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For every presidential candidate, there's now at least one $1 million donor. Millionaire and billionaire executives have unlocked their personal bank vaults to write seven-figure checks to support the campaigns of President Barack Obama and Republicans Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul.

A new survey shows that a surging Rick Santorum is running even with Mitt Romney atop the Republican presidential field, but neither candidate is faring well against President Barack Obama eight months before Americans vote.

A former Boston-area woman's parents testified in a closed inquest two years ago that she accidentally shot her brother to death in their home in 1986, court records show.

A new program hosted by the Culinary Institute of America is teaching wounded veterans who served during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars to cook healthy meals.

The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the "Mega Millions" game were: 09-30-39-42-47, Mega Ball: 37

Two former senior executives at Quincy Medical Center who were fired after a for-profit company took over the hospital are asking a judge to order the company to pay them $600,000 in severance pay.

A man who was shot to death Sunday night in the South End has been identified as Mohamed Hassan, 21, of Boston, the Police Department said.

Residents and businesses affected by a four-alarm fire Jan. 16 in Brookline can now apply for low-interest disaster loans, the US Small Business Administration said yesterday.

Two girls from Lynn English High School who were involved in a fight that was recorded and uploaded to YouTube have been summoned to court, Carrie Kimball-Monahan, spokeswoman for the Essex district attorney’s office said in an e-mail.

A female was shot last night in or near a home on Blue Hill Avenue, police said.

A man involved in a fiery crash on the Braga Bridge over the weekend said he crashed after someone fired a gun at him.

A Worcester Polytechnic Institute student accused of raping another student over the weekend, despite the woman’s alleged pleas for him to stop, was ordered in Central District Court yesterday to stay away from all college property. Gregory R. Gardner Jr., 22, of 7 Dean St., Apt. 1, was arraigned on two counts of rape and one count each of kidnapping and indecent assault and battery on a person over 14. The charges stem from an alleged rape that occurred Saturday night or Sunday morning in the parking lot of Bancroft Tower.

A standout Boston University hockey player was released on $10,000 cash bail this afternoon, several hours after pleading not-guilty to two counts of rape.

Gov. Deval Patrick has been picked to serve as a co-chairman of President Barack Obama's re-election campaign.

Vermont State Police cited 30 people traveling with the Boston University Ski and Board Club with possession of alcohol or drugs at a Canadian border crossing Monday. Customs officers found several passengers were under 21 years old and had alcohol with them, police said in a statement. State Police issued 26 citations for minors in possession of alcohol. Additionally, they cited four passengers to appear in court to face drug possession charges.

A Boston Housing Court judge ordered the owners of a Chinatown apartment building that was evacuated because of safety concerns earlier this month to hire engineers by Monday or face fines, according to court documents. The city’s Inspectional Services Department and Fire Department wrote a complaint against Alexander and Julie Szeto of Southborough last Wednesday, calling for immediate correction of code violations in the five-story building at 19-25 Harrison Ave. and monetary assistance for displaced residents.

Emerald Bresnahan, a 17-year-old from Plainville, was one of 2,000 students globally who designed experiments and submitted them online for a chance to have their theories tested at the international space station. Bresnahan’s experiment is designed to test her thesis that by studying the formation of a snowflake, much can be learned about the birth of a galaxy. Yesterday, YouTube and Google announced Bresnahan is one of nine finalists in the YouTube Space Lab competition.

The student, an editor at the campus newspaper at Bridgewater State, was assaulted after she wrote a column in support of same-sex marriage.

Police made an arrest today in the brutal attack, which occurred with a young child in the home.