Court to decide on Tsarnaev trial start, venue

Defense attorneys filed an emergency petition Wednesday in a last attempt to delay jury selection.

Boston schools brace for more cuts

The system?s grim financial outlook comes as the city undertakes pricey new initiatives, such as lengthening the school day.

Almost nobody could touch Dallas?s Rajon Rondo, who hit 5 of 7 3-pointers (celebrating one here) and had a season-high 29 points on 12-of-19 shooting.

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Rajon Rondo just needed motivation

It was obvious that the star guard became bored and complacent during his final days in Boston.

A worker sanitized the apartment where Ebola patient Thomas Duncan lived before being admitted to a Dallas hospital.

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Ebola response shows flaws in US system

The threat of Ebola has raised troubling questions about what will happen when the next dangerous new germ arrives.

Indonesian officers carry the dead body of a passenger of the crashed AirAsia flight QZ8501 before it is sent to Surabaya, at the base in Pangkalan Bun, the town with the nearest airstrip to the crash site, in Central Kalimantan on January 3, 2015. Search teams have found two big parts of AirAsia Flight 8501, which crashed into the sea last weekend with 162 people on board, the Indonesian chief of the operation said on January 3. AFP PHOTO / ADEK BERRYADEK BERRY/AFP/Getty Images

Searchers recover 46 bodies from AirAsia jet crash

An Indonesian official told a local TV station that some of the bodies were still belted into their seats.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/01/02/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/crash150-7500.jpg Student killed by cruiser had been drinking, Cape DA says

Garrett Gagne had drunk ?hour after hour of alcohol? and was lying in the road when a Chatham officer hit and killed him, officials said.

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The crash left one person seriously injured and others with minor injuries, and closed part of the highway for hours.

Astronaut Karen Nyberg conducted an eye exam on herself on the International Space Station. Working in microgravity often has adverse effects on health, which also makes microgravity worth researching.

Mass. companies? research goes into orbit

The International Space Station has cranked into full research mode and many Boston-area scientists are along for the ride.

Diane Patrick says she hopes to eventually return to teaching.

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Shirley Leung

Diane Patrick has made her role her own by opening up

The self-described reluctant first lady is leaving her post with a spring in her step.

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A governor on the move

During his two-term governorship, Deval Patrick visited 59 percent of Mass. cities and towns, a Globe analysis found.

Governor Patrick?s daughter gets engaged

Governor Deval Patrick?s daughter, Katherine, is engaged to marry Alisha Marie Lemieux, of New Bedford.

After about six months of online dating, Sue Liang is more than a little disillusioned. ?Sometimes, I get so tired of it. It?s so hard to tell if someone?s really genuine, or what they?re looking for,? she says.

Online dating disappointments emerge despite advances

There remains a significant number of singles who say they were underwhelmed or even painfully disappointed by the experience.

From left, Douglas Lescarbeau, Mehmet Akbulut, Joseph Beaupre, and Jeremy Pedro checked a nozzle after a recent test of their rocket motor.

BU student rocketeers aim to put hybrid rocket into space

The feat would elevate BU, a school not typically a leader in aerospace engineering, to the cutting edge of amateur rocketry.

The seventh running of ?The Celebrity Apprentice,? starring Johnny Damon and other boldfaced names, begins Sunday.

Is reality TV running on fumes?

Reality TV has turned into its own cottage industry ? just look at the cast for the seventh season of ?The Celebrity Apprentice.?

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How Boston dreamed of its future, a century ago

A peek inside an influential movement to transform a growing city ? and its unfulfilled vision for the metropolis.

Boston Red Sox players walk on the field after receiving their World Series rings during pre-game ceremonies before a baseball game between the Red Sox and the Milwaukee Brewers on opening day at Fenway Park in Boston, Friday, April 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Alex Speier

Right balance of ages gives Red Sox better chance in 2015

The Red Sox adjusted their roster to feature players reaching their prime years.

Opinion

Michael A. Cohen

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/01/02/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/cohen-1118.jpg Mario Cuomo?s flat ?two cities? speech

His unapologetic liberalism may not have soared in 1984, but they might have been popular today with Americans concerned about inequality.

The Big Picture

John Tlumacki/Globe Staff

Globe photos of the month: December 2014

Photographers captured images of Boston protests and holiday events.