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49-Year-Old Murder of Harvard Graduate Student Solved, DA Says

Matthew McDonald

The 1969 unsolved murder of a 23-year-old woman who was a graduate student at Harvard University has been definitively tied to a serial rapist who died in prison in 2001, the Middlesex District Attorney's office said.

The body of Jane Britton was found January 7, 1969. She had been bludgeoned to death in her bed.

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Bernie Sanders To Host Progressive “The Gathering” With A-List Lineup

Bill Gnade

A veritable Who's Who in progressive politics will be on hand for "The Gathering," a three-day conference hosted by US Senator Bernie Sanders' institute. The Sanders Institute event will be held in Burlington, VT November 29-December 1.

Speakers and panelists will include Sanders and his wife, Jane, NYC Mayor Bill DeBlasio, professor and activist Cornell West, Hollywood actors Susan Sarandon, John Cusack and Danny Glover, and author Naomi Klein.

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