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Nanny pleads not guilty in death of 1-year-old girl

Aisling McCarthy Brady, accused of fatally injuring the girl on the child’s first birthday, was ordered held on $500,000 cash bail.

Sonja Farak, a chemist at a state crime lab, is charged with tampering with drug evidence.

State chemist pleads not guilty to tampering with drugs

A 35-year-old chemist was charged with tampering with drug evidence at an Amherst lab in the second testing scandal to hit the state’s drug labs.

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The owners of the Framingham pharmacy blamed for a national fungal meningitis outbreak pulled millions of dollars out of the company in the last year.

Boston’s plans would let more attend school close to home

Three revised proposals would scrap the city’s current system of assigning students to schools.

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Antibullying idea clicks

Musician Amanda Palmer opened up her blog to allow others to vent about their stories of being bullied, and it has become something of a virtual therapy session.

Manny Ramirez talked back to the dugout after hitting a home run in 2005.

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In Francona book, odd Manny Ramirez stories emerge

In his new book, the ex-Red Sox manager offers some peeks behind the clubhouse doors, including some of the frustrations in dealing with Ramirez.

Governor Deval Patrick’s sweeping plan would raise the state income tax from 5.25 percent to 6.25 percent while cutting the sales tax from 6.25 percent to 4.5 percent.

Economists split on Patrick’s tax plan

Will tax increases of the kind proposed by Governor Patrick help or hurt the local economy? Much like the federal tax debate, economists disagree.

“For if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well,” President Obama stated.

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Obama’s speech a ‘catalyzing moment’ for gay rights

President Obama’s emphatic call for gay rights surprised many, even those in Massachusetts, the first state in the nation to legalize gay marriage.

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Inaugural addresses often celebrate American values while looking forward to the future, but the vocabulary has changed over the decades.

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The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. visited Boston in 1965 and spoke to politicians and residents about many of the city’s racial issues, including segregation.

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Todd Barry, a stand-up comedian, has decided to go through his current tour with no set -- only audience interactions.

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For Todd Barry, nothing but crowd work
Soundgarden (performing in Germany last year) played hits and obscure songs in its 2½-hour show at the Orpheum.

Music Review

Soundgarden’s grunge holds up
With its Grecian pleating, low back, and cinched waist, Michelle Obama’s stunning scarlet dress would be equally at home on the red carpet.

Michelle Obama goes bold with another Wu gown
James Purefoy plays a jailed serial killer who has a cult that carries out his violent wishes outside in Fox’s “The Following.’’

Television Review

‘The Following’ is dark but not so deep
Fired in 2011, Terry Francona received a warm welcome from Red Sox fans and players in April 2012 for the 100th anniversary of Fenway Park.

Book Review

‘Francona’ revelations mostly about Sox bosses
Kierra Thompson, 8, was one of a group of students from Orchard Gardens K-8 Pilot School in Roxbury who visited the White House and met President Obama last year.

A ‘dream’ trip and visit with Obama
Episcopal Bishop M. Thomas Shaw has pushed for peace in the Middle East and worked on strategies to help end gun violence in Massachusetts.

Episcopal bishop long a forceful presence

Health

End-of-life care rarely discussed

Album Review | Pop

Plenty of warmth in Aaron Neville’s ‘My True Story’

Nutrition and You!

What to eat to beat the common cold
Lance Armstrong in the 2004 Tour de France.

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Lance Armstrong and the art of lying
The Red Sox started with what appears to be a good trade with the Pirates for closer Joel Hanrahan.

Sunday Baseball Notes

Red Sox hope to do better with trades

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The Boston front office has been jazzed up over Dougie Hamilton from the moment it made him the No. 9 overall pick in the 2011 draft.

Bruins’ Dougie Hamilton clearly ready for NHL

Some 72 hours into his life in the bigs, it’s obvious that the rookie defenseman is here to stay.

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Roudna Joseph joined hands with colleagues during the final benediction at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. memorial breakfast at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center Monday.

Hundreds urged to honor King’s legacy

Preachers and public officials made calls to action at a Martin Luther King Day breakfast at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center.

Columnists

A girl played near a UN armored vehicle belonging to Jordanian peacekeepers at slum in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

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Outsourcing peace
Sean Penn is Mickey Cohen in the new film “Gangster Squad.”

JOANNA WEISS

Hollywood and its gun fetish

Kevin Cullen

Antibullying idea clicks
The Ravens celebrated after stopping Patriots quarterback Tom Brady on a critical fourth-down play late in Sunday’s contest.

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An abrupt end for the Patriots

Christopher L. Gasper

Patriots paid price for not running ball

Adrian Walker

Civil rights history, remastered for digital age

Innovation Economy

CarGurus stakes out turf on auto data

JULIETTE KAYYEM

Action on guns and immigration needed

Tech Lab Plus

Solar-powered lantern is a bright idea

JOAN VENNOCHI

Patrick’s expensive legacy

Yvonne Abraham

Sounds of progress at English High

Farah Stockman

Why did the smartest guys in the room go bankrupt?

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The Martin Luther King Jr. memorial in Washington, D.C., was a popular tourist destination on a day marking the anniversary of his birthday.

King honored on a day symbolizing his dream

Events honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. slid seamlessly into celebrations of the swearing-in of the nation’s first black president.

Politics

Inauguration Notebook

Former presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton and their wives, Rosalyn and Hillary, greeted people on the West Front of the Capitol.

Nigerian immigrant would not miss inauguration

Toyin Oloko-Nelson, 39, plans to now make it a family tradition to witness every presidential inauguration.

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GS Yuasa, the Kyoto, Japan, maker of lithium ion batteries that have caught fire in Boeing’s grounded 787 jets, said it is cooperating with US and Japanese investigators.

Boeing jet battery maker under scrutiny

Japanese and US investigators began a probe into the maker of the lithium ion batteries used in Boeing’s grounded 787 jets.

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Stage Review

Jordan Clark in Mia Chung’s “You for Me for You’’ at the Boston Center for the Arts’ Plaza Theatre.

Life beyond North Korea in ‘You for Me for You’

The Company One production realizes the play’s potential, right down to the sobering implications of the title.

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Q & A

“In one year, we will be flying a huge helicopter that can carry people, [and is commanded] with an iPhone.” says Missy Cummings, who is on leave from MIT and working on a medical evacuation helicopter for the military.

As era of drones takes off, she’s at the controls

Missy Cummings studies unmanned aerial vehicles — commonly known as drones — as a professor at MIT.

Magazine

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Best Boston Globe photos of the year, 2012
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Bostonians of the Year: Raisman and Harrison

Opinion

“Without demonizing anyone, let’s work together to reduce the number of abortions.”

Roland Merullo 

Ideas

“With just a few exceptions, the majority of gun deaths in the United States have been self-inflicted every year since at least 1920.”

Leon Neyfakh on the gun toll we’re ignoring 

“I know politics is politics, but they need to look beyond politics at human needs.”

George Rhodes,  a retired schoolteacher, on Congress