go to die.
 
Mayoral race
E-mail fiasco has hopefuls on the hunt
Contenders gang up, mayor stands ground
What the candidates will do to fix city streets
Questions for the candidates
Mayoral candidates face off for first time
Questions for the candidates
Election’s important, but who really cares?
In debate, voter issues take spotlight
Menino opponents say fifth time is the charm
Questions for the candidates
Mayoral race
Questions for the candidates
Signs of the times in an election year
Questions for the candidates
Questions for the candidates
Boston mayoral race 2009
Menino to debate
Menino wants to hike taxes
Menino: More charter schools
Flaherty: On the cost of transportation
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