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Boston Hospital Performs Second Full Face Transplant

BOSTON -- Doctors at a Boston hospital have performed the nation's second full-face transplant, less than a month after the first. A team of more than 30 doctors, nurses and other staff at Brigham and Women's Hospital worked for more than 14 hours last week to replace the full facial area of 30-year-old Mitch Hunter, of...

Joke's on the Northeast With April Fools' Snow

BOSTON -- A no-joke April Fools' snowstorm descended upon parts of the Northeast early Friday, a cruel prank on a region that was finally enjoying a reprieve from its long, white winter. The spring snowstorm was expected to last through Friday morning -- April Fools' Day -- dropping up to 10 inches of snow in some areas...

Trace Amount of Radiation Found in Massachusetts Rainwater

Massachusetts officials are testing drinking water supplies after a routine sample of rainwater collected in the state showed low levels of radiation that likely originated from Japan's crippled nuclear plant. Public health officials said the sample did not affect the water supply but said further testing was being done...

Public Restroom to Reopen as Sandwich Shop

Boston's "Pink Palace" once served as a restroom. Now it will serve sandwiches. City officials announced Wednesday that the 1920s Gothic structure on Boston Common best known as an unused men's lavatory has been leased to become a restaurant. Earl of Sandwich, a Florida-based chain, signed a 15-year-contract to convert...

Plucky Dog Survives Month in Charred House

A bleating truck alarm led a Boston woman back to her dog, who was believed lost or perished after a Feb. 23 fire but was actually surviving inside the burned-out house. EMT and college student Terisa Acevedo, 24, wasn't at home in her Hyde Park duplex when a electrical short circuit started a two-alarm fire, but her...

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05/27/12 Boston dailies duke it out over Brown-Warren Source: Politico A Massachusetts rivalry featuring two titans whose words regularly send partisans into a tizzy is at full tilt this election year.
05/27/12 OBSERVER: No special event to light the way for... Source: Boston Standard - Boston - Lincolnshire - UK I'VE been checking a number of newspaper websites recently and it appears that most towns and cities welcoming the Olympic torch have organised special one-off events for the day.
05/27/12 Day after scuffle, Sox win on walk-off Source: New York Post - New York NY Jarrod Saltalamacchia had a pinch-hit, two-run homer off Fernando Rodney with one out in the ninth inning to lift the Red Sox to a 3-2 win over the Rays last night in Boston.
05/25/12 Boston Sports-Celtics and Sox Source: Bangor Daily News - Bangor ME It's been a while since I made any posts.
05/25/12 Mayor of Boston To Be Honored at Commencement of... Source: PR Newswire BOSTON , May 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Honorable Thomas M. Menino , Mayor of Boston , will be awarded the Doctor of Humane Letters degree by the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology (MSPP) at the commencement on Sunday, June 3 at The Boston Park Plaza Hotel, Boston , MA. It is the highest award that a school can bestow and it is awarded for a distinguished lifetime contribution of service, scholarship and professional work by individuals of exceptional character. In addition, Dr. David Satcher , former Surgeon General of the United States under President William J. Clinton , will be the keynote speaker and recipient of the Honorary Degree, as well as Dr. Hortensia Amaro and Richard Freedman .