Markets draw life science start-ups

More than two dozen life sciences companies, including at least nine in Mass., could go public this year, the biggest coming-out class since 2007.

Hardest-hit family conveys thanks and cautious hope

The Dorchester family that was the most extensively wounded in the Marathon bombings gave the fullest ­account to date of their pain and their halting progress.

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The difference between us and them

If you stood outside the funeral home and yelled nonsense, congratulations, because you did what Tamerlan Tsarnaev wanted.

Teachers listened to a presentation by the Israel Trauma Coalition at Watertown High School Wednesday.

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Israeli team helps Marathon survivors

Mental health professionals who specialize in trauma have spent the last week meeting with those affected by the Boston bombings.

Sloane Stephens first picked up the tennis racket 10 years ago, and now ranked 17th in the world.

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Sloane Stephens first picked up the tennis racket 10 years ago, and now ranked 17th in the world.

Stephens, daughter of the late running back John Stephens, beat Serena Williams at the Australian Open.

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Stephens, daughter of the late running back John Stephens, beat Serena Williams at the Australian Open.

She practiced in Indian Wells, Calif. before the BNP Paribas Open in March.

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The 20 year old practiced in California before the BNP Paribas Open in March.

Stephens signs autographs on a practice day. She has risen swiftly to fame.

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Stephens has risen swiftly to fame.

Stephens has been proclaimed tennis’s new “It Girl” by ESPNW.

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Stephens has been proclaimed tennis’s new “It Girl” by ESPNW.

She made the cover of Inside Tennis magazine and graced the fashion pages in Vogue among many other photoshoots.

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She made the cover of Inside Tennis magazine and graced the fashion pages in Vogue among many other photoshoots.

For tennis phenom, fame comes with strings attached

Sloane Stephens, daughter of late Patriot John Stephens, has pure athleticism, charisma, and the potential to be the next great American player.

Canton native Gina McCarthy worked under five Mass. governors, including Mitt Romney’s administration.

GOP halts action on nominee for EPA

Republican senators staged a surprise boycott a committee meeting and stalled the confirmation of President Obama’s nominee, Mass. native Gina McCarthy.

An unnamed oil-on-canvas portrait signed “Copley RA” and dated 1790 was sold for $85,000 at an auction. The painting is identical to Copley’s portrait of William Ponsonby, the second earl of Bessborough, according to The Harvard Crimson. Stair Galleries’s website

Prized stolen art frequently resurfaces after decades

Detectives say long-lost works are increasingly turning up after going missing for ­decades, feeding hopes that the pieces taken from the Gardner Museum could surface.

“It makes perfect emtional sense that there’s a slight dropoff,” said George Pyne of IMG Sports and Entertainment.

Two years after the championship, Bruins ticket prices lower

The average price to see a first-round playoff game is 5 percent lower than prices commanded two years ago.

Beverly native Angie Miller bid a tearful farewell when she was eliminated from the Fox singing competition Thursday.

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Beverly’s Angie Miller voted off ‘Idol’

The teen bid a tearful farewell when she was eliminated from the Fox singing competition Thursday.

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Red Sox 5, Twins 3

John Lackey’s throwing error in the sixth inning led to four unearned runs and a 5-3 victory for the Twins.

Fundamental flaws costly to Red Sox

John Lackey’s throwing error in the sixth inning led to four unearned runs and a 5-3 victory for the Twins.

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Opponents and advocates of same-sex marriage rights rallied side by side Thursday in the state Capitol rotunda.

Minnesota House OK’s gay marriage

A historic vote positioned the state to become the 12th in the country to allow gay marriages and the first in the Midwest to pass such a law.

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Chris O’Dowd, as Tom Chadwick, shows an old family photo to his dad, played by Michael McKean, in “Family Tree.”

Christopher Guest’s ‘Family Tree’ is a sweet mockumentary

It’s really about time Guest made his way to series TV, and it’s a great thing that HBO, so respectful of artistic intention, is his home.