Warren rips deals with big banks
After a quiet first month, Senator Warren rebuked federal regulators for settling cases with banks.
Cyclists say their rights are going unrecognized
In Boston’s growing cycling community, a perceived lack of criminal prosecution of motorists involved in fatal bike crashes has been a source of outrage.
Bonds, once a safe haven, may be next big risk
The 30-year bull market in bonds, with prices rising as interest rates plunged, is ending, market strategists said.
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Cruise ship docks after 5 days without power
An ocean odyssey marked by overflowing toilets, food shortages and foul odors ended early Friday.
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At University of Vermont, no admission for bottled water
UVM is the first public university in New England to ban bottled water, which activists say is environmentally unfriendly from the factory to the landfill.
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Whitey-washed disinformation
Whitey Bulger needs to summon all his considerable powers of persuasion to convince anybody except the dangerously naïve that he wasn’t an informant.
Celtics won’t ‘just roll over,’ Rivers says
This battered, bruised, and gutted team is not only surviving but winning, and their resiliency starts with their coach Doc Rivers.
Cape girl saved by rare liver transplant
An 11-year-old girl dying from acute liver failure was saved by an extremely rare procedure at Boston Children’s Hospital.
Insurers set off a fight on replacement parts
Repair shops in Mass. are considering lobbying state regulators to prevent insurers from insisting on using only used or generic parts to fix cars.
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Sports
Red Sox foresee an end to sellout streak
The team’s sellout streak at Fenway Park will end this season, perhaps as early as the second game, team president/CEO Larry Lucchino said.
Metro
Nathaniel Fujita’s mother visited victim, witnesses testify
In the weeks before Lauren Astley was killed, the mother of the accused killer visited her where she worked and had an emotional conversation, according to testimony.
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Nation & World
Amid tensions, S. Korea stages military drills
South Korea flexed its military muscle, staging large military drills and disclosing a new cruise missile capable of hitting any target in North Korea.
Politics
Republicans block Hagel from defense post
The defiant move is likely to further strain partisan tensions while preventing the White House, at least for now, from assembling its national security team.
Business
Few local changes likely as airlines merge
The $11 billion merger agreement between American Airlines and US Airways is not expected to have a major impact at Logan.
Arts
Movie Review
‘Beautiful Creatures’ conjures a little magic, lots of mischief
Adapted from the first of four “Caster Chronicles” novels, it may play better if you’re not a convert.
Movies
Movie Review
Werner Herzog goes to Siberia in ‘Happy People’
The new film focuses on fur trappers, and director Herzog clearly loves, and envies, the trappers’ elemental existence and connection to nature.
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Inside Bowdoin-Geneva
Inside Bowdoin-GenevaWatch Globe journalists and subscribers discuss “68 Blocks,” a year-long project on the Bowdoin-Geneva neighborhood.