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Get Your Free Ego-Boost Outside the Tufts Library

The Tufts Daily has put the spotlight on a goofy-cute group of students who stand outside the library for an hour or two each week […]

Style

Prabal Gurung for Target, Get in My Closet

We’re gaga for bold, photographic prints here at Bostonista. Nothing says spring like oversize floral blooms and neon, no? Enter Prabal Gurung’s hotly anticipated collection […]

City Life

Rep. Mike Capuano Won't Run for Senate

Rep. Mike Capuano, who has said he’d consider a run for John Kerry’s seat if he were appointed Secretary of State, definitively ruled out a […]

City Life

Everett Principal Gets Two-Day Suspension for 'Terminator' Video

Everett High School Principal Gets Two Days Off Without Pay for ‘Terminator’ Video. Erick Naumann stars in the video, a parody played over the morning […]

City Life

Carmen Ortiz's Husband Fires Back at Wife's Critics

Update Jan. 16, 10:50 a.m.: It appears Dolan has deleted his Twitter account altogether, after his tweets defending his wife, U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz spawned rebuttals and […]

City Life

Local School Principal Introduces Himself with Awkward Video

The new principal of Everett High School made a video parodying the film The Terminator to introduce himself to students, and it rather unfortunately seems to evoke […]

City Life

Violent Video Games Pulled from Public Rest Stops

Violent Video Games Removed from State-Operated Rest Stops. In the wake of the Sandy Hook school shooting, Andrew and Tracey Hyams, of Newton, noticed that […]

City Life

Pac-Man Appears at MIT

Overnight, a sign appeared over the Great Dome at MIT showing everyone’s favorite anthropomorphic pie chart, Pac Man, and his arch rival, Blinky. The MIT […]

Wellness

Google Confirms: Everyone Has the Flu

By now, you’ve heard that a public health emergency was declared for the city of Boston. The city has 700 confirmed cases of the flu, 10 times […]

Wellness

Junior Seau Had Brain Disease Prior to Suicide

Brain image via Shutterstock The Associated Press (AP) reported today that Junior Seau, the celebrated NFL player and former Patriots linebacker who committed suicide last […]

City Life

Mark Wahlberg Wants to Produce a Reality Series Based on 'The Big Bang Theory'

Mark Wahlberg Wants to Produce a Reality Series Based on ‘The Big Bang Theory.’ The “docu-series” would follow a bunch of nerdy college kids at […]

City Life

New York Times Hall of Fame Coverage Is An Epic Win

For the first time since 1996, voters declined to elect anyone to the Baseball Hall of Fame, taking a pass on players from Roger Clemens […]

Arts & Entertainment

The Oscar Nominations Weren't Kind to Ben Affleck

Photo by Claire Folger via Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. The Academy of Arts and Sciences announced this year's Oscar nominees at some ungodly hour this […]

Arts & Entertainment

A&E to Promote 'Southie Rules' By Trolling New Yorkers

A&E’s upcoming reality show based in Boston, ‘Southie Rules,’ has a pretty hilarious ad campaign running in New York City. A&E won’t launch a national […]

City Life

Annie Dookhan Can Get You Out of Jail, But She Can't Keep You There

Boston Police have said they’ll be watching to make sure any prisoners released because of lab chemist Annie Dookhan’s alleged mishandling of evidence are caught […]