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Babson picks Kerry Healey as first female president

The former Massachusetts lieutenant governor was named president-elect of Babson College on Sunday night.

Supreme Court to hear case over generic drugs

The question before the justices pits a company’s right to protect its intellectual property against antitrust law.

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Palm Sunday procession

See photos of a costumed procession in Medford before the service.

Photograph by Peter Kramer/AP/NBC

Globe Magazine | Perspective

Hollywood’s Grimm obsession

Compared with possibly being eaten by a witch, doesn’t digging out from under a mountain of credit card debt or dodging a looming foreclosure seem like child’s play?

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Learning social skills while having fun

Katy Shamitz’ vision six years ago was to teach social skills to children and young adults with social learning disabilities.

Dan Shaughnessy

Red Sox-Yankees rivalry as we knew it is over

It’s no longer an issue of which team will finish first. The question now is, who might finish last?

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Arthur Johnson (left), Kevin Batt, Barbara Kaplan, and David Bor pooled their resources to buy a vacant lot in their Jamaica Plain neighborhood and are planning to build new housing on the site.

Jamaica Plain neighbors team up to develop empty lot

Elizabeth Dole (far right) wheeled her husband, Bob Dole, onto the Senate floor on Dec. 4, 2012, to observe the vote on the disabilities treaty.

Broken City

A lesson for Bob Dole: old rules no longer apply

Courtney Kane says her daughter, Julia, has brought great rewards. Kane and her husband have no regrets.

As Down detection gets easier, choices harder

In 1942, Harvard scientists conducted the first test of a napalm bomb in a pond dug behind the Business School.

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Napalm, from Harvard to Vietnam

Governor Deval Patrick has been trying to win support on Beacon Hill for his plan for $1.9 billion in tax increases to help pay for education, transportation, and other programs.

Concerns over proposed tax increases

On paper, the Blue Jays have the best team, with sluggers like Jose Bautista (above), Edwin Encarnacion, and J.P. Arencibia, speed in Jose Reyes and Emilio Bonifacio, and the intriguing Melky Cabrera.

Sunday baseball notes

Are Blue Jays a true juggernaut?

“Dragon and Clouds” and other works are drawing crowds.

MFA exhibit tours Japan, will not be seen here

Manuel Salazar is a landscaper from Waltham who had studied psychology in Guatemala.

Immigrants now likely to be more educated

Ryan Landry ups his game on a new stage

When they were younger: Mads Mikkelsen (top left) as Hannibal Lecter; AnnaSophia Robb, Carrie Bradshaw; Freddie Highmore, Norman Bates.

Origin stories on TV go deep into familiar terrain

Sean Payton had to watch from afar in 2012 as the Saints went 7-9, their first losing season since 2007.

Sunday football notes

Saints’ Sean Payton ‘fired up’ to get back

Herb Singleton is licensed as a mechanical engineer in Massachusetts because the state licensing board doesn’t recognize acoustics as a separate discipline.

On the Job

Acoustical engineer sounds off about noise

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March Madness | FGCU 81, SDSU 71

The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles celebrated after defeating the San Diego State Aztecs during the third round of the 2013 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.

FGCU the first No. 15 seed to make Sweet 16

Florida Gulf Coast shocked the world with a 78-68 victory over second-seeded Georgetown. They continued with another upset over No. 7 San Diego State.