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Welker admits to the Boston Herald, "There have been talks, but nothing that's brightened anything at all. "It's actually gotten worse." Translation: the Patriots have actually reduced the two-year, $16 million offer they floated to Welker in 2011. Yet... Full Article at USA Today

Police said Brian Cunneen, 21, of Lowell, and Shawn Hickey, 40, of Boston, took a ride in a taxi cab Sunday and Hickey allegedly pulled a realistic-looking pellet handgun on the driver when two of his credit cards were declined, the Boston Herald... Full Article at United Press International

John Walsh , chairman of the Massachusetts Democratic Party, said Brown "watered down Wall Street reform just enough so that the same high rollers who gambled away our economy are right back at it," the Boston Herald reported Tuesday. Walsh also... Full Article at United Press International

Romney has made similar statements in the past. In 2006, as governor of Massachusetts, Romney told the Boston Globe that same-sex couples have “a legitimate interest in being able to receive adoptive services.” In 1994, he told the Boston Herald,... Full Article at The Washington Post

Warren hasn't been able to independently authenticate her claim to the heritage and does not claim tribal membership. A genealogist told the Boston Herald Warren's great-great-great-grandmother may have been Cherokee, which would make Warren 1/32... Full Article at United Press International

In terms of storytelling, the visual experience online can be interesting. Donnelly says the Boston Business Journal runs two to three slideshows a week. The Boston Herald has played around with its homepage and moved the video player there, and has... Full Article at Business Wire Blog

"We are interested in student nutrition and good choices." The governor said he would sign an amendment passed by the House Wednesday, and which was expected to gain Senate approval Thursday, to allow local officials to accept or reject the new... Full Article at United Press International

10 (UPI) -- Boston authorities said an 8-year-old boy who took his mother's BMW for a joyride ended up lodged in a collapsing porch. The Boston Fire Department said crews responded around 8:30 a.m. Wednesday to Mascot Street, where they found the white... Full Article at United Press International

“He was something we all got used to. I’ve been here 10 years and I don’t remember hearing any other voice but his calling my name when I go to hit,” Ortiz told the Boston Herald. It’s a sad situation, where there’s no tomorrow, you know what I’m saying? Full Article at The Washington Post

However, Zuckerberg faced a new round of gripes after not showing up for a Boston event featuring hundreds of investors "left waiting in line for more than an hour," says the Boston Herald. The Facebook chief opted to meet privately with large... Full Article at USA Today

He cited “legitimate questions” about whether Ms. Warren had claimed American Indian heritage as a way to advance her academic career. The Brown campaign and the Republican Party have sought to keep such questions circulating since The Boston Herald... Full Article at The New York Times

When it comes to the Instagram deal, Zuckerberg reportedly told potential investors that he’d “do it again.” Facebook also visited Boston Tuesday, but — according to the Boston Herald — Zuckerberg was not in attendance. The company is also scheduled to... Full Article at The Washington Post

Until now, Brown has mostly stayed on the sidelines on the issue while his campaign and the Massachusetts Republican Party attacked Warren. Scott Brown wades into the Native American fight. (Melina Mara - THE WASHINGTON POST) Late last month, the... Full Article at The Washington Post

May 7 (UPI) -- Massachusetts lawmakers voted to ban bake sales at public schools in an effort to combat an obesity epidemic affecting about a third of the state's students. Effective Aug. 1, no food other than school-provided meals will be allowed to be... Full Article at United Press International

May 6 (UPI) -- An elderly Massachusetts man who was accused of killing and eating part of his wife died at a Boston hospital, authorities said. Jiemieng Liu, 79, died of natural causes Saturday at Lemuel Shattuck Hospital under the supervision of... Full Article at United Press International

Igor Vovkovinskiy, a 29-year-old Minnesotan who stands 7 feet and 8.33 inches tall, has not been able to find shoes big enough for him until Reebok agreed to custom make him a pair, free of charge, the Boston Herald reported. Vovkovinskiy, thought to... Full Article at United Press International

Archive The Senate candidate from Massachusetts, who until recently had shown all the poise and skill of a political veteran despite this being her first race for office, stumbled badly this past week over questions about her Native American heritage. ... Full Article at The Washington Post

President Obama’s trip won’t change that. WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED: * Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren (D) told the Boston Herald today that she listed herself as a Native American in professional directories to meet people of similar... Full Article at The Washington Post

For the last two days, she has kept a low profile in Massachusetts, though she spoke at a union convention in Washington on Tuesday. The trouble started Friday, when The Boston Herald reported that Harvard Law School, where Ms. Warren teaches, had... Full Article at The Washington Post