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Quincy woman’s car hit the median strip on Route 3 Friday afternoon

The Boston Red Sox celebrated their 2013 World Series championship on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013 with a parade through Boston.

Thousands of local Red Sox fans woke up bright and early this morning to secure a good spot for Boston’s eighth championship parade in the past 12 years. The good news for sleep-deprived Sox fans is that daylight savings ends tonight, meaning the clocks turn back and everyone gains an extra hour of sleep Sunday.

Changing clocks back one hour to Eastern Standard Time this weekend will be easier for you than hanging from a tower clock was for silent film star Harold Lloyd in the 1923 film “Safety Last.” But you may wonder what’s behind this fall ritual. We've got 10 facts about the daylight standard time switch that you may not have known.

Follow World Series parade updates by Eric Avidon of the MetroWest Daily News, Ben Paulin of The Enterprise and Pat Ronan and Cody Shepard of The Patriot Ledger. Above, Uncle Sam Rounseville of Quincy and his wife, Jean Kenney Rounseville with Sean Horgan, outside Fenway Park this morning with police officer Sean Horgan. Remember the photo of him in the bullpen as Detroit's Torii Hunter tumbled over the bullpen wall in Game 2?

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There are nearly 160 sandwich boards, multi-colored flags and cardboard signs competing for attention along the eight-mile stretch of Route 18 in Weymouth and Abington, where local officials say the proliferation of temporary signs is getting out of control.

Dozens of West Bridgewater students sat behind a driving simulator this week to experience the perils of texting while driving.