Princeton beats Harvard for top spot in rankings

Move over Crimson; the Tigers are No. 1 on US News & World Report?s 2017 university rankings.

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The middle class and the poor just had the best year since the end of the Great Recession.

BOSTON, MA - 9/12/2016: At Terminal E, Logan Airport where Marlene Taraskiewicz, mother of Susan Taraskiewicz who was slain Sept. 14, 1992 has walked many a time at this terminal has fought to keep the investigation into her child's death active. She is going to be filming a video with State Police and law enforcement as part of this year's anniversary request for the public's help in solving her murder. (David L Ryan/Globe Staff Photo) SECTION: METRO TOPIC 13coldcase

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24 years later, she still wants to know who killed her daughter

Marlene Taraskiewicz has never veered away from her goal of learning who killed Susan Taraskiewicz.

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Wanda Rosa was found dead in the home she shared with her 4-year-old son. The boy?s father, Emilio De La Rosa, is being sought in the investigation.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/09/06/BostonGlobe.com/Regional/Images/charliebaker.jpg Charter school ballot question is in tight contest, new poll finds

Close to half of the respondents in the WBUR/MassINC Polling survey ? 48 percent to be exact ? would vote against expanding charter schools.

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Should Massachusetts expand charter schools?

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The new commercial fishing wharf will replace a smaller pier built in the 1920s.

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Three people asserted their rights against self-incrimination and did not appear before a House committee investigating Clinton?s e-mail practices.

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It?s the third trip to the Granite State for the real estate mogul since the beginning of August.

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Otessa Moshfegh has been named a finalist for this year?s Man Booker Prize for Fiction for her debut novel, ?Eileen.??

Sponsored by Rockland Trust

Craft brewers don?t want to turn into ?Dad?s Beer?

Young beer drinkers are committed to craft beer, says Rob Martin, president of Ipswich Ale Brewery. But the crowded industry demands that brewers stay ahead or get left behind?in the back of dad?s fridge.

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Do not go to Quincy hoping to see a free Adele show.

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No, Adele isn?t playing in a Quincy T station

Rumor had it that Adele was going to sing at the Quincy Center T station.

Miss Conduct

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Plus, when to worry about thank-you notes ? and when to let it go.

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One plaintiff, who racked up big medical bills when she was hospitalized with E. coli, asked for more than a cash settlement.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/09/13/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/0a5d44b509554580ae8622b0df1282e6-0a5d44b509554580ae8622b0df1282e6-0.jpg Lochte feels ?hurt? after ?Dancing with the Stars? incident

Ryan Lochte says he feels ?a little hurt? after two men were arrested for allegedly rushing the stage following his debut on the show.

Boston, MA--8/31/2016--Archaeologist and volunteer Elizabeth Neill (cq) works in the cistern. The dig of the Unity Court Tenements in Washington Park Garden at old North Church (cq) is photographed, on Wednesday, August 31, 2016. Photo by Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff Topic: oldnorth Reporter: Brian Macquarrie

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This 19th-century trash is now modern treasure

A 7-foot-deep hole off Salem Street has unveiled day-to-day details of life in the North End of the 1800s like few discoveries before it.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/08/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/fountain_05.jpg It was so hot last month that Aug. broke a world record

Last month?s heat pushed 2016 closer to becoming the third straight year of record-setting global warmth.

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Crewmembers aboard ships are saving money on food and rent, and enjoying new amenities provided by an industry whose demand for workers is growing.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/09/13/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/a9983f82a5ce443baa5456c2e79bb8d9-a9983f82a5ce443baa5456c2e79bb8d9-0.jpg Announcer delivers classic call of fan?s run on field

Kevin Harlan?s humorous play-by-play description of a fan?s dalliance on the field during Monday?s 49ers-Rams game is one for the history books.

BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/09/12/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/603026408-9738.jpg How Josh McDaniels used gimmicks and deception in Patriots? win

The Patriots offensive coordinator kept the Cardinals off balance and his quarterback in a position to succeed.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/09/13/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/160912_MINISTRY_006.jpg Rebranded ?Ministry? launches a women?s clothing line

Four years after it sold its first high-tech men?s dress shirt, the Boston-based clothing company is renaming itself and going after a new market.

TV CRITIC?s CORNER

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In an ad for Cigma, they brought together five TV doctors to recommend office visits.

HOME OF THE WEEK

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This Duxbury home was expanded in the 1980s and in 2007.

Globe investigations

The desperate and the dead

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/08/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/spotlight9090-11856.jpg The broken covenant

Behind the fragmented state of mental health care lies a political system failure that spans decades ? and continues.

The story behind 'Spotlight'

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?Spotlight? is based on the stories and the reporters behind the investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.

The Big Picture

First-grader Dominik Rosebush, 6, center, raises his hand, trying to get teacher Mindy Parrott to call on him for the answer to a question as students attend their first day of school on Aug. 22 at Central Elementary School in Davison.

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Back to school

A look at children around the world starting school after their summer break.