Baker, Coakley glossing over facts on child welfare

The gubernatorial rivals are offering voters just a sliver of the truth ? or even distorting it ? to bolster their arguments.

The Portside at Pier 1 housing complex site near the MBTA?s Maverick Station in East Boston. The complex will eventually include about 500 residential units.

Walsh wants 53,000 more housing units in Boston by 2030

The units are needed to keep pace with rapid population growth, according to a city report.

Passenger Don Heim of Alpharetta, Ga., was briefed by TSA trainer Byron Gibson before going through a new expedited security line at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta.

Five things to know about Ebola screening at US airports

Passengers arriving from three West African countries will now be screened for potential exposure to the disease at five US airports.

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New details show senior aides knew that a presidential advance-team member may have been involved in the 2012 scandal.

The items found in the capsule will be displayed this fall in the Old State House museum.

Joanne Rathe/Globe Staff

Time capsule from Old State House lion statue opened

A red book and some paper were visible in a time capsule that was sealed for more than 100 years.

Brittany Maynard, who is terminally ill, moved from California to Portland, Ore., to take advantage of Oregon's Death with Dignity Act, which was established in the 1990s. Maynard wants to pass a similar law in California and has turned to advocacy in her final days.

Brittany Maynard chooses ?Death with Dignity? at age 29

Maynard, who was diagnosed with fatal brain cancer, intends to die shortly after her husband?s birthday at the end of October.

Robel Phillipos (center) left the Moakley Federal Courthouse on Monday.

Yvonne Abraham

It?s hard not to feel sorry for Robel Phillipos

The friend of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev made stupid mistakes any good kid might make.

Residents fit solar thermal water heaters onto a cottage on the island of Eigg, Inner Hebrides, Scotland. Almost all of the energy on Eigg comes from renewable resources.

Opinion | John F. Kerry and Philip Hammond

Smart energy policy is a win for the world

Unless we take decisive action, we are on course for catastrophic consequences.

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JEFF JACOBY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/10/08/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Jeff_Jacoby_150px-1179.jpg Wrong sperm, right baby: so why sue?

Having a baby isn?t like ordering a pair of jeans ? you can?t return it if isn?t to your liking.