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CRIME LOGS: Missing tires

Daily Free Press Admin September 12, 2012

The following reports were taken from the Boston Police Department’s Allston-Brighton D-14 crime logs from Sept. 4 to Sept. 11. At about 8:23 a.m. on Friday, officers responded to a call for larceny...

After running for 115 years, MBTA shares history, trivia with T commuters in advertisements

Daily Free Press Admin September 12, 2012

In addition to Charlie’s latest reappearance and the new opening of the CharlieCard Store in Downtown Crossing, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority continues celebrating its 115 birthday by...

Mass. has 3rd-highest food stamp growth in N.E.

Daily Free Press Admin September 11, 2012

While food-stamp usage has risen across the nation, Massachusetts landed as one of the top New England states with the highest growth in food-stamp usage, according to an article published in the Federal...

MBTA security cameras installed in T stations

Daily Free Press Admin September 2, 2012

Hundreds of security cameras will keep a close eye on T commuters this fall, a security push that Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority officials said will help transit police identify criminal suspects. The...

ENG prof. dies after 13 years at BU, remembered as friend, mentor

Daily Free Press Admin July 16, 2012

Boston University professor of mechanical engineering William Carey, 69, who died Wednesday after a long illness, was known as a great friend, leader and award-winning scientist, colleagues said. “Bill...

Greig to battle 8-year sentence

Daily Free Press Admin June 13, 2012

Catherine Greig, long-time girlfriend of mobster James “Whitey” Bulger, filed the notice of appeal Tuesday against the eight-year sentence she received a day earlier in court, officials said. Greig’s...

Judge sentences Greig to 8 years in federal prison

Daily Free Press Admin June 12, 2012

Catherine Greig, girlfriend of mobster James “Whitey” Bulger, was sentenced to eight years of federal prison Tuesday, officials said. Christina Sterling, spokeswoman for the Office of the U.S. Attorney...

Warren receives endorsement from Mass. governor

Daily Free Press Admin May 31, 2012

After sealing her first major endorsement since April, Democratic candidate Elizabeth Warren received Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick’s endorsement Wednesday during a meeting with supporters in Somerville,...

Student freedom varies when studying abroad at different schools

Daily Free Press Admin May 27, 2012

The following article is the first in a two-part series about safety for students studying abroad.  While speculation surrounds the driving and safety circumstances of the crash in New Zealand that...

CAS sophomore Roch Jauberty remembered as true friend, excellent student

Daily Free Press Admin May 15, 2012

This is the third in a series of obituaries on the three Boston University students killed in a tragic car accident while studying abroad in New Zealand. College of Arts and Sciences sophomore Dylan...

Three BU students killed, five injured in car accident while studying abroad in New Zealand

Daily Free Press Admin May 12, 2012

Three Boston University students were killed and five students injured on May 12 at 7:30 a.m. New Zealand Time in an accident where a vehicle swerved off the road, officials said. Car accidents like this...

Tax records ineffective in long run, prof says

Daily Free Press Admin May 1, 2012

Tax returns released last week for Sen. Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren showed that the Massachusetts Senate candidates rank in the highest percentiles of the nation’s earners. But Boston University...

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