How much should Mass. give up to lure Amazon?

Massachusetts policymakers and insiders agree they don?t need gimmicks to lure Amazon?s new headquarters when Massachusetts can emphasize the state?s strong education, technology, and innovation infrastructure.

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Many lawmakers are cautiously open to sweetening the deal to lure Amazon?s second headquarters, but are also deeply worried about the state?s taxpayers getting hosed.

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Tom Price says he?ll reimburse the government and he?s pledging not to take any more charters.

It seems like just yesterday that the million-dollar home was a mansion. Today, it no longer guarantees parking, outdoor space, or a second bedroom.

John Tlumacki/Globe Staff

One bedroom. No parking. One million dollars.

In the inflamed local real estate market, $1 million no longer guarantees parking, outdoor space, or even a second bedroom.

Evan Horowitz | Quick Study

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Tax cuts haven?t appeared to have worked in Indiana?or many other places.

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Years ago, Andrew MacCormack woke a prior girlfriend from her sleep and dragged her down two flights of stairs, according to court records.

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As if golfing wasn?t difficult enough, imagine having three former presidents watch you tee off.

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Prosecutors are using Winner?s own words against her as they urge a federal judge to keep the former Air Force translator jailed until her trial.

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A 33-year-old drug dealer was sentenced to 8 to 12 years behind bars Thursday for selling fentanyl to a man who fatally overdosed on a bathroom floor in July 2015.

Sponsored by .boston

Boston is going to hear a lot more about Gay Bowl XVII (the other Super Bowl)

The national event is trading in their .com domain for .boston ? and hopefully a new local fanbase.

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12/9/1968 -- Boston, MA: A view of the Playboy Club of Boston in Park Square.

Globe File/1968

?So many parties?: Woman recalls working for Hugh Hefner in Boston

Bostonians of a certain age might recall Playboy of Boston, an outpost of Hugh Hefner?s empire that operated in Park Square.

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The Boston Globe and WBUR have collaborated to produce the new program, which will be hosted by Christopher L. Gasper.

Left to right: Cedric Maxwell of the Celtics, Bob Sweeney of the Bruins, Tommy Harper  of the Red Sox, Senator Linda Dorcena Forry  and Tanisha Sullivan, president of the NAACP Boston Branch at Fenway Park on Thursday.

Boston?s five sports teams launch public service campaign opposing racism

?We cannot remain silent,? Red Sox owner John Henry said ahead of the announcement of the new initiative, Take the Lead.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/09/28/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/greenhouse_29brookline-3_metro.jpg Brookline considers seizing college land by eminent domain

A standoff is brewing over town officials? surprise announcement that they may seize 7 acres of Pine Manor College?s front lawn to build an elementary school.

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Officials at Cambridge Public Schools are distancing the district from a letter penned by a school librarian rejecting books donated by first lady Melania Trump.

Names

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The ?Veep? actress reveals the diagnosis on Twitter.

Names

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The former Red Sox centerfielder is over that now.

Talking Points

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Ortiz?s victories include the convictions of gangster Whitey Bulger and Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

A view of the cruise port of Quebec City with the Chateau Frontenac rising in the distance at left.

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Christopher Muther

Quebec City isn?t just a smaller Montreal

The rest of Canada may be celebrating its 150th birthday this year, but Quebec has the rest of the country beat. It was founded in 1608.

Woman dragged off Southwest flight taught at Harvard Divinity School

Anila Daulatzai, 46, was a visiting professor of women?s studies and Islamic studies at Harvard in 2014-2015.

Things to Do

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The Globe?s picks for the best ways to spend your weekend.

Newsletters

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Witness the birth of the marijuana industry in Massachusetts and catch up on national pot headlines every Saturday.

Special reports

Secrets in the Sky | Part 2 of 2

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There is a troubling pattern of lax oversight by the FAA that has made the agency vulnerable to fraud, and the public vulnerable to those who mean to do harm.

Opinion & Ideas

Michael A. Cohen

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/09/28/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/cohen-3198.jpg You don?t have to carry a gun to be a patriot

Patriotism isn?t about just the military.

Confidential tips

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Do you know about wrongdoing that needs to be exposed? Call the Globe Spotlight team: 617-929-7483 or [email protected].

Fall Arts Preview 2017

Fall Arts preview

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A complete guide to movies, music, books, arts, theater, and family events in the Greater Boston area this season.

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/09/28/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Ron%20Walls.jpg An inside look at Brigham and Women?s struggle to cut costs

The hospital is confronting daunting financial and marketplace forces, which are buffeting academic medical centers across the U.S.

Crossword

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Puzzled? Keep trying and see if you can triumph.

Real Estate

Have an empty room? City initiative wants a graduate student to rent it out

Empty nesters no more. At least that?s the plan. On Thursday, Mayor Martin J. Walsh ? in collaboration with the Elderly Commission, the Mayor?s Housing Innovation Lab, and a social enterprise startup called Nesterly ? announced the Intergenerational Homeshare Pilot. The program?s goal is to match Boston homeowners who have a spare bedroom with a graduate student looking for housing.