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Tooth Fairy economics

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How much is a tooth worth these days? Some parents feel pressure to give an amount equal to their child’s peers. It’s keeping up with the Fairy Joneses.

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The military’s persistent gender divide

Women are underrepresented not because of pervasive sexual assault, but because they are still formally excluded from the most coveted role of them all, the combat soldier.

Technology

At Sloan School, the PC may be a vanishing breed

There’s an effort afoot at MIT to move faculty and staff away from full-fledged desktop PCs and onto less powerful network-based devices known as “thin clients.’’

Opinion | John E. Sununu

Wild West for digital content: Enjoy it while you can

Moments of genuine uncertainty are worth watching, because they are both revealing and entertaining. Nothing fits that description better than the world of digital content distribution.

Microsoft sells patents to Facebook for $550m

Facebook is buying about 650 of the 925 patents and patent applications that Microsoft recently purchased from AOL.

Mass. sales tax cut nixed as budget debate begins

The Massachusetts House of Representatives killed a Republican measure to lower the state sales tax to 5 percent early this afternoon.

Outlook for Social Security’s finances worsens

The program will run out of money in 2033, three years sooner than previously expected, because of high energy prices and the tepid economy.

Pat Greenhouse / Globe Staff

DA: Robbery was motive in murder of S. Boston woman

At the arraignment today of 26-year-old Timothy Kostka, authorities said that he was intent on robbing valuable fishing gear from 67-year-old Barbara Coyne before she was killed.

Three Mass. ERs cited for denial of care

Health officials cited three hospitals in the past six months for wrongly sending away patients from their emergency rooms, in one case resulting in the death of a patient.

On baseball

Red Sox players should get the most blame

There are a lot of people to blame for the bad start, but those getting off the easiest deserve the most scorn -- the players.

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Boston’s 10 largest hedge fund managers

The Lanzettas with the family’s newest member, Irene, last September at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, where Irene’s siblings witnessed her birth.

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Bring the kids into the delivery room?

Magazine

Return of the Alpha Omega family

The latest example of the seek-and-destroy culture in the NHL was the repulsive, crushing blow repeat offender Raffi Torres dealt to Marian Hossa’s head Tuesday night.

Sunday Hockey notes

NHL being ruined by violence and silence

“My intent is making sure the students who are identified are truly disabled,” said Mitchell Chester, the state’s commissioner of elementary and secondary education.

Special education policies in Mass. reviewed

“Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” was made famous by the 1964 film “Mary Poppins.”

Ideas | The Word

America’s longest word is a contentious subject

Harvard Yard transformed by colorful chairs

Bicycle deliveries are on the rise in Boston

Brain surgery, no knife required

Berklee College of Music becomes a YouTube star

Ben Gibbard and Death Cab for Cutie played with Magik*Magik Orchestra Saturday night.

Music Review

Death Cab plus Magik* a questionable sum

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Casino czar Steve Crosby’s impossible mission

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Harvard Yard transformed by colorful chairs

What was once a place people simply passed through has become a gathering spot for both students and the community, thanks to a collection of lollipop-colored chairs.