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Few compounding pharmacies passed inspections

Surprise inspections revealed that only four of the 40 compounding pharmacies in the state were fully compliant with regulations, state officials said.

Six doctors willing to perform sex change surgery on inmate

The state expanded its search for a surgeon for Michelle Kosilek because there are no doctors in Massachusetts or New York who regularly perform the surgery.

Storm could bring a foot or more of snow Friday

A storm arriving in the Bay State on Friday has the potential to drop a foot or more of snow in some areas, but it’s too early to pin down the details, forecasters said.

Obama seeks short-term plan to avoid automatic cuts

President Obama is asking Congress for short-term spending cuts and tax revenue to avoid impending automatic reductions.

Wednesday Preview | Food and Dining

Greg Dickinson creates gumbo feasts for L’Espalier staff

With Mardi Gras coming, the Louisiana native and L’Espalier manager whipped up a pot of his family’s traditional gumbo for staff dinner.

ARAM BOGHOSIAN FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE

Louisiana native Greg Dickinson prepared a chicken and sausage gumbo to feed the staff of L'Espalier, where he is manager.

ARAM BOGHOSIAN FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE

Dickinson started by searing chicken dark meat.

ARAM BOGHOSIAN FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE

Next he added Italian pork sausage (Cajun andouille sausage is hard to find in New England).

ARAM BOGHOSIAN FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE

Removing the meat, he added flour and olive oil to the fat.

ARAM BOGHOSIAN FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE

While keeping an eye on the roux as it browned to the perfect color, he chopped celery (and onions and green bell peppers).

ARAM BOGHOSIAN FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE

He added the vegetables to the roux.

ARAM BOGHOSIAN FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE

Next he added spices, including bay leaf and dried thyme.

ARAM BOGHOSIAN FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE

Next he added spices, including bay leaf and dried thyme.

ARAM BOGHOSIAN FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE

Lastly, Dickinson added water before leaving the gumbo to cook for more than three hours.

ARAM BOGHOSIAN FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE

Gumbo connoisseur Dickinson at L’Espalier, where he served gumbo to fellow employees before the New Orleans-hosted Super Bowl.

Hailo is one of a growing number of companies using smartphones to dispatch taxis in Boston

Taxi app Hailo to expand service

Hailo, a smartphone taxi dispatch service, has received $30.6 million in funding to expand its service across the US and globally.

The BSA national council announced they were considering to leave the decision of inclusion of gays to the local unit level.

Opinion | The Podium

A failure of leadership at the Boy Scouts of America

The proposal by the BSA to alter its long-standing ban on gay Scouts is an unsustainable half-measure.

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Paul Pierce, left, Courtney Lee, and the Celtics have yet to lose since Rajon Rondo was ruled out for the season.

Are Celtics really better without Rondo?
Devin Mahoney and Jon Niedzwiecki star in the A&E television show “Southie Rules.”

How real is Southie’s new reality show?
Thomas Neel, owner of Candia Road Brewing Co., said demand for his craft product has been unexpectedly high.

N.H. law gives nanobreweries a larger standing
Three moose, spotted from a helicopter, are among the 76,000 counted thus far in Maine’s first aerial census.

From on high, an eye on moose
Student Lucy Zhao studied table settings at an MIT miniclass on enhancing social skills.

Engineering etiquette at MIT’s charm school
Cowbells once hung from the back of a warning sign at an entrance to Memorial Drive from the Longfellow Bridge.

Bridge lacked height warning
Brenda Wernikoff was arrested for refusing to leave a woman’s bathroom at a homeless shelter in Boston.

Boston, transgender woman settle lawsuit
Nur Kilic at Serenade Chocolatier with a box of Viennese truffles, a candy she was having trouble making when she appealed to retired candymaker William Federer. He had been making candy then — and famously, truffles — for decades. Federer died in 2006 at 91.

G Cover

A labor, and legacy, of love

US Representative Stephen F. Lynch, vying for a Senate nomination, said he believes abortion should be legal but rare.

Lynch changes tone on abortion rights
People of Bouyada village in Syria attend the funeral of four young men.

Photography REVIEW

Remembering photographer Rémi Ochlik
Jimmy Kimmel has made a smooth transition to his 11:35 p.m. slot, with the possible exception of the night Matt Damon (behind desk. with Nicole Kidman, Gary Oldman, Amy Adams, and Kimmel tied up in the back) hijacked the show.

Kimmel takes earlier time slot in stride
From left: Gregg Hammer, Janice Landry, Jon Dykstra, Meredith Beck, Andrew Crowe, and Irene Molloy in the Frank McCourt musical revue.

Stage Review

Frank McCourt’s ‘The Irish’ is a celebration

Sports

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Workers loaded the truck outside Fenway Park on Tuesday morning.

Truck Day arrives for Red Sox

An unofficial start to spring training arrived on Tuesday as the Red Sox and fans sent off the equipment truck to Fort Myers.

Metro

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Erasmo Gomez said he ran from his apartment when the fire began and alerted a firehouse.

Five-alarm blaze displaces 21 in East Boston

Boston fire investigators are searching for the cause of the fire that damaged two buildings late Monday night.

Columnists

Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco celebrated as his team won the Super Bowl.

joanna weiss

Partnering up to battle TV violence
A home in San Antonio in 2009.

Opinion | FARAH STOCKMAN

The hazards of optimism

Kevin Cullen

Real-deal candidates

JULIETTE KAYYEM

Hillary, Tina, and girls like them

Adrian Walker

Seat may slip from Southie
Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco won his first Super Bowl on Sunday against the 49ers.

Dan Shaughnessy

Super Bowl was one of the greatest

Yvonne Abraham

Small ending, big results?

JOAN VENNOCHI

How Patrick is shaping the face of Mass.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived at the State Department in Washington on Sept. 12 to speak about the deaths of Americans in Libya.

Opinion | JEFF JACOBY

One of the greatest secretaries of state? Not Hillary Clinton
After reading to a kindergarten class at Linden School in Malden last February, Governor Deval Patrick sat in on a music lesson for a P.A.C.E. class (Practical Academic Community Education).

Opinion | JOANNA WEISS

Deval Patrick’s public school legacy
49ers coach Jim Harbaugh and Ravens coach John Harbaugh.

Dan Shaughnessy | Super Bowl XLVII Ravens vs. 49ers, 6:30 p.m.

Harbaughs make family history
Erika Murphy works at Enservio, a Needham company that creates software for the insurance industry.

Innovation Economy

Investment in enterprise firms is picking up

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Malala Yousufzai appeared with Dr. Mav Manji in a video Monday in England. She has been accused by the Taliban of promoting “Western thinking.”

Pakistani girl shot by Taliban won’t back down

In her first video statement since she was nearly killed, a schoolgirl shot by the Taliban remained defiant in arguing for the education of girls.

Politics

State Rep. Dan Winslow.

State Rep. Dan Winslow exploring US Senate run

State Representative Daniel B. Winslow said he is “99 percent” sure he is running in the special election to replace John Kerry.

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Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley.

Coakley says she is also investigating S&P agency

Following a federal lawsuit, Attorney General Martha Coakley said her office is also looking into whether the rating agency helped fuel the mortgage crisis.

Arts

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Album review | INDIE ROCK

The cover of My Bloody Valentine’s “mbv”.

My Bloody Valentine, ‘mbv’

While the sound of “mbv” is reassuringly familiar, its newness is remarkable.

Lifestyle

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Daily Dose

Scant evidence deer antler spray boosts muscles

Deer antler spray is legal for men to purchase, but is it effective and safe?

Magazine

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Back Bay renovation
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Cambodian-Americans confronting deportation
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My friend Tito
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Alfresco fabulous

Opinion

“With its ability to make headlines and marshal a grass-roots base, the [Parents Television Council] might well be the public’s best hope for curbing violence on TV.

Joanna Weiss 

Ideas

“To rein prosecutors back in, these scholars argue, America should reinstate ordinary citizens to their rightful place in the process, and with them a common-sense vision of fairness.”

Leon Neyfakh on how to solve prosecutorial overreach 

“I am feeling better than four days ago. I think we are in better shape than people realize because we may well have two very solid candidates.”

Todd ­Domke,  a GOP political consultant, on the Mass. Senate race