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Bill Iffrig was a few yards short of the finish line at the Boston Marathon when the 78-year-old runner was knocked to the ground by the first of two blasts. A Boston Globe photographer shot several pictures of the fallen Iffrig with police and race assistants nearby, and the images soon appeared…
If there's a medical test that could save your life, should one company have the power to set its cost so high that few people could afford it? And what if the thing that makes the company's test exclusive is a government-issued patent on a part of the human body?
The new Facebook phone is coming. It's called "HTC First" and you can get it next week. But you don't have to have this $99 phone if all you really want is the new Facebook phone experience. A new software suite, called Facebook Home, also available next week, can turn your Android phone (only…
In 1961, President John F. Kennedy called on the nation to set as its goal " landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth" by the end of the decade.
Forty years ago today, the last American combat troops left Vietnam. The events of that day aren't imprinted on the national consciousness, as are images of overloaded helicopters taking off from Saigon. That evacuation of American personnel and Vietnamese refugees happened two years later, in…
If you're reading this, you probably have little reason to think about the one in five Americans who, unlike you, have no easy access to the Internet.
"Is there anybody willing to help this lady and not let her die?"
The Grammy telecast has become a place where musicians who might never have even met get to play together in unique combinations. This year saw Elton John singing with Ed Sheeran, and the Black Keys joining up with Dr. John and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band in a nod to next week's Mardi Gras…
Former Monkee Mickey Dolenz, 67, stole the show last week as the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra presented a concert version of the musical Hairspray. He even upstaged Hairspray's creator John Waters, who served as narrator. (The action, with full choreography and costumes played out in front of the…
We've looked back at the year's departures to remind us about our own mortality and consider how notable personalities have shaped our lives and the wider culture.