Back in the town he terrorized
In a dramatic return to the neighborhood he once ruled as a mob boss, James “Whitey’’ Bulger appeared in federal court in South Boston yesterday on charges of racketeering, extortion, and 19 counts of murder during a savage criminal reign that cast a shadow over the city.
'It was like he was enjoying the attention'
There was something about the way he walked into the courtroom, flashing a cocksure smile at his younger brother, telling the judge he would pay his own legal bills if the FBI would return the $800,000 in cash agents took out of his Santa Monica hideaway.
'It was like he was enjoying the attention'
There was something about the way he walked into the courtroom, flashing a cocksure smile at his younger brother, telling the judge he would pay his own legal bills if the FBI would return the $800,000 in cash agents took out of his Santa Monica hideaway.
Brother’s loyal presence draws mobster’s smile
William M. Bulger smiled as his older brother walked into the courtroom after 16 years as a fugitive, and he got a smile back from the grandfatherly version of the wiry rebel he grew up with in a $29-a-month apartment in the Old Harbor projects in South Boston.
Ever the wiseguy, and sharp as a tack
Inside and outside courtroom, compelling drama unfolds
Bulger could get Court-appointed Lawyer
For neighbors in Calif., memories now seem surreal
Green even makes me see red:
Some local greens on the Greenway
A public food market in downtown Boston will feature up to 100 vendors of fish, produce, wine, cheese, and other local products in a facility that will feel more like a bustling European bazaar than a grocery store, according to an operating plan released by the state yesterday.
So does front-page gay these days:
In close vote, N.Y. OK’s gay marriage
Lawmakers voted late yesterday to legalize same-sex marriage, making New York the largest state where gay and lesbian couples will be able to wed and giving the national gay-rights movement new momentum from the state where it was born.
So does front-page gay these days:
In close vote, N.Y. OK’s gay marriage
Lawmakers voted late yesterday to legalize same-sex marriage, making New York the largest state where gay and lesbian couples will be able to wed and giving the national gay-rights movement new momentum from the state where it was born.
