Stabbing suspect struggles with reality, lawyer says

Bodio Hutchinson, 34, pleaded not guilty and was ordered held on $1 million bail for allegedly stabbing two Boston park rangers.

TOP CHEF -- Season:12 -- Pictured: George Pagonis -- (Photo by: Tommy Garcia/Bravo)

?Top Chef: Boston? opener surprises with George Pagonis cut

Minutes into the opening episode of the Boston-set season 12, Pagonis became the first victim of the sudden-death Quickfire challenge.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/10/16/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/09hotseat207-8847--90x90.jpg Coakley lawsuit was in tune with backer?s interests

A lawsuit filed by Attorney General Martha Coakley could aid a nonprofit run by Elyse Cherry, who also is cochair of Coakley?s campaign finance committee.

Yvonne Abraham

Charlie Baker takes the Proust Questionnaire

In the heat of an election?s final weeks, it?s easy to lose sight that there are actual, complex, likable people behind the invective.

Diver Mike Nalen watched a 1988 Mercury Topaz emerge from the Merrimack; the car later was marked No. 53.

More than 50 cars pulled from Merrimack River

Well, you can say this about the Merrimack River: It has been, historically, a practically perfect place to dump a car.

An ambulance carrying Amber Joy Vinson, the second health care worker to be diagnosed with Ebola in Texas, arrives at Emory University Hospital on Wednesday.

David Tulis/AP

Mass. nurses worry about Ebola preparedness

As a second nurse fell ill in Dallas, the union representing thousands of Massachusetts nurses sounded alarms Wednesday.

Pavlok makes a device that hits the user with an electric shock as a reminder for appointmens or other things that need to be done.

tech lab

A shock to your system to get you in gear

A Boston company is offering a device that sends an electric shock to remind you go to stop procrastinating.

Thomas Menino began his book tour at Roosevelt House at Hunter College in New York.

Struggle and sparkle on the Menino book tour

The newly published author looked out at a room of people eager to hear tales from his 20-year run as a big city mayor.

Rex Ryan?s Jets have lost five straight after a season-opening win over the Raiders.

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

Patriots-Jets rivalry has lost its luster

The Jets are without their swagger, and this once-intriguing rivalry is now almost boring.

Opinion

Alex Beam

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/10/16/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Alex_Beam_150px-1141.png Is Jeff Bezos really the bad guy?

To paraphrase Sally Field: They hate him. They really hate him.