Dual rallies highlight fracture in Mass. Tea Party

An apparent rift between state Tea Party activists over whether to put a focus on social issues played out at separate rallies in Worcester and in Boston.

AVEO set to move from start-up to producer

AVEO Pharmaceuticals plans to apply for federal approval of its first drug, for kidney cancer, and is set to add 120 new employees in 2012.

POLITICAL NOTEBOOK

Geithner challenges Romney claim on women’s job losses

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said a claim by Mitt Romney about disproportionate job losses for women during President Obama’s term was ‘‘ridiculous.’’

Afghan-led forces end 18-hour Taliban attack

Afghan-led forces and US-led coalition helicopters repelled Taliban insurgents who had laid siege to Kabul, the capital city, for 18 hours.

MARATHON NOTEBOOK

Female pioneers return to place where they started

Forty years after they competed in the first official women’s race at the Boston Marathon, most of the eight finishers returned to commemorate their competitive breakthrough.

Celtics 94, Bobcats 82

Celtics pick up slack, beat Bobcats

Playing without the Big Three, the Celtics took the lead midway through the first quarter and never trailed again, handing Charlotte its 16th consecutive loss.

G Force

Problems with primary care

Dr. Russell S. Phillips, a doctor at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, was recently named the inaugural director of the Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care.

Movie review

‘Woman Thou Art Loosed’ fails to get it together

This overplotted, underwritten, powerfully dumb soap-thriller has more professionalism than it deserves.