50,000 filings for health coverage in limbo

About 50,000 health insurance applications, many filed by low-income Mass. residents, have yet to be processed.

White-out conditions hit just as schools were letting out in Wellesley on Dec. 9,  2005, making for a rough commute home.

More than snow in the equation as school cancellations mount

The accusation: When it comes to snow, the region’s residents have melted into wimps. But is there proof?

Republicans say their effort is a response to Mitt Romney being portrayed as a heartless plutocrat, especially after a video emerged showing him rebuking 47 percent of voters.

GOP adds for-profit muscle to the fray

A group led by Mitt Romney’s former campaign manager is trying to build the party’s most sophisticated, modern, and centralized opposition research.

24 legislators urge Patrick to oust Olga Roche

State representatives are calling on Governor Deval Patrick to ask for the resignation of the commissioner of the Department of Children and Families.

For Brad Verter and Clementine Feau, parking rules have proved vexing.

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Tough visitor parking rules would make Cupid proud

For those who find love in Cambridge and Somerville, romance comes with hundreds of dollars in tickets for excessive use of a partner’s visitor parking permit.

The rector’s condo in this building has a two-car garage, a pantry with a wine cellar, and a guesthouse.

Congregants wrestling with Trinity’s $3.6m condo

Some members of the congregation say they feel the new rectory feeds the perception that Trinity is a bastion of privilege.

A-Rod always wanted to be like Jeter, universally beloved, admired, and respected. Now, he is the anti-Jeter in every possible way, says Christopher L. Gasper.

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Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez don’t compare

A-Rod’s exile coinciding with Jeter’s encore, the Baseball Gods have a sense of justice and symmetry.

WEEI sports talk show hosts Gerry Callahan (right) and John Dennis. The loss of advertising is seen as a blow to the station.

Dunkin’ Donuts cancels ads on WEEI

A station official said the chain was “upset” at a disparaging comment made by host Gerry Callahan.

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Sage Stossel is an Atlantic contributing editor and author of the graphic novel “Starling.”

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Evgeni Plushenko, with coach Alexei Mishin, left the ice after withdrawing from competition.

Evgeni Plushenko withdraws and retires

The ailing three-time Russian medalist, 31, pulled out of the men’s competition and then said he was through competing.

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Colin Farrell and Jessica Brown Findlay (top) as Gilded Age mansion burglar and resident, and Eva Marie Saint (above) as an acquaintance Farrell runs into in modern day.

‘Winter’s Tale’ fails to go with flow of Mark Helprin novel

Writer-director Akiva Goldsman takes Helprin’s book — a work overflowing with events, ideas, characters, passions — and pounds away at it until it’s mush.