In Marathon security plan, many items discouraged

State officials unveiled a long list of items that may prompt police inspections, including backpacks, coolers, and sleeping bags.

Malaysia’s Department of Civil Aviation chief, Azharuddin Abdul Rahman, told a news conference that investigators were looking at ‘‘every angle.”

Oil slicks not from missing jet, tests show

In another possible clue in the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner, a yellow object thought to be a raft turned out to be floating trash.

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Despite layoffs, IBM makes hiring push in Mass.

The company is both hiring and firing large numbers of employees in a bid to transform its business for the cloud-computing era.

Immune therapy lifts hopes in fight with cancer

An immune therapy approach that was on the fringes of cancer therapy is suddenly the hottest trend in cancer drug development.

Ben Wiseman

Globe Magazine

How to learn better at any age

You’re studying wrong. But don’t worry, it’s not too late to get much, much better.

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Patricia Campatelli set a punitive tone, and often worked only 15 hours a week at her $122,500 a year job, a new report has found.

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A hardy band of outliers has been greeting the winter days from inside cozy rooms that bob gently with the current in the harbor.

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Pope’s finance expert vows ‘no more scandals’

The vow comes after a cash-smuggling scandal last summer involving a Vatican accountant.

Opinion

opinion | Lev Golinkin

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Ukraine’s new ruling coalition includes some disturbing elements, most notably the Svoboda Party.