Mohegan Sun says licensing process was ?defective?

Mohegan Sun said the gaming panel gave Wynn more chances to address deficiencies in its casino proposal.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/10/10/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/abrahamy_20131010.jpg As Suffolk Downs winds down, an end to a way of life

Many of the people who work at the track can?t imagine doing anything else. But now they?ll have to.

Divided House votes to arm Syrian rebels

The vote was to arm moderate Syrian rebels against the Islamic State, although it also highlighted doubts about the US strategy.

Detective Matt Denis of the Vermont State Police, left, and Trooper Charles Bergeron of the Rhode Island State Police and the search dog Zeus were in the woods near the Higgins Pool in Lawrence.

Search for boy, missing for 38 years, resumes in Lawrence

Authorities conducted the most methodical canine search to date in Lawrence for Andy Puglisi, who was 10 years old when he disappeared in 1976.

Martin Walsh was given a framed genealogist report on his family heritage by Rachel Kelly, the founder of ifest, an Irish festival that is coming to Boston.

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?The mayor is coming!? Ireland relishes visit by Walsh

Martin Walsh will return to Ireland Friday for his first visit since being elected mayor of Boston.

Rusney Castillo hit a tapper in his first at-bat (above), but singled to second in his second at-bat. Keith Srakocic/Associated Press

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Rusney Castillo debuts with Red Sox, gets first hit

Castillo went 1-for-4 with an infield single to second base and he played center field.

A Raiders fan expressed his feelings about commissioner-under-siege Roger Goodell at Sunday?s game. Kyle Terada-USA TODAY

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NFL merely being reactive, not proactive

As troubling cases continue to surface, the league is scrambling to do damage control.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/09/17/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/sharks2-10465.jpg 2 great white sharks spotted off coast of Chatham

The two sharks are the ninth and 10th great white sharks tagged by the state marine fisheries division in 2014.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/09/17/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/robot150-4822.jpg CyPhy Works, iRobot win US Army contracts

The Boston-area companies have received contracts to build emergency robots that can find and diffuse explosives in pipes.