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BOSTON — The Boston Symphony Orchestra is rhapsodizing over winning the Grammy award for best orchestral performance Monday. The symphony and musical director Andris Nelsons won the orchestral performance prize for "Shostakovich Under Stalin's Shadow," which features Shostakovich's Symphony No. 10 and the Passacaglia from
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LAWRENCE, Mass. (AP) – Playwright and director Warren Manzi, whose cat-and-mouse thriller "Perfect Crime" is the longest-running play in New York history, died Thursday of pneumonia in Lawrence, Massachusetts, according to the show's publicist, Daniel DeMello. Manzi was 60.
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Two New England states top the list of those where the middle class is declining, according to a study by 24/7 Wall St. published recently by USA Today.com. The study, based on income earned before taxes by the middle 20 percent of earners in each state, ranked Rhode
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BOSTON — Past and present leaders of the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination recently debated the roles of funding and promotion in addressing an agency beset by a heavy caseload of thousands of discrimination complaints. During a Feb. 5 panel discussion with five other current and former MCAD commissioners to mark the
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NEW YORK (AP) — Residents along the eastern U.S., freed from bitter, dangerous cold temperatures on Valentine's Day, couldn't even pause to take a slightly warmer breath before the next winter weather hurdle showed up. Snow, sleet and rain fell across the mid-Atlantic states while tornadoes
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STATE HOUSE — As the medical marijuana industry in Massachusetts continues to grow, the state's fifth registered dispensary plans to open for sales this week in Lowell. The first of Patriot Care's three Bay State dispensaries will open at 70 Industrial Ave. East, with additional facilities planned
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John and Abigail Adams forged a happy, successful marriage that was as rare in their time as it is today. What was their secret? The couple's correspondence during the 54 years they were married provides many clues. They exchanged over 1,000 letters, which reveal their deep love
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BOSTON (AP) — While partisan battles rage in Washington and state capitals, Republican Gov. Charlie Baker thrives in one of the nation's bluest states. He trades compliments, not jabs, with Democratic legislative leaders and has forged close relationships with other key Democrats, including Boston Mayor Marty Walsh. Democrats, in
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