Lee Westwood shoots 69 for 2-shot lead in Dubai

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Lee Westwood has shot a 3-under 69 Friday to take a two-stroke lead after...

Robert Allenby shoots 7-under 65 for 1-shot lead in Dubai

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Robert Allenby of Australia shot a 7-under 65 Thursday for a one-shot lead...

RI woman pleads no contest to thefts

SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. — A Rhode Island woman has pleaded no contest to charges that she stole more than...

Westwood shoots 69 for 2-shot lead in Dubai

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Lee Westwood shot a 3-under 69 today to take a two-stroke lead after the second...

Senate hopeful pitches free T for all

Straphangers would get a free ride and the T would get a massive federal bailout under a transportation plan...

Taxpayers never win

Just when you think the Legislature might actually be “getting it” - hearing the public’s...

Trash that scheme

It only takes common sense to know that an additional tax will only make things worse for the people (“State senator proposes litter tax,” Nov. 9). I am sure...

Ethics committee: No punishment for Burris

WASHINGTON - The Senate ethics committee admonished a U.S. senator today for making "inconsistent, misleading or...

CA man allegedly paid teens to spit in his face

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - A 39-year-old Thousand Oaks man has been arrested for misdemeanor child annoyance after...

Feds seek $631K verdict against ex-Steeler Mel Blount

PITTSBURGH — Federal attorneys want a judge to declare that Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Famer Mel Blount...

White House at odds with bishops over abortion

WASHINGTON — The White House is on a collision course with Catholic bishops in an intractable dispute over...

Shoplifting, prostitution and attempted larceny in the Hub

A Dorchester man was arrested after he helped himself to the salad bar at the Shaw’s Supermarket on Huntington...

Vivendi inching closer to decision on NBC

PARIS — Media and entertainment conglomerate Vivendi SA is nearing a decision on whether to sell its stake...

Panel OKs $9M for Gillette footbridge

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft will get his pedestrian bridge connecting Gillette Stadium with a potential...

Union prez Richard Stutman fires back on teachers’ money

We stuck a symbolic dunce cap on Richard Stutman’s head the other day. And for good measure, we implied...