DraftKings CEO defends ethics, balks at regulation

Watertown, MA - 10/7/2015 - Jason Robins, DraftKings CEO, speaks during an interview in the offices of the Boston Globe Watertown, MA, October 7, 2015. (Keith Bedford/Globe Staff)

The Boston Globe

Jason Robins said DraftKings is ?a very ethical company? that sports fans can trust to handle their money and run fair contests.

Attorney General Maura Healey testified before the Massachusetts Gaming Commission in January.

Maura Healey says DraftKings operation is legal

The Mass. attorney general said there are no laws prohibiting the sites from operating, but she?s concerned about insiders getting an unfair advantage.

Boston City Council could get 14 percent raise

The council would get the raise without taking a vote, through a maneuver not used since at least 1990, officials said.

Dell, EMC in possible merger talks, according to report

The future of EMC Corp., the state?s largest technology firm, has been in doubt as its storage business has stagnated.

Nanny charged with stealing $280,000 from Boston family

The nanny allegedly wrote checks from the victims? checkbook to herself and cashed them.

Passengers stranded when train is disabled in Salem area

A mechanical problem stranded commuter passengers for about 90 minutes and other trains also were delayed, officials said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/24/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/PILGRIM.jpg Pilgrim plant failed to address 1992 safety advisory

A review of its fire safety system revealed the nuclear power plant had never complied with a 1992 government advisory.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/10/07/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/kreiter_caruso1_met.jpg Boy, 4, heads home after year-long battle with paralyzing virus

The Weston boy spent 13 months hospitalized from a virus that left him temporarily paralyzed and unable to speak.

The Colonial Theatre would be transformed into a dining hall and performance space under Emerson College?s plan.

Geoffrey Goldberg

Emerson College may turn Colonial into student center

The change would be a radical transformation for the Colonial Theatre and make it a type of front porch for Emerson?s campus.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/10/07/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/wiggs_Theatre_476519.jpg Huntington Theatre faces uncertainty as BU plans sale of building

Boston University will sell Huntington Theatre?s building, and the performance company said it might buy it.

PITTSBURGH, PA - OCTOBER 07: Jake Arrieta #49 of the Chicago Cubs reacts after a double play to end the sixth inning with the bases loaded during the National League Wild Card game against the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park on October 7, 2015 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Jared Wickerham/Getty Images)

CUBS 4, PIRATES 0

Cubs blank Pirates in NL wild-card game

Cubs ace Jake Arrieta was dominant as he allowed just four hits and struck out 11 in a complete-game performance.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell speaks during a news conference at the conclusion of the league's fall meetings, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015, in New York. Goodell said that he expects NFL owners will vote on franchise relocation to Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

BEN VOLIN I ON FOOTBALL

Roger Goodell talks about Deflategate appeal but says little

Goodell eludes questions like Julian Edelman slips through defenders.

Jacqueline Carrasquillo, a former Long Island resident, stood in front of the halfway house where she lives in Dorchester.

Keith Bedford/Globe Staff

Year since Long Island?s closure finds safety net still tattered

Recovery and detox beds have yet to be replaced, and many former residents have bounced between programs.

Senator Marco Rubio campaigned at an outdoor house party in Bedford, N.H., on Tuesday.

Marco Rubio doesn?t dwell on lack of experience

Rubio faces resistance from some in the GOP who have compared him with Barack Obama in 2008, another freshman senator.

Capital

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/10/07/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/jackson-8944--90x90.jpg Well before Trump, politicians hurled insults

Compare Donald Trump?s brand of name-calling to that of some of the pros.

U.S. Republican candidate Dr. Ben Carson speaks during an appearance on Fox News Channel's 'Hannity' in New York October 5, 2015. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

Ben Carson defends his comment on mass shootings

Earlier, Carson said if he had been present at the Oregon attack, he would have tried to stop the gunman who killed nine people.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/10/07/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/COVERnoodle-1804--90x90.jpg How did we become such shameless dog spoilers?

As we spend upward of $60 billion a year on our pets, maybe it?s time to admit we have a problem.

Opinion & Ideas

editorial

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/10/07/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/walsh-wynn200.jpg Folding a losing hand

Mayor Walsh has spent more than $1 million fighting the Everett casino, but now it?s time to move on.

Ground Game

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/10/06/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/2015-10-05T192358Z_88095125_GF10000233358_RTRMADP_3_USA-ELECTION-CLINTON[1]-1562--90x90.jpg Calm down, Hillary Clinton has not lost New Hampshire. Yet.

Clinton is currently losing N.H., but she is very, very, very, very far away from the state being a lost cause.

The Big Picture

Samer Shkeer, a Syrian refugee, prays after crossing the Mediterranean to the shore of Skala Sykamnia on the island of Lesbos, Greece, on Sept. 11.

Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff

Perilous crossings

Globe photographer Craig F. Walker documented the plight of refugees and migrants looking for a better life in Europe.

BetaBoston

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/10/07/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/IMG_5804-920x526.jpg Former A123 boss aims beyond electric cars

As more solar panels and wind turbines are added to the electric grid, Vionx is pitching its energy storage systems as a long-running backup.

Crux

Analysis

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/10/05/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/bishops150-1091.jpg On day one of Synod 2015, conservatives strike first

The traditionalist camp isn?t going to just counter-punch this time around.