Partners in talks to acquire South Shore Hospital

Partners HealthCare System’s move to acquire South Shore Hospital in Weymouth would reshape the competitive landscape in the region’s health care market.

Sybrina Fulton, mother of Trayvon Martin, spoke as Martin's father Traci Martin listened after the announcement that George Zimmerman had been charged in Martin’s death.

Zimmerman faces murder charge in Martin slaying

George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder.

Mass. House budget scales back Patrick proposals

House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo’s plan rejects several of Governor Patrick’s signature policy proposals and is based on a number of optimistic assumptions.

Family members of Boston College student Franco Garcia consoled each other at the Garcia family's Newton home after divers recovered a body believed to be his from the Chestnut Hill Reservoir.

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Family of missing BC student mourns after body is found

The parents of Franco Garcia were overwhelmed by grief after officials said a body had been found this morning in the Chestnut Hill Reservoir.

Rob Van Sickle and Deb Gregg started making treats for their dog Pearl, who they nicknamed “Polka Dog.”

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Polka Dog Bakery is in the spotlight

Inspired by a dog they adopted, a Boston couple opened a bakery for dogs, and for six weeks starting in May, all Target stores nationwide will carry their treats.

Brandon Bass went up for a dunk in the first half against Atlanta Wednesday night at TD Garden.

Boston 88, Atlanta 86 | OT

Rondo lifts Celtics past Hawks

Rajon Rondo had a triple-double and Paul Pierce scored on a key jumper in overtime as the surging Celtics rallied to defeat the Hawks.

Nerlens Noel, who is from Everett but played this year at Tilton School in N.H., will play college basketball at powerhouse Kentucky.

Everett’s Noel commits to Kentucky

Nerlens Noel, who is from Everett and is the top high school basketball player in the country, said he would play at the University of Kentucky, which just won the NCAA championship.

The Blue Jays’ Rajai Davis slid safely into third for a triple against the Red Sox.

Blue Jays 3, Red Sox 1

Red Sox lose again

The now 1-5 Red Sox wasted a strong effort by Jon Lester, as Toronto starter Ricky Romero stifled the offense.

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Faces have changed, but the philosophy is the same: All four lines must be rolling and in synch if the Bruins are to defend the Stanley Cup.

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Mitt Romney spoke Wednesday night in Warwick, R.I. That state’s GOP primary is April 24.

Romney makes a pitch for women voters in R.I.
Will Heward pulled up oysters after a demonstration of low-impact dredging.

Photos

Restaurant workers get a lesson in oysters
Liberty Mutual, a mutual insurer, is owned by policyholders, not shareholders. But their influence over policy is limited.

Liberty Mutual’s $50m CEO pay stands out
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum gave no specific reason for dropping out of the race on Tuesday.

Santorum suspends bid, clears path for Romney

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Dreama Walker (left), Krysten Ritter, and James Van Der Beek star in “Don’t Trust the B---- in Apartment 23.’’

Tv review

ABC’s ‘Don’t Trust the B---- in Apartment 23’ a home for laughs
Holliston-bred Kevin Systrom, cofounder and chief executive of Instagram, was drawn to photography and computers early.

Instagram cofounder’s success story has Holliston roots
Crescent Dragonwagon in her Putney, Vt., kitchen preparing, among other things, snap pea salad.

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Crescent Dragonwagon sounds funny but she’s one serious cook

MUSIC REVIEW

British duo Ting Tings in gear at the Paradise

Album Review

High praise for Kat Edmonson’s ‘Way Down Low’

Frame by frame

The MFA’s telling portrait of Christ
His 6-foot-10-inch frame, high top fade, and pink sneakers make Nerlens Noel a standout - as do his basketball skills.

Top recruit Nerlens Noel facing dizzying choices

Metro

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Judge skeptical about motive for trial leak

The defense attorney for a defendant in the Mattapan murder trial asked that the DA’s office prove it did not give information to a Globe columnist.

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An e-book reader app is shown on the Apple iPad.

US sues Apple, major publishers over e-book pricing

The price-fixing lawsuit alleges collusion between Apple and some publishers on the prices for digital books.

Columnists

Jeff Jacoby

Augusta’s business

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Court women voters with facts, policy

Dan Shaughnessy

Terry Francona wants no part of Fenway’s celebration

Brian McGrory

Red Sox tickets anyone?

opinion | Joanna Weiss

‘Texts from Hillary’ meme shows Clinton in charge

BOSTON CAPITAL

Profit growth expected to take breather
Josh Beckett may have been smiling on Thursday, but he wasn’t when his first start on Saturday resulted in a 10-0 loss.

Tony Massarotti

Who is to blame for the Red Sox’ many failures?

INNOVATION ECONOMY

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The Red Sox wasted 12 runs and 18 hits. They wasted four spectacular innings of relief by Vicente Padilla. They wasted the emotional rescue of Bobby V’s counterculture lineup.

Dan Shaughnessy

Smackdowns getting worse for Red Sox

Adrian Walker

Judging the judge

Bob Ryan

Celtics made right steps to beat Sixers

Juliette Kayyem

The self-destruction of Arizona

Nation & World

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International envoy Kofi Annan, left, met with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Iran Wednesday. Annan has appealed to Iran to support his plan to end the violence in Syria.

Syria says it will stop fighting by UN deadline

Syria promised to comply with a UN-brokered cease-fire beginning Thursday but said the regime has a right to defend itself in the country’s year-old uprising.

Politics

Political Notebook

John Edwards readies for his criminal trial

The former senator is hoping a jury will clear him of alleged campaign finance violations and keep him from being sent to prison.

Sports

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Daniel Bard talked with catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia in the third inning.

Daniel Bard still hasn’t provided answers

Despite a decent first start, nobody really knows whether Bard will make 30 starts or if he’ll soon head back to the bullpen.

Food & dining

The Volantes — (from left) ­Dave, his parents, Al and Melodie, his siblings, Steve and Teri — are all involved with the 95-year-old farm.

In Needham, an old farm sprouts new premises

Neighbors have been watching as a new 9,000-square-foot farm stand emerged on the corner of Forest Street and busy Central Avenue.

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Detail of Liliana Porter’s “Situation With Levitating Rabbit II’’ at Barbara Krakow Gallery.

Boston art galleries: Works by Liliana Porter and more

Liliana Porter’s deceptively charming paintings unfailingly represent art and art theory, questions about surface, gesture, and object.

“I just feel like someone in the organization went out of their way to hurt me.”

 Terry Francona

Magazine

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Are fat baseball players a problem?
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45 best breakfast joints around Boston
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Snorkeling vacations you can’t miss
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Opinion

“American women today can succeed at virtually anything. Why would any serious person fret over what a golf club does?”

Jeff Jacoby 

Ideas

“Rami Genauer’s project is a kind of experiment — one that asks what happens when you set the powerful urge to watch lawless, explosive violence on a collision course with the blunt tyranny of math.”

Leon Neyfakh,  on bringing stats to ultimate fighting