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Analysis: Clinton and Romney shift course in White House race

WASHINGTON - For at least a year, Mitt Romney worked to keep his Mormon faith away from the center of his campaign for the White House. And for months, Hillary Rodham Clinton...

Gov Council turns up heat on judge nominee

The board that screens judges grilled a judicial hopeful yesterday about his past decisions in a bid to avoid embarrassing post-appointment revelations like those that have...

Court hearing for Tavares in killings

TACOMA, Wash. - A pretrial hearing is scheduled in Tacoma for Daniel Tavares, who's accused of killing a couple at their home near Graham last month in a dispute over...

Romney touts religion as central to public life

Mitt Romney today called for religion to be brought back to the public domain but only mentioned his Mormon faith once in a long-anticipated address that contended the Constitution...

Troubled driver stays mum on inferno

DOVER, N.H. - A down-and-out, lead-foot trucker whose crash destroyed an Everett neighborhood just weeks before Christmas made no public apology yesterday to the dozens of...

Menino: Rocky Marciano statue belongs in Brockton

Mayor Thomas M. Menino threw a polite jab at the World Boxing Council yesterday, saying a statue of legend Rocky Marciano should be in his hometown of Brockton.

Under construction garage in Jacksonville, Fla. partially collapses

Garage under construction in Jacksonville, Fla. partially collapses, two dozen injured

Mayhem at Omaha mall

OMAHA, Neb. - Robert Hawkins had been kicked out of his family's house, fired from McDonald's and had broken up with his girlfriend. He was 20, about the same age...

Ceremony celebrates troops' safe return

The mood was joyous yesterday at Hanscom Air Force Base in Bedford as military personnel deployed overseas returned home to the welcoming arms of loving family members.

Police: Mall shooter Robert A. Hawkins may used a hoodie to smuggle rifle

OMAHA, Neb. - The teenage gunman who went on a shooting rampage in a department store may have smuggled an assault rifle into the mall underneath clothing, police said today.