//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/05/15/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/09142007_14zolotro2-6147943.jpg Jury acquits Needham doctor, nurse in painkiller case

The doctor and a nurse practitioner were acquitted of charges that they improperly prescribed powerful painkillers to patients.

Pulitzer prize winning poet Franz Wright in his Waltham apartment in 2004.

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Franz Wright of Waltham, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, dies at 62

The author of ?Walking to Martha?s Vineyard? died of lung cancer in his home on Thursday.

 This house at 21 Yale Terrace, behind Bicon Dental Implants, is expected to be demolished soon.

THOMAS FARRAGHER

JP neighbors continue fight over home demolition

Bicon Dental Implants used a straw buyer to acquire the circa-1900 home, which it intends to tear down.

Glass flowers at the Harvard Museum of Natural History.

Necee Regis

Ideas

Another role for colleges: Archivist

How does a modern institution serve as an ever-expanding repository of cultural artifacts?

Homeowner Elaine Melanson stuck a white flag in the snow pile in front of her Norwell home in February.

Boston had four times as much snow as Anchorage this winter

How bad was the snow? Boston had more snow than Anchorage, Alaska, this past winter ? more than four times as much, in fact.

Officials move to overhaul medical marijuana licensing

State regulators are aiming to remove politics from the process.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/05/15/BostonGlobe.com/Obits/Images/150504_MJ_010.jpg B.B. King, ?the King of the Blues,? dies at 89

The international music icon died late Thursday in Las Vegas, his attorney said.

The Deflategate report

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady shouts as he takes the field before an NFL divisional playoff football game against the Baltimore Ravens Saturday, Jan. 10, 2015, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

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NFLPA challenges Vincent?s authority on suspension

The Players Association outlined its case in its letter to Troy Vincent appealing Tom Brady?s four-game suspension.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/05/09/BostonGlobe.com/BCOM/Images/f215a4d7c5f64a4e95e4ab1f44b94a7e-0ee90c936a3c4c63a8cde7c3b3c38c84-0-3746.jpg Are NFL appeals ever successful?

Ben Roethlisberger and Ndamukong Suh are among the players to have penalties reduced through the appeals process.

Graduating students arrived for Boston College commencement exercises in 2013.

A student loan primer for the most indebted class in history

Nowadays, the average borrower will graduate college with just over $35,000 in debt.

Mitt Romney (left) and five-time heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield stared down during their weigh-in.

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Mitt Romney, Evander Holyfield set to square off

The former Republican presidential candidate will square off against the five-time heavyweight boxing champion Friday.

The Big Picture

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Amtrak derailment

Authorities continue to investigate the scene of a fatal train derailment on a route between Washington and New York.