City’s ’10 tally: 72 homicides, most unsolved By Maria CramerGlobe Staff / December 31, 2010 Boston had 72 homicides in 2010With just one day to go before the end of the year, only 27 of the 72 killings reported,...

Chuck Turner: Put me back on City Council By Dave Wedge  |   Friday, December 31, 2010  |  http://www.bostonherald.com  |  Local PoliticsPhoto by Herald file Embattled ex-City Councilor Chuck Turner, who is awaiting sentencing on a federal bribery rap,...

Local man nabbed in luggage blastAmmunition was in bag checked at Logan airport Orville A. Braham By Ira Kantor  |   Thursday, December 30, 2010  |  http://www.bostonherald.com  |  Local Coverage The FBI is slapping a Brockton man with federal charges...

Cops: Suspect shot at ex, then stole her car By Laura Crimaldi  |   Wednesday, December 29, 2010  |  http://www.bostonherald.com  |  Local Coverage Boston cops are asking the public to be on the lookout for a 23-year-old man who...

Dianne Wilkerson’s son mulls council run By Christine McConville  |   Wednesday, December 29, 2010  |  http://www.bostonherald.com  |  Local Politics Photo by Angela RowlingsThe son of disgraced state Sen. Dianne Wilkerson — who’s mulling a run for convicted felon...

Liquor, beer, wine sales tax to end Jan. 1 Associated Press / December 27, 2010 Shoppers in Massachusetts will soon no longer have to pay the state’s 6.25 percent sales tax on alcohol sold in stores. Voters approved a...

For Web-ready council, paper is so last centuryBy Andrew RyanGlobe Staff / December 27, 2010 Here’s a holiday gift for the government gadfly who just can’t get enough consent agendas, hearing orders, and nonbinding resolutions: The Boston City...

Boy took charge to save mother during seizure Vanessa Daniel hugged her son Ethan, who called 911 when she had a stroke. (Yoon S. Byun/ Globe Staff)By Matt ByrneGlobe Correspondent / December 27, 2010 It was the night before...

Woburn cop, suspect killed in robbery gunfight By O’Ryan Johnson and Ira Kantor  |   Sunday, December 26, 2010  |  http://www.bostonherald.com  |  Local Coverage A Woburn police officer was shot and killed tonight in an exchange of gunfire with...

BLACKSTONIAN EXCLUSIVE: Cornell Mills has officially entered the race for the District 7 seat vacated after the ouster of Chuck Turner.  Mills, a longtime Bostonian has deep ties with the Roxbury section of Boston. Mills has been hounded...