Romney seeks to reach America from Boston

The plan to make Mitt Romney the next president is being hatched deep in the heart of a city that conservatives across the country view as enemy territory.

Judge won’t give life sentence to Mehanna

Tarek Mehanna, the Sudbury man convicted in December of supporting Al Qaeda, is expected to be sentenced this morning at a hearing in US District Court.

Partners in talks to acquire South Shore Hospital

Partners HealthCare System’s move to acquire South Shore Hospital in Weymouth would reshape the competitive landscape in the region’s health care market.

New Balance plans Back Bay ‘Experience’

The 2,500-square-foot space at 583 Boylston St. will feature a live video feed from the Boston company’s manufacturing plant during work hours.

A dash of late-career celebrity will not spoil Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas, nor make him abandon his commitment to faith and family.

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What makes Tim Thomas tick?

A dash of late-career celebrity hasn’t spoiled the Bruins goaltender, whose commitment to faith, family, and limited government has led him into controversy at times.

Hiawatha Bray | Tech Lab

Pricey Spectre laptop oozes cool, but performance is lukewarm

The new HP Envy 14 Spectre’s sleek design and solid performance come at a gasp-inducing price — $1,399.

Murder charge brought in Trayvon Martin case

The neighborhood watch volunteer who shot 17-year-old Martin was arrested and charged with second-degree murder after weeks of mounting tensions.

Yvonne Abraham

Time to end hazing crisis

Hazing hits headlines when somebody dies trying to fulfill some alcohol-soaked initiation rite, or when police happen upon humiliated hopefuls in Allston, but it’s everywhere.

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As Mitt Romney met audience members in a campaign stop at Alpha Graphics in Hartford Wednesday, some GOP conservatives shifted their efforts to congressional races.

Enthusiasm in GOP wing running low
The photo of Hillary Clinton texting that exploded on the Internet.

Hillary Clinton shows her new style and goes viral

Rob Van Sickle and Deb Gregg started making treats for their dog Pearl, who they nicknamed “Polka Dog.”

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Polka Dog Bakery is in the spotlight

Matchups critical as Bruins take on Capitals
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House unveils budget plan

Mitt Romney spoke Wednesday night in Warwick, R.I. That state’s GOP primary is April 24.

Romney makes a pitch for women voters in R.I.
Will Heward pulled up oysters after a demonstration of low-impact dredging.

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Restaurant workers get a lesson in oysters
Liberty Mutual, a mutual insurer, is owned by policyholders, not shareholders. But their influence over policy is limited.

Liberty Mutual’s $50m CEO pay stands out

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Dreama Walker (left), Krysten Ritter, and James Van Der Beek star in “Don’t Trust the B---- in Apartment 23.’’

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ABC’s ‘Don’t Trust the B---- in Apartment 23’ a home for laughs
Crescent Dragonwagon in her Putney, Vt., kitchen preparing, among other things, snap pea salad.

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Crescent Dragonwagon sounds funny but she’s one serious cook

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Fraternity closes BU chapter in hazing

The Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity closed the chapter after allegations that members bound and beat five students.

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US, publishers settlement may lower e-book prices

The publishers are required to terminate their e-book contracts with Apple and any other retailer with a “most favored nation clause.”

Columnists

Juliette Kayyem

Ozzie Guillen: Why this controversy, now?

Joan Vennochi

IBM head’s sad silence on golf course

Hiawatha Bray | Tech Lab

Pricey Spectre oozes cool; performance is lukewarm

Jeff Jacoby

Augusta’s business

Yvonne Abraham

Time to end hazing crisis

opinion | scot lehigh

Court women voters with facts, policy

Dan Shaughnessy

Terry Francona wants no part of Fenway’s celebration

Brian McGrory

Red Sox tickets anyone?

opinion | Joanna Weiss

‘Texts from Hillary’ meme shows Clinton in charge

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Profit growth expected to take breather
Josh Beckett may have been smiling on Thursday, but he wasn’t when his first start on Saturday resulted in a 10-0 loss.

Tony Massarotti

Who is to blame for the Red Sox’ many failures?

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Calif. prison panel denies Manson’s bid for parole

A prison panel denied parole Wednesday to mass murderer Charles Manson in his 12th bid.

Politics

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Obama tax plan draws wealthy backers

President Obama said raising the taxes of multimillionaires was popular among the gilded elite from Warren E. Buffett on down.

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Celtics 88, Hawks 86 (OT)

Paul Pierce urged Celtics fans to cheer during the second half.

Celtics win again in OT

The Celtics took winning ugly to another level. “That was the worst game we’ve ever won,” Doc Rivers said of the victory.

Style

Do these bright jeans make me look fat?

Movies carry ratings to warn viewers what they’re in for. Why not jeans?

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Kevin Daniels (as Magic Johnson) and Tug Coker (as Larry Bird) play the two great basketball rivals who grow to become friends in “Magic/Bird.”

‘Magic/Bird’ misses the mark on Broadway

The production about Larry Bird and Magic Johnson floats along the surface, giving off a strong whiff of authorized biography.

“The party politician who moves to the middle does it with a wink: ‘You know where my heart is.’ In this case, people don’t know where his heart is.”

Stephen Hess,  on Mitt Romney

Magazine

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Are fat baseball players a problem?
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45 best breakfast joints around Boston
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Snorkeling vacations you can’t miss
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Grover Norquist: Emperor of no

Opinion

“There is something desperate about the continuing protests against Ozzie Guillen, despite an honest apology and an unpaid suspension.”

Juliette Kayyem 

Ideas

“Rami Genauer’s project is a kind of experiment — one that asks what happens when you set the powerful urge to watch lawless, explosive violence on a collision course with the blunt tyranny of math.”

Leon Neyfakh,  on bringing stats to ultimate fighting