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WELCOME TO HIGH SCHOOL

'I’d Be In A Worse Situation — Or Dead — If I Weren’t Here'

2 diggs Boston.com Long Reads Drugs Education 4h

A Massachusetts high school that educates teenagers addicted to heroin, alcohol, and prescription drugs has spent the past year teaching them how to stay alive.

CRIME OF THE TURN OF THE CENTURY

The Terrifying Murder Mystery That Changed The Way Boston Viewed Abortion

13 diggs Boston.com Crime Archive Cities 13 Nov 2015

'A crime so awful that the soul revolts in horror.'

DON'T POKE THE BEAR

Harvard Student Loses Facebook Internship After Pointing Out Privacy Flaws

31 diggs Boston.com Internet Business 13 Aug 2015

Three months ago, Harvard student Aran Khanna was preparing to start a coveted internship at Facebook when he launched a browser application from his dorm room that angered the social media behemoth.

HE'S WICKED SMAHT

Teen Catches Math Error At Boston's Museum Of Science

8 diggs Boston.com News Curious Science 8 Jul 2015

While visiting from Virginia, Joseph Rosenfeld found an equation error in a permanent exhibit on the golden ratio.

FAMILY MATTERS

Normal Families Don’t Do Reality Shows

34 diggs Boston.com TV Culture News 24 May 2015

Families that opt to showcase their seemingly perfect, normal lives on television are not perfect. And they’re definitely not normal.

INTO THE WAITING ARMS OF A SUPERMAX

How Tsarnaev Will Live, If He Lives

13 diggs Boston.com Crime Law 10 Apr 2015

If Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is spared the death penalty, he will spend the rest of his life in prison — almost definitely the very same prison that is home to Unabomber Ted Kaczynski, shoe bomber Richard Reid, and 9/11 co-conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui.

SPACEGURL LEAVES HOME

The Curious Life And Mysterious Death Of Pippin Roe

8 diggs Boston.com Crime Human Nature Long Reads 23 Jan 2015

Pippin Roe’s partially decomposed body was discovered by Boston police on July 13, 2014, behind a building on Columbus Avenue in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood. The story of how it got there is a mystery still unfolding, of a curious New England upbringing, a broken family, and a promising young artist whose friends and family felt powerless as they watched her life spiral out of control.

NO BEER?

Time Capsule From Sam Adams And Paul Revere Opened

34 diggs Boston.com Histories News 7 Jan 2015

The 10 pound copper box was discovered during maintenance on the Massachusetts State House almost a month ago.

A SHOCKINGLY DIVERSE GROUP OF SKEPTICS

Chased From The Courthouse, Boston Bombing Truthers Continue To Ask Questions

19 diggs Boston.com Politics Culture Long Reads 31 Dec 2014

Interviewing the people who believe Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is innocent.

ORDER OF CHOW MEIN, HOLD THE LEGAL ACTION

Harvard Professor Goes To War With Local Chinese Restaurant Over $4

49 diggs Boston.com Food Business Funny 9 Dec 2014

If you’ve ever wondered what happens when a Harvard Business School professor thinks a family-run Chinese restaurant screwed him out of $4, you’re about to find out.

WE'RE THANKFUL THIS ISN'T A THING ANYMORE

Celery and Olives Dominated Thanksgiving For Nearly 100 Years — Until They Didn’t

14 diggs Boston.com Food Histories 25 Nov 2014

For nearly a century, two unlikely foods were absolute must-haves on every traditional Thanksgiving menu.

GOLDEN NUGGETS

A Poop Bank In Massachusetts Will Pay You $40 Per Dump

22 diggs Boston.com Gross Curious Health 15 Oct 2014

Are you under 50 years old, willing to make daily trips to Medford, and have regular bowel movements? You, my friend, could be earning $40 a day — just for pooping.

AW, SHUCKS

Inside The Hazy World Of Oyster Thefts

3 diggs Boston.com Food Crime 12 Oct 2014

Oyster theft may not be the most common of crimes, but it’s one Massachusetts Environmental Police has on its radar.

THE QUEEN OF TETRIS

Bizarro World

12 diggs Boston.com Archive Culture Gaming 8 Aug 2014

What my wife and I entered when we drove up to an arcade in Weirs Beach, New Hampshire, where she would attempt to break an official world record in the classic video game Tetris.

EMPIRICALLY EQUAL

Government Releases First Large-Scale Health Report On Gay Community

23 diggs Boston.com LGBT Culture Health News Studies 18 Jul 2014

The first major collection of government data on the gay, lesbian, and bisexual community reveals no correlation between sexual orientation and general health.

WHEN DOCTORS WISH THEY HAD BORDERS

'Out Of Control' Ebola Outbreak In West Africa

27 diggs Boston.com Health World 20 Jun 2014

The Ebola outbreak ravaging West Africa is ‘‘totally out of control,’’ according to a senior official for Doctors Without Borders, who says and the medical group is stretched to the limit in its capacity to respond.

DRIVES A TESLA MODEL S

Restaurant Chain CEO Resigns, Becomes Uber Driver

44 diggs Boston.com Technology Business Cars Cities 8 Feb 2014

"I've always told people, if I wasn't in the burrito business for the last 17 years, it would have been transportation."

HE'S SURE THE DONALD'S GONNA BE UGE

The Man Responsible For Donald Trump’s Never-Ending Presidential Campaign

4 diggs Boston.com Politics 23 Jan 2014

Twenty-seven years after a New Hampshire Republican activist named Mike Dunbar dreamed up the idea of a Donald Trump presidency, the idea still hasn’t worn off. For Trump, at least.

CRASHED AND BURNED

'Uber For Private Jets' Grounded

8 diggs Boston.com Aviation News Technology 19 Dec 2013

A celebrity-backed startup that wanted to become the Uber of private jet travel — and had Uber co-founder Garrett Camp on its founding team — has laid off most of its employees as it seeks to raise more cash.

RIDING BUS 19 TO THE TOP

The Moving Story Of How A Reporter Helped A Kid Get Into Yale Against Incredible Odds

68 diggs Boston.com Education 17 Dec 2013

I'm going to tell you a story.