From: NECN on Tue, Jan 05 2010 5:59 PM

(NECN: Scot Yount) - President Obama spent the afternoon meeting with high-ranking government officials charged with carrying out two reviews he ordered after the botched Christmas Day attack. The reviews set to cover the obviously vulnerable airline...

From: NECN on Tue, Jan 05 2010 4:58 PM

(NECN: Alison King, Boston, Mass.) - In the race for Massachusetts Senate, Democrat Martha Coakley and Republican Scott Brown clashed today in one of their final debates before the special election. Election Day is only two weeks away and a new poll...

From: NECN on Tue, Jan 05 2010 4:58 PM

(NECN: Boston, Mass.) - Pressure is building on Beacon Hill for Massachusetts state Senator Anthony Galluccio to resign. Yesterday, a judge sentenced Galluccio to one year in jail for a probation violation. He was on probation for leaving the scene of...

From: NECN on Tue, Jan 05 2010 6:58 AM

(NECN/ABC) - President Obama is set to meet with his top intelligence and security advisers Tuesday. In the White House situation room, FBI director Robert Mueller will give the President an update on the investigation. Attorney General Eric Holder...

From: NECN on Mon, Jan 04 2010 7:51 PM

(NECN) - On Beacon Hill, the clock is ticking and the Legislature is racing to send the Governor an educational bill he asked for before Thanksgiving. At stake is 250 million in federal so-called "race to the top" funds. Also at stake is the power...

From: NECN on Mon, Jan 04 2010 6:54 PM

(NECN) - On the Braude Beat, judgment day for Massachusetts State Senator Anthony Galluccio. A judge ordered Galluccio (D-Cambridge) to jail after a probation violation for a failed alcohol breath test. Galluccio says the failed test resulted from the use...

From: NECN on Mon, Jan 04 2010 5:49 PM

(NECN: Greg Wayland) - With a little more than two weeks before the election, the candidates for U.S. Senate are ramping up their efforts. Martha Coakley marked the first Monday in the New Year with an endorsement from a military group that supports...

From: NECN on Mon, Jan 04 2010 11:53 AM

(NECN: Boston, Mass.) - Boston Mayor Tom Menino is starting an unprecedented fifth term. A swearing-in ceremony for the 67-year-old mayor took place this morning in the Great Hall at Faneuil Hall. Menino was first elected in 1993 and was re-elected...

From: NECN on Mon, Jan 04 2010 5:32 AM

(NECN/ABC) - President Obama is on his way back to Washington on Monday morning with a full agenda to begin his post-holiday week. Topping it is terrorism, the new place terrorists are hiding and the new ways to keep them off US bound...

From: NECN on Sun, Jan 03 2010 8:24 PM

(NECN/ABC) - The Christmas terror attempt aboard Northwest Flight 253 has brought out the same refrain heard nine years ago after the Sept 11th attacks: warning information existed, but was not pieced together. "We had the dots here. And the problem...

From: NECN on Sat, Jan 02 2010 8:03 AM

(NECN) - US President Barack Obama has laid blame on an al-Qaida affiliate for a Christmas Day attack that has prompted a top-to-bottom review of how the nation’s intelligence agencies failed to prevent the botched bombing aboard a Detroit-bound...

From: NECN on Wed, Dec 30 2009 7:43 PM

(NECN: Ally Donnelly) - In the race to replace Ted Kennedy in the Senate, one candidate is comparing himself to John F. Kennedy. Republican State Senator Scott Brown is out with a new ad, drawing a link between himself and the former...

From: NECN on Tue, Dec 29 2009 11:36 PM

(NECN: Alison King) - The world watched on January 20th, as President Barack Obama was sworn into office. Looking back, it was perhaps Obama’s easiest accomplishment of 2009. Day one saw a flurry of executive orders. Day two the president...

From: NECN on Tue, Dec 29 2009 8:34 PM

(NECN: Kenneth Craig, Worcester, Mass.) - Konstantina Lukes made history by becoming Worcester’s first woman to be popularly elected mayor. In less than a week, Lukes turns over the reins. What does she plan to do with her last few...

From: NECN on Tue, Dec 29 2009 5:33 PM

(NECN: Boston, Mass.) - There are exactly three weeks to go until the special Senate election in Massachusetts. Republican Scott Brown, Democrat Martha Coakley and Independent Joe Kennedy are competing for the Senate seat held by the late Ted Kennedy...

From: NECN on Tue, Dec 29 2009 5:30 AM

(NECN/ABC) - The White House is facing increasing criticism Tuesday morning over missed signals in the Christmas day bomb plot. Now Congress will hold hearings on the issue. 23-year old Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab was able to board the Northwest...

From: NECN on Mon, Dec 28 2009 9:27 PM

(NECN) - Broadside host Jim Braude discusses the year in politics with Bay Windows publisher Sue O’Connell, Alex Beam of the Boston Globe, and Suffolk County Sheriff Andrea Cabral. In this part, they grade Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick, discuss the Senate...

From: NECN on Mon, Dec 28 2009 9:27 PM

(NECN) - Broadside host Jim Braude discusses the year in politics with Bay Windows publisher Sue O’Connell, Alex Beam of the Boston Globe, and Suffolk County Sheriff Andrea Cabral. In this part, they give predictions for 2010.

From: NECN on Sun, Dec 27 2009 7:18 PM

(NECN) - Those still needing to register to vote in the Massachusetts Special Senate Election on January 19th only have a few days left to do so. Wednesday December 30th is the deadline. Town clerks offices typically stay open until eight at night,...

From: NECN on Sun, Dec 27 2009 1:17 PM

(NECN) - Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick found himself defending national healthcare reform on NBC’s Meet the Press. The governor was met with tough criticism from conservative commentator Newt Gyngrich and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. ...