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Dead Kids

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Published June 9, 2010 at 9:12 p.m.
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Startling sociological findings about violence and Boston's inner-city youth ... Boston's violence promotes more violence, and its murders beget even more murder ... Boston's violence promotes more violence, and its murders beget even more murder ... READ: "Words to live by," by David S. Bernstein ... That's the sad but unavoidable lesson to take from a powerful new book just published by sociologist David J. Harding, who studied Boston's inner-city black youth while at the Sociology and Social

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Dorchester shooting victim identified

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Published May 24, 2010 at 7:36 a.m.

BOSTON – Police in Dorchester have released the identity of a young mother of four gunned down in a deadly shooting over the weekend ...

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Lee’s Store and Bakery

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Published May 14, 2010 at 3:12 p.m.
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Another worthy source for one of Boston’s best budget sandwiches ... I’ve long relied on Web sites like Chowhound and Yelp for tips on new restaurants ...   ... Lee’s Store and Bakery ... Located at 982 Dorchester Avenue in Dorchester, is open from 6am to 9pm, Monday to Saturday, and 7am to 8pm on Sunday. Call 617.822.0098 ... I’ve long relied on Web sites like Chowhound and Yelp for tips on new restaurants. Last year, I jumped on the social-media bandwagon, adding thousands of

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Dorchester police standoff ends

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Published May 7, 2010 at 9:15 p.m.

BOSTON -- A police standoff has ended in Dorchester after about four hours ...

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Mayor-Select Marie?

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Published May 5, 2010 at 2:20 p.m.
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Some think that Tom Menino is anointing Marie St. Fleur as his successor, but he might just be serving himself ... Tom Menino, just a few months into an unprecedented fifth term as Boston’s mayor, has raised eyebrows by hiring State Representative Marie St. Fleur of Dorchester to the newly created, $120,000-a-year position of chief of advocacy and strategic investment ... SHREWD MOVE Will Marie St. Fleur’s new City Hall job position her as an heir to Tom Menino, or a key ally come election

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Two teens accused of shooting, killing clerk

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Published Feb. 25, 2010 at 9:58 p.m.

BOSTON -- Police have arrested two teenagers in connection with the murder of a Dorchester convenience store clerk ...

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Toyota faces new recalls on Prius, Lexus hybrids

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Published Feb. 5, 2010 at 5:39 p.m.

DORCHESTER, Mass -- After already admitting problems with 2010 Prius models, Toyota is now investigating possible brake problems on Lexus hybrids ...

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Blaze rips Dorchester home

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Published Feb. 6, 2010 at 10:36 p.m.

DORCHESTER, Mass. – A fire ripped through a three-family home in Dorchester Saturday morning ...

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Covering a tragedy

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Published Jan. 20, 2010 at 5:11 p.m.
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How does a small local paper cover the world's biggest story? ... The earthquake that ravaged Haiti on January 12 posed a major challenge for the Boston Haitian Reporter , the lone English-language outlet focused on Boston's sizable Haitian community. The quake and its aftermath were of vital interest to the Reporter 's core audience, but local, national, and international media were already tackling the story with resources that the Reporter simply didn't have ... GETTING IT DONE: Boston

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Aftershock

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Published Jan. 20, 2010 at 12:43 p.m.
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More than 1500 miles from the epicenter of the Haitian quake, its effects rippled through Boston's teeming Haitian community ... From the second that the Richter scale registered at 7.0 in Haiti, a desperate grief rippled through Hyde Park, Dorchester, and other corners of this region, which is home to the third-largest Haitian population in America ... HOLD ON: At a vigil on Monday in Somerville, Haitian Coalition Executive Director Franklin Dalembert and the Mission Church True Light Choir

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