BOSTON (Reuters) – He has been on the run since 1994 and is one of America’s most wanted criminals. Now, the FBI is launching a new publicity campaign to find 81-year-old James “Whitey” Bulger, the mobster indicted for 19 murders in the 1970s and 1980s.

Authorities are focused on finding Bulger’s long-time girlfriend, Catherine Elizabeth Greig, in the hopes she will lead them to the former Boston crime boss.

BOSTON (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of jubilant hockey fans are expected to pack downtown Boston on Saturday for a parade in honor of the new NHL Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins.

The Bruins brought hockey’s prized trophy back to Boston for the first time since 1972 with their 4-0 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday in the series-deciding seventh game.

BOSTON (Reuters) – Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney solidified his standing as the early front-runner in the race for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination after Monday’s seven-candidate debate, polls released on Thursday showed.

A survey by Public Policy Polling showed Romney with 22 percent support among Republicans. Representative Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, new to the field and seen as a strong performer in Monday’s debate, had 19 percent.

BOSTON (Reuters) – The triumphant Boston Bruins returned home on Thursday to cheers from jubilant fans after winning their first Stanley Cup in 39 years by beating the Vancouver Canucks in the decisive game of the NHL final.

The city will hold a Bruins victory parade on Saturday to celebrate a championship season that was capped by Wednesday’s 4-0 Game Seven victory in Vancouver.

BOSTON (Reuters) – Communities that now rely almost solely on automobiles will face problems as today’s baby boomers turn into tomorrow’s seniors and have limited public transit options.

A new study says more than 15.5 million seniors, aged 65 to 79, will have poor or nonexistent access to public transportation by 2015.

BOSTON (Reuters) – The Boston Bruins, fresh off a dominating 5-2 win to tie their NHL playoff series against the Vancouver Canucks, now face one of the toughest tasks in hockey — to close out the series on the road.

Game Seven in Vancouver on Wednesday will be the 16th time a Stanley Cup final series has gone to a deciding seventh game. In the 15 earlier series, the home team has won 12 times.

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (Reuters) – Former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, on a third trip to New Hampshire in a month, on Saturday said he would announce a decision on running for president soon, after one last discussion with his family.

All the major elements of a campaign — fund-raising, organization, and boots on the ground — are in place for a final decision, Huntsman said during a stop at the Manchester, New Hampshire Harley-Davidson dealership.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – It is unlikely the Federal Reserve will need to craft another round of extraordinary support for the U.S. economy despite a string of recent weak data, participants at the Reuters 2011 Investment Summit said this week.

Ten of 13 summit guests said the possibility of a so-called QE3 program is extremely unlikely. They also see 10-year U.S. Treasury bond yields set to climb higher in the coming six months, coming off current historic lows.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – It is unlikely the Federal Reserve will need to craft another round of extraordinary support for the U.S. economy despite a string of recent weak data, participants at the Reuters 2011 Investment Summit said this week.

Ten of 13 summit guests said the possibility of a so-called QE3 program is extremely unlikely. They also see 10-year U.S. Treasury bond yields set to climb higher in the coming six months, coming off current historic lows.

BOSTON (Reuters) – Republican Mitt Romney has remade himself in a second run for president, with a leaner campaign apparatus and a message focused with laser-like precision on the nation’s economic problems.

But the “Mormon question” still remains for the former Massachusetts governor: are Americans ready to put a Mormon in the White House?