Security will be high at Marathon finish line

Spectators have been told not to bring backpacks or bulky bags with them near the Boston Marathon course this year.

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Officials are finalizing plans to secure the last 2 miles of the race, where huge crowds are expected to descend a year after the attacks.

Celtics guard Phil Pressey (26) had 10 points and 13 assists filling in for a banged up Rajon Rondo. (Matthew J. Lee/The Boston Globe)

Celtics 106, Bobcats 103

Celtics snap nine-game losing streak

Avery Bradley poured in 22 points to help the Celtics take a 106-103 win over the Bobcats at TD Garden.

Lawyers for Aaron Hernandez associates blast indictments

Carlos Ortiz and Ernest Wallace face new murder charges in last year’s death of Odin Lloyd.

Grady Sizemore hit a three-run homer against CC Sabathia in the sixth inning.

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Grady Sizemore lifts Red Sox over Yankees

Sizemore’s three-run homer helped the Red Sox to even the weekend’s series at Yankee Stadium.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

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There weren’t many complaints from the visitors clubhouse, because the Sox have been on the other side of this issue.

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The 28-year-old officer, who was wounded during a shootout with the Marathon bombing suspects, was slated to receive a medal from President Obama.

JOANNA WEISS

Veet, body hair, and the real reason those ads stung

A new waxing commercial has people talking, but controversy over body hair isn’t new.

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JEFF JACOBY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/04/11/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Jeff_Jacoby_150px-1818.jpg Where is the feminist anger at Brandeis?

Progressives should be outraged that Brandeis University rescinded its offer of an honorary degree to Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a critic of Islam.