http://www.bostonherald.com/?srvc=rss The Boston Herald online: The closest distance between you and the news en-us Copyright 2009, Herald Interactive, Inc. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:16:28 -0500 bill@heraldinteractive.com (Bill Gaffney) 120 http://news.bostonherald.com/siteImages/news_adlogo.gif http://www.bostonherald.com/?srvc=rss 126 37 The Boston Herald online: The closest distance between you and the news http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/college/football/view.bg?articleid=1143595&srvc=rss Boston College head football coach Jeff Jagodzinski went through with his interview with the New York Jets today, according to a source familiar with the situation. Now it's... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:29:55 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/college/football/view.bg?articleid=1143595&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/college/football/view.bg?articleid=1143362&srvc=rss Something made us think he was different. Maybe it was the smile. It was like something out of a Colgate commercial, almost too bright and white to be real. Jeff Jagodzinski... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:29:13 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/college/football/view.bg?articleid=1143362&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/view.bg?articleid=1143591&srvc=rss WASHINGTON - A prominent businessman caught up in a grand jury probe whose political donations ended any role for New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson in the Obama administration... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:25:12 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/view.bg?articleid=1143591&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/middle_east/view.bg?articleid=1143588&srvc=rss CAIRO, Egypt - He isn't even president yet, and he's already being blamed for trouble in the Middle East. An intelligence monitoring center reports that al-Qaeda's... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:19:11 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/middle_east/view.bg?articleid=1143588&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/view.bg?articleid=1143583&srvc=rss CHICAGO - Barack and Michelle Obama are known for nights out on the town in Chicago, dining at some of its poshest restaurants with the smartest chefs. But who knew the president-elect... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:12:26 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/view.bg?articleid=1143583&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1143580&srvc=rss ALBANY, N.Y. - Electronic unemployment filing systems have crashed in at least three states in recent days amid an unprecedented crush of thousands of newly jobless Americans... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:10:04 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1143580&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/middle_east/view.bg?articleid=1143579&srvc=rss TARMIYAH, Iraq - Army Capt. Christopher Loftis took in the scene: Iraqi soldiers raiding the home of a suspected insurgent wanted for participating in deadly attacks against... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:05:58 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/middle_east/view.bg?articleid=1143579&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/middle_east/view.bg?articleid=1143461&srvc=rss DAMASCUS, Syria - France's president sought Syrian help Tuesday to bring a cease-fire to the Gaza Strip, while Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice headed to the United... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:04:02 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/middle_east/view.bg?articleid=1143461&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/middle_east/view.bg?articleid=1143411&srvc=rss GAZA CITY, Gaza - France and Egypt announced an initiative to stop the fighting in Gaza late Tuesday, hours after Israeli mortar shells exploded near a U.N. school sheltering... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:02:04 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/middle_east/view.bg?articleid=1143411&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/south/view.bg?articleid=1143576&srvc=rss BUNNELL, Fla. - A Florida man and his daughter have been charged with incest after eyewitness statements that they were having a sexual relationship, authorities said Tuesday. Alton... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:53:09 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/south/view.bg?articleid=1143576&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/view.bg?articleid=1143571&srvc=rss WASHINGTON - Five former Blackwater Worldwide security guards pleaded not guilty Tuesday to federal manslaughter and gun charges resulting from a 2007 shooting in a crowded... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:47:35 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/view.bg?articleid=1143571&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/television/general/view.bg?articleid=1143565&srvc=rss LOS ANGELES - Kara DioGuardi was fretting about being the new face of "American Idol," and she put the blame on hungry mosquitoes. "Here I am in Hawaii and... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:42:40 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/television/general/view.bg?articleid=1143565&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/blogs/news/daily_briefing/?p=907&srvc=rss House Speaker Sal DiMasi's high-stakes re-election will be delayed by old man winter, as forecasts of a snowy and icy morning prompted the membership caucus to be delayed... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:42:26 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/blogs/news/daily_briefing/?p=907&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/south/view.bg?articleid=1143559&srvc=rss DECATUR, Ala. - The mystery of a missing Alabama cop was solved after other cops followed the missing detective's trail to Las Vegas, where they say he fled after staging... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:34:38 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/south/view.bg?articleid=1143559&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/lifestyle/view.bg?articleid=1143558&srvc=rss NEW YORK - Need help getting organized in 2009? There are plenty of new tools to help, says Standolyn Robertson, president of the National Association of Professional Organizers,... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:29:08 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/lifestyle/view.bg?articleid=1143558&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/basketball/other_nba/view.bg?articleid=1143556&srvc=rss DENVER - Carmelo Anthony didn't care for the color of the new removable splint he was sporting on his broken right hand, preferring it to be Denver Nuggets blue over... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:25:05 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/basketball/other_nba/view.bg?articleid=1143556&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/blogs/news/daily_briefing/?p=906&srvc=rss Gov. Deval Patrick said a comprehensive transportation reform plan meant to address sky-high debts in the Pike and the MBTA will be out in a few weeks, as one finance... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:21:57 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/blogs/news/daily_briefing/?p=906&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1143554&srvc=rss NEW YORK - Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration will forgo luxury boxes at the new Yankees and Mets ballparks, the city said Tuesday after months of criticism about... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:06:41 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1143554&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/track/celebrity/view.bg?articleid=1143553&srvc=rss LOS ANGELES - Who's the fiance? Alyssa Milano is engaged to marry a Hollywood agent. Publicists for Milano said Tuesday that the actress accepted a marriage proposal... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:05:23 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/track/celebrity/view.bg?articleid=1143553&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/food_dining/food/view.bg?articleid=1143538&srvc=rss The ladies of LUPEC are like many of the cocktails they enjoy: strong and sassy. Founded in Pittsburgh in 2001, LUPEC (Ladies United for the Preservation of Endangered... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:01:48 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/food_dining/food/view.bg?articleid=1143538&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/blogs/sports/oncampus/?p=64&srvc=rss   According to a source familiar with the situation, Boston College head coach JeffJagodzinski did in fact interview with the NewYork Jets about their head coaching... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:58:54 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/blogs/sports/oncampus/?p=64&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1143548&srvc=rss NEW YORK - A judge is preparing to decide this week whether failed Wall Street financier Bernard Madoff is a danger to the community. Magistrate Judge Ronald Ellis asked... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:56:45 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1143548&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/baseball/red_sox/view.bg?articleid=1143367&srvc=rss In just more than five weeks, Red Sox pitchers and catchers will begin reporting to spring training in Fort Myers, but a number of holes remain to be filled before the roster... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:51:49 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/baseball/red_sox/view.bg?articleid=1143367&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/politics/view.bg?articleid=1143547&srvc=rss BOSTON - Massachusetts lawmakers were rushing to approve dozens of bills on the final day of their two-year session. One bill that landed on Gov. Deval Patrick's desk... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:49:46 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/politics/view.bg?articleid=1143547&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/general/view.bg?articleid=1143546&srvc=rss GENEVA - The Grand Canyon, Mount Everest and Loch Ness will vie with more than 200 other spectacular places in the next phase of the global competition for the New 7 Wonders... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:48:03 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/general/view.bg?articleid=1143546&srvc=rss