Senate Passes Health Care Bill With Few Major Changes

The social media giant's stock — at $38 a share — is set to start trading publicly for the first time about 11 a.m. ET.

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New Zealand police have filed charges against a 20-year-old American who drove a minivan in a crash that killed three fellow BU students.

Edward Dolan takes over as juvenile crime rates across the country are plummeting and fewer juveniles are being committed to DYS custody.

The Boston City Council is seeking answers from the utility NStar for what caused two recent blackouts stemming from a Back Bay substation.

A do-it-yourself scorecard for determining who will win in 2012. While it is not scientific, it’s a way to review many of the factors that will affect the outcome.

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It was supposed to be a calm ride for marines traveling along Afghanistan's border with Iran, but a roadside bomb changed that. Photographer Michael Phillips witnessed the scene unfold.

JP Morgan loses it. Europe wobbles. Facebook fever. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

A new mission plans to send the first commercial spacecraft to the International Space Station.

JPMorgan Chase says it lost billions of dollars trading "synthetic derivatives." Do these complex Wall Street transactions ever do anything to help average people?

• The long road to new rules for banks

Researchers have linked certain fats, like those in red meat and butter, with decreased cognitive function in older women.

When the sale of WFNX was announced, we interviewed Stephen Mindich, publisher of the Phoenix Media Communications Group. Here it is.

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Grant Peterson has been riding his bike to work for three decades. His advice to bike commuters: Put comfort ahead of aerodynamics; fun over efficiency.

• What do bikes say about a culture?

Retired Air Force bugler Jari Villanueva gives us a glimpse of the fascinating history behind these 24 somber notes.

Dozens of same-sex families descended on Capitol Hill on Thursday to ask Congress for a break.

A study from the University of Michigan suggests that chucking them in your household trash may be just as safe and more environmentally-friendly.