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Critic?s Notebook
Stewart influenced political and cultural views with some of the brainiest satire that television has seen.
NBC suspends Brian Williams for 6 months without payThe network suspended Williams for misleading the public about his experiences covering the Iraq War, it said.
Stars 5, Bruins 3
Bruins fall to Stars at TD GardenThe Stars scored two unassisted shorthanded goals in the game.
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Ben Volin | On football
The Patriots probably won?t go on a spending spree the way they did last year.
When baking for Valentine?s Day, focus on the sweetness factorBaking with chocolate is a specialty that?s highly regarded ? and difficult. And it?s a mess. So why do bakers take it into the kitchen to make something for Valentine?s Day?
BetaBoston
Boston Dynamics? new robot has stunning sense of balanceThe Google-owned robot maker?s latest creation, called Spot, manages to stay upright even after being kicked.
Hernandez fiancee granted immunity from prosecutionThe move by prosecutors does not necessarily mean Shayanna Jenkins will testify in the Aaron Hernandez murder trial.
Death of American woman held by ISIS confirmedPresident Obama said Kayla Jean Mueller, an aid worker, ?epitomized all that is good in our world.?
The MBTA said subway, commuter rail, and bus service would be limited as it recovers from deep snow.
New in office, Baker is tested by MBTA woesThe MBTA?s winter difficulties have posed a sharp problem for Charlie Baker only weeks after becoming governor.
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THOMAS FARRAGHER
If MBTA general manager Beverly Scott has a bull?s-eye on her back, she hasn?t acted like it.
Boston hospitals battle to get patients out, staff inBoston hospital administrators labored to keep their doors open, hobbled by a stranded workforce and patients unable to get home.
Officials are asking the public to conjure up creative ways to dispose of what?s left on the ground ? and fast.
WOMEN?S BEANPOT TOURNAMENT
The defending champion Eagles lost the Beanpot and saw their unbeaten streak end at 27-1-1.
The Friendly Toast in Cambridge removed its menus after a food blogger wrote about its ?Strange Fruit? drink.
SCOT LEHIGH
How would you grade Boston?s snow-removal efforts?We?ve had a record amount of snow, but it hasn?t been of the Blizzard of ?78 variety.
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Big Picture
Photographers captured the lives of soldiers and civilians on both sides of the Ukrainian conflict.
The Red Sox used to know just the right time to bring prospects to the majors, but they misfired badly in 2014.
One incident damaged a building that housed a rhinestone-encrusted grand piano once owned by Liberace.
Spending for Homeland Security hangs in the balance as Congress fights over immigration matters in the agency?s annual funding bill.
President Obama and the German chancellor weighed the prospects of reviving an elusive peace plan to end the conflict.
Cambridge led the pack of 46 Mass. communities where home prices were higher last year than in 2005.
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Romance novelists and fans are gathering to celebrate the publishing industry?s biggest ? and least respected ? genre.
He?s a family type of person, but he?s not sure whether he should stay or quit.
Design New EnglandImaginations and innovation are harnessed to turn a crawl space into a tiny jewel of a bathroom.
New Harvard Law program aims for ?systemic justice?The new initiative goes beyond legal doctrine to show how history, psychology, and economics explain the causes of injustice.
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