Dan Shaughnessy
No chance Jacoby Ellsbury is sticking with Red Sox
Ellsbury’s contract will be up at the end of the season and there is no indication that he plans to re-up for a hometown discount.
A steady flow of troubles for the long-foul Mystic
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The Mystic River serves as a stark symbol of the cleanup challenges remaining for waterways in cities nationwide.
Drug to target hardest-to-kill cancer cells
A Cambridge start-up is going to test a drug it hopes will target cancer cells that survive the first salvo of treatment.
At HIV refuge, new hope and old face
Longtime advocate Larry Kessler has stepped away from retirement to direct the Boston Living Center’s efforts to assist those living with HIV and AIDS.
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Fracking helps revive East Coast refineries
The controversial drilling process has helped keep gas prices stable in Mass., and has put the US on track to become the world’s largest oil producer.
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Intensified evaluations carry lessons for teachers
Across Mass., administrators are carefully judging the effectiveness of more than 68,000 teachers statewide.
Public works chief in eye of the snowstorm
Joanne Massaro, Boston’s commissioner of public works, has come under fire recently for the city’s snow removal effort.
Blizzard follow-up is milder for Boston
The region persevered through Sunday’s snow without any major accidents and with only isolated instances of power outages.
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Sports
Bruins 3, Jets 2
Bruins get back in win column
Brad Marchand’s power-play strike in the third was the game-winning goal in a 3-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets.
Metro
Station nightclub fire is remembered
Survivors of the 2003 blaze that killed 100 people and relatives of those killed marked the 10th anniversary of the fire.
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Nation & World
Series of car bombs rocks Iraq; 37 dead
Car bombs tore through shopping areas within minutes of each other in mainly Shi’ite neighborhoods of Baghdad.
Politics
White House expected to propose study of human brain
The decade-long effort would examine the workings of the human brain and build a comprehensive map of its activity.
Business
Silicon Valley bets on online gambling
Many in the technology hub consider online gambling the next billion-dollar business.
Arts
Book Review
‘Shouting won’t help’ by Katherine Bouton
In the book, journalist Katherine Bouton chronicles her own long, steady descent into deafness.
Health and wellness
Daily Dose
Testosterone therapy could help men, but it has risks
Whether men should get tested and treated for “low-T” — as drug company ads call it — remains controversial.
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Potholes in Boston
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Potholes in BostonNew England traffic has long negotiated the effects of our repetitive freeze-thaw cycle that leaves roads an obstacle course of potholes.