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Child care centers will be checked for sex offenders

The state’s move comes after an audit showed 119 matches between the address of sex offenders and child care centers.

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A majority of Supreme Court justices questioned a provision in the Defense of Marriage Act, which prevents legally married gay couples from receiving married benefits.

FDA approves new Biogen MS drug

The twice-a-day capsules, called Tecfidera, offer a new option for treating multiple sclerosis.

Boston founder Scholz loses defamation suit

The mastermind of the rock band Boston had sued the Boston Herald over stories related to the suicide of lead singer Brad Delp.

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Report details pattern of lapses at Roxbury college

Roxbury Community College released a troubling report today chronicling systemic lapses that caused the school to violate federal campus safety laws.

Adrian Walker

A fresh start for Roxbury Community College

RCC needs a new leader who can help the troubled college become a beacon of hope for a community that much of Boston ignores.

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Las Vegas developer Steve Wynn is seeking to build a $1.2 billion casino hotel on the Mystic River waterfront.

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Boston College recently threatened to take disciplinary action against students distributing condoms out of their dorm rooms.

BC tells students to stop dispensing condoms
Mayor Menino would seem to be in a commanding position to win reelection, with a 74 percent approval rating according to the Globe poll.

Menino widely backed, but run isn’t
Jon Moorman paid 12 percent over the asking price of his Jamica Plain condo. With him is Mary Manouchehri.

House hunters face bidding battles
Barry Wood, president of Kitchen Sales, said business has been on the rise in the first quarter.

Small businesses on rebound
Medical Marijuana Business Daily founder Anne Holland and Ron Perry filled factbook orders at their office in Providence. MMJ Business Daily, which has seven employees, launched two years ago.

Marijuana journal expands with industry
Scrambled eggs and mushrooms.

Eggs are all they’re cracked up to be
Sarah Leveille, a member of the education staff, showed Shaun McGrath and other kids around at the Higgins Armory Museum. Higgins is closing at the end of the year and the Worcester Art Museum will receive its entire collection.

Founder’s kin fights to stop armory closure
Longtime Boston photojournalist Stanley Forman with his Pulitzer-winning pictures. Forman’s new book, “Before Yellow Tape,’’ showcases his photos from decades of work.

Photojournalist Stanley Forman on his new book
The mixed grill Barcelona dish.

Dining out

Outstanding tapas at Barcelona Wine Bar
JP Morgan headquarters in New York.

PAUL MCMORROW

Wall Street up to its old tricks
With the help of Sarah Habeck of Middletown, N.J., Andrew Harrington of Barrington, R.I. worked to shear a lamb.

Letter from farm school

Preparing for spring

For Terencia Tervalon, home is a 295-square-foot apartment in a 23-unit building in downtown San Francisco.

Micro-units spread

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Jon Lester has earned his third straight Opening Day start for the Red Sox.

Jon Lester named Red Sox Opening Day starter

For Lester, it will be his third straight Opening Day assignment when he pitches against the Yankees on Monday.

Metro

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Harvard Street in Dorchester

Dorchester fire damages businesses

A small fire that broke out in a restaurant on Harvard Street spread to the laundromat next door, causing an estimated $500,000 in damage.

Columnists

Adrian Walker

Succeeding a legend at Harvard
Frank Morse, left, 72, and Dr. Richard Culliton, 77, are members of the Hickory Dickory Docs Ski Club, a Boston-are ski club for seniors.

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Skiing keeps the spirit young
Samantha Stendal made a video called “A Needed Response” after the Steubenville assault.

JOANNA WEISS

Steubenville response short and sweet
Florida Gulf Coast’s Dajuan Graf (left) and Bernard Thompson use their “Eagle Eyes” to view a pep rally crowd.

Dan Shaughnessy

FGCU is the nation’s hottest sports story

Kevin Cullen

A bean of a dream

JULIETTE KAYYEM

America’s security, under the weather

Adrian Walker

Roxbury health center closes
A US Air Force B-52 delivers a bomb load of more than 38,000 pounds in South Vietnam in March, 1966.

JAMES CARROLL

B-52s should remain strategy relics

Innovation Economy

Boston Cab vs. Uber: an app contest

Yvonne Abraham

Wake me when the special election is over
Wilt Chamberlain and the 1971-72 Lakers won 69 games, including 33 straight.

Bob Ryan

Lakers’ standard is what Heat are chasing
John Connolly’s kickoff rally campaign for mayor was at the Boston Omni Parker House.

JOAN VENNOCHI

Can Connolly inspire younger voters?

Nation & World

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South Korean army tanks participated in a military exercise at the Seungjin Fire Training Field in Pocheon, South Korea, on Wednesday.

Amid tensions, North Korea shuts hotline to South Korea

The North’s action came a day after its top military command ordered all its missile and artillery units to be on ‘‘the highest alert.’’

Politics

POLITICAL NOTEBOOK

Julia Pierson, who served as the agency’s chief of staff, will take over from Mark Sullivan, who announced his retirement last month.

Secret Service veteran first woman to lead it

President Obama named veteran Secret Service agent Julia Pierson as the agency’s first female director.

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Eric Rosengren

Rosengren sees more need for Fed stimulus

Boston Federal Reserve chief Eric Rosengren said the economy will improve at a “painfully slow pace.”

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Book Review

Sonali Deraniyagala.

‘Wave’ by Sonali Deraniyagala

“Wave” is life’s waking nightmare as it transpired for Deraniyagala in 2004.

Food & dining

Cheap Eats

Spinach salad with grilled salmon at Beat Da’ Wrap Pizza & Grill in Waltham.

New management at Beat Da’ Wrap Pizza & Grill

The new owners will keep the name — they think it’s catchy — but remove the gangster movie posters.

Magazine

The cover for the March 24 2013 issue

Azores, a perfect destination for Boston travelers
The cover for the March 17 2013 issue

Could rookie Jared Sullinger be the next Kevin Garnett?
The cover for the March 10 2013 issue

Where the jobs are now
The cover for the March 3 2013 issue

Getting through to your kids in the digital age

Opinion

“If kids were truly trained to respect each other’s boundaries — to treat other people with basic human decency — maybe we wouldn’t be having these conversations quite so often.”

Joanna Weiss 

Globe Insiders

Globe Talk | April 3

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Subscribers can attend an evening with Connecticut’s legendary former men’s basketball coach Jim Calhoun, moderated by Bob Ryan.

Ideas

“A growing number of faculty, staff, and students have come to appreciate the campus as something distinctive, not just oppressive.”

Max Page, on UMass Amherst’s stained concrete