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Who cares if your train?s on time if you?re not on time?

The MBTA is considering changing the way it measures success on the subway.

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Researchers from MIT are suggesting the big moment may not have happened in the ocean ? but rather in a shallow pond, perhaps 4 inches deep.

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Tanguay is a longtime Boston sports media personality who has been at NBC Sports Boston in its various incarnations for 18 years.

Sean P. Murphy | The Fine Print

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/13/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/wiggs_Lettvin_02.jpg An annuity check arrived every month for nearly 40 years. Then it ?just disappeared?

An annuity set up decades ago by Denise Lettvin?s mother vanished last year without explanation from John Hancock, which managed the fund.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/22/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/Time%20Out%20Market%20Boston%202.jpg BISq, Mamaleh?s, and George Howell join Time Out Market lineup

The food and cultural center is scheduled to open in the coming months at the former Landmark Center on Park Drive.

Damian Lewis (right) as Bobby

MATTHEW GILBERT/YOUR TV GPS

The week in watching: ?Billions? at its best, remembering 1969, and a Trump-less roast

Globe critic Matthew Gilbert?s guide to what?s on television this week.

NAMES

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The memoir Prince was working on at the time of his death is coming out Oct. 29.

NAMES

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The announcement comes less than a week after her co-anchor, Hoda Kotb, announced she had adopted her second child.

NAMES

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Both sides in Harvey Weinstein?s sexual assault case want the media and the public barred from the disgraced movie mogul?s next court appearance.

Celtics 110, Pacers 106

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Marcus Morris and Gordon Hayward had big games off the bench as Boston pulled away to win Game 4. Up next: it?s likely the Bucks.

Bruins 4, Maple Leafs 2

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Brad Marchand scored twice as the Bruins survived some shaky minutes at the outset and a late third-period Toronto push.

Aidan Clarke attended a few college soccer camps ? at a cost of up to $500 apiece ? before calling it quits. He and his father, Dan, said Aidan got little instruction.

Cheryl Senter for The Boston Globe

College admissions are still easier for the wealthy and well-connected ? and it?s perfectly legal

The glare of the Varsity Blues scandal has obscured the vast ecosystem of other ways that the connected get a leg up.

Ideas | Bathsheba Demuth

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The shifting, decreasing shape of the ice has changed the face of the seasons. It has altered something as basic as how people feed themselves.

SAN FRANCISCO - APRIL 22: A child's toy and plastic packaging are seen in a pile of recyclables at the San Francisco Recycling Center April 22, 2008 in San Francisco, California. To Coincide with Earth Day, San Francisco recycling companies, Sunset Scavenger Co. and Golden Gate Disposal & Recycling Co., have started accepting rigid plastics as part of their curbside recycling program. Customers will now be able to recycle rigid plastics such as plastic toys, paint buckets, clamshell containers and plant containers which in the past could not be properly processed. The San Francisco recycling center processes approximately 750 tons of recyclables a day. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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Ideas | Amy Crawford

Boxes, pouches, cartons, and envelopes ? oh my!

How do we balance the quick and easy fulfillment of our needs and desires against what?s good for the planet?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/21/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Clipboard-6142.jpg 13 passengers hospitalized after arriving at Logan

The group included students and chaperones who were returning from an April vacation trip when they fell ill on a flight from Miami.

Stop & Shop says stores are open but may have limited services

A manager at the Stop & Shop in Medford welcomed his employees back to work Monday morning.

Nathan Klima for the Boston Globe

There was no indication from the United Food and Commercial Workers union regarding when the ratification vote will be held, though a spokesman said the vote will take place as soon as possible.

Burlington, MA- April 09, 2018: Congressman Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) during a program announcing the partnership between the U. S. Army Research Laboratory and North Eastern University at the George J. Kostas Research Institute for Homeland Security in Burlington, MA on April 09, 2018. The announcement recognized the the agreement between the U. S. Army Research Laboratory and North Eastern University to locate the Northeastern Regional Hub for ARL?s Extended Campus at Northeastern?s George J. Kostas Research Institute. () section: metro reporter:

Seth Moulton enters 2020 Democratic field

The congressman from Massachusetts? Sixth District announced his candidacy for president in a video on his website.

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The Democratic presidential candidate unveiled her plan as she tries to appeal to young voters.

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The lawsuit aims to block a subpoena that seeks years of President Trump?s financial records.

Three Chinese runners are accused of cheating in the 2019 Boston Marathon.

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Three Chinese runners accused of cheating in Boston Marathon

One of the runners allegedly gave his bib number to someone else and the other two allegedly cheated their way into the marathon by forging their personal best results.

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The Supreme Court will decide whether the main federal civil rights law that prohibits employment discrimination applies to LGBT people.

Screen shot via Jim Lyons

Two dogs in Tewksbury receive police escort after getting loose

?It was funny as heck,? said Jim Lyons, who took a video of the dogs parading down the street, side by side.

Dave Epstein

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/22/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/klima_21easter(2)_20190420_002-6065.jpg Intermittent showers will dominate the week

Several weather systems on the horizon are promising to bring spring showers this week.

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Former New England Mafia boss Francis ?Cadillac Frank? Salemme, serving a life sentence, has been moved from a Brooklyn prison to a federal medical lockup in Missouri.

Security personnel inspect the interior of St. Sebastian's Church in Negombo on April 22, 2019, a day after the church was hit in series of bomb blasts targeting churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka. - The death toll from bomb blasts that ripped through churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka rose dramatically April 22 to 290 -- including dozens of foreigners -- as police announced new arrests over the country's worst attacks for more than a decade. (Photo by ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP)ISHARA S. KODIKARA/AFP/Getty Images

Officials say suicide bombers carried out deadly Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka

Police in Sri Lanka said the investigation into the Easter Sunday bombings will examine reports that the intelligence community failed to detect or warn of possible attacks.

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The HBO host identified ?incompetence? and ?disobedience as two of the report?s biggest themes.

Greg Shell on evening economic disparities

As managing director of the Bain Capital Double Impact Fund, Greg Shell works to identify and fund companies that offer profitable models for addressing critical social problems.

Special reports

The house at 212 Forest St.

He bought the fencing coach?s house. Then his son got into Harvard

The Needham house was assessed at $549,300, but sold for nearly a million dollars. The buyer, who never lived a day there, would sell it 17 months later at a substantial loss in what may become the next chapter in the national debate over fairness in college admissions.

Munch Madness

Munch Madness | Final

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Beloved Boston bakery Flour takes the cake over Sarma to clinch Munch Madness 2019.

Love Letters: The Podcast

Season Two: How do you meet someone?

Dating in 2019 is?complicated. Frustrating. Sometimes completely exhilarating. In Season 2 of the podcast, Meredith Goldstein goes deep on one of her most-asked questions.

Newsletters

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Follow the Sox as they try to repeat as world champs, with insight and analysis from the Globe?s beat writers and columnists. Sign up here.

The Big Picture

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The Big Picture

Photos: The 2019 Boston Marathon

An estimated 30,000 runners competed in the 123rd Boston Marathon.

Spring House Hunt

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/12/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/12sellersxref.jpg The things home sellers do that can turn off buyers or kill a sale

A hot housing market forgives a lot of mistakes, but that doesn?t stop sellers from undermining their own home sale.

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/22/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/VRTrees1-1024x576.jpg Can VR boost positive feelings in patients with depression?

Existing depression treatments aim to curb negative symptoms, but often don?t boost positive feelings. Can virtual reality help?

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