Mattapan witness says he survived by playing dead

Marcus Hurd testified Wednesday in Suffolk Superior Court, corroborating much of the testimony from the murder trial’s key prosecution witness.

AeroShot maker says it will resolve FDA concerns

The Cambridge maker of an inhalable caffeine product responded to an FDA warning letter admonishing the company that its product was being marketed inappropriately.

Obama stumps for his ‘use less oil’ energy policy

President Obama on Wednesday made his most urgent appeal yet for the nation to wean itself from oil, calling it a “fuel of the past.”

Political notebook

Pingree declines to seek Snowe’s seat

US Representative Chellie Pingree, Democrat of Maine, said Wednesday that she will not run for the US Senate seat being vacated by Republican Olympia Snowe.

76ers 103, Celtics 71

Celtics humiliated by 76ers

Coming off two overtime games in three days, the Celtics were asking a lot of themselves to keep pace with the athletic 76ers.

Emily Muller to show line at Fashionably Late

Boston designer Emily Muller thought she’d be an architect, but then life intervened.

STAGE REVIEW

‘Reflections of a Rock Lobster’ retells a teen’s gay-rights fight

This is a lively and incisive adaptation of Aaron Fricke’s memoir about his 1980 battle for the right to bring a male date to his Rhode Island high school’s prom.