On the eve of this year’s model of the touring metal extravaganza known as Ozzfest, which comes to assault eardrums at the Comcast Center on Tuesday, we checked in with tour namesake Ozzy Osbourne by phone from his home in Los Angeles. (That home sounds as overrun with yappy little mutts as fans...

Japanese authorities admitted Tuesday they’d lost track of a 113-year-old woman listed as the Tokyo’s oldest, days after police searched the home of the city’s official oldest man — only to find his long-dead, mummified body. Tokyo - Japan - Oldest people - Asia - Prefectures...

CHESTNUT HILL With just a few clicks of her desktop computer’s keyboard in her home office here, Gail Dines travels to a place she wishes did not exist: a pornographic website. Desktop computer - Website - Shopping - Hardware - Peripherals Originally posted here: The shaping of things

AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack In a game that seemed ready to go their opponents’ way, defense and Rajon Rondo saved the day for the Boston Celtics in an 86-77 win over the Orlando Magic on Christmas Day. Paul Pierce was suddenly sidelined for two weeks or less after a surgical procedure on his knee...

Photo courtesy MSPCA The Boston MSPCA Animal Care and Adoption Center is open Tuesday through Sunday; from 2 to 7 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday, and 1 to 5 p.m. all other days. Adoption rates vary, but you can find all adoption information and policies here. Not able to adopt? The MSPCA always needs volunteers...

Photo courtesy MSPCA The Boston MSPCA Animal Care and Adoption Center is open Tuesday through Sunday; from 2 to 7 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday, and 1 to 5 p.m. all other days. Adoption rates vary, but you can find all adoption information and policies here. Not able to adopt? The MSPCA always needs volunteers...

Image by Kyle Cassidy from Wikimedia commons Ah, Sharon, Mass. Birthplace of Nick Zinner. A place where Bernstein summered. Home of Lake Massapoag. And… uh… some other stuff. (Not model babies , certainly.) But, thanks to the internet, we now see that Sharon brings the steampunk, in the...

Lynne Sladky / Associated Press Is it the home/road thing? Is it true that the Patriots can’t win any road game, unless it’s a neutral site game on another continent against a winless team? Or is it just that the Pats really aren’t that great, and we should be thankful that at least...

Lynne Sladky / Associated Press Is it the home/road thing? Is it true that the Patriots can’t win any road game, unless it’s a neutral site game on another continent against a winless team? Or is it just that the Pats really aren’t that great, and we should be thankful that at least...

8:00. And we’re live! We’re at the Bostonist Sports Headquarters in Cambridge with beverages and an entire thing of candy beans from Hidden Sweets in Harvard. We recently learned that both New Orleans starting CBs are out; that sound you heard was that of Brady and Moss’ eyes turning...