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Wareham selectman missing for nearly a month - Boston Globe
A neighbor who asked not to be identified said his house appeared to be vacant and the Schneider family had disappeared. “One day they're here and they're gone the next,” she said. Schneider's son, Michael, told the New Bedford Standard-Times that his ...
Romney seeks Tea Party support - Boston Globe
The department said the acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the US attorney in Arizona had resigned and an administration official said a prosecutor who worked on the operation was reassigned to civil cases. ...
Obama's uncle is called a fugitive - Boston Globe
The federal officials, who spoke about Obama's immigration status on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to speak about the case, said Obama had been told to leave in 1992, but he did not go. Obama is the second relative of the ...
Romney-Perry feud dates back to 2002 Olympic Games - Boston Globe
“Perry was not happy that Mitt's consultant was working for this woman,'' said one Romney confidant, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a private meeting. “He was grumpy about it. But I think that's typical. They've since had lots of ...
North End woman speaks out after latest attack - Boston Globe
The woman spoke on condition of anonymity because she was concerned for her safety. On Aug. 21, 2010, the woman said, she was standing on her Salem Street porch at about 3 am, smoking a cigarette after work, leaving her friends upstairs. ...
Test of faith - Boston Globe
The tour guide, who asked not to be named for fear her family would be harassed, also says her comments were taken out of context on the video. “As a mosque, we didn't invite them to pray,” says M. Bilal Kaleem, the president of the Muslim American ...
Mattapan street reeling from killings - Boston Globe
“Nobody wants to talk up when something happens,'' said the woman, who declined to give her name out of fear. “Summers like this, you want to keep your window open or use your back porch, but you don't know what you're facing,'' she said. ...
War crimes suspect in house arrest in Saugus - Boston Globe
He declined to give his name. Montano was discovered living in Everett by the Center for Justice and Accountability, a California human rights organization that three years ago filed suit against the Salvadoran defendants in Spain, which led to the ...
Violence leaves two dead, one injured - Boston Globe
She declined to give her name. Emma Okoro, 55, who also lives in the complex, was sleeping when stray bullets flew through her window. “I was already resting to go to work this morning, and I heard a loud bang,'' she said. “Bullets came through my ...
NH GOP chairman under fire - Boston Globe
The Union Leader reported – and several Republican leaders, speaking on the condition of anonymity, confirmed -- that Republican New Hampshire Congressmen Charlie Bass and Frank Guinta, Senator Kelly Ayotte, Senate President Peter Bragdon and House ...
US, NATO were crucial, unseen hands in Libya fight - Boston Globe
The diplomat spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the issue. The CIA and other US intelligence agencies have been gathering information throughout the conflict from contacts they'd developed when they were working closely with ...
Anxiety rises as stimulus dries up - Boston Globe
Gonzalez and other Patrick administration officials said federal stimulus money has softened the recession in Massachusetts, creating or savings jobs for more than 82500 people. Some of those jobs lasted only weeks, others years. ...
Lowell police officers shoot armed suspect - Boston Globe
“It was quite a scene,'' Dennis said. Another neighbor who declined to give her name said police dispersed a crowd that had gathered. She said she was not worried about violence in the area. “This neighborhood's pretty quiet,'' the woman said.
Teen, mother were slain after a grand jury date - Boston Globe
Investigators believe the homicides are connected and have been examining whether Sanchez's appearance at the courthouse could have led to his death, according to the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to ...
Police surround home in Dorchester - Boston Globe
Another neighbor, who declined to give her name, said a detective told her that a woman reported being assaulted in the home at knifepoint. Neighbor Max Alfaro, 53, who lives across the street, said said the street is usually quiet. ...
Welker could be headed for receiving end - Boston Globe
According to a source close to Welker, there have not been any recent discussions with the Patriots about an extension. Welker fits the mold of veteran players the Patriots have dipped deep into the Kraft family coffers for recently. ...
UN envoy in talks with Libyan rebels, Khadafy regime - Boston Globe
The official, who requested anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter, said the rebels reacted angrily to the proposal, with one member of their delegation throwing a shoe during the meeting to show his deep disdain. Abdel-Elah al-Khatib, ...
Arroyo jurors say charge didn't fit - Boston Globe
“I feel like it would have been found a lot differently that way,'' said the juror, a 20-year-old college student from a Boston suburb who also asked that her name not be used. “I know a bunch of us didn't exactly have the utmost respect for him. ...
Patriots $9.2 million under the cap - Boston Globe
The Patriots' cap number does not include the up to $3 million veteran exception, the source said. They have not informed the league they want it. It's a club option to take it. It's not automatic. But, you would think the Patriots would use it at some ...
SF cell shutdown: Safety issue, or hint of Orwell? - Boston Globe
A BART subway rider, who declined to give her name, speaks on a cell phone at San Francisco's Civic Center station on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011. Transit officials said Friday that they blocked cell phone reception in the station on Thursday to prevent ...
US threatens to end Gaza aid amid Hamas audits - Boston Globe
... 2011 JERUSALEM - The US will cut $100 million in American aid money to Palestinians in Gaza if the territory's Hamas rulers continue with “unwarranted audits'' of local American nonprofit organizations, a state department official said yesterday. ...
USAID director in Egypt quits amid dispute centered on funding - Boston Globe
“A list of the likely beneficiaries of American funding has been compiled and we will investigate them one by one,'' said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation was in its early stages. Other generals on the ruling ...
Along picket lines, rising acrimony - Boston Globe
The manager, who agreed to be interviewed on the condition of anonymity because he feared retaliation, acknowledged that protestors aren't always this aggressive. Nonetheless, he said it will be difficult to work alongside some of the more caustic ...
Brighton man who allegedly killed neighbor and fired upon police and EMTs in ... - Boston Globe
At one point during the standoff, Moore dialed 911 on his cellphone and told a State Police dispatcher he had “taken care'' of something and needed more ammunition, said a law enforcement official, on condition of anonymity because he was not ...
A slaying, and then a siege - Boston Globe
At one point during the standoff, Moore dialed 911 on his cellphone and told a State Police dispatcher he had “taken care'' of something and needed more ammunition, said a law enforcement official, on condition of anonymity because he was not ...