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Tadtad 2010: A Tattoo Showcase

Tattoos have varied purposes. One, is its decorative and spiritual use. They were symbols of status, religious and spiritual devotion, pledges of love (like writing your lover’s name on your skin), and more.

Signed 'amp; Sealed

Madison has been blessed with an iconic skyline that gives it a strong visual identity. But its true self-portrait can be found in the way its movers and shakers project themselves graphically to the public. From international brands to the rock band downstairs, every local player (including the city itself) needs a good logo -- a symbol that will stick.

Hundreds gather at funeral service for Newton's Adam London

Hundreds of people gathered to pay their respects to Adam London at the Levine Chapel in Brookline on Friday.

Salinas-area landlords get gang crash course

MARINA---Salinas-area landlords who want to keep their properties safe from criminal activity got help Thursday identifying the signs that a potential tenant may be a gang member. Some of those signs? A strawberry or artichoke tattoo behind an ear, knuckles inked with four dots, Cincinnati Reds and Boston Red Sox baseball caps.

Law enforcement takes hold of suspects' tattoos

The two photos of John Allen Ditullio are a sharp contrast: There's the man donning red jail scrubs with a large swastika on his neck, barbed wire inked down his face, and a long, scraggly goatee.