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A Boston resident smokes in the Boston Common. The Boston City Council approved the ban on smoking in all parks, cemeteries and other spaces run by the Boston Parks and Recreation Department.

In "The Hunger Games," Katniss Evergreen staves her hunger by eating nature's ignored bounty: dandelion greens, wild onions, and the potato-like tuber roots from her namesake Katniss plant.

On a chilly morning just outside Maverick Square in East Boston, the scent of braising meat is enough to draw diners into Mi Rancho, a modest Colombian restaurant that opens its doors at 7 a.m. The space feels warm and friendly, with Mariachi music on the speakers, and neighbors and cops stopping in for coffee and arepas.

Drivers emerging from the Ted Williams Tunnel on their way to Logan Airport must think fast to determine which lane to get into, the left for departures or right for arrivals.

Salem resident Robert Buckley stands during his arraignment on Tuesday, December 03, 2013 inside Chelsea District Court as his lawyer Francisco Fernandez reads a document.

The developers behind a 23-unit residential project proposed for East 5th Street will before the South Boston community Tuesday night to pitch their plan.

The Boston Fire Department today deployed a small army of firefighters and a fleet of vehicles to overwhelm an eight-alarm fire that ripped through a South Boston commercial building undergoing renovation.

Boston firefighters are seen at an 8 alarm fire at 327 Summer St. in the Seaport District this morning, December 3, 2013.

The whole crime was caught on surveillance camera as the group damaged doors, sprayed fire extinguishers at the floor and cut a picture of Pope John Paul II.

Aidas Bukauskas, 26, of Pulvertoft Lane, Boston. Drove on Queen Street, Boston, after consuming so much alcohol that the proportion in breath equalled 68 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath .

City councilors are giving Mayor Thomas M. Menino one last chance to sway them against a controversial 25.4 percent police pay raise, saying the administration must do more than simply say the payout is too high.

After trying to secure a larger space for years, the brand today quintuples its selling space with a new 10,000-square-foot store.

Tons of awesome events come across our desks each week. Make It Boston is how we'll share our favorite ways to get out, get crafty, and make things in and around Boston.

A SWAT team from the North Eastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council helped Lowell Police arrest an armed man who refused to come out of his house on Wilder Street following a domestic assault Monday evening.

The mother of murder victim Jaivon Blake said her son would be "forever missed'' as the two men convicted of killing the 16-year-old were sentenced today in Suffolk Superior Court to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Closing out the Biggest Year in the History of Boston's Annual Food Drive with 5 Days of Amazing Prizes! Mayor Thomas M. Menino today announced that the 27th Annual bostonCANshare program will close out more than a month of generous giving this week by giving back to donors with dozens of amazing prizes ranging from Boston Celtics tickets to an ... (more)

Vandals broke into the Our Lady of Presentation Church in Brighton last week, defacing an oil painting of a pope, destroying an organ, and scattering food and wine, Boston police said.

Boston Public Library has two partners-in-residence at its Copley Square location that represent a continuing, collaborative commitment to expanding information access to all.

Bostonians are very fortunate to have an advanced curbside recycling program. While many consider this a commonplace entitlement, it is a fairly complex system with a lot of moving parts.

Third-graders take part in a class discussion known as "accountable talk." A big part of the Trotter School's turnaround success has been getting students to think critically.