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  • Students' Complaints Of Systemic Racism Prompt System-Wide ...

    Students' Complaints Of Systemic Racism Prompt System-Wide ...
    Boston Latin Students’ Complaints Of Systemic Racism Prompt System-Wide Training January 26, 2016 BOSTON Boston Mayor Marty Walsh plans to meet with two Boston Latin School students who say there is systemic racism at the nation’s oldest public school. Kylie Webster-Cazeau and Meggie Noel, two black students at the competitive exam school, posted a YouTube video saying school officials ignored their complaints about systemic racism at the school, including tweets from other students conta..
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  • Guregian: Patriots will be back among NFL elite next year

    Guregian: Patriots will be back among NFL elite next year
    Win the Super Bowl. Then lose in the conference championship the following season. Some might view that as a negative development.Not if you’re the Patriots. This team will be just fine next year, and be right back in the thick of it, competing once again for their fifth championship.They aren’t headed backward. They aren’t about to slide. Obviously, it sounds like a broken record given the Patriots’ successful run since 2001, but it’s still a pertinent thing to bring up after the final loss of ..
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  • 50, all veterans, join Boston Fire Department

    50, all veterans, join Boston Fire Department
    When he was 6 years old, Boston firefighters rushed to his aid after a fire broke out in the Hyde Park home he shared with his mother. And when he was 7, Boston firefighters returned for a second fire at the home.Now, Marvin A. Alexander said, it’s his turn. Advertisement “I just remember Boston fire coming in there and taking care of me and my mom in a time of need,’’ Alexander said Monday after taking the oath of office as one of the newest members of the Boston Fire Department. “It’s som..
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  • Brett Connolly leads Bruins past Flyers

    Brett Connolly leads Bruins past Flyers
    PHILADELPHIA — In the first two clashes this season with the Philadelphia Flyers, the Bruins held leads in the third period. The B’s lost both times, once in regulation and the other in overtime.The Bruins were in jeopardy of making it a dismal 3-for-3 last night. But this one turned out differently.“It was great to see that we did learn from our mistakes in the past,” Brad Marchand said.The B’s did give up a controversial game-tying goal to Wayne Simmonds, but they then got a late game-winner f..
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  • Guregian: Patriots' future bright despite loss

    Guregian: Patriots' future bright despite loss
    Win the Super Bowl. Then lose in the conference championship the following season. Some might view that as a negative development.Not if you’re the Patriots. This team will be just fine next year, and be right back in the thick of it, competing once again for their fifth championship.They aren’t headed backward. They aren’t about to slide. Obviously, it sounds like a broken record given the Patriots’ successful run since 2001, but it’s still a pertinent thing to bring up after the final loss of ..
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  • 1 injured in Dorchester shooting over parking spot dispute

    1 injured in Dorchester shooting over parking spot dispute
    By Amanda Hoover @amahoover Boston.com Staff | 01.25.16 | 3:18 PM A parking spot dispute escalated into a shooting in Dorchester Monday afternoon that injured one man, Boston Police Commissioner Bill Evans told The Boston Globe. Police received a report of a shooting in the area of 69 Nightingale St. at 2:38 p.m., a Boston police spokesman told Boston.com. The victim transported to a local hospital and his injuries aren’t considered life threatening, police said. “Obviously, the individual..
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  • Xander Bogaerts discusses power, how Boston Red Sox's David ...

    Xander Bogaerts discusses power, how Boston Red Sox's David ...
    Boston Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts spent some time this offseason working out with second baseman Dustin Pedroia but he also took time to relax at the beach in his native Aruba. His favorite ocean activity: snorkeling.  Bogaerts deserves to relax. He put together quite the season in 2015.  The 23-year-old was named one of three finalists for the American League Gold Glove at his position, and he won a Silver Slugger award. He batted .320 with a .355 on-base percentage, .421 slugging perc..
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  • Dustin Pedroia 'training to be an athlete' but can Boston Red Sox ...

    Dustin Pedroia 'training to be an athlete' but can Boston Red Sox ...
    Boston Red Sox president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski said during the Winter Meetings he told Dustin Pedroia to work on his quickness this offseason.  Dombrowski mentioned that when a reporter brought up how the second baseman's advanced defensive metrics declined in 2015. Pedroia, a four-time Gold Glove winner (2014, '13, '11, '08), saw his Ultimate Zone Rating dip from 18.3 in 2014 to 2.1 in '15 and his FanGraphs' Defense metric drop from 20.4 to 3.5. "We talked about emphasizing q..
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  • Seaport's newest high-end address already sees units resold

    Seaport's newest high-end address already sees units resold
    Boston’s high-end housing market is so hot these days even new condos that haven’t been lived in yet are being flipped for big profits.That’s what happened at 22 Liberty, a new glass-walled condo building on Fan Pier with views of the harbor and the downtown skyline. Six of the 118 units were sold by their original buyers before the building even opened at the start of this year — each one for at least $500,000 above the original price. Five more units are currently listed for sale. Advertiseme..
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  • Boston hits 50 degrees for the first time in 15 days, helping to melt ...

    Boston hits 50 degrees for the first time in 15 days, helping to melt ...
    Logan Airport reached 51 degrees at 1:19 p.m. Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service in Taunton, helping to melt away some of the snow that fell over the weekend. This is the mildest day in Boston in 15 days, when the thermometer read 51 degrees for a high on Jan. 11.Tuesday's average high in Boston is 36 degrees. Boston fell well shy of the record high temperature for this date of 72 degrees, back in 1950.One year ago Tuesday was the beginning of the "Snow Blitz," which brought th..
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Bill Belichick stands by fourth-down decisions .Robert Kraft opens up on Patriots' trying year .
Blizzard Brushes Southern New England, Metro Boston Will Receive ... .Storm begins dumping snow on the South .

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