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Belichick throws Brady under bus

The Patriots coach seemed to shift the blame for the underinflated football scandal to the quarterback.

Bill Belichick says he has ?no explanation? for Deflategate

The Patriots coach said he did not learn of the NFL?s investigation into underinflated game balls until Monday.

There is no undoing the damage that has been done to Bill Belichick?s reputation.

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Patriots have sacrificed their legacy

Even with a fourth Lombardi Trophy, all of their accomplishments will be tainted.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/01/22/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/pats_deflate.jpg Has the air been taken out of the Patriots? brand?

First there was ?Spygate.? Now underinflated balls are damaging the team?s reputation ? and possibly hurting its bottom line.

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Nightclub meets the circus at Stage

The new downtown club rejects the usual nightlife formula for something different: a bit of vaudeville.

A new report suggests relieving congestion on the Northern Avenue Bridge (above) by opening up the South Boston Bypass Road to regular traffic. It is currently available only to commercial traffic.

Wheels of change in motion on waterfront

A report says officials should improve the Silver Line, give drivers access to a restricted service road, and place new Hubway stations in the neighborhood.

Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Pedro Martinez speaks Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015, at Fenway Park, in Boston, after being elected to baseball's Hall of Fame. Martinez, a three-time Cy Young winner, helped the Red Sox to their first World Series title in 86 years in 2004. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Pedro Martinez?s Hall of Fame plaque to have Red Sox cap

The Baseball Hall of Fame officially announced cap selections for this year?s inductees on Thursday.

Jim Braude will begin in March as host of ?Greater Boston,?? WGBH television?s news and analysis program. He hosted a similar TV show on NECN.

Jim Braude signs on as ?Greater Boston? host

WGBH television has found the new host of its nightly news show right under the public media outlet?s own roof.

Wynn Resorts

Wynn releases renderings of redesigned Everett casino tower

The new tower plan was called a ?vast improvement? by the chairman of the state gambling commission.

First major winter storm to hit this weekend

The storm will bring 6 inches or more in certain areas starting on Saturday, the National Weather Service said.

Sophomore Nat Bohrs walked in shorts to Brookline High.

Shorts in the winter? For some boys, it?s about looking cool

Even as windchills fall below zero, some boys insist upon strolling about as if it is summer.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/01/22/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/200_pasceri.jpg Shooter ?lost it? after mother?s death, says brother

Suspected Brigham shooter Stephen Pasceri apparently suspected that medication his mother took during her most recent illness led to her death.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/01/22/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/200_davidson.jpg Slain Brigham doctor recalled as caring, ?visionary?

Michael Davidson was remembered as a brilliant physician who took risks for patients? well-being.

Tsarnaev attorneys again seek change of venue

Lawyers for the alleged Marathon bomber argue that questionnaires filled out by jurors show that finding an impartial jury will not be possible.

Mass. posts strongest year for job growth since 2000

The state added 60,900 jobs in 2014, pushing the unemployment rate down to 5.5 percent.

Boston?s bid for 2024 Olympics

Widett Circle would be transformed to include the Olympic Stadium and would be called Midtown.

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Olympic Games would transform industrial district

Organizers see the so-called Midtown area as the one-day site of a new neighborhood connecting South Boston and the South End.

Opinion

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/01/15/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/a6984928f3424f538f5d31271d08e110-a6984928f3424f538f5d31271d08e110-0-8001.jpg Walsh, Olympic committee must drop ban on criticism

Mayor Walsh should never have signed an agreement in which he pledged that city workers would not criticize the Games.

The Big Picture

An abandoned tourist Boat shipwreck lying at the Dead Sea coastal resort near Ein Gedi, Israel.

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The Big Picture

Declining water levels in the Dead Sea

Originally one of the world?s first health resorts, the Dead Sea has a far from healthy future as its water levels decline.

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