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Curt Schilling’s 38 Studios lays off all staff

The former Red Sox pitcher‘s video game company, which had close to 400 employees, made the layoffs in the wake of financial difficulties, a company insider said.

Fire forces evacuation of federal courthouse

Boston firefighters are on the scene of a smoky, two-alarm transformer fire in the basement of the Moakley Courthouse on the waterfront.

Hospital to pay $750,000 over data breach

The settlement by South Shore Hospital is related to a 2010 breach that compromised the personal information on over 800,000 people.

State Senate votes to close Melanie’s Law loophole

The amendment was in response to a recent court ruling that prevented tougher sanctions on some who admitted to drunken driving.

From left: Arnaud Henriet, Jeremie Elkaim, Naidra Ayadi, Nicolas Duvauchelle, and Joeystarr in a scene from “Polisse.’’

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‘Polisse’ a cop thriller with a special electricity

Director and co-writer Maïwenn makes child protection the focus of her riveting drama.

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‘Mighty Fine’ heads in too many directions

The movie, starring Chazz Palminteri and Andie MacDowell as a Jewish couple, is part period piece, culture clash, generational clash, coming-of-age story, and character study.

33,000 flags on Boston Common honor war dead

About 200 volunteers planted the flags Wednesday with each flag representing a Massachusetts servicemember killed in action since the Civil War.

To Grammar’s House

Confine this phrase to the trash heap

Prisoners are confined to their cells. Animals in zoos are confined to their cages. But people who use wheelchairs do not consider themselves “confined.”

Yankees say rumors of sale are ‘pure fiction’

Owner Hal Steinbrenner refuted a report that the team would be sold. “I expect that the Yankees will be in my family for many years to come,” he said.

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July 2, 1942: “Drop your personal calling card on the Axis” was the pitch in a war bond drive. Jays, on Temple Place, opened the “Retailers for Victory” campaign with the sale of a $1,000 war bond and the first autograph made on the shell of a 100-pound bomb, which Navy Secretary Frank Knox had delivered there that morning. President Arthur P. Schier bought a $1,000 war bond to be first to autograph the bomb. From left, Mrs. Marion Meyer, vice president of Jays; Mrs. Jeremiah Hurley, of Brookline, second signer on the bomb; Ruth E. Broome, of Cambridge; and Schier and Kay Zetruer of Boston all signed the bomb, to be dropped somewhere on an Axis target.

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WWII on the home front

College Golf Pass targets low-priced rounds

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A conversation with Ben Mezrich

New era of better-fitting men’s clothes in Boston

Aiden Lynch, 8, of Arlington, got set for his test run in Stoneham last weekend.

Excitement building in soap box racers’ world

Harvard Business School alumna Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, spoke at the school’s Class Day.

Facebook exec talks to Harvard Business School grads

Author Dan Zevin provides insights into his career as a stay-at-home dad.

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‘Dan Gets A Minivan’ by Dan Zevin

Louis DiBiccari to host event pairing chefs and artists

Mass. will open 40 miles of MWRA trails to public

Mimi Leveque, Peabody Essex Museum conservator; Becca Melius curator at Boston’s Museum of Science; and Rebecca Barber, an intern, examined a mummy.

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Unearthing history

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The fallout of US extremism

At Herb Chambers Ford, salesman Mustafa Salman (left) showed Ken Monahan a Ford Fusion. Dealers are trying different tactics to get customers to trade in their cars.

Dealers hurt as consumers keep used cars longer

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Tom Brady and the Patriots conducted an offseason workout Thursday in Foxborough.

Patriots getting back into groove at workouts

With old friends such as Jabar Gaffney and Donte’ Stallworth practicing, Thursday’s session had a “getting the band back together” look for Tom Brady.