Patrick rips rival transit package

Governor Deval Patrick said the Legislature’s $500 million bill would lead to higher fares and decaying roads.

Little diversity yet in Boston’s mayoral field

Tito Jackson’s decision not to run leaves the declared field thus far without a major candidate of color.

Gray seals carpeted a beach Thursday at Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge.

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Gray seals carpeted a beach Thursday at Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge.

Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge has become the most popular area in the region for the mammals to haul themselves out of the ocean and take the sun.

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Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge has become the most popular area in the region for the mammals to haul themselves out of the ocean and take the sun.

The most recent count showed more than 15,000 of the seals off New England.

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The most recent count showed more than 15,000 of the seals off New England.

Seals on the Monomoy Island beach enjoyed a day in the sun.

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Seals on the Monomoy Island beach enjoyed a day in the sun.

These resilient Celtics could be dangerous in the playoffs if Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce are healthy. But not without them.

Christopher L. Gasper

For playoffs, Celtics look green

These resilient Celtics could be dangerous in the playoffs if Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce are healthy. But not without them.

Danielle Miller Mooney is pushing for equality for women in the Mormon Church.

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Mormon feminists speak out

A Dorchester woman is at the forefront of a movement using social media to press for changes for women in the church.

SCOT LEHIGH

Covert commitments

Democratic congressmen Steve Lynch and Ed Markey are busy offering pledges that neither they nor the relevant interest groups will make public.

Victoria Greaves, with her father, John Greaves, read a letter sent home by Coelho Middle School’s principal after she and two dozen other students were denied lunch on Tuesday.

Lunches denied for students who couldn’t pay

Attleboro parents were in an uproar after 25 middle school students were denied lunch because they could not pay cash.

Men still more likely to work full-time, study finds

The survey indicates that Harvard women are less likely to be full-time workers than men and more likely to be stay-at-home parents.

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Thomas James Guolee (left) and James Franklin Lohr are being sought for questioning.

Investigators search for links in three killings

Officials are trying to determine whether the deaths of the head of Colorado’s prison system and two Texas prosecutors were planned by a white supremacist gang.