Baker names gas tax advocate as transit chief

Stephanie Pollack, a policy analyst at Northeastern University?s Dukakis Center, has been a frequent advocate for raising the gas tax.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/01/13/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/matanov150-7832.jpg Tsarnaev friend faces reduced charges under plea agreement

Khairullozhon Matanov, 24, has said in court records that he plans to plead guilty to destroying evidence.

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Norman Porter Jr. was convicted of two murders but fled and spent 20 years as a fugitive, becoming a poet in Chicago.

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US employers advertised the most job openings in nearly 14 years in November, the Labor Department said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/01/13/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/Par8073287.jpg Some concerned over new Charlie Hebdo cover

Muslim groups and scholars in France are worried the cartoon depicting Mohammed will ignite dangerous new passions.

Mourners standing on a wall looked on in Jerusalem during the funeral of four Jews killed in an Islamist attack on a kosher supermarket in Paris last week.

Victims of attacks mourned in France, Israel

As the countries buried their dead, authorities intensified efforts to find associates of the gunmen who attacked France.

Police to seek trespassing complaint in MBTA platform jump

Dylan Polin was recorded on an Instagram video in a leaping flip over the Red Line tracks at Park Street.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/01/13/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Capture-7886.JPG At least 10 small earthquakes have hit eastern Conn.

All the quakes have been recorded in an area near the state?s border with Rhode Island since Thursday.

?We use narcotics to treat narcotic addictions, so it makes sense,? said psychiatrist David Greenfield of the apps designed to limit smartphone use.

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Apps aim to break your smartphone dependency

A number of apps are using technology to help smartphone users retreat from the pull of their devices.

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The former governor took a job working to connect policy makers and innovators at MIT?s Innovation Initiative.

NFL playoffs

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/01/13/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/c36fb8f4f1934e0d8392264d029a287d-c36fb8f4f1934e0d8392264d029a287d-0.jpg John Harbaugh now says issue was with refs, not Patriots? scheme

The Ravens coach said at his season-ending new conference he was frustrated with the referee signals, not the Patriots? scheme.

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The Wall Street Journal detailed the methods by which the Patriots head coach expects his players to know their stuff ? at all times.

1/05/15 - Sudbury, MA - This is chef and author Gordon Hammersley, cq, in his home kitchen in Sudbury, MA on Monday, January 5, 2015. Images to accompany Gordon Hammersley step-by-step recipe for how to make mac and blue cheese squares. Item: 14hamersleypix. Dina Rudick/Globe Staff.

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Cooking with Gordon Hamersley

Introducing a chef you already know, Gordon Hamersley

The former bistro owner?s new cooking column offers chef?s tips, dishes he?s been making lately, favorite recipes, and more.

Red Sox name Raquel Ferreira VP of baseball administration

Ferreira is just the third woman to be elevated to a baseball operations vice president position in Major League Baseball.

President Barack Obama.

Obama administration to issue rules to cut methane emissions

The goal is to cut methane emissions from oil and gas production by up to 45 percent by 2025 from 2012 levels, an official said.

Opinion

Judith Beals

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The former assistant attorney general who prosecuted Mark Wahlberg 26 years ago writes ?that history should never be erased.?

The Big Picture

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Millions march to honor victims of France attacks

Crowds gathered in Paris and elsewhere in a somber display of solidarity and defiance after a series of terrorist attacks shook France.

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