Ex-US House Speaker Dennis Hastert starts prison term

Ex-US House Speaker Dennis Hastert starts prison term

CHICAGO (AP) — Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert arrived at a Minnesota prison on Wednesday to serve his 15-month sentence in a hush-money case involving revelations that he sexually abused at least four boys when he coached wrestling at an Illinois high school.

The 74-year-old Illinois Republican — one of the highest-ranking U.S. politicians to ever go to prison — arrived around noon at the facility in Rochester where he will be known as Inmate No. 47991-424.

The best way to spend your Boston stay-cation
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The best way to spend your Boston stay-cation

Diane Kilgore

If your time or budget has already been spoken for this summer, planning a "stay-cation" in Boston is an easy and exciting option that can add sparkle and splash to an average day in a big way. Without committing a monumental amount of time or spending a king's ransom on travel expenses, stay-cationers touring the city can indulge their eclectic curiosities in Boston's concentric circles of academic, cultural, recreational, and sporting venues.

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