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A federal judge and special prosecutor have harsh words, however, for the government's lapses in evidence-sharing during Stevens' 2008 trial. Stevens was convicted, but while he was appealing the government dropped its case.

Websites like Yelp and TripAdvisor depend on anonymous customer reviews, but some businesses are tipping the scales in their favor by paying for fake reviews. Researchers at Cornell have developed software that unmasks them.

We are in the home stretch of round four of our Three-Minute Fiction contest. Judge Ann Patchett is reviewing the best of the entries. And while she does, we're bringing you weekly excerpts of some of our favorite stories so far. This week's passage is from a story called "Pearl Cadillac" by Mike van Mantgem of Eugene, Ore. It's read by our own Linda Wertheimer.

Ethan Hawke's film, based on his own semi- autobiographical novel, centers on a young actor and a beautiful singer; when they break up, he flees to his Texas homeland.

After the photo finish, Great Britain was initially awarded the silver. A review overturned that result, showing that the U.S. squeaked by to place second.

The Governor of Massachusetts has again asked the federal government for $21 million in fisheries disaster assistance to help the region's struggling…

A pep rally skit by three white high school students who wore blackface and parodied rapper Chris Brown's arrest for assaulting pop-star Rihanna has…

Despite having little chance of winning his home state in the general election, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney is not forgetting the state this…

The World Premiere of the new musical, Single Girls Guide, is running at Capital Repertory Theatre in Albany, NY through March 30th.Inspired by Jane’s…

Massachusetts Congressman Ed Markey has become the first Democrat to announce his candidacy for an expected vacant Senate seat. WAMC’s Paul Tuthill…