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Protest in Boston for Free Gay Basher

Advocate. | Advocate | Posted 07.19.2009 | Home

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A mass protest is being planned Thursday after Fabio Brandao accused of attacking three gay men and their female friend was found not guilty. ...

Jimmy Tingle on Public Transportation

Jimmy Tingle | Posted 07.18.2009 | Comedy


Jimmy Tingle

Tingle takes the train.

Boston Parking Space Sells For $300,000

AP | Posted 07.12.2009 | Business


BOSTON — A real estate agent says a resident of Boston's upscale Back Bay section plunked down $300,000 to own what is believed to be the pricie...

Steven Wright Offers Pony Rides

Jon Chattman | Posted 06.26.2009 | Entertainment


Jon Chattman

The comedian talks about comedy, American Idol and Roger Moore.

Girl Talk Theatre: Helping Homeless Women Find Their Voices On Stage

Razoo | Razoo | Posted 06.21.2009 | Home

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When Stephanie Cotton-Snell, an actress and theatre professional, moved to Boston almost four years ago, one thing troubled her about her downtown ne...

The King and I: CNN Style

CNN / Anderson Cooper 360° | CNN / Anderson Cooper 360° | Posted 06.19.2009 | Home

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Larry is featured on a WKAT radio sales sheet from the 1960s. Jack Gray AC360° Producer/Writer I remember the first time...

A Bit of a Mish-Mash: Meet Designers Behind Emerging Eco Fashion Line, Larsen Gray

Hillary Newman | Posted 06.08.2009 | Green


Hillary Newman

If I have learned one thing about traveling, it's that the best vehicle to learn about a place and their culture is through their dress code. Two of my favorite eco-fashion designers have a similar approach.

Craigslist's Erotic Ads Make the Internet an Even Vaster Wasteland

Dygest.net | Dygest.net | Posted 06.06.2009 | Home

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Yesterday, South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster sent a letter to Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster warning the site to remove the "erotic servic...

Craigslist Meets Attorneys General Over Ad Flap

Dygest.net | Dygest.net | Posted 06.06.2009 | Home

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Years ago if a crime was committed and anyone involved had a MySpace account, the press focused only on the MySpace angle. 3 Lawyers for Craigslist me...

Celebrities Hit Auction Block for Human Rights

Jeffrey Buchanan | Posted 06.05.2009 | Entertainment


Jeffrey Buchanan

The online auction will raise funds supporting the RFK Center's vital work around the globe.

2,870 Mayors for Peace: Does Yours Belong?

Jim Luce | Posted 06.04.2009 | World


Jim Luce

It is possible to disarm all nuclear weaponry by 2020. It is do-able. For the sake of our orphans, for the sake of your own families' children, let us commit ourselves to believing this.

Jay Severin's Insanely Racist Rant

Cenk Uygur | Posted 06.02.2009 | Politics


Cenk Uygur

I have some credibility here when I say conservative talk show host Jay Severin should absolutely be fired for his racist comments against Mexicans on the radio.

A Terrorized City and Traumatized Nation

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics


Charles Karel Bouley

Never again, we won't be terrorized, we can't let them win, we're more prepared than ever before.

Edgar Allan Poe To Be Honored With Boston Square

AP | Posted 05.28.2009 | Media


BOSTON — Boston Mayor Thomas Menino and poet laureate Sam Cornish are dedicating a square near Boston Common in honor of master of Edgar Allan P...

Bright IDEA Comes to Washington, DC as a 100-mpg* Plug-in Hybrid Van

Dygest.net | Dygest.net | Posted 05.23.2009 | Home

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The privately held company plans to introduce the IDEA truck late in 2012 and be producing 50,000 units annually by 2013. (Several locations in midwes...

Christian Bale Joining Wahlberg in the Fighter

Dygest.net | Dygest.net | Posted 05.22.2009 | Home

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Christian Bale has signed on to star alongside Mark Wahlberg in The Fighter, a film that has been stuck in development hell for the last few years. Ek...

Could Boston's Big Bike Share Plan Create Kinder, Gentler Drivers?

Dygest.net | Dygest.net | Posted 05.15.2009 | Home

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Critics of Boston's plan argue that Boston is not a city planned for cyclists, and it will cost a lot to change the city to accommodate bike commuting...

Fox News Tea Bags America (Warning: No Tea-Bagging Jokes Included)

Steve Young | Posted 05.15.2009 | Media


Steve Young

(Note: Given the context of the story, not referring to the double entendre comic effect of tea-bagging is perhaps the most difficult, yet most prodig...

Tea And Sympathy

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

If the modern-day Tea Parties are smart, they would try to educate the public and hang their whole protest on the "anti-bailout" hook.

Caroline Kennedy Can't Catch a Break

Michael Wolff | Posted 05.11.2009 | Politics


Michael Wolff

Now there's a mini-movement to make Caroline the ambassador to the Vatican, which, given the Kennedys' place in the history of American Catholicism, is rather a nice touch.

Google Launches Venture Capital Subsidiary

Dygest.net | Dygest.net | Posted 05.02.2009 | Home


The unit may help Google tap technologies that benefit the Mountain View, Calif., company's business, said Rich Miner, also a managing director of th...

After Facebook And The Obama Campaign, Chris Hughes Takes a Post At General Catalyst

Dygest.net Green | Dygest.net | Posted 04.18.2009 | Home


Chris Hughes, a founder of Facebook Inc. who later deployed the website My.BarackObama.com to build an online network for the presidential campaign, w...

I've Decided to Move to Print... for a Day

Arianna Huffington | Posted 04.17.2009 | Media


Arianna Huffington

When Metro US asked me to be guest editor of their daily newspapers in New York, Boston, and Philadelphia, it immediately reawakened my early love affair with print, going back to my school years in Athens when my father was a newspaper editor and paper after paper that he ran kept going out of business -- but that's another story. It was great fun working with the Metro staff picking which stories to feature. Here are links to some of the stories we selected, and my take on them. READ MORE What If Jon Stewart, Instead of John King, Interviewed Dick Cheney Someone needs to kidnap King and take him to a journalism deprogramming center -- preferably one run by Jon Stewart and his team. READ MORE

Northeast US to suffer most from future sea rise

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 04.15.2009 | Green


WASHINGTON — The northeastern U.S. coast is likely to see the world's biggest sea level rise from man-made global warming, a new study predicts....

Great U.S. Destinations for a Romantic Weekend

Kim Mance | Posted 02.27.2009 | Living


Kim Mance

If you were going to take your spouse somewhere in the USA for a 25th wedding anniversary in May, where would you go?