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State Police cleared the UMass Boston campus Monday morning and declared that there was no threat.

There’s something appealing about underdogs. If they make any sort of good-faith effort at all, we embrace them as plucky upstarts and cheer them on against the establishment. For example: Every passenger who got into this seven-passenger Sorento crossover wagon said the same thing, some iteration of “Ooh, Kia’s really coming along!”

Q: Enjoyed your article on the Metropolitan in the Washington Times-Reporter (Washington, Ill). But I did notice a few errors ... maybe a slip of the word processor! American Motors was formed with a merger of Nash and Hudson, not Nash and Rambler. The Rambler was a model in the Nash line.

A 23-year-old Pembroke man has been accused of pouring scalding hot water on an 18-month infant in New Hampshire, causing burns to the baby's face, head, torso and arms.

Why do I hear so many cars on the road today with brakes squealing when coming to a stop? My other question is, why do the front wheels on a lot of cars turn black and some brown?

Omar Denton, 29, of Milton, and Omar Bonner, 26, of Hyde Park, have been charged with murder in the shooting death on Saturday of a man in Dorchester.

Weekly auto rail, with holiday driving tips, a look at some car tech and more. 

Michele Christian-Oldham of Abington and her family are such big Christmas fans, they decorate their house extra early. Oldham also spreads holiday cheer with her writing. The latest book in the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, “It’s Christmas!,” includes a story she wrote.

Music Teacher: Karin Foley

The 25-minute video made by Pembroke Media shows teacher Mr. Moser after the concert saying “good job” and “highfiving”  each student passing him while returning to classrooms where parents and youngsters rejoin to go home.  

The snapping turtle with a fractured jaw recently underwent another surgical procedure after it became clear that his previous treatment was nonviable.