Mass. defends scrutiny of marijuana bids

The Patrick administration didn’t explain its failure to verify applicants’ information until after approving 20 dispensaries for provisional licenses.

“I don’t have any information that would make me change my opinion” regarding the study, said Dr. Charles Vacanti.

Scientists split on own stem cell finding

A coauthor of two papers that described a controversial technique for creating stem cells has called for the studies to be withdrawn.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/03/11/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/lynn150-11829.jpg 199 animals removed from Lynnfield home

Police responding to a medical emergency found one of the largest cases of animal hoarding to hit the area in recent memory.

In his first spring start, Jon Lester threw three scoreless innings, allowing only one hit and striking out four.

Christopher L. Gasper

Jon Lester already looks ready for the season

On days like Monday, it’s hard to imagine the Red Sox rotation without the 30-year-old fronting it.

Ad attacks ‘radical’ backers of minimum-pay hike

A New York Times ad with a distinctly Cold War flavor went after 600 academic economists who support a minimum-wage increase.

Urban Idea Lab cofounder Jen Faigel, at Dream Factory in Dorchester.

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BetaBoston

Hard quest to establish new tech startup terrain

Boston’s burgeoning technology scene has remained largely clustered in Cambridge’s Kendall Square and the Innovation District.

Kurt Schwartz (second right), head of the Mass. Emergency Management Agency, addressed law enforcement officials.

Police will double presence for Marathon

Police are discouraging spectators from wearing backpacks, hauling coolers, or carrying containers that hold more than a liter of liquid.

Kevin Cullen

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/02/11/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/cullen.jpg Disorder in the court thanks to Patty Campatelli

The Trial Court of Massachusetts has to figure out what to do with the train wreck that is the Suffolk County register of probate office.

Brothers Shawn (right) and Mark O’Hagan (center) sat in court in St. Johnsbury, Vt., before the arraignment of Richard Fletcher and Keith Baird Monday. Shawn called it “the final chapter of this process.”

Years later, a hope for justice in Vermont slaying

New details about the slaying of Mary “Pat” O’Hagan emerged, as two of the three men accused in the killing stood before a judge.

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TOM KEANE

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/03/10/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/477143059.jpg Is libertarianism taking hold of GOP?

One take-away from this year’s CPAC is that the right is in trouble.

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