The trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

Tsarnaev in court as jury selection process begins

A potential juror entered the Moakley federal courthouse ahead of jury selection.

Gretchen Ertl/Reuters

Jury selection in the case of accused Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is expected to last a month or more.

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The jury selection process in the Boston Marathon bombing case has begun.

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The House speaker doesn?t think there will be an effort to raise the pay of top state officials before new legislators are sworn in.

The city has issued a request for proposals for design of a new bridge, which is expected to cost $9 million

Boston to begin demolition of Long Island Bridge

The $20.6 million project, which will start today, is expected to be finished by the end of April.

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The 25-year-old assaulted her daughter several times on Nov. 24 and 25, prosecutors said.

Rhonda P. Patrick, a postdoctoral fellow at Children?s Hospital Oakland Research Institute, is studying what role vitamin D has in serotonin production.

Jan Sturmann for The Globe

Research suggests vitamin D could affect brain function

New studies on the relationship between vitamin D and serotonin production are taking researchers down a new path.

Tom Brady posted better numbers than 2013 almost across the board, but he struggles with the deep ball. (Globe Staff Photo/Jim Davis)

Ben Volin | On Patriots offense

Little slowdown with Tom Brady running Patriots? offense

The Globe?s Ben Volin takes a look at where the Patriots stand ahead of Saturday?s playoff game against the Ravens.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

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The Ravens have won two of the last three playoff meetings against the Patriots, all at Gillette Stadium.

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Snow squalls could develop throughout the day today, and an arctic front is expected to arrive Wednesday.

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The possible biblical site is being shown in public tours by the Tower of David Museum.

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After receiving a life sentence without parole more than two decades ago, Nancy McGeoghean is being given a rare shot at freedom.

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Ronald Walker was a past chairman of a Roxbury health center that shut down for unsafe patient care and dysfunctional management.

Students slept in two rickety cardboard villages in between games during the 10-hour Soccerthon.

Students raise awareness with Soccerthon

The goal of last month?s Sleepout Soccerthon at Mashpee High School was to raise funds to help the homeless.

Opinion

Nancy Gertner, Michael B. Keating, and Martin F. Murphy

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/12/09/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/1210_gertner.jpg Spare Boston the pain of a Tsarnaev trial

The last chapter doesn?t have to be one of bitterness, division, and re-traumatization.

The Big Picture

John Tlumacki/Globe Staff

Globe photos of the month: December 2014

Photographers captured images of Boston protests and holiday events.