Topic: Boston Harbor

Etan Patz and other missing children have mom’s radar pinging

Etan Patz, who is still being searched for 33 years after he was kidnapped, and other cases of missing children have one mom struggling with her stranger danger radar.

In an age of Kindles, Harcourt Bindery sticks to tried-and-true book methods

The Charlestown, Mass., bindery still makes books by hand, using a 19th-century production model.

Beyond Boston: 9 tea parties you probably haven't heard about

Boston's may be the most famous, but there were nine other tea party protests around the country. Here are their stories.

David Gessner offers a modest 'Green Manifesto'

Nature writer David Gessner argues that we must first fall in love with nature before we will fight for it.

So much snow. So little room. Time for a snow party?

Snow 'farms', snow melters, and even a 'snow party' in Boston Harbor: Cities and businesses come up with various solutions as they struggle to remove growing mounds of snow.

Collapse of the omnibus spending bill: rise of the 'tea party Congress'?

Some see ideals of tea party movement at play in Senate, after a huge spending bill loaded with earmarks is scuttled after GOP lawmakers thought twice about it.

Can 'The Town' be top of the Hub? Top 5 Boston-based movies

The Red Sox may be struggling to make the playoffs this season, but Boston is a perennial box-office favorite. The latest Boston-based film to hit silver screens is "The Town," starring and directed by local boy Ben Affleck.

The top 10 Boston-based films, ranked by US box-office receipts, includes the Sox-centered "Fever Pitch," according to Turner Classic Movies and IMDB.com. Also on the list is the 1968 version of "The Thomas Crown Affair" starring Steve McQueen, which was shot on Boston's Beacon Hill. Do your favorite Boston films make the top 5?

Hurricane Earl path stretches from North Carolina to Boston Harbor

Hurricane Earl path prompts tropical-storm or hurricane warnings from North Carolina to Hull, Mass. Earl, packing 140 m.p.h. winds, is slated to brush Cape Hatteras overnight.

Sarah Palin says Obama would ban guns and ammunition if he could get away with it

Sarah Palin has said that political backlash is the only thing stopping Obama from gutting the Constitution's right to bear arms.

'America: The Story of Us' gives a vivid docudrama sheen to US history

The History channel’s 'America: The Story of Us' premiers its six-part series this Sunday.

No Sarah Palin, but DC Tea Party gets crowd by targeting "gangster government"

Although Sarah Palin wasn't there, Rep. Michele Bachmann got roars of approval in DC on Thursday

How Martha Coakley misread the tea leaves in Boston Harbor

Win or lose, Martha Coakley’s Massachusetts senate race campaign will influence Democratic strategy in a tough election year. And the result could have major impact on Obama’s agenda.

The new science of glass

Glass architects and engineers are balancing aesthetics with performance.

Boston airport tests radar to avoid bird strikes

The system allows real-time tracking of even small birds up to five miles away.

Budget debate launches new tea party

Tax protesters gather around the country. Is it a GOP put-up job?

Chesapeake Bay left up a creek

Failure of cleanup efforts has left America's largest estuary still nearly 'dead.' Why?

An Olympic hero, airbrushed from China’s history

Shifting political winds may explain the lack of awareness about Chiu Teng Hiok, who helped the British shine in basketball at the 1924 Paris Games.

The roar of democracy

An Independence Day outing serves as a reminder that in a democracy, some things are worth shouting about.