Mass. to give $50m for storm, flood protection

The money will help communities and utilities prepare for and protect themselves from destructive storms and rising sea levels.

“It may be a little more interesting and a little more dynamic than elsewhere because the government has intervened for an extended period of time,” said Partners CEO Gary Gottlieb on the Massachusetts market.

Partners promises a new model for care

Partners HealthCare System’s top executives said further expansion in Eastern Mass. will lower costs and improve medical care.

Hackfit participants take regular breaks for exercise, such as yoga, and eat healthier food during the weekend hackathons.

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Hackfit taps tech community’s interest in fitness

The Cambridge startup stages weekend hackathons that include regular breaks for exercise and offer healthier food.

Traffic jam politics possible but unlikely in Mass.

Scenarios seem improbable for the politically motivated traffic jams now associated with New Jersey to be replicated in the state.

The MBTA has a long history of discrimination complaints filed against it by both minority and women employees.

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MBTA nears antibias agreement with US regulators

The MBTA has a long history of discrimination complaints filed against it by both minority and women employees.

Lexi and Sean Munroe “were the most wonderful, loving children,’’ their uncle Eric Munroe said Monday.

2 Franklin children die in hope chest

Sean Munroe, 7, and his sister Lexi, 8, were playing in a chest that could not be opened from the inside, leaving them to suffocate.

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Bulger’s attorneys insulting our intelligence

Post conviction, Whitey Bulger’s attorneys have gone out of their way to portray the gangster as some noble, crusading truth-seeker. Please.

Harvard’s Farish Jenkins died in 2012, before research he helped conduct was published.

From ancient fish, insight into origin of limbs

New research suggests that we can trace our arms — and our legs — to the fins of a 375-million-year-old fish.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/01/13/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/0114oped_keane%20copy.jpg How to manage a crisis

Chris Christie’s political obituary may need to wait, thanks to his two-hour remarks in the wake of the George Washington Bridge scandal.

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A worker walked the site of new ecofriendly apartments being built in Allston Monday.

An Allston enclave gets a makeover

The grungy old industrial garages and warehouses that lined two blocks in Allston have vanished. In their place: 200 new, luxury, ecofriendly apartments.

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Administration officials said they were pleased that the percentage of young adults signing up was as high as it was, given that the website was down for most of October.

More older Americans sign up for health care

It’s an older, costlier crowd that’s signing up so far for insurance under President Obama’s law, according to government figures.