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On November 14, the Boston chapter of LUPEC will transform the Villa Victoria Center for the Arts into a 1950's-themed Tiki party featuring retro-libations, live entertainment, dancing, delicious canapes, and prize raffle.

President Obama said Friday he met with FBI chief Robert Mueller and other federal agencies to discuss what may have caused Nidal Malik Hasan to turn on his comrades in Thursday's shooting rampage at Fort Hood that left 13 people dead and 28 wounded.

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U.S. scientists say they are starting a trial of a medication designed to treat the neurochemical defect underlying Fragile X syndrome.

Police spokeswoman Alexa Manocchio said the fire started in a below-ground chamber under construction on Amherst Street.

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Minority candidates made history in Massachusetts mayoral elections Tuesday, while it was a mixed result for many long-term incumbents.

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There has to date been no medication that could alter the disorder's neurologic abnormalities.

What compels hundreds of thousands of runners to compete in marathons every year? Ira Flatow and guests discuss running research - from how humans are adapted specifically for long-distance running to why working up a sweat might be good for the brain, as well as the body.

A half-dozen solar companies, including firms based in Germany and Japan, already have landed in Oregon, and more are circling the state.

Tough economic times have hurt Harvard University's public standing in the media over the past nine months, while schools perceived as a safer educational investment have benefited, a research firm said.

Glass buildings in Boston are often seen as shiny interlopers in a city that prides itself on its historic look and its natural materials: brick town houses, granite wharves, wood triple-deckers. Maybe that's changing.

Tough economic times have hurt Harvard University's public standing in the media over the past nine months, while schools perceived as a safer educational investment have benefited, a research firm said.

Real estate tracker Zillow.com ranked the area's top five candy-rich communities to maximize Halloween outings.

The renovation of the Cambridge War Memorial Recreation Center has been honored with a performance award from AGC of Massachusetts in the 2009 Build New England Awards, Cambridge-based HMFH Architects said today.

LAWRENCE, Mass. -- Eight city firefighters have been getting paid to stay at home for 11 weeks while waiting for a decision on whether their layoffs were justified.

When Lawrence laid off eight firefighters nearly three months ago, it was supposed to save the city money.

President Obama blows into the bluest state tomorrow facing a cold shoulder from once true-blue admirers, as gay rights activists, anti-war protesters and vexed environmentalists vow to picket a fund-raiser he's headlining for Gov.

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