BOSTON, Sept 28 (Reuters) – U.S. authorities on Wednesday
arrested and charged a Massachusetts man with plotting to
damage or destroy the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol by using
remote-controlled aircraft filled with plastic explosives.

Rezwan Ferdaus, 26, a U.S. citizen, was also charged with
attempting to provide support and resources to the al Qaeda
group in order to carry out attacks on U.S. soldiers stationed
overseas, U.S. attorney’s office in Boston said.

, Sept 27 (Reuters) – President Barack
Obama faces a “titanic” struggle to win re-election in 2012
given the persistently high U.S. unemployment and bitter
partisan battles in Washington, his senior campaign advisor
said on Tuesday.

Strategist David Axelrod also warned of a new “Gilded Age”
in the United States in which special interests can use massive
campaign donations to “buy” politicians.

BOSTON (Reuters) – Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts opens a large new contemporary art wing this weekend in what curators say reflects a more forward-looking tilt to the city’s arts scene.

Anchoring the launch is the temporary exhibit, “Ellsworth Kelly: Wood Sculpture,” surveying four decades of works by the famous American minimalist painter and sculptor.

, Sept 14 (Reuters) – Consumer advocate
Elizabeth Warren took the message that made her unpopular with
Wall Street to Massachusetts voters on Wednesday as she began
her U.S. Senate campaign vowing to fight for the middle class.

“Washington gives some of the biggest corporations in the
world special loopholes and tax breaks, while middle-class
families and small businesses struggle,” Warren said.

BOSTON (Reuters) – Consumer advocate Elizabeth Warren hit the campaign trail on Wednesday after officially launching her bid for the U.S. Senate in Massachusetts with a vow to fight for the middle class.

“Washington gives some of the biggest corporations in the world special loopholes and tax breaks, while middle-class families and small businesses struggle. This is wrong,” Warren said in an e-mailed statement.

BOSTON (Reuters) – Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry said on Tuesday Washington lawmakers need the equivalent of a 12-step addiction-fighting program to break their overspending habit.

“Admit you are powerless over your spending addiction and that your budget has become unmanageable. Just admit it,” Perry said in a speech to a conservative public policy group in Boston.

BOSTON (Reuters) – Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry said on Tuesday Washington lawmakers need the equivalent of a 12-step addiction-fighting program to break their overspending habit.

“Admit you are powerless over your spending addiction and that your budget has become unmanageable. Just admit it,” Perry said in a speech to a conservative public policy group in Boston.

BOSTON (Reuters) – Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry said on Tuesday Washington lawmakers need the equivalent of a 12-step addiction-fighting program to break their overspending habit.

“Admit you are powerless over your spending addiction and that your budget has become unmanageable. Just admit it,” Perry said in a speech to a conservative public policy group in Boston.

BOSTON (Reuters) – Elizabeth Warren, a prominent consumer advocate and former official in President Barack Obama’s administration, will announce a run for the Senate in Massachusetts on Wednesday, a campaign official confirmed.

“The pressures on middle-class families are worse than ever, but it is the big corporations that get their way in Washington,” Warren said in a statement. “I want to change that. I will work my heart out to earn the trust of the people of Massachusetts.”

BOSTON (Reuters) – Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney is running a disciplined campaign focused on slamming President Barack Obama and promoting his own skills, but pressure could mount for a more aggressive approach as his poll numbers worsen.

This week a trio of opinion surveys showed Romney trailing Texas Governor Rick Perry, who jumped into the 2012 race less than two weeks ago and generated a blaze of mostly favorable publicity.