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Boston.com How well do you know your Disney films? Can you guess how celebs such as Justin Timberlake and Lindsay Lohan passed through the world of Disney during their careers?

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Which "Full House" actor lent his voice to "Aladdin"? How many members of 'N Sync were on "The Mickey Mouse Club"? Take our quiz to test your Disney knowledge -- you may be surprised by just how many stars' paths have gone through the Disney studios.
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Boston.com Looks like the "balloon boy" parents will be pleading guilty to perpetrating the hoax. They will be put on probation as part of the deal, and the family will stay together.

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FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2009 file photo, Falcon Heene, 6, front, is guided back to a news conference by his mother, Mayumi, outside the family's home in Fort Collins, Colo. The attorney for Richard Heene, ...
Juny
Juny
The kids are learning to be con artists and now know there is no real punishment for wasting tax payer money, time and effort...They'll make great politicians one day
about an hour ago
Andrea Grossman
Andrea Grossman
Probation is too light of a sentence - and the kids should be put into a proper home under proper supervision and care.
40 minutes ago
Lord Jim
Lord Jim
Why has no one filed a 51A?
31 minutes ago
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Boston.com Of all the issues to arise in the Mass. Senate debate, the draft? Stephen Pagliuca said he would support reinstating the draft, and later released a statement clarifying that he only meant that "if there was a need to increase our troop levels beyond what could be supported by our voluntary recruitment." Would a draft promote equality, as he says, or was it resisted in the past for good reason.

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In the feistiest debate of the US Senate race, the four Democrats this morning squabbled over health care, congressional earmarks, and charter schools.
Lord Jim
Lord Jim
Massachusetts, trampling people's rights since 1797.
about an hour ago
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Boston.com What does Google know about you? Now you can find out, and the results might be a bit unsettling.

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Not everyone can read it, but the engineers and advertising specialists at Google can. And now users can get a peek, thanks to Google Dashboard, a new service developed at the search giant’s outpost in Zurich. ...
Andrea Grossman
Andrea Grossman
All the more reason not to have a Google account. I'm glad I don't!
2 hours ago
Ken Dickerson
Ken Dickerson
huh ? I got a google account - but dont use it much -what is this about ??
about an hour ago
Andrea Grossman
Andrea Grossman
Apparently Google can gather quite a bit of info about you if you have a Google account - through their "Dashboard" feature.
37 minutes ago
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Boston.com 8-1 start to the season for the Celtics! Just like 07/08. Do you thinnk these C's can be as great as those World Champion C's?

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BOSTON—Rajon Rondo had 14 points and 11 assists and the Boston Celtics beat the Utah Jazz 105-86 on Wednesday night to match their 8-1 start from their title-winning season two years ago.
Domenic Petrino
Domenic Petrino
hopefully better.
8 hours ago
Susan Greene
Susan Greene
why not?
5 hours ago
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Boston.com The captain's still here! Jason Varitek says he's happy he signed a $3 million option today to play another season for Sox. Are you happy, too?

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“We’re happy to have Jason back and we look forward to a good year from him in 2010,” Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein said. “He means an awful lot to the organization on and off the field. He helps solidify our catching position also and is a big asset to the pitching staff.
Lord Jim
Lord Jim
COME ON!!! DITCH AUTO-OUT VARITEK!!!
4 hours ago
Joseph Crisafi
Joseph Crisafi
big mistake.why waste money on older players go for younger players good year in 2010? can't be worse than 2009
he had big problem throwing out runners.his good days are behind him it is time to move on.i guess we now hope he has a good year
3 hours ago
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Boston.com After dark, a totally unexpected -- and wonderful -- surprise for a vet on a Veterans Day march. This is in his own words, in iPhone snippets.

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For a group of Bay State veterans, a walk on Boston's Freedom Trail today was tougher -- and, at the same time, more meaningful.
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Boston.com Season's sippings for this fall! We try seasonal drinks from area nightlife spots and highlight some new treats that you might find in your glass this winter season.

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Sayonara, sundresses and flip-flops. It's time for sweaters and scarves. While we're busy changing out our wardrobes, bar maestros around town are switching up their drink menus. We sampled some of Boston's newest savory, warm, and complex cocktails. ...
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Boston.com It's Veterans Day. Some veterans struggle with adjusting to civilian life after long periods of mlitary service.

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QUINCY - Sergeant First Class Robert Hornbrook of the Green Berets excels at many things. He can kick in doors and jump out of planes, roust insurgents, and rescue hostages. He knows how to survive capture, torture, the jungle, and the desert. ...
Theresa Lane
Theresa Lane
He should have 1st priority on any job
Yesterday at 8:25pm
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Boston.com Selling off Madoff. Take a look at some of the stuff siezed by US Marshals that will be up for auction to benefit the Ponzi scammer's victims.

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Days after being sentenced for running the largest Ponzi scheme in US history, Bernard Madoff's properties were seized by US marshals.The houses and other belongings will be sold, with the proceeds going to some of the victims of the Ponzi scheme. ...
Paula
Paula
hoping to snag a Hermes bag
Yesterday at 3:06pm
Linda Ayre Kessler Carreiro
Linda Ayre Kessler Carreiro
what a shame that ppl are suffering, and this piece of crap was living like this! wonder how he's feeling in his new plush home. waste of a human being!!
6 hours ago
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Boston.com The latest casualty of the Boston ice cream wars: Brighams's last Boston store is closing.

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The lime rickeys, malted frappes, and root beer floats remained popular through the decades. The 1970s-era orange and yellow décor lined the walls, and the scuffed counters showed the wear of all the elbows and hot plates. ...
Sue Ellen Wright
Sue Ellen Wright
The Brigham's on High Street was my favoirite restaurant when I worked in Boston. Sorry to hear about the closing
Yesterday at 3:38pm
Robert Cummings
Robert Cummings
i have a Brighams right across the street from me in Hingham.I also have Nonas homemade ice cream across the street
3 hours ago
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Boston.com How much good are Mass. stimulus funds doing? Apparently, nobody knows.

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Revere spent $485,500 in stimulus funds to install solar panels on the roof of the Beachmont School and claimed to have created 64 jobs on the project. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff)
Krystal Kenville
Yesterday at 8:07am
George
George
The voters will stimulate the Gov right out of office in 2010.
Yesterday at 10:16am
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Boston.com Good deed of the day: Google says it will put free WiFi in at Logan airport.

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Google Inc., the California-based search engine giant, said it is offering free WiFi service at a number of airports, including Logan International Airport, from now until mid January as a "holiday gift" to travelers.
Chris Devers
Chris Devers
...until January.

Good deed of the year would be to make it permanent.
Tue at 2:49pm
Theresa Lane
Theresa Lane
I am all about this!
Tue at 5:47pm
Ryan
Ryan
Will this be at all airport terminals in Boston instead of Boingo?
Tue at 6:44pm
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Boston.com So, Wake stays, Victor Martinez stays. But the Red Sox refuse to pick up contracts on Varitek and Alex Gonzalez, at least at this price? OK with your Sox moves so far?

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CHICAGO - It wasn’t anything unexpected, but Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein announcing that Victor Martinez will be the team’s full-time catcher next season certainly smacked of something ...
Drew
Drew
yep tek needs to join the coaching staff
Tue at 7:26pm
Kevin Collins
Kevin Collins
agreed...
Yesterday at 12:06am
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Boston.com How good are you at reading faces? Did you know it was a key to success? How good is this baby at it?

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James Peters-Fransen was fitted with plastic-sponge sensors that pick up electrical brain activity at a Children’s Hospital neuroscience lab. (Suzanne Kreiter/ Globe Staff)