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Finding in Foreclosure a Beginning, Not an End

Finding in Foreclosure a Beginning, Not an End

In a counterintuitive solution, nonprofits in Boston are selling houses back to owners after foreclosure.

 

Advertised bridal show a scam, FBI and police say

Advertised bridal show a scam, FBI and police say

Thousands of would-be brides and grooms and hundreds of vendors registered for a heavily advertised bridal show that was to start Friday evening in Boston and was in part to benefit Haiti, but according to police the entire event was a sham.

 

China is hiring, and young Americans are going

When the best job Mikala Reasbeck could find after college in Boston was counting pills part-time in a drugstore for $7 an hour, she took the drastic step of jumping on a plane to Beijing.

 

Mourners Line Up for View of Kennedy’s Coffin

Mourners Line Up for View of Kennedy’s Coffin

Mourners for Senator Edward M. Kennedy gathered in long lines around the presidential library in Boston.

 

Southwest Lands at Logan Airport

Boston’s Logan Airport is now the darling of discounters, a transformation that coincides with a major airline shift where low fares are no longer an exception.

 

Dozens Nabbed in Medicare Fraud Busts

Federal authorities say they've arrested 32 people, including doctors, in Medicare fraud busts in Houston, New York, Louisiana and Boston.

 

Officer Who Arrested Harvard Prof After Mix-Up Not Sorry

A suburban Boston police sergeant accused of racism after he arrested renowned black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. at his home insists he won't apologize over his treatment of the Harvard professor.

 

Sold! One parking spot, only $300,000

A real estate agent said a resident of Boston's upscale Back Bay section plunked down $300,000 to own what is believed to be the priciest parking space in the city's history.

 

Craigslist CEO: Crooks Who Use Site Will Be Caught

Craigslist CEO: Crooks Who Use Site Will Be Caught

Violent crimes linked to Craigslist ads in Minnesota and Boston have made headlines, but CEO Jim Buckmaster said the site is an 'extremely unsafe venue for criminal activity because you're virtually guaranteeing that you're going to get caught.'

 

Man sought in killings possibly linked to Craigslist

Man sought in killings possibly linked to Craigslist

Police in Boston, Massachusetts, are searching for a man suspected in the murder of one woman and the armed robbery of two others, all of whom, they say, he may have met through their Craigslist ads for personal services.

 

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