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The state appeals court has thrown out the conviction of one of three men arrested for a home invasion in Randolph in 2009.

A day before Boston honors the champions of baseball, the city today will honor the man whose career defined winning in sports and whose life has defined winning in life. A statue of former Celtics star Bill Russell is scheduled to be unveiled Friday at City Hall Plaza. The NBA great lead his team to won 11 NBA titles in 13 years, including eight straight.

The days of tax-free purchases on Amazon.com are over for Massachusetts residents.

November is National Novel Writing Month, an event designed to get people to write 50,000 words in 30 days. You’ve always had a story to tell, so why not give it a try now? Learn more and sign up at http://nanowrimo.org.

For fans, players and political leaders who celebrated the Red Sox's World Series title with cries of "Boston Strong," the championship provided a jubilant finish to a season that was shadowed nearly from the start by the April bombings at the Boston Marathon. The success of the Red Sox, who finished last in their division only a year ago, became a welcome surprise and eventually a symbol of resilience for a city recovering from the twin bombings that killed three people and wounded more than 260.

Firefighters were hoping that overnight rain showers could rid Quincy of the lingering smoke from a 21-acre brush fire on the Blue Hills Reservation.

U.S. Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass., Thursday introduced his first bill since joining the Senate, a measure intended to increase production of renewable energy nationwide.

A jury in Norfolk County Superior Court has sided with the developer of a Quincy apartment complex in an eight-year-old dispute between the developer and two neighbors.

Gates Intermediate School students toured the solar array, wind turbine, wastewater treatment plant and transfer station on the Driftway in Scituate  as part of a field trip Thursday.

Curry College says it has decided to build a proposed dormitory on recently acquired property on the northwestern edge of its 135-acre campus.