A memorial to Pam Wells, a mother of two, marks a Seabrook, N.H., bridge where she and another bicyclist were killed.

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A memorial to Pam Wells, a mother of two, marks a Seabrook, N.H., bridge where she and another bicyclist were killed.

Darriean Hess is awaiting trial.

Darriean Hess is awaiting trial.

Police say Darriean Hess drove into the cyclists, who were on an organized ride. Two others were hurt.

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Police say Darriean Hess drove into the cyclists, who were on an organized ride. Two others were hurt.

Emergency workers tended to a rider who was hurt when Hess drove into a group of bicyclists in Seabrook, around 8:30 a.m. Sept. 21.

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Emergency workers tended to a rider who was hurt when Hess drove into a group of bicyclists in Seabrook, around 8:30 a.m. Sept. 21.

Hess’s sister, Cassie, and brother Magnus made brief statements after her arraignment.

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Hess’s sister, Cassie, and brother Magnus made brief statements after her arraignment.

The childhood of Hess and her siblings in a Seabrook home (pictured) was turbulent.

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The childhood of Hess and her siblings in a Seabrook home (pictured) was turbulent.

A memorial to Elise Bouchard sat near a Seabrook bridge earlier this month. The 52-year-old Danvers woman was killed, along with Pam Wells.

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A memorial to Elise Bouchard sat near a Seabrook bridge earlier this month. The 52-year-old Danvers woman was killed, along with Pam Wells.

Tom Rogers’s wife, Pam Wells (left), was killed when Darriean Hess crashed. What he wishes for Hess is complicated.

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Tom Rogers’s wife, Pam Wells (left), was killed when Darriean Hess crashed. What he wishes for Hess is complicated.

Trailing a life of wrong turns

Darriean Hess was the little one in a broken family. Her last, disastrous choice, was, however, her own, police say. And others paid the price.

Blind and hearing-impaired, Carl Richardson stood at a crosswalk in front of the State House that has no ramp.

Beacon Hill resisting ramps, aids for disabled

Long after other parts of Boston have come into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, Beacon Hill remains the lone holdout.

Analysis

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President Vladimir Putin plans to make Sochi a destination, and not just for its balmy climate and snow-capped Caucasus peaks.

Rookie shortstop Xander Bogaerts (left) and veteran outfielder Grady Sizemore laugh during a popup drill.

Dan Shaughnessy

Xander Bogaerts on fast track to stardom

The Red Sox rookie shortstop is as close to a sure thing as you are going to get in big league baseball.

A partial look at renderings for proposed slot parlors in (from left) Leominster, Plainville, and Raynham.

How the slot parlor proposals stack up

This week, the state gambling commission will award its first license for a slot parlor. Learn more about the process and the three proposals.

Mass. is easing rules for some pollutants

Developers will be allowed to leave substantially more arsenic and lead in the soil deep below contaminated construction sites.

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Parliament exercised its constitutional powers to set an election to select President Viktor Yanukovych’s replacement.

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Pope Francis lifted up new cardinals from some of the world’s poorest nations in his first consistory.

Opinion

TOM KEANE

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The Supreme Judicial Court’s decision bolsters the argument that privacy rights and public safety aren’t either-or propositions.

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Chief executive Gary Gottlieb is leading Partners HealthCare through a period of expansion, change, and uncertainty in the health care industry.

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Chekhov a family affair for Kate Burton
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On the Job

A haven in Maine’s great outdoors
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Acting now moves Baryshnikov

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Vignettes from Sochi
Nina Olson, as a sort of in-house watchdog, is supposed to tell Congress what the Internal Revenue Service is doing wrong. One of her reports called the IRS an “institution in crisis.”

Second of two parts

IRS America’s feared, failing agency
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Grand Hotels of New England

Soulful comfort at Woodstock Inn
The gold medal for the Sochi Games.

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Track the medals at Sochi
Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz will need his political savvy in advancing the president’s agenda.

As energy chief, Moniz is man in the middle

Travel

A triathalon in Hawaii

Sports

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Kings 105, Celtics 98

The Celtics’ Kris Humphries is too late to stop Ben McLemore’s driving layup for the Kings.

Celtics can’t keep up with Kings

The physical game featured 47 combined personal fouls, four technical fouls, one flagrant foul and two ejections.

Metro

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John Durkin, a Bates College student from Rye, N.H., was found dead after going missing in Rome.

Bates College student found dead in Italy

John Durkin was found dead by police after he went missing from a Rome bar popular with Americans.

Columnists

JOAN VENNOCHI

An insiders’ game for Democrats
New NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said earlier this month that the league wants to eliminate the trend of one-year-and-done college players.

Christopher L. Gasper

NBA must take mature approach
Dale Earnhardt’s death still resonates beyond auto racing circles, writes Leigh Montville.

Leigh Montville

Earnhardt’s death sticks with you
Mario DeBartolo’s quest is to engineer the world’s best speedskating blades.

On Second Thought

Making strides in speedskating
Blockbuster deals like Facebook’s acquisition of WhatsApp are rare for startups in the mobile tech sector. While entrepreneurs say making apps is easy, finding markets isn’t.

Innovation Economy

A few paydays, a lot of lessons
Rookie shortstop Xander Bogaerts (left) and veteran outfielder Grady Sizemore laugh during a popup drill.

Dan Shaughnessy

Bogaerts on fast track to stardom
Cardinal Kelvin Edward Felix (left) of Saint Lucia received his beret as he was appointed cardinal by Pope Francis.

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For ‘Pope of the Poor,’ personnel is policy

LAWRENCE HARMON

At DCF, death’s sad calculation
Despite repeated calls for her resignation, Department of Children and Families Commissioner Olga Roche has given no indication that she’ll step down.

Kevin Cullen

Roche should fall on her sword
There is a gap in how Rondo is perceived here and around the rest of the NBA, wrote Christopher L. Gasper.

Christopher L. Gasper

Celtics value Rondo more than other teams
Clay Buchholz, John Lackey and Jon Lester, left to right, had some fun at a Red Sox workout on Thursday.

Dan Shaughnessy

Red Sox have no problems at all

John L. Allen Jr.

Expectations on divorce in Catholic Church

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Joaquín Guzmán Loera had emerged as one of the world’s most powerful organized crime bosses and richest people.

Most-wanted drug lord caught in Mexico

Joaquín Guzmán Loera, one of the world’s most powerful organized crime bosses, eluded capture for 13 years.

Politics

The usually outspoken Chris Christie is scheduled to attend just one public event during the three-day annual meeting of the nation’s governors.

Chris Christie is low-key at governors event

The New Jersey governor is maintaining a low profile this weekend as the nation’s governors gather in Washington.

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Product Reviews

According to consumer feedback on almost 162,000 TVs, most major brands were worry free during the first four years of use.

Choosing the best brands in electronics

Brand advice isn’t as specific as ratings of a particular model, but it can minimize your chance of buying a clunker.

Arts

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Rachael Price leads Lake Street Dive during a sold-out homecoming show at The Sinclair. “We never stay away too long,” she told the crowd.

Lake Street Dive feels the love at Sinclair

On the day they headlined The Sinclair to a sold-out crowd, Lake Street Dive came home as full-blown stars.

Travel

“I love that light bulb moment, when someone says, ‘Hey! There’s something I can do in the winter that makes me enjoy it,’” guide Kevin Hinds says.

Snowshoeing by starlight in Maine

L. L. Bean’s Outdoor Discovery School’s snowshoe class gets you suited up to discover the glories of a Maine winter’s night.

Books

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‘The Sixth Extinction’ by Elizabeth Kolbert

“Extinction” is surprisingly breezy, entirely engrossing, and entertaining tour through a half-billion years of our planet.

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