Boston Public Library 'tagged' by vandals
The historic McKim Building at the Copley Square headquarters of the Boston Public Library was painted with graffiti overnight, and work crews were on the scene Wednesday morning working to remove the paint, officials said. Courtesy Kevin Flight Officials said the building has been sprayed with graffiti in the past, but the latest incident was considered unprecedented because of the scale. Using mostly white paint, somebody painted along the entire wall of the McKim building facade on Dartm..>> view originalRecent College Grads Help Guide Boston Students Through ...
College Advising Corps aims to increase the number of low-income students who apply to college. The nonprofit currently has advisers in 24 Boston high schools. Pictured here, senior Josue Jean-Pierre, left, and Rudy Luders, with College Advising Corps, review college application information at the Green Academy in Brighton. (Jesse Costa/WBUR) BOSTON Boston Public Schools is in the middle of an experiment in college counseling. For the past three years, BPS has been working with the College ..>> view originalTwo shot, one stabbed in Brookline
BROOKLINE — A violent struggle inside an apartment building left two people shot and one stabbed Wednesday morning, police said, and investigators are searching for a white car that apparently left two of the victims on a street several blocks away.Two of the victims were found at 75 Harvard St., outside of Brookline Spa, according to initial reports, said Michael Gropman, deputy superintendent of Brookline police. Advertisement Police said initial reports indicated that another victim was ..>> view originalUber's Boston office names HBS grad its new GM
Chris Taylor. Uber’s Boston office has named Harvard Business School graduate Chris Taylor, who was previously general manager of the ride-sharing service’s Chicago office, its new GM.A 2012 HBS alum who has also worked at Boston Consulting Group, Taylor will report to Uber’s previous Boston GM, Meghan Joyce, who now oversees East Coast operations. Advertisement Taylor said among his goals is expanding UberPool, which launched in August and lets riders share their trips with other ri..>> view originalOne person dead as leader of Ore. standoff is arrested
JOHN DAY, Ore. — Ammon Bundy, the leader of an armed seizure of a federal wildlife refuge in rural eastern Oregon, was arrested and one person was killed Tuesday afternoon in a traffic stop in rural Oregon, the FBI and the Oregon State Police said. Seven other people, including Bundy’s brother Ryan Bundy, were arrested in connection with the takeover, the authorities said. Another person was hospitalized with injuries that were not life-threatening. ROB KERRROB KERR/AFP/Getty Images Occupier L..>> view originalLauber: Bringing you back up to speed on the Red Sox
It sure was considerate of the Red Sox to see to it that their most football-obsessed fans didn’t miss anything this winter.The Sox made four notable offseason moves, including the stop-the-presses signing of $217 million ace David Price, all within a tidy 25-day span of November and December. There hasn’t been a change to the big league roster since they traded workhorse starter Wade Miley to Seattle for set-up man Carson Smith on Dec. 7 — one day after Nate Ebner’s drop kick against the Philad..>> view originalHarris: Bruins fail to put up good fight
Here are two head-scratchers to ponder during the All-Star break (probably a better utilization of a hockey fan’s time than watching the silly 3-on-3 tournament in Nashville in Sunday):1. How can Bruce Boudreau’s Anaheim Ducks play such terrific team defense when his Washington Capitals of years past were so weak?2. How can a Bruins team that’s been so good on the road this season — with a 14-5-3 record — be so much less of a team at home?Those two elements were certainly on display last night a..>> view originalDancer who lost leg in Boston Marathon bombings will run it
BOSTON — A professional ballroom dancer who lost a leg in the Boston Marathon bombings says she's training to run this year's race: all 26.2 miles of it.Adrianne Haslet-Davis said Wednesday she'll run to help raise money and awareness for Limbs for Life, an Oklahoma City-based organization that provides prostheses to low-income amputees who can't afford an artificial limb.Haslet-Davis, 35, lost her left leg below the knee in the April 2013 attacks, which killed three people and wounded more tha..>> view originalByrne: Stats reveal Patriots' 'lost championships'
The New England Patriots have fattened themselves at a victory buffet unmatched in the history of the NFL.Most Patriots fans can recite the menu: four Super Bowl victories, six conference crowns, 10 AFC title game appearances and 13 division titles, while winning nearly 80 percent of all games played in a 15-year reign.Tom Brady was battered by the Broncos in Sunday’s AFC title game loss. But he remains the winningest quarterback in the history of the NFL, by a wide margin. Barring an unexpected..>> view originalBoston Red Sox's Rafael Devers named MLB's second best third ...
Rafael Devers has been named Major League Baseball's second best third base prospect by MLBPipeline.com. Devers, a 19-year-old Dominican Republic native who Boston signed in August 2013, batted .288 with a .329 on-base percentage, .443 slugging percentage, .773 OPS and 50 extra-base hits (38 doubles, one triple, 11 homers) in 115 games for Low-A Greenville during 2015. He played in the 2015 All-Star Futures Game in Cincinnati. Devers slowed down in August, batting .232/.315/.379/.694. But he ..>> view original
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
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