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Organizers of Boston's effort to host the 2024 Olympics are revealing some of the early plans for the Boston bid. Most of the venues would be in a six mile area. The co-chair of Boston 2024's planning committee tells reporters, organizers hope to have "the most walkable games in modern times...

House Speaker John Boehner says he disagrees with calls to impeach President Barack Obama, but asserts that others can make a determination on their own whether the chief executive deserves it. He made his comments as Sarah Palin and others have come out in recent days for impeachment...

The Mass. House of Representatives has expelled state Rep. Carlos Henriquez, who is serving a six-month jail sentence after being convicted of assaulting a former girlfriend.       The 146-5 vote came after less than two hours of debate...

Former state attorney general and Massachusetts House Speaker Robert Quinn has died. He was 85.       Quinn's law partner James Morris said Quinn died after collapsing early Sunday morning at his Falmouth home.       Morris said Quinn had recently moved back into the two-family home where he was raised in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood.  ...