The gun bill, along with domestic violence legislation, and a sales tax holiday are headed for votes on the final day of the session.
Yvonne Abraham
The mayor showed a gobsmacking display of cluelessness in commenting on the Probation patronage trial.
Sniping between gubernatorial candidates Martha Coakley and Steve Grossman ? and the PAC that backs Grossman ? has intensified.
Tech Lab
Speech recognition?s not my typeBurlington-based Nuance has just delivered the 13th edition of its Dragon NaturallySpeaking program, and it?s good stuff.
Making it to the Met is Wesley Thomas?s goal, but it?s proved more challenging than mastering musical runs.
Patriot Pics/FAMEFLYNET
It?s the Whitey Bulger Gang, circa 1981, riding the wave of its alliance with the FBI. Except it?s July 2014.
Christopher L. Gasper
That Red Sox are near to disbanding their title team, and the clubhouse mood reflects that.
Red Sox still dangling Jon Lester, othersLester, originally set to start Wednesday, instead watched the game from the dugout.
Market Basket seeks replacement workersThe threat ratcheted up pressure on warring factions of the Demoulas family to reach a broader deal.
Alex Beam
Is John le Carré the greatest living writer?Le Carré spotlights the Cold War, and by extension the US role ? and principles ? that were part of it.
BetaBoston
To keep growth going, Twitter wants to be everywhere The 140-character social network is riding high after a stronger than expected quarter.
Lester, originally set to start Wednesday, instead watched the game from the dugout.
At a meeting, residents said they?re worried about recovery costs, security, debris disposal, and insurance claims.
Israeli tank shells tore through the walls of a UN school crowded with war refugees in the deadliest of a series of air and artillery attacks.
A band of buccaneers returned to seize Salem?s Forest River Park to exact revenge as part of the 10th annual New England Pirate Faire.
A sharply divided House approved a Republican plan Wednesday to launch a campaign-season lawsuit against President Obama.
James Merrill is one of two men charged with running a $1 billion global pyramid scheme.
A washed-up barbershop quartet finds its voice in ?The Fabulous Lipitones? at the Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater.
In the past decade or so, modern hooping has taken on a new identity thanks to its popularity at music festivals like Coachella, Bonnaroo, and Burning Man.
The Boston Globe Book Club
?Cascade? talk with readersBooks editor Nicole Lamy and author Maryanne O?Hara were online to chat about the book. Catch up here.
How Boston was shaped by what it didn?t winThe city tried and failed to host the 1980 alterna-Olympics, the 1976 World Expo, and NASA Mission Control. They ended up changing the landscape anyway.
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