New plans for MBTA extension rile advocates

3/2/2016 - Somerville, MA - Irving Fischman, cq, center, of Somerville, looked at plans for scaled-back plans for the MBTA Green Line extension project during a community forum at the Somerville Armory on Wednesday evening, March 2, 2016.

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Amid an effort to cut costs, new plans show five open-air stations along the proposed Green Line extention.

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Victims of Newton crash identified

The day after the incident at Sweet Tomatoes, the husband of one of the victims stood in the home they had shared and wept.

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Eleanor Miele was among two people killed Tuesday evening when an SUV crashed into Sweet Tomatoes Pizza.

North Korea fires short-range projectiles after UN sanctions

North Korea fired short-range projectiles into the sea hours after UN sanctions were slapped on Pyongyang, according to South Korea.

Buffer zone for marijuana dispensaries backed in Boston

Dispensaries in Boston would have to sit at least half-a-mile apart under rules approved Wednesday.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/03/03/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/walsh-11016.jpg Parade organizers outraged by shorter route

Organizers of the St. Patrick?s Day parade urged the public to contact Mayor Walsh?s office to ask that the event?s traditional path be restored.

Four more Harvard students get mumps

A total of six cases of the viral infection have been diagnosed.

Cape and islands could get 8 inches of snow

Forecasters said a storm could be headed for the Cape and islands on Friday.

Snow-covered mountains looked over the Isfjord in Svalbard, Norway.?

The ?ridiculously? warm Arctic just set another ominous record

The warmth of the Arctic this year, featuring temperature departures many degrees above normal, has scientists floored.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/05/27/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Advance/Images/chin052615SPOTLIGHTMassGeneral_met1.jpg MGH continues to grapple with patient overcrowding

A lack of available beds forced 80 percent of all patients last year to wait in the emergency room for varying periods of time.

Lori Britton, right, and her husband, Milton, are parents of a student who was threatened with a reference to lynching.

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Parents of student threatened with lynching speak out

A school department investigation into the racial climate at BLS acknowledged mishandling the girl?s case.

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Republican Party leaders fretted about Donald Trump?s candidacy, but they remained seemingly powerless to slow his momentum.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/03/03/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Google-searches-11025.jpg Comforting thoughts of fleeing to Canada

Is the notion of moving north of the border suddenly appealing? Here are a few things to consider.

FILE-- Donald Trump, a Republican presidential hopeful, consults with former Sen. Scott Brown as he greets the crowd after speaking at a campaign event at the Hampshire Hills Athletic Club in Milford, N.H., Feb. 2, 2016. In a 2014 race, Scott Brown struck a chord with the state's voters uneasy with border issues. Brown lost, but he may have set the tone for Trump. (Damon Winter/The New York Times)

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Donald Trumps taps into a populist message

Trump is riding the same wave of discontent that helped propel Scott Brown to the US Senate from Mass. in 2010.

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Thursday night, Donald Trump and Megyn Kelly will be back on stage together for the 11th Republican presidential debate.

Yvonne Abraham

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There is something devotees of the firebrand senator from Vermont can do: Fix it so that future candidates like him become more like the mainstream.

CELTICS 116, TRAIL BLAZERS 93

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The win, led by Isaiah Thomas with 30 points, was the 12th straight for the Celtics at home.

PATRIOTS IN POSITION

Patriots probably could use a hand or two at receiver

After Rob Gronkowski and Julian Edelman, there is a dropoff at tight end and receiver.

obituary

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/03/03/BostonGlobe.com/Obits/Images/Margatet_Eagan_2A-594.jpg Margaret Eagan, 83, activist who ran management consulting firm

Ms. Eagan also taught psychology courses and counseled parents and students about substance abuse.

The Radio Shack ?Trash-80? laptop is probably not adaptable, but many other ?old computers? can still be repurposed.

Tech Lab | BetaBoston

Maybe that PC will Neverware out

New York company Neverware will convert an entire schoolful of computers into Chromebooks for $59 apiece.

Opinion & Ideas

Opinion | MARK POTHIER

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Imagine the difference it could make in the lives of low-income earners if their commuting bills were cut.

Ground Game

ground game

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/06/26/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/070515LocationPics06.jpg The Mass. primary?s biggest bellwether communities

There are two places to watch as key indicators of where the statewide results could be headed.

BetaBoston

BETABOSTON

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/03/01/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/2016-03-01/Client251_7.png Video games that can read your emotions

?Nevermind? will use a standard webcam to watch the fright on players' faces as they tackle levels, and respond based on the emotion they display.

Crux

JOHN L. ALLEN JR. | ALL THINGS CATHOLIC

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/Production/BostonGlobe.com/WebPages/Homepage/Components/allen-189.jpg An Australian lesson in telling the whole Catholic story

There are salt-of-the-earth folks, who quietly carry out a staggering variety of good works.

The Big Picture

Scott Kelly?s year in space

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly captured views of our planet that unify science and art.