Why the odds are against Rubio in his home state

GOP presidential candidate US Senator Marco Rubio.

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Will Marco Rubio?s White House hopes end in Florida?

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The move is part of a strategy to keep Donald Trump from winning next week?s basket of winner-take-all contests.

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A Dorchester man allegedly killed Ashley Bortner, 29, in November, leaving her burning body beside the train tracks in Bridgewater.

Group leaves flag burning in Cambridge parking lot

The group set an American flag on fire in a parking lot and then fled the area while it was still burning, officials said.

Brookline denies paid leave to officers who alleged racial bias

Town Counsel Joslin Ham Murphy said paid administrative leave for the men is not an option under the town?s personnel and leave policies.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/04/09/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/bridgewaterstatepresser1.jpg Is former Bridgewater State president?s retirement package too golden?

A fiscal watchdog group is calling for an investigation into Dana Mohler-Faria?s compensation, calling it an insult to taxpayers.

Pedestrian killed after being hit by car in Quincy, police say

The driver of the car, a 58-year-old woman from Boston, remained at the scene.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

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It?s been 63 years since the Crusaders last won an NCAA Tournament game.

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The decision to spare high schools followed a massive, citywide student walkout on Monday.

FILE - In this Aug. 17, 2015, file photo, a lobsterman motors through a channel between islands as he leaves Cape Porpoise Harbor at sunrise in Kennebunkport, Maine. As most Americans brace themselves for losing an hour of sleep, some corners of the country are proposing bold alternatives to daylight saving time. Lawmakers in a dozen states, from Alaska to Florida, want to abolish the practice of changing clocks twice a year. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

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Could New England secede from Eastern Standard Time?

Shifting to Atlantic Standard Time and never changing back would effectively make summertime daylight saving hours permanent, one R.I. lawmaker says.

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Almost 200 people attended the dinner at the White House, including a number of well-known Canadians.

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The first lady wore a Jason Wu dress to Thursday?s White House dinner for Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

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The rapper wrote in an Instagram post that the Secret Service has asked if the fake money was counterfeited.

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John Goodman to play former Police Commish Ed Davis in ?Patriots Day?

?Patriots Day? is the movie about the Boston Marathon bombings that will star Mark Wahlberg.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/03/11/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/05206653.jpg Mourners pay tribute to Nancy Reagan in California

Close friends and family remembered how she and husband Ronald Reagan made up ??two halves of a circle.?

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Clinton said she ?misspoke? when she said that the Reagans, particularly Nancy, helped start ?a national conversation? about HIV and AIDS.

THOMAS FARRAGHER

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/03/11/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/farragher-11023.png Patients looking for pain management worry about opioid addiction

Since 1999, the amount of prescription pain meds sold in the US has skyrocketed.

Love Letters

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/03/11/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/goldstein-4828.jpg Her boyfriend?s female friend talks about her sex life

The problem is that she?s uncomfortable with how close his female friend, J, and her boyfriend are lately.

Globe investigations

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The Boston Globe?s 2001-2002 investigation into sexual abuses by clergy in the Catholic Church resulted in more than 600 stories.

The story behind 'Spotlight'

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?Spotlight? is based on the stories and the reporters behind the investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.

BetaBoston

betaboston

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/03/09/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/2016-03-09/Warby-Parker-Glasses.jpg Spark Capital?s Mo Koyfman departs as firm targets $370m fifth fund

One of Boston?s most notable venture firms is losing a New York-based investor as it hits the road to raise more cash.

Crux

JOHN L. ALLEN JR. | ALL THINGS CATHOLIC

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/Production/BostonGlobe.com/WebPages/Homepage/Components/allen-189.jpg An Australian lesson in telling the whole Catholic story

There are salt-of-the-earth folks, who quietly carry out a staggering variety of good works.

Design New England

Design New England

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A seaside location sets the tone for a free-flowing master bathroom with partitions and angles ? but no doors to restrict sightlines.