Turnpike toll workers to get pay increases

Turnpike toll workers will lose their jobs in 2016 when the state moves completely to electronic toll taking.

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Some 410 employees set to lose their jobs in 2016 will get raises worth $24 million to sweeten their departure.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. disclosed that sales of its pioneering hepatitis C drug were falling faster than anticipated, prompting the company to shed 15 percent of its workforce on the eve of moving to a gleaming new headquarters and research center on the South Boston Waterfront (above).

Risk of failure leads biotech firms to seek new strategies

Those who attended the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference were reminded that making high-tech drugs is a high-risk enterprise.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/01/08/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Michelle%20Kosilek.jpg Court upholds inmate’s right to sex change

An appeals court said convicted murderer Michelle Kosilek is entitled to the taxpayer-funded surgery.

James Bulger was arrested in June 2011.

‘Whitey’ Bulger heard in rare audio from documentary

The 84-year-old former gangster’s voice is featured in “Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger,” which premieres Saturday at the Sundance Film Festival.

Mitt Romney was surrounded by family and aides after the second debate.

Netflix

New film shows flawed, human Mitt Romney

The up-close look, with the intimate feel of home movies, reveals the Romney that voters rarely, if ever, saw.

Duck hunting season coincides with deadly cold water, and there have been three deaths already this year.

For duck hunters, winter water often means certain death

Three recent deaths of duck hunters highlight how quickly the icy water temperatures can create havoc on the human body.

Robert Kraft (right) and departing owner James Orthwein shook hands on Jan. 21, 1994, after the news conference to announce the team’s sale.

Christopher L. Gasper

Upon his reflection, Kraft sees big picture

Tuesday marks 20 years since Bob Kraft bought the Patriots and kept them in town, and he’s seen it all.

Hundreds of people turned out on Franklin Common for a vigil to remember Lexi Munroe, 8, and Sean Allan Munroe II, 7, who suffocated after they became trapped inside a hope chest in their home Sunday.

Residents gather to mourn children who died in chest

A candlelight vigil was held to commemorate Lexi and Sean Monroe, who died when they became trapped in a hope chest on Sunday.

Linda Pelletier with her daughter Justina during a visit in September.

Teen caught in medical, custody dispute leaves Children’s Hospital

Justina Pelletier was moved to a residential program in Framingham, but will remain under the care of the hospital’s doctors for now.

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RENÉE LOTH

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/01/18/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/reneeLoth_150px-1127.jpg Somerville — the little city that could

The city has developed a comprehensive master plan — called SomerVision — to manage its robust growth.