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The Boston Common
April 29, 1910: The Boston Common is known for its gorgeous plantings and views of the stately buildings on Beacon Hill. Hyacinths, tulips, and other plants that were grown in the city’s greenhouses, then located on East Cottage St. in Dorchester, got their first showing for spring. The architecture and beautiful landscaping is much the same today.

Boston Globe Archive

“From the Archives” is a new series that highlights images from the Globe’s 140-year history. The Boston Common, in the heart of the city, is a good place to start.

Jon Lester is 0-2 vs. the Tigers in his career.

Opening Day | Red Sox at Tigers, 1:05 p.m.

Jon Lester happy to start with clean slate

Lester is putting the 2011 season in the rear view as he embarks on an Opening Day start against the Tigers.

Red Sox fans hope for a team they can love

After last season’s historic collapse, many Red Sox fans have tempered expectations for the new season, a big change from last year.

Dan Shaughnessy

Don’t expect a playoff run from 2012 Red Sox

No one is picking the Red Sox to win this year, and they have earned this disrespect with perhaps the worst offseason in MLB.

Big Dig needs $54m light fix

The state’s top highway official says that all 25,000 light fixtures in the Big Dig tunnels must be replaced because of a faulty design or manufacturing defect.

Rick Santorum taking break from campaign trail

After suffering three defeats this week, Santorum is taking an extended break before the critical Pennsylvania primary.

Obama, Romney energy views are similar

An examination of the two men’s records reveals that President Obama and Mitt Romney are hardly at opposite ends of the energy policy spectrum.

Boundless Learning offers texts for free and aims to make money by selling supplemental materials to students. But it’s accused of stealing copyrighted content from a variety of sources.

Three publishers sue free-textbook company

Boston start-up Boundless Learning Inc. is being accused of copyright infringement by three of the largest educational publishers in the world.

Dartmouth medical school gets a new doctor: Seuss

Dr. Seuss, a.k.a. Theodor Geisel, was rewarded Wednesday for his donations to Dartmouth College, which renamed its medical school after his family.

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Inside The Boston Globe

Co-workers AndrewRuddock (left) and Ruth Rivera (holding check) gathered with others from Belmont Medical Associates on Wednesday to celebrate the Mega Millions lottery haul.

Lottery winners share $250,000

App keeps whales, ships safely apart
Opponents of the proposed MBTA fare increases wore signs at a board meeting at the State Transportation Building.

MBTA board approves fare hikes, service cuts

Mass. OK’s merger of NStar and Northeast
Michelle Smith, a designer for Milly, and Craig Reingold, president of Sperry, at a party in February celebrating their collaboration.

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How Sperry got its groove back
Former state treasurer Timothy P. Cahill prepared to address the media following his arraignment at Suffolk Superior Court in Boston on Wednesday.

Cahill pleads not guilty to charges

Alfredo Aceves ‘really excited’ to be closer

Management shake-up at Upper Crust chain

Many common procedures unneeded

Kindergarten demand on rise
From left, Mary Brassard, 86, Dorrace Delaney, 74, and Roger Huff, 68, at work at Vita Needle Co. in Needham.

Needham firm finds success with older workers
Thai North chef-owner Mamatcha MacGillivray serves Thai specialties.

Cheap Eats

At Thai North, look for the hidden menu

Metro

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Mayor lauds hero in East Boston fire

A man who entered a blazing building to warn East Boston residents of a fire was recognized by the mayor of Boston Wednesday.

Business

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In ALS drug, Biogen Idec sees a game changer

The drug, which may slow the disease’s progression, is in the final stages of clinical trials.

Columnists

Yvonne Abraham

Correcting corrections
State Attorney General Martha Coakley announced the indictment against Timothy Cahill at a press conference Monday.

Joan Vennochi

The AG’s easy target

Dan Shaughnessy

Don’t expect a playoff run from 2012 Red Sox

Juliette Kayyem

Don’t let bin Laden family become martyrs

Brian McGrory

Tim Cahill’s done, overkill isn’t

Derrick Z. Jackson

Imprisoned by their fears

Bob Ryan

Kentucky: Thanks for one great year

Jeff Jacoby

An uncivil income tax system

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Coakley’s case puts focus on Cahill’s cynical practices

Opinion | Joanna Weiss

Marriage, managers, ‘mommy wars’

Bob Ryan

Ex-Celtic Don Nelson gets rightful place in Hall of Fame
Jacoby Ellsbury worked out during spring training last month.

Kevin Cullen

The pulse of Red Sox Nation

Nation & World

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Five former officers sentenced in Katrina killings

Five former New Orleans police officers were sentenced to prison in the deadly shootings of unarmed residents in the days after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Politics

“This is not the time for President Obama’s hide-and-seek campaign,” said Mitt Romney Wednesday in Broomall, Penn.

Romney accuses Obama of hiding his real agenda

Mitt Romney delivered a stinging rebuke of President Obama on Wednesday, saying he was deceiving the American public both on his ambitions and on Republican plans.

Sports

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Spurs 87, Celtics 86

Celtics lose to Spurs as late shot falters

Paul Pierce hit the rim on the last play of the game as the Celtics failed to come all the way back from a 17-point deficit.

Fenway 100

Special Section

Celebrate 100 years of the Red Sox’ home

The Boston Globe honors the venerable ballpark with a special section full of memories.

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Television Review

Kerry Washington (center, with Darby Stanchfield and Henry Ian Cusick) heads the cast of Shonda Rhimes’s new series.

At heart of ABC’s ‘Scandal,’ dirty deeds, fast talk

Maybe creator Shonda Rhimes is just trying to hustle past all the exposition necessary to introduce her latest ensemble of beautiful, smart, and twisty people.

Style

The key to designing a home office is to make it a place that you would want to spend a lot of time in.

How to create a cozy home office

As long there’s natural light, a comfy work space can be carved out almost anywhere.

“You don’t expect them to win all the time, or make the playoffs every year. But you do expect them to act like adults.”

Pixie Brudnick,  on the Red Sox

Magazine

The cover for the April 1 2012 issue

45 best breakfast joints around Boston
The cover for the March 25 2012 issue

Snorkeling vacations you can’t miss
The cover for the March 18 2012 issue

Grover Norquist: Emperor of no
The cover for the March 11 2012 issue

Stoughton’s Lori McKenna is writing her heart out

Opinion

“Since losing to Scott Brown, Coakley has been carving a path to public redemption through a series of high-profile lawsuits and settlements.”

Joan Vennochi 

Ideas

In the realm of politics, in fact, the demand for sincerity is relatively new, a legacy of Reformation-era religion that only in recent decades has come to seem as important, or even more important than, qualities like leadership, managerial skill, or knowledge.

R. Jay Magill Jr.