Patrick seeks fewer life terms for youths

Governor Deval Patrick plans to propose legislation to reduce the number of teenagers sentenced to life without the possibility of parole for first-degree murder.

Robert Reed looked at the $1,525 bill for “operating room’’ and hospital “facility’’ charges from Lahey Clinic at his home in Marblehead. The doctor had billed $354 for her services.

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A hospital fee, minus the hospital

After a doctor’s appointment, Robert Reed received a $1,500 statement for use of an operating room he never visited.

Women remain outsiders in video game industry

Female game characters are hypersexualized, and female workers are frequently subjected to unequal treatment and harassment.

Traft earns unanimous decision in bout

Boston police officer Billy Traft didn’t disappoint Saturday, winning a unanimous decision at “Night at the Fights” at TD Garden.

US officials have tried at least three times in 12 years to deport Ivan Vaclavik, shown in Brighton District Court last month.

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Another free pass for Ivan the incorrigible

Despite more than 100 criminal charges, Ivan Vaclavik has dodged deportation for nearly four decades. He contends he can’t be sent home because his home land no longer exists.

Amherst Cinema

Digital shift threatens community theaters

A costly shift to digital projection will endanger some community movie theaters.

Boston-based composer and technologist Tod Machover at work in his home studio.

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Sounds of a city: A new template for collaboration in Toronto

In “A Toronto Symphony,” Boston-based composer and technologist Tod Machover test-drives a new model for collaboration between an artist and his public.

Innovation Economy

Amazon is busy, but secretive, at Kendall Square offices

Current and former employees are forbidden from talking about what happens at the Cambridge office.

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How Sylvia Plath fell apart
Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin of “30 Rock.”

‘30 Rock’ has left its mark

Robert Parish, shown at his North Carolina home, said Kevin McHale and Larry Bird have not helped him in his quest to crack into the NBA coaching ranks.

Robert Parish yearns for NBA coaching job
Republican Scott Brown has yet to declare his intentions for the special election to fill John Kerry’s US Senate seat.

Scott Brown still silent on Senate campaign
A British soldier gestured to children in Basra, Iraq, in April 2003.

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In modern warfare, what does victory mean?
Ribs were sold at the SOWA open market.

Boston food truck industry expands
Grab a cozy fireside seat at James’s Gate in Jamaica Plain

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Gemma Arterton plays Gretel and Jeremy Renner is Hansel.

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Beyond the gingerbread house
Diane O’ Meara (left), whose image was used for the fictional Lennay Kekua, and alleged hoax victim Manti Te’o (right).

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Catfish: How Manti Te’o’s imaginary romance got its name
Stan Musial, left, and Ted Williams, two members of what Bob Ryan calls baseball’s Mount Rushmore, were together at the 1960 All-Star game.

Bob Ryan | Sunday Preview

Stan Musial’s death ends era of MLB’s Mount Rushmore
Boston Bruins forward Shawn Thornton and the Rangers’ Mike Rupp went at it in the NHL season opener at TD Garden.

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Harvard’s Jonah Travis and Dartmouth’s Connor Boehm play baseketball

Harvard men’s basketball tops Dartmouth in OT

The Crimson overcame a 13-point deficit to force overtime and defeat Dartmouth Saturday.

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US Representative Edward Markey attended a rally by gun control supporters at the State House in Boston on Saturday.

Hundreds in Boston rally for gun control

Speakers at the rally pushed for a ban on assault weapons and expanded background checks.

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JOANNA WEISS

Beyonce, the lip sync, and the lies
Ben Affleck

JOAN VENNOCHI

Put the brakes on tax breaks

Innovation Economy

Amazon is busy, but secretive, in Kendall Square

Derrick Z. Jackson

Obama’s more perfect union
Shirley Clarke’s son Gabriel was shot in the stomach Jan. 11.

LAWRENCE HARMON

Is it safe to walk to church?

JOAN WICKERSHAM

The joy of re-reading

Kevin Cullen

Here’s an out worth taking
NRA chief executive Wayne LaPierre heads the largest gun-rights organization in the United States.

SCOT LEHIGH

The gun lobby’s long reach

Joshua Green

GOP should embrace deficit reduction
Beyonce performed at President Obama’s second inauguration.

JOAN VENNOCHI

Unlike Beyonce, Hillary faces the music
Facebook is testing a service called Graph Search, which may help it compete with Google Plus social network.

Tech Lab

With new Facebook search, there’s nowhere to hide

EDWARD L. GLAESER

Invest in Massachusetts, but don’t play Robin Hood

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At least 30 die in Egypt riots after soccer fans sentenced to death

Supporters of the fans attacked the prison where they were being held.

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Democratic Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa.

Senator Harkin of Iowa won’t seek re-election in 2014

The 73-year-old Tom Harkin, a leading liberal in the Senate, said “It’s just time to step aside.”

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Yacht broker Marc Winder says knowing your customer’s price range is key.

Yacht broker helps float boat deals

Marc Winder acts as an agent for customers, assisting with negotiations and helping clients locate vessels to purchase.

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‘Wedsites’ are becoming must-haves for today’s engaged couples

Once only for cutting-edge couples, wedding websites are now interactive, full of multimedia, and everywhere.

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Opinion

“No one is truly honest in Washington. Why should Beyonce be any different?”

Joanna Weiss 

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 

“In my case, I don’t have any friends. I saw Kevin [McHale] at an event; he said he was going to call me. He never called. I called Larry [Bird] twice when I was at the Indiana Pacers; he never returned my call.”

Robert Parish,  on trying to get an NBA job