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Mashpee Wampanoag tribe plans $500 million Taunton casino

A rendering from the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe for the proposed Taunton casino.

The casino pitched by the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe today would include a water park, three hotels, and high-end retail shops.

Dan Shaughnessy

Bruins’ season comes to sudden end

The defending champions ended up on the wrong side of one of the greatest first-round series in sports history when the Capitals collected a 2-1 overtime win.

A difficult night for diehard Bruins fans

Fans decked out in black-and-gold gear flooded down the escalators of the TD Garden late Wednesday night with defeated looks, shouts of anger, or blank stares.

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The overuse of exclamation points!

E-mails and text messages have pushed the exclamation epidemic to a dire point. There’s now a name for it – the very unpleasant slang “bangorrhea.”

All-out effort to get people to waterfront this summer

Seven nonprofit organizations are teaming up with local shops and food merchants on a “Eat, Splash, Shop, Learn’’ campaign.

Small, tax-exempt Cape school gives its president a lavish life

Robert J. Gee, president of the 400-student National Graduate School of Quality Management, received $732,891 in compensation two years ago.

Patrick: Liberty Mutual pay ‘breathtaking,’ but nothing he can do

Governor Deval Patrick said the multimillion-dollar pay given to the insurer’s former chief executive is not something the government can - or should - do anything about.

Mass. House passes $32.4 billion budget

Around midnight, the House voted 150-4 to approve the spending plan, which includes a change to the state’s welfare program.

Rick Perry endorses Mitt Romney

Perry, one of Mitt Romney’s most bitter rivals for the Republican presidential nomination, praised Romney’s “private-sector success.”

Ex-Liberia leader Charles Taylor guilty of war crimes

The former Liberian president was found guilty of supporting fighters to commit atrocities during an 11-year civil war in neighboring Sierra Leone.

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Mark Bollman’s second Ball and Buck, on Newbury Street, resembles a well-curated hunting lodge.

Mark Bollman hunts for just the right spot

Push for health care an error, Frank says

Group pressures bishop on Kennedy

Joshua Green

The likability factor and mudslinging

Nicole Richie at the premiere party for NBC’s “Fashion Star” in New York.

Nicole Richie: fashion designer turns TV mentor

Pool business warming up

You may have visited here: When did we have that chicken? Are those buns from last Fourth of July? Is that lump in that bag . . . still a food?

Spring clean the freezer of all its odds and ends

Brian McGrory

Lots more to Liberty Mutual pay story

James Reed coated pastries before placing in the oven. He makes homemade ketchup and toaster pastries at home.

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Homemade vs. store-bought

Book Review

‘Insanely Simple’ by Ken Segall

Bob Ryan

NBA stiffing fans with stars’ absence

Ryan Harb, Univ. of Massachusetts Sustainability Manager digs in during a work session as he and other students and volunteers prepare planting beds near Berkshire Commons dining area in the southwest part of campus. It is part of the campus Permaculture Initiative, an ecological design for sustainable agriculture which recently received recognition from the White House.

UMass students break new ground in sustainability

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“Organized crime likes to believe their reach is long,” said Peter Neronha, US attorney for Rhode Island, in announcing the arrest of Anthony DiNunzio. “Our reach is longer.”

Reputed Mafia boss is indicted

Alleged New England Mafia leader Anthony L. DiNunzio was charged with racketeering and extortion Wednesday in US District Court in Rhode Island.

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Akamai CEO to step down from post by end of 2013

Paul Sagan has been chief executive of the Cambridge-based Internet infrastructure giant since 1999, and led the company through some of its toughest years.