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The Daily Free Press

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Maybe their pizza was just cold?

By Daily Free Press Admin November 13, 2008

Police responded to a robbery around 11:33 p.m. Nov. 9. Upon arrival, police spoke to a Dominoes delivery man who said he had been beaten up and robbed by five to six men after making a delivery to a North Beacon Street apartment.

City tackles gridlock in Back Bay

By Daily Free Press Admin November 10, 2008

Boston drivers may have noticed they are stopping at lights and refilling their tanks less and less now that the city has recalibrated traffic lights to prevent unnecessary idling.

Tufts LGBT group tackles slippery subject

By Daily Free Press Admin November 10, 2008

In an inflatable pool filled with gallons of lubricant, Tufts University student Theo Bunce got prepared for a one-minute, slippery wrestling match to promote save sex education '-'- and for new Facebook fodder.

The RIAA’s $1 million man

By Daily Free Press Admin November 7, 2008

He may be facing charges for breaking the law in cyberspace, but a Boston University student being sued for illegally downloading music online is basing his defense on a decidedly low-tech legal document: the U.S. Constitution.

Defining the role of the hook-up

By Daily Free Press Admin November 7, 2008

For those tired of seeing women in Friday evening's mascara on Saturday morning clanking down Commonwealth Avenue in four-inch stilettos on their walks of shame, this night was for them.

Boston nixes school closings

By Daily Free Press Admin November 7, 2008

Boston Public Schools Superintendent Carol Johnson decided to nix her budget proposal that would have closed three Boston schools last week after parents, students and teachers vocally opposed it.

It’s not just that time of the month . . .

By Daily Free Press Admin November 7, 2008

A caller reported that a woman who was not taking her medication was 'acting very moody' on the 15th floor of Warren Towers B Tower at 12:27 a.m. Oct. 23. The woman was taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

Monitor ends century of print publication

By Daily Free Press Admin November 6, 2008

After publishing the news in print each weekday for a century, The Christian Science Monitor announced last week it will discontinue its daily print newspaper in April and publish almost exclusively online, making it the first prominent national newspaper to make the transition from paper to Internet.

GOP has low hopes for Obama

By Daily Free Press Admin November 5, 2008

Tables covered in empty beer bottles and drink glasses at Liir's Pub reflected the crushed hopes of the Massachusetts Republican Party Tuesday night.

Painting the faces of poetry

By Daily Free Press Admin November 4, 2008

Poets use words to express their inner thoughts and emotions, but often their physical appearances are hidden. Israeli artist Zvi Lachman, famous for drawing poets' faces, said his mission is to give new perspective to the written word with his paintings.

Taxi cab driver makes no confessions

By Daily Free Press Admin November 4, 2008

Officers saw a taxi cab crash into a traffic signal pole in Brighton around 11 p.m. Oct. 30. While stopped at a red light during regular patrol, an officer saw that the taxi had driven onto the median and crashed into the traffic signal pole, causing the poll to fall onto the cab.

Violence summit teaches teens

By Daily Free Press Admin November 3, 2008

They may be young, but high school students could still prove the strongest weapons against domestic violence if they teach their peers to stop it, Boston educators say.

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