Boston Comedy Festival Preliminary Rounds --Monday, October 8, Comedy Connection, Faneuil Hall, 7:00 and 9:00 pm --Tuesday, October 9, Comedy Connection, Faneuil Hall, 7:00 and 9:00 pm --Wednesday, October 10, Comedy Connection, Faneuil Hall, 7:00 and 9:00 pm All tickets for the preliminaries are $15 The comics rush up onstage and change right before your eyes. One moment, they gaze into the camera and at the audience like classic deer before headlines. Then, an internal......

The Chief Medical Examiner whose South End morgue was an absolute nightmare of health hazards was finally suspended from office yesterday. Mark Flomenbaum and his office pushed the Patrick administration over the edge by losing a body. Patrick said, "There is some explaining that is owed us and owed the family." That's an understatement (of which Deval is a master!). A source told the Globe that the body belongs to Thomas E. Brissette, who was......