Bruins 2, Avalanche 0

Bruins clinch playoff spot

Patrice Bergeron celebrated his goal in the second period.

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Patrice Bergeron and Carl Soderberg scored the two goals against the Avalanche in the Bruins’ 11th straight victory.

An antigovernment demonstrator stood with a ribbon covering her mouth during a protest in front of an office of the Organization of American States in Caracas.

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Obama wrong to isolate Venezuela

The Obama administration seems surrealistically unaware that this is a different hemisphere than it was 15 years ago.

N. Korea launches 30 short-range rockets, Seoul says

The reported maneuver is the latest in a series of apparent protests against ongoing US-South Korean military drills.

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The custom justice of ‘problem-solving courts’

A new kind of court is reshaping the American legal system — with little oversight.

An architect’s rendering of the Government Center MBTA Station, which would replace the structure below.

Government Center closing for 2 years

The T station will close tomorrow until spring 2016 for an $82 million overhaul.

ANALYSIS

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Ortiz’s representatives may be able to make a case for a contract up to $20 million, but he may want to settle for less just to get it done.

John O’Brien, codefendants want separate trials

Attorneys for the former Probation commissioner and two former top deputies argued that the alleged hiring schemes are “entirely distinct.”

Opinion

TOM KEANE

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Brown would be smart to refuse the pledge on turning down outside money and let pragmatism trump principle.

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‘Permission to be Global’ shines at MFA

Tightly packed but brilliantly set out, the first exhibition ever devoted to contemporary Latin American Art at the Museum of Fine Arts warrants repeat visits.

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Nimrat Kaur (pictured) and Irrfan Khan play strangers who become involved through letters passed to each other in lunchboxes.

‘The Lunchbox’ is Indian food for the soul

The film is actually a romance in the classic tradition, a “Brief Encounter” transposed to the rhythms and flavors of modern-day Mumbai.