There are a few songs in history that might be worth $22,500 apiece. “Thriller,” “Yesterday,” “Layla,” “Stairway to Heaven.” “Come As You Are” might even make it into the group. But “The Perfect Drug,” much as we love(d) NIN, does...

Subverting perceptions of him as a dangerous criminal, Henry Louis “Skip” Gates Jr. has sent flowers to the woman responsible for the 911 call that eventually resulted in Gates’ arrest. Lucia Whalen’s attorney said her client “appreciated” the flowers, which were...

— According to Middlesex District Attorney Gerard Leone, the third of three suspects in the murder of Justin Cosby, 21, of Cambridge was apprehended yesterday in New York. Jason Aquino, 23, of Manhattan was arrested for first-degree murder, armed robbery and other charges relating to the May murder...

Picture of Ted Kennedy’s sailboat Mya from flickr user mommyof3girls . Senator Edward Kennedy will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Obama on August 12. In his 46-year Senate career , Kennedy has produced legislation supporting public schools, civil rights laws, healthcare,...

According to the Boston Globe , MLB.com’s Jonathan Mayo is reporting the Red Sox traded Justin Masterson and minor-league pitcher Nick Hagadone, a 2007 first-round pick, for Cleveland’s Victor Martinez. NESN says the Sox are “close to acquiring” Martinez . Update: CBS Sports...

The Massachusetts Historical Society, realizing that Minister Plenipotentiary John Quincy Adams’s journal entries often add up to fewer than 140 characters, has decided to get the future president a Twitter account . Tweets describing Adams’s 1809 journey to Russia will begin going live...

The Sam Yoon campaign knows how young people communicate with each other. Using their t-shirts . The campaign has set up a Cafe Press store hawking several t-shirt designs using Yoon’s name in sometimes excruciating puns . Nobody among his competitors in the mayoral race offers anything similar....

Two local groups have submitted preliminary bids to buy the Boston Globe , the newspaper reported Friday. Boston Celtics co-owner Stephen Pagliuca and former ad man and Boston go-to guy Jack Connors lead one group, while Stephen Taylor, a former Globe executive and member of the family that used to...

Blotter siren Kids, smoking really is hazardous to your health. What started as a smoke between neighbors turned into a murder as Braintree police said Lucas Walters, 28, allegedly killed Jeffrey Phillips, 31, with an ax after the men argued about money Walters owed Phillips. Phillips brandished a rake...

Pro Cyclist Magnus Backstedt Interview from Thomas Attila Lewis . The Pan Mass Challenge ride to fun cancer research at Dana Farber starts tomorrow…. or does it? Former professional cyclist, and current cycling team manager, Magnus Backstedt , arrived in Boston on Wednesday to participate in fundraisers...