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Specialty drug labs fail safety inspections

Officials ordered 11 of 40 compounding pharmacies statewide to shut down all or part of their operations and cited another 21 after surprise inspections.

British officials have high hopes for the Silicon Roundabout and the nearby former Olympic Park as a home to a new technology center.

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London’s tech hub looks to capture ‘MIT magic’

British officials are studying the success of Kendall Square and the influence of MIT as they try to turn London into a global technology center.

Twitter buys Cambridge-based Bluefin Labs

Twitter’s purchase of Bluefin, a social television analytics company, is its second large Cambridge acquisition in just over a week.

Simen Johan’s “Untitled #133,” part of his “Until the Kingdom Comes” exhibit at Brown University’s David Winton Bell Gallery.

Simen Johan, Courtesy Yossi Milo Gallery, New York

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What’s up at Boston-area art galleries

In Simen Johan’s series “Until the Kingdom Comes” at Brown University’s David Winton Bell Gallery, his uncanny photographs of animals are not tame.

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An evolution in Chinese food in eastern Mass.

As Chinese New Year approaches — the Year of the Snake begins on Feb. 10 — it’s a good time to look at how Chinese food has changed in the Boston area.

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At DooWee, Vietnamese fare far from traditional

Spicy, crispy, savory, garlicky, and addictive seem applicable descriptions for most of what’s coming out of the tiny kitchen in Somerville.

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Life with a killer cat

A recent study suggests that cats are remorseless and relentless killers, dispatching billions of birds and mammals each year. Rusty, the 7-year-old orange prowler, is adding to those numbers.

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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

Devin Mahoney and Jon Niedzwiecki star in the A&E television show “Southie Rules.”

How real is Southie’s new reality show?

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?

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

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

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.

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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.

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Remembering photographer Rémi Ochlik

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

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Frank McCourt’s ‘The Irish’ is a celebration

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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.

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Lantigua points to improvements in Lawrence

Embattled Mayor William Lantigua said Tuesday during his State of the City address that his community has seen a marked improvement during his tenure.