Monday, February 29, 2016

Tempers flare at Trump rally in Virginia and other top stories.

  • Tempers flare at Trump rally in Virginia

    LEESBURG, Va. (AP) — Donald Trump’s challengers struggled Monday to stop him before he becomes ‘‘unstoppable,’’ one day before Super Tuesday primaries that could cement his domination of the Republican presidential race. Trump himself strained to shout down protesters at his own rally.Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio continued to hammer at the GOP front-runner’s character and lack of policy specifics while courting voters across the South, while Trump mocked them in Radford, Virginia. Advertisement ..
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  • Amid Trump surge, nearly 20000 Mass. voters quit Democratic party

    Amid Trump surge, nearly 20000 Mass. voters quit Democratic party
    Nearly 20,000 Bay State Democrats have fled the party this winter, with thousands doing so to join the Republican ranks, according to the state’s top elections official.Secretary of State William Galvin said more than 16,300 Democrats have shed their party affiliation and become independent voters since Jan. 1, while nearly 3,500 more shifted to the MassGOP ahead of tomorrow’s “Super Tuesday” presidential primary.Galvin called both “significant” changes that dwarf similar shifts ahead of other p..
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  • Utah's Length Looks to Stifle C's Streak

    Utah's Length Looks to Stifle C's Streak
    BOSTON – Not many teams have been able to slow down Boston’s high-octane offense lately. The Utah Jazz, however, are an exception. The C’s came out of the All-Star break on Feb. 19 and were met with their most lopsided defeat in nearly three months. Boston was beaten handedly, 111-93, in Salt Lake City, marking just the second time in 19 games it was held below 100 points. Boston shot just 30-for-81 (37.0 percent) from the field and was greatly limited because of Utah’s immense length – ..
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  • Worcester sets temperature record; Boston ties record

    Worcester sets temperature record; Boston ties record
    Worcester broke the record high temperature for Monday, Feb. 29 while Boston tied its record. Worcester officially reached 57 degrees at 10:58 a.m., the National Weather Service confirmed. That beat the record of 56 degrees set in 1976.The record for this date in Boston was set in 1880 at 64 degrees. Boston officially tied that high at 12:45 p.m.Follow the approaching clouds on live radarUnderneath the clouds and showers that are moving east, temperatures are in the 40s, StormTeam 5 meteorolog..
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  • T board votes to end late-night service

    T board votes to end late-night service
    Late-night hours on the MBTA will end March 18, after board members voted unanimously Monday to ax the service.The 4-0 vote was met with consternation by supporters of late-night service. The move represents the second time in 15 years that Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority officials have given up on extended hours for the nation’s fifth-largest transit system. Advertisement Proponents of late-night hours — which extended MBTA service on all subway lines and some bus lines to 2 a...
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  • Special Report: Plugged-in groups snag $40M in no-bid Boston ...

    Special Report: Plugged-in groups snag $40M in no-bid Boston ...
    Cash-strapped Boston schools have inked $40 million worth of no-bid contracts with plugged-in “strategic partners” in recent years, raising concerns that a lack of oversight has allowed politics and money to trump performance in the city’s neediest classrooms.A Herald review of two dozen Boston Public Schools contracts signed since 2011 — totaling about $40 million in commitments — revealed some politically wired board members, spotty outcomes and services that one leading expert says could be h..
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  • What it's actually like at an Oscar party

    What it's actually like at an Oscar party
    David M. Benett/Getty Images Michael Keaton, star of the Oscar-nominated “Spotlight,” and Marni Turner attend the Michael Sugar Pre-Oscar Party at the Sunset Tower Hotel in West Hollywood, Calif., Saturday night. LOS ANGELES — The Globe doesn’t always send someone to cover the Oscars. But with “Spotlight” up for so many awards — and Matt Damon up for best actor for his role in “The Martian” — this seems an appropriate year to have some representation (me).Ordinarily it would be difficult..
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