WASHINGTON -- Stretched thin by two wars, the U.S. military is spending upward of $1 billion in an international assault to destroy Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's air defenses and save...
LOS ANGELES -- Elizabeth Taylor, the violet-eyed film goddess whose sultry screen persona, stormy personal life and enduring fame and glamour made her one of the last of the old-fashioned movie stars and a template for the modern celebrity, died Wednesday at age 79.
NEW ORLEANS -- The NFL will move kickoffs up 5 yards to the 35-yard line, keep touchbacks coming out to the 20 and allow the number of players in a blocking wedge to remain at two.
BOSTON -- The Department of Transportation says a corrosion problem could cause lights to fall in the Big Dig tunnels. One light came crashing down a few weeks ago, leading to a thorough investigation.
As Blue Cross Blue Shield fights to rescue its reputation, the battle has already wounded the governor and the head of the state's largest union.
BOSTON -- Some St. Patrick’s Day parties began early on Thursday in the Hub.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The MBTA is signing a controversial contract with a company that's become infamous in Massachusetts. Parsons Brinckerhoff helped oversee the Big Dig in Boston - a project marked by delays, high costs, and a woman's death. And now the company is helping the MBTA try to get things back on track.
After working for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts for six years, Cleve Killingsworth resigned last March. But we're just learning now what a huge severance package he got: $8.6 million when he left - $1.8 million more this year - and another $925,000 next year. Total: $11.3 million.
7NEWS wants to know: What do you think needs to be done to fix the problems with the commuter rail and MBTA?
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Time for the Red Sox to spring into action. How do think the team will do this season?
MADISON, Wis. -- Protesters who have descended on Wisconsin's Capitol in hopes of halting a Republican effort to end a half-century of collective bargaining rights for public workers steeled themselves for a long fight, buoyed by Democrats' decision to flee to avoid the measure's near-certain passage.
CAIRO -- One Egyptian kissed the ground. Another rolled in ecstasy in the grass outside a presidential palace. People wept, jumped, screamed and hugged each other with a shared joy they had never known. Cairo erupted in a cacophony of celebration: fireworks and car horns and gunshots in the air. President Hosni Mubarak resigned and handed power to the military on Friday, and Egypt held its biggest party in decades.
BOSTON -- A game developed by a Boston-based tech company that allows users to drive a truck full of immigrants through the desert and try not to have them tossed out is drawing fire from some immigrant advocates.
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WASHINGTON -- Reaching for unity in a new era of divided government, President Barack Obama implored Democratic and Republican lawmakers to rally behind his vision of economic revival for an anxious nation, declaring in his State of the Union address Tuesday night: "We will move forward together, or not at all."
BOSTON -- Several snow storms have hit the area in recent weeks with another one possibly on the way.
BOSTON -- Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has been sworn-in to a second term in office.
STOCKHOLM -- Officials say about 50 birds have been found dead on a street in Sweden, possibly caused by fireworks. In the U.S., New Year's Eve fireworks were blamed in Arkansas for killing thousands of blackbirds, and a few days later power lines likely killed about 450 birds in Louisiana.
