Market Basket CEOs in awkward holding pattern

James Gooch and Felicia Thornton are the corporate equivalent of benchwarmers.

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Officials believe Ahmad Abousamra may be using his computer and social media skills for ISIS.

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Concerns that Saudi Arabia has helped support extremist Sunni elements complicate the battle.

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A former pharmacist at the New England Compounding Center became the first person to be criminally charged in the case.

Adrian Walker

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Will Governor Patrick?s late endorsement of Warren Tolman be enough to lift him over the top?

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Ms. Rivers?s snarky, politically incorrect, and often self-lacerating brand of humor made her a comedian both loved and feared.

Plymouth closed beaches Thursday after a great white shark attacked two kayakers. Growing seal numbers are drawing the sharks.

Barry Chin/Globe Staff

A shark upturn in waters off Mass.

A surging seal population in Cape Cod Bay has led to a corresponding rise in the number of predatory sharks that feed on them.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

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The story line doesn?t change with our Patriots ? and it is both a blessing and a curse.

Steve Grossman enjoyed a ride at a go-kart track at Jay-Gee?s Ice Cream and Fun Center in Methuen last month.

The race for governor | Profile

Hewing to serious mission, Steve Grossman finds the fun

This is the man whose failed 2002 gubernatorial bid was encapsulated by Worcester Magazine with four words: ?nice guy, dull candidate.?

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The final Globe poll before Tuesday?s primary shows Martha Coakley maintaining a strong lead over her opponents.

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