DraftKings CEO insists company can police itself

Watertown, MA - 10/7/2015 - Jason Robins, DraftKings CEO, speaks during an interview in the offices of the Boston Globe Watertown, MA, October 7, 2015. (Keith Bedford/Globe Staff)

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In an exclusive interview, Jason Robins said DraftKings is ?a very ethical company? that sports fans can trust to handle their money.

opinion | ben mezrich

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/10/07/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/1008football.jpg The inevitability of fantasy sports

We?ve all been watching the birth of a multibillion-dollar industry ? one that even a few bumps in the road can?t derail.

Boston City Council could get 14 percent raise

The council would get the raise without taking a vote, through a maneuver not used since at least 1990, officials said.

Hiawatha Bray | Tech Lab

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/01/23/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/Boghosian_24snowden3_BIZ.jpg Data privacy? It?s mostly gone, but that can change

Just about everything we do these days is under some form of electronic surveillance.

Yvonne Abraham

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/10/08/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/abrahamy-8963.jpg Why can?t we stop texting and driving?

We need a solution that doesn?t just deter us from making bad choices but takes those choices out of our hands entirely.

The city has planned seven public forums to discuss the proposal, beginning Thursday evening at the Kroc Corps Community Center in Dorchester.

Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff

Some parents fear unified enrollment proposal plan limits chances

A proposal to combine lotteries for Boston?s district and charter schools has been met with mixed reactions.

Pilgrim plant admits to long lapse in fire safety

The lapse raised the possibility that a control room fire would compromise the plant?s ability to safely shut down the nuclear reactor.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/10/08/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Tlumacki_nhstateconvention_metro034-8967.jpg Democrat jumping into N.H. governor?s race

Colin Van Ostern will announce his campaign for governor.

Pork ramen at Millbury?s Dumpling Girl.

Matthew Healey for the Boston globe

What?s in a dumpling? In this case, an identity

A Weston restaurant is suing a rival, saying a trio of dumpling pirates copied recipes and trade secrets.

The Colonial Theatre would be transformed into a dining hall and performance space under Emerson College?s plan.

Emerson College may turn Colonial into student center

The change would be a radical transformation for the Colonial Theatre and make it a type of front porch for Emerson?s campus.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/10/07/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/wiggs_Theatre_476519.jpg Huntington Theatre faces uncertainty as BU plans sale of building

Boston University will sell Huntington Theatre?s building, and the performance company said it might buy it.

Jacqueline Carrasquillo, a former Long Island resident, stood in front of the halfway house where she lives in Dorchester.

Year since Long Island?s closure finds safety net still tattered

Recovery and detox beds have yet to be replaced, and many former residents have bounced between programs.

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton greeted people on Wednesday, following a campaign stop at the Westfair Amphitheater in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Splitting with Obama, Clinton opposes Pacific Rim trade deal

She?s specifically worried the agreement does not prohibit currency manipulation and that it favors pharmaceutical companies more than patients.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell faced reporters for the first time since Tom Brady?s Deflategate suspension was vacated.

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BEN VOLIN I ON FOOTBALL

Nothing new from ?Roger the Dodger?

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell eludes questions like Julian Edelman slips through defenders.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/10/07/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/64acbaeffd9940258ec0aa39456aa8bc-64acbaeffd9940258ec0aa39456aa8bc-0-8004-kcwF--90x90@BostonGlobe.com.jpg Despite Cowboys? injuries, Bill Belichick wary of Sunday?s opponent

The ?best offensive line in the league? and two returning defensive players make 2-2 Dallas no pushover, the Patriots coach said.

Senator Marco Rubio campaigned at an outdoor house party in Bedford, N.H., on Tuesday.

Marco Rubio doesn?t dwell on lack of experience

Rubio faces resistance from some in the GOP who have compared him with Barack Obama in 2008, another freshman senator.

Special section

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/11/14/BostonGlobe.com/Travel/Images/flyover2.jpg HUBweek coverage

HUBweek is a look at the latest and coolest art, science, and technology in the Boston area.

Opinion & Ideas

editorial

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/10/07/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/walsh-wynn200.jpg Folding a losing hand

Mayor Walsh has spent more than $1 million fighting the Everett casino, but now it?s time to move on.

Ground Game

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/10/06/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/2015-10-05T192358Z_88095125_GF10000233358_RTRMADP_3_USA-ELECTION-CLINTON[1]-1562--90x90.jpg Calm down, Hillary Clinton has not lost New Hampshire. Yet.

Clinton is currently losing N.H., but she is very, very, very, very far away from the state being a lost cause.

The Big Picture

Samer Shkeer, a Syrian refugee, prays after crossing the Mediterranean to the shore of Skala Sykamnia on the island of Lesbos, Greece, on Sept. 11.

Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff

Perilous crossings

Globe photographer Craig F. Walker documented the plight of refugees and migrants looking for a better life in Europe.

BetaBoston

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/10/07/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/IMG_5804-920x526.jpg Former A123 boss aims beyond electric cars

As more solar panels and wind turbines are added to the electric grid, Vionx is pitching its energy storage systems as a long-running backup.

Crux

Analysis

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/10/05/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/bishops150-1091.jpg On day one of Synod 2015, conservatives strike first

The traditionalist camp isn?t going to just counter-punch this time around.