These dumpsters of old nuclear waste are costing taxpayers a fortune

An aerial view of the decommissioned Yankee Rowe Nuclear Power Station site.

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They were supposed to be hauled away decades ago but they?re still here.

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Higher education is the third-largest industry in Vermont, yet the state faces a particularly acute version of the challenges that threaten the industry nationwide: decreasing enrollment.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Clipboard-25321.jpg Toby Keith?s in Foxborough abruptly closes; restaurant rep slams ?greedy? Patriot Place

Toby Keith?s I Love This Bar & Grill at Patriot Place, a popular restaurant steps from Gillette Stadium, is permanently closed.

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Hands are the biggest carriers, and over the course of the day your hands pick up other people?s germs and deposit germs of their own.

Big Picture only. Not for print. BOSTON, MA - 05/16/16 - A trolley on the Mattapan Ashmont High Speed Trolley Line leaves Ashmont Station. The trolley to Mattapan Square extends the Red Line, which ends at Ashmont. Lane Turner/Globe Staff Section: MAG Reporter: in caps Slug:

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Starts & Stops

Is the future of the Mattapan line more trolleys, or buses?

The aging trolleys will soon be on their last wheels and the T is debating whether to replace them with cars from the Green Line or turn the 2.6 mile line into a busway.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/31/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/f36775ca579e400d9a7cf89e21e72a96-f36775ca579e400d9a7cf89e21e72a96-26216-U8437135094933gH--90x90@BostonGlobe.com.jpg Kendall Coyne Schofield debuts as guest hockey analyst, encounters some mansplaining

Pierre McGuire reminded NU grad Kendall Coyne Schofield, an Olympic gold medalist and the first woman to compete in the NHL All Star Skills Competition, that she wasn?t there as a fan.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/31/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/hbs1.jpg Letter from Harriet Beecher Stowe penned in Andover up for auction

On its website, Nate D. Sanders Auctions said the letter, penned in 1852, was written at the height of the popularity of ?Uncle Tom?s Cabin.?

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The testimony came on the third day of the landmark racketeering trial against five former Insys Therapeutics executives and directors, including the company?s founder.

Yvonne Abraham

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In excruciating detail, the lawsuit lays out how the maker of OxyContin and other opioids pushed its deadly products on vulnerable patients as aggressively as any street dealer would.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/31/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/np1-25296.jpg Rockland police search for two men in armed home invasion

Police are looking for two armed men who posed as heating company employees before they forced their way inside a Rockland home.

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Christopher Muther

The under-the-radar, unsung beach towns of Florida

While some destinations in Florida grab all the glory, these four east coast gems are waiting to be discovered.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/31/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryancold4met.jpg Deep freeze chills Mass. to the bone

Thursday is off to a brutally cold start, with finger-numbing temperatures being reported across the state.

Julian Edelman has a streak of 12 straight postseason games with at least five receptions.

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Christopher L. Gasper

For Julian Edelman, it?s been a long, strange trip back to the Super Bowl

?I know he?s feeling really healthy this time of year, and that?s a good thing for our football team,? quarterback Tom Brady said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/31/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/superbowlfans1.jpg $2,500 for nosebleeds and somewhere north of $315,000 for a luxury box: Super Bowl tickets will cost you

While the experience may be priceless, the entry fee is not, no matter where you?re looking to sit. And if you?ve got the cash, there?s still time to secure your tickets.

Separating fact from fiction on ?Spygate? and Super Bowl 36

The last Patriots-Rams Super Bowl produced the circumstances from which some players and fans would come to regularly accuse the Patriots dynasty of cheating.

ATLANTA, GEORGIA - JANUARY 30: Rob Gronkowski #87 of the New England Patriots speaks to the media during the New England Patriots Super Bowl LIII media availability at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta on January 30, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

NORA PRINCIOTTI

Rob Gronkowski details the physical toll his body takes

?The season?s a grind. It?s up and down. I?m not going to lie and sit here and say every week is the best,? he said.

OPINION | CHRISTOPHER WEYANT

Another prediction on Sunday?s Big Game

Cartoonist and illustrator Christopher Weyant envisions who the GOP must see as winning the Super Bowl.

Letters

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/31/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/d2a94a8bfff5410d8afbb9bf1a13cb8b-f80bad232e1d4257bf8a548d7ab85e8c-0.jpg Media who keep questioning Trump?s base should take a hard look at themselves

?Continuing to call people who don?t agree with you uneducated or mentally imbalanced is divisive and demeaning.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/31/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/e800a5d641b745bc9f6f2bd3461f39a6-e800a5d641b745bc9f6f2bd3461f39a6-0.jpg Jussie Smollett attack: Police release photos of persons of interest

Detectives reviewed surveillance footage of ??Empire?? actor Jussie Smollett walking to his downtown Chicago apartment, and investigators have obtained images of people they would like to question.

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They were the top of their class at Boston public schools. Then life happened

This morning, the Globe will release a multi-part investigation into how and why the lives of promising Boston valedictorians didn?t quite turn out the way they expected.

The Big Picture

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The Big Picture

The day the North End was hit by a deadly wave of molasses

Twenty-one people died after a 15-foot wave of molasses swept through the North End in January 1919.

Love Letters: The Podcast

Love Letters

Season Two: How do you meet someone?

Dating in 2019 is?complicated. Frustrating. Sometimes completely exhilarating. In Season 2 of the podcast, Meredith Goldstein goes deep on one of her most-asked questions.

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