Former Probation chief O’Brien, 2 others indicted

US Attorney Carmen Ortiz said today that the indictments of John J. O’Brien and two former top deputies, Elizabeth V. Tavares and William H. Burke III, are “just one step’’ in the ongoing investigation of a hiring scandal that involved top officials, including Senate President Therese Murray and former House speaker Sal DiMasi.

Dartmouth president tapped to lead World Bank

President Obama has named Jim Yong Kim, a physician by training and a leading figure in global health and development circles, to head the agency.

Former Lawrence school superintendent sentenced to jail

Wilfredo Laboy, who was found guilty on five charges of embezzlement and one charge of possession of alcohol on school property, will serve 90 days in jail.

President Barack Obama answers a reporter's question about the death of Trayvon Martin, Friday, March 23, 2012, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/ Haraz N. Ghanbari)

Obama: Fla. teen’s shooting should be probed

The case, which has rallied civil rights activists, involves an unarmed black teenager who was killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer in Sanford, Fla.

Bobby Valentine chatted with ESPN analyst Orel Hershiser before Thursday’s game.

RED SOX NOTEBOOK

Valentine blasts Girardi after tie game

The Yankees-Red Sox exhibition ended after nine innings when Girardi said he ran out of pitchers. But Valentine didn’t buy it.

Not so sleepy, Portland, Maine, is known for a buzzing dining scene, and notables include Fore Street and its lobster.

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4 budget vacation ideas in New England

Spring is the best in New England for finding travel bargains, and these destinations offer hefty deals.

NEWS ANALYSIS

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It was a prosecutor’s nightmare: a morally reprehensible key witness and a possible misstep by police, which resulted in the implosion of the Mattapan murders trial.

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Did the lone holdout juror in the Mattapan trial plan to hold up the verdicts before deliberations even began?

“None of the victims got justice. [The defendants] are free. They can breathe... My nephew was only 2. He never made it to kindergarten.’’

Ebony Flonory,  aunt of the two-year-old slain in the Mattapan murders

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Watch the video of this Globe Talk event, featuring local comedians Dave Russo, Anthony Scibelli, Tony V, Jimmy Tingle, and Lenny Clarke sharing stories about the Boston comedy scene. Laughs guaranteed. (Editor’s note: This video contains strong language.)

Inside The Boston Globe

Red Line celebrates 100th anniversary

Cat survives fall from 19th-floor window

New England’s elusive ski season cut short

Consultant juggles roles as adviser to Romney, Brown

Spoek Mathambo raps with the rhythms of South Africa

Celtics 100, Bucks 91

Celtics knock off Bucks
Coroner's officials said that Whitney Houston drowned, but her death was also caused by heart disease and cocaine use that suggested she was chronically using the drug. She died Feb. 11 at the age of 48.

Whitney Houston died from drowning, coroner says

From a father’s grief, compassion

Movie Review

‘Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye’ is as unconventional as its subjects
Robert B. Parker’s widow, Joan Parker, says author Ace Atkins, who recently visited her in her Cambridge home, has just the right touch to take over the “Spenser’’ detective series.

Atkins, for hire, helps keep Parker’s ‘Spenser’ on the case
‘‘The Hunger Games’’ stars Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen, who is chosen to represent her district in nationally televised killing games.

Movie Review

‘The Hunger Games’ aims for solid entertainment and hits the mark

Art Review

‘Art on the Marquee’ inspires and challenges

Metro

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The winter that wasn’t

The last few days have left us with little doubt: This will go down as The Year We Had No Winter.

Business

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Long-stalled lab building underway in Longwood

Developers have resumed construction of the $300 million project, part of a burst of development in the health care sector.

Columnists

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For Wisconsin, depth leads to despair

BOSTON CAPITAL

Bay State Banner publisher’s two hats in bank-church dispute

LAWRENCE HARMON

The case for orphanages

SCOT LEHIGH

The economy, generically oversimplified

Brian McGrory

A mystery on the side
Roger Goodell suspended Saints coach Sean Payton for one year.

Bob Ryan

Roger Goodell sends big message in punishments

Yvonne Abraham

Mass. lawmakers should pass sick-leave bill

Juliette Kayyem

Under melting ice, a jackpot
US Senator Scott Brown appeared at the annual St. Patrick’s Day breakfast at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center on Sunday.

Joan Vennochi

Old-school Dems have their guy: Scott Brown

Joanna Weiss

Still waiting for a heroine of confidence
Shirley Simmons is pictured with Father Ernest Serino (left) and Reverend Charles Stith in this Sept. 30, 1979 photo.

Brian McGrory

A crime then, and now
UConn fans make Huskies games at Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, Conn., a festive affair.

Bob Ryan

Bob Ryan’s college basketball tour of New England

Nation & World

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Soldier faces 17 murder charges in rampage

Robert Bales is being charged with murder, assault and other offenses in the massacre of Afghan villagers.

Politics

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Lobbyists group lobbies for more oversight of industry

Washington lobbyists are making a strange request: more regulation of lobbying.

Sports

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Bruins upended by Sharks

The Bruins were outplayed by a hungry Sharks team, and their lead over the Senators shrank to just three points.

Syracuse celebrated after Wisconsin’s last-second shot went awry.

Syracuse 64, Wisconsin 63 

Syracuse takes Wisconsin’s best shot, advances

The Badgers fought Syracuse hard, but could not convert a final-second opportunity to knock off the top-seeded team.

Movies

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Movie Review

‘Delicacy’ has Audrey Tautou, so what’s not to love?

It’s a charming but shapeless tale of love lost and found again that’s mostly about the joys of being in love with Tautou.

Arts

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Theater Review

In ‘Futurity,’ the Lisps’ visions run out of steam

A lack of passion deflates the musical musing on war and technology's good intentions.

Magazine

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Grover Norquist: Emperor of no
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Stoughton’s Lori McKenna is writing her heart out
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Putting college degrees to work
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24 hours in Kendall Square

Opinion

”Illness and aging shift the entire nature of the relationship between parent and child.”

Joan Wickersham 

Ideas

“If the Solutrean hypothesis becomes widely accepted, it would mean that the sea played a central part in human expansion. And in the matter of ‘who came first,’ it would mean that all the Americas have a new origin story to contend with.”

Gareth Cook