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MARATHON SLIDER HOPKINTON, MA - 4/16/2018: Boston Marathon Start..... a swish of runners passing (David L Ryan/Globe Staff ) SECTION: SPORTS TOPIC Boston Marathon

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MARATHON SLIDER Boston, MA--4/16/2018-- Women's wheelchair race winner Tatyana Mcfadden receives her trophy at the finish line of the 122nd Boston Marathon. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff) Topic: Reporter:

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MARATHON SLIDER HOPKINTON, MA - 4/16/2018: Boston Marathon Start.....womens elite starting line with cold legs (David L Ryan/Globe Staff ) SECTION: SPORTS TOPIC Boston Marathon

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BOSTON MARATHON SLIDER Hopkinton, MA - 4/16/2018 - Runners make their way through the rain in the athletes's village prior to the start of the running of the Boston Marathon in Hopkinton, MA, Apr. 16, 2018. (Keith Bedford/Globe Staff)

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MARATHON SLIDER Hopkinton, MA - 4/16/2018 - James Welch (2034) tiptoes over the mud in the athletes's village prior to the start of the running of the Boston Marathon in Hopkinton, MA, Apr. 16, 2018. (Keith Bedford/Globe Staff)

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MARATHON SLIDER HOPKINTON, MA - 4/16/2018: Boston Marathon Start.....gloves needed for cold hands as a volunteer slaps hands with a runner (David L Ryan/Globe Staff ) SECTION: SPORTS TOPIC Boston Marathon

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MARATHON SLIDER Boston04/16/18 The Boston Marathon finish line. Mens wheelchair winner Marcel Hug cross finish line. Photo by John Tlumacki/Globe Staff(sports)

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Here?s a look at back at the toughest conditions in the 122-year history of the race.

Boston04/16/18 The Boston Marathon finish line. Mens wheelchair winner Marcel Hug at the ceremony. Photo by John Tlumacki/Globe Staff(sports)

Wheelchair division winners log slowest times in 3 decades amid water-logged course

?It was so tough,? said men?s winner Marcel Hug about the conditions. ?I was so freezing.?

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HOPKINTON, MA - 4/16/2018: Boston Marathon Start.....womens elite off and running and little crowd (David L Ryan/Globe Staff ) SECTION: SPORTS TOPIC Boston Marathon

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Runners go to their bag of tricks to beat the elements

Plastic bags, camp dry spray, and cheap gloves are some of the ways Boston Marathoners are handling the conditions.

From the archives

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What happened in Boston that Patriots Day proved the determination ? the stubbornness, really ? of that odd breed, the long-distance runner.

The crowd was sparse on Monday morning in Lexington before the reenactment of the 1775 Battle of Lexington began.

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Boston Marathon forecast: Rain, headwinds, and wind chills in the 20s

Monday morning temperatures in the upper 30s will warm to the mid-40s by the time the elite runners cross the finish line around noon.

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Thousands of runners competed under miserable weather conditions during the 122nd running of the Boston Marathon.

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One silver lining to the weather was that security would be more manageable in light of the thinner crowds, police said.

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The American was considered one of the top contenders in Monday?s race.

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A frigid rain-swept wind didn?t stop the sounds of history from ringing across the Common in Lexington on Monday morning.

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?Steady, men!? A frigid start to Patriots Day at Battle of Lexington reenactment

Despite a driving rain and temperatures in the 30s, hundreds braved the elements for the annual event.

This is a sign in a Starbucks located in downtown Pittsburgh on Saturday, March 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Starbucks CEO hopes to meet with men arrested in Philly shop

About two dozen chanting protesters have entered a Philadelphia Starbucks where two black men were arrested after store employees called 911 to say they were trespassing.

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Sam Hess, 28, of Boston, was arrested and charged with breaking and entering, resisting arrest, and trespassing.

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Greer is the leading scorer in Philadelphia 76ers franchise history and made 10 All-Star teams.

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Barbara Bush is in ?failing health,? won?t seek more treatment

The former first lady, 92, ?will instead focus on comfort care,? a family spokesman said.

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Some condo associations are prohibiting residents from smoking in their units. In Boston, Belmont, and Newton, a drug-sniffing dog is sometimes being called in.

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Cambridge police released a seven-minute video that shows the encounter, which has been described as ?disturbing? by the city?s mayor.

A photograph of slain Yarmouth K-9 Officer Sean Gannon and his dog on the windshield of his cruiser, which was adorned with flowers parked outside the Yarmouth Police station Friday.

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Wake for slain Yarmouth police officer Sean Gannon set for Tuesday

In a statement, State Police said the wake for Gannon is scheduled for 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at St. Pius X Church on 5 Barbara St. in Yarmouth.

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The linebacker spent the last part of the 2017 season with the Patriots.

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??He has a very deft way of making things about him,?? the White House counselor said on ?Good Morning America.?

News Analysis

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ABC News aired an hourlong interview on Sunday with James Comey, the FBI director fired by President Trump last year.

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After a breakup, is it better to hold onto relics from the relationship, or to dump them?

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As the spring house hunt gets underway and National College Decision Day nears, thoughts are turning to campus housing.

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Globe staff photos of the month, March 2018

Here?s a look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers in March: Multiple nor?easters, St. Patrick?s Day, and protesting gun violence.

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