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Initial bids due this week to buy The Boston Globe

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:47:17 -0400

A deadline is approaching for the possible sale of The Boston Globe. The New York Times Co., which owns the Globe, has set a Wednesday deadline for initial, nonbinding...

Gaza aid boat passengers still in Israeli custody

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:46:08 -0400

JERUSALEM - Most members of a group of foreign peace activists seized at sea by the Israeli navy remained in custody Friday, three days after their failed attempt to run Israel's...

Palin takes to Web for hints of political future

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:31:00 -0400

JUNEAU, Alaska - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin didn't wait long to give some hint of what her political life might look like after she leaves office at the end of the month. After...

Water hazard

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:22:46 -0400

Golf course owners and managers would love a mulligan to get another chance at June. The monthlong washout that hurt so many other businesses and recreational activities...

Eight killed in wrecks before dawn

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:22:09 -0400

A horrific speed-and-alcohol fueled crash in Walpole left three people dead and the driver facing charges in a wreck that left his young fiancee - a new mother - dead, officials...

Crash kills sailor, 19, in Quincy

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:03:41 -0400

A four-car crash in Quincy at midnight yesterday killed a sailor on leave for the holiday and critically injured the young man's cousin, officials said. Seaman First...

Pops, Diamond sparkle in celebration

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 10:54:26 -0400

The supersonic jets flew over the Esplanade at 8:30 last night. The "God Bless the Troops" signs were raised along the packed-to-the-gills banks of the Charles....

Whitesnake charmer

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 10:53:53 -0400

Here he goes again on his own. Going down the only road he's ever known. OK, David Coverdale isn't totally on his own. The 57-year-old singer has a new Whitesnake...

'Danger's Hour' struck Quincy-made ship in '45

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 10:53:06 -0400

It was the fall of 1943, the height of World War II, and a task force of fast new aircraft carriers was leading America's assault in the Central Pacific. By the...

Walt Disney World monorail crash kills employee

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 10:05:45 -0400

ORLANDO, Fla. - Walt Disney World officials say a monorail crashed in the Magic Kingdom section of the Florida theme park, killing an employee. Train service has been shut...

Post publisher apologizes for paid dinner plan

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 10:04:03 -0400

WASHINGTON - The Washington Post's publisher apologized to readers Sunday for a plan to charge business leaders and lobbyists for intimate dinner discussions with government...

Ex-NFL QB Steve McNair, woman found slain in Tenn.

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 10:02:25 -0400

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Police were working Sunday to unravel the relationship between slain former NFL quarterback Steve McNair and his friend, a 20-year-old woman who was found...

Anguished families mourn lost promise

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 09:57:10 -0400

"I keep expecting Amanda to walk in any second with that great big smile of hers," Kim Murray was saying as she sat on the front step of a Medfield bungalow, beneath...

Biodiversity, professor have their day

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 09:49:42 -0400

Pulitzer Prize winner and Harvard professor E.O. Wilson said he wasn't worried about ants raiding his 80th birthday cake yesterday at Walden Pond. The famed scientist,...

Sprout it from the rooftops, green's on the scene

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 09:49:21 -0400

The traditional asphalt, slate and tar on Bay State rooftops is beginning to give way to grass, arugula and artichokes - a trend spurring a proposed "green roof"...

Former D.C. Mayor Barry charged with stalking

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 09:23:27 -0400

WASHINGTON - Police say former Washington Mayor Marion Barry has been arrested and charged with stalking a woman. The United States Park Police said Barry, a current D.C....

Mystery 4th for Sarah Palin

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 09:07:27 -0400

JUNEAU, Alaska - Where is Sarah Palin? A day after surprising even her closest friends by announcing she would step down as governor more than a year before her term...

A half-baked Alaska plan by Sarah Palin

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 09:06:58 -0400

Ms. "You Betcha" really outdid herself Friday. In a breathless, rambling, manic and, let's be honest here, downright nutty address outside her Wasilla...

Sister Serena's better

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:53:21 -0400

WIMBLEDON, England - Serena Williams kept telling herself she was facing just another foe in the Wimbledon final yesterday, just another woman who hits the ball quite hard,...

Matter of inches painful yardstick

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:52:36 -0400

You often hear people say in sports, "It's a game of inches," and that's actually what it was for the Red Sox and a disappointed Fourth of July crowd of...

Takashi Saito sets Red Sox up for failure vs. Mariners

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:52:20 -0400

Takashi Saito made his name in Japan as a flamethrowing starter and reliever. The four-time Japanese All-Star then came to the United States in 2006 as a 36-year-old...

Joe Maddon pondering Wake

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:52:01 -0400

Joe Maddon isn't going to tip his hand on Tim Wakefield's All-Star chances, but the American League skipper will admit this much - sentimentality enters the equation. ...

Lack of support pinches Penny

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:51:45 -0400

The run support that Red Sox right-hander Brad Penny received through the first third of the season has disappeared in his last two starts. Penny notched his ninth quality...

Lou Gehrig's message still gets through

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:51:31 -0400

Just like observances across Major League Baseball yesterday, the Independence Day festivities at Fenway Park included a tribute to a New York Yankees first baseman and the...

Andy Roddick in Roger Federer's way

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:46:11 -0400

WIMBLEDON, England - A year ago, plenty of people were feeling sorry for Roger Federer. They were sending him letters with good wishes or - believe it or not - tennis...