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Federal judge sentences Chuck Turner to three years

Former Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner has been sentenced to three years in prison for taking a $1,000 bribe and then lying about it to FBI agents. More »

'No House Left Behind,' say volunteers in Grove Hall 'Barnraising'

Betty Maguire has a problem. As a grandmother living on a fixed income, she can hardly afford her winter heating bills. More »

Call for a paradigm shift in public safety

In the aftermath of Domenic Cinelli's killing of a Woburn police officer we find ourselves in a moral quagmire. Nothing short of a tectonic paradigm shift in how we create public safety will put us on steady ground. More »

'Sweet Life' for young singer and songwriter Whitlock

Maggie Whitlock may have started and stopped learning a number of musical instruments. What she has never given up on are singing and songwriting. More »

Debut film set during Black Power movement

"Night Catches Us" is the debut feature film by writer and director Tanya Hamilton. Set in the late 1970s amidst the backdrop of a struggling Black Power movement, this film stars Kerry Washington and Anthony Mackie. Marcus, played by Mackie, is the main character and a former member of Philly's Black Power movement. When he returns home after being away for several years, he finds himself caught up in a hornet's nest of unresolved issues that include his former Black Power cronies and Patricia, his former lover, played by Washington. More »

Mass. AG: Tougher laws needed to target pimps

Attorney General Martha Coakley is joining with lawmakers and police to push a bill to toughen criminal penalties against pimps and others profiting from human trafficking. More »

Patrick proposes $65M local aid cut in Mass.

Gov. Deval Patrick told Massachusetts city and town leaders Friday he will cut some of their local aid in the fiscal 2012 budget he proposes this week, but attempt to offset the reduction with legislation granting them long-sought power to trim municipal employee health insurance costs. More »

Mass. gov. wants to end private lawyers for poor

Gov. Deval Patrick on Monday proposed ending the state's practice of hiring private attorneys to represent most indigent criminal defendants in Massachusetts, a proposal the administration says will save $45 million a year, but is drawing criticism from defense attorneys. More »