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Uncovering a hidden America

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People in this country want everything at the flip of a switch, with rarely a thought about those who do vital but often invisible labor, writes Carlo Rotella.

friday preview | theater

Class divides

Clashes over money and mores take center stage in two Boston-based plays: “Good People” at the Huntington, and “No Room for Wishing” at three local theaters.

Fed launches plan to stimulate economy

The Fed says it will spend $40 billion a month to buy bonds until the job market significantly improves, and extended a plan to keep interest rates low through 2015.

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Red Sox drop series closer

The Red Sox lost to the New York Yankees Thursday night, 2-0, in the rubber match of their midweek series at Fenway Park.

Shakeup at state drug lab in wake of scandal

State officials said one lab official was fired, one resigned, and a third is facing disciplinary hearings in the controversy over mishandling of drug evidence.

Boston Children’s doctor faces child porn charges

Dr. Richard Keller, a Boston Children’s Hospital endocrinologist and former medical director of Phillips Academy Andover, has been charged with receiving child pornography.

Kate Quigley, left, sister of Glen Doherty, spoke to the press outside her mother’s home in Woburn with her husband Mark.

Winchester native among victims of Libya attack

Glen Doherty, 42, a former Navy SEAL, was working for a private security company when he was killed in the attack on the US consulate in Benghazi.

US braces for potential of more violence

The Obama administration is bracing for another potential eruption of violent demonstrations, after protests over an anti-Islam video in Egypt and Yemen.

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Boston Light

America’s first lighthouse guided vessels entering Boston Harbor from Sept. 14, 1716, and the lighthouse on Little Brewster Island was the last to be automated, in 1998.

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‘Vagina’ by Naomi Wolf

Thomas P. Glynn is choice to lead Massport

Yvonne Abraham

BU hockey team report details retrograde mentality

The hero a night earlier, Jacoby Ellsbury (1 for 5) grounded to the pitcher with the tying run on first base to end the game.

Dan Shaughnessy

Red Sox were spoiled long before this

Jasmany Fuentes said the person who shot his brother Jorge on Monday night “didn’t have a reason.”

Dorchester family searches for answers after fatal shooting

Boston, teachers agree on contract

STRIPES (left to right): Marc by Marc Jacobs, Alexander Wang, and Yohji Yamamoto.

10 spring trends at New York Fashion Week

Katy Hayes discussed her case with Brigham and Women’s doctors Bohdan Pomahac (left) and Simon G. Talbot.

Boston surgeons plan double arm transplant

Farah Stockman

How could Chris Stevens die because of a YouTube clip?

Jim Reid leads the Jesus and Mary Chain at the Paradise Tuesday, the first of a two-night stand.

Music Review

Jesus and Mary Chain a blast from the past

G Force

Positive thinking, raw food, veganism, and sexual vitality

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NHL commissioner Gary Bettman addressed media in New York on Thursday.

NHL commissioner says lockout looms

Gary Bettman said Thursday the league will lock out players Sunday if a new labor deal isn’t reached, setting off the NHL’s fourth work stoppage since 1992.

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Suit against FBI in Bulger case can continue, judge says

A federal judge said Thursday that a lawsuit against the agents who monitored James “Whitey” Bulger can continue in spite of an appeals court ruling last year.