Health care fight hits Supreme Court
Doctors and medical students supporting the health care reform law gathered in front of the Supreme Court Monday in Washington, D.C.

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In the opening minutes of the three-day debate, justices asked pointed questions about a legal issue that could derail the case.

From Sunday’s Globe

Health care battle focuses on Mass. model

With the Supreme Court set to consider President Obama’s signature health care overhaul, the state’s experience illustrates the problems of a patchwork mandate.

FDA working to trim hospital ‘alarm fatigue’

The FDA is intensifying its scrutiny of monitors and other medical devices in an effort to reduce the ‘‘alarm fatigue’’ that has been linked to hundreds of deaths nationally.

G Cover

How parents are changing the course of autism research

Science and medicine are catching up with parents’ understanding, and a more nuanced view is slowly emerging: Autism is not just a brain problem.

Sarah Connell hugged her 16-year-old son, Walt, who was diagnosed with autism as a preschooler.

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Sarah Connell hugged her 16-year-old son, Walt, who was diagnosed with autism as a preschooler.

Walt (right), with his 13-year-old brother Malcolm, made gluten-free cookies one Sunday.

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Walt (right), with his 13-year-old brother Malcolm, made gluten-free cookies one Sunday.

Walt's family manage his challenges with good nature, warmth, and lots of humor.

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Walt's family manage his challenges with good nature, warmth, and lots of humor.

Walt and Malcolm took cookies out of the oven.

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Walt and Malcolm took cookies out of the oven. "I did so awesome," Walt said excitedly when he was done.

Walt spent part of his day printing out pictures of tugboats and placing them in an album.

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Walt spent part of his day printing out pictures of tugboats and placing them in an album.

The walls in a playroom in the house are covered with Walt's artwork.

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The walls in a playroom in the house are covered with Walt's artwork.

Malcolm and Walt play a video game together.

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Malcolm and Walt played a video game together.

Martin Shires, marketing manager at NCR Corp., demonstrated how to use an ATM that employs videoconferencing technology.

Need a teller at the ATM? Push the button

After years of advances that have allowed customers to do their banking without human interaction, the next step in ATM technology could put people back into the picture.

Foxborough, Krafts battle over billboards

A dispute over who controls two billboards near Gillette Stadium has damaged the 27-year relationship between the town’s government and The Kraft Group.

http://c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2012/03/26/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/26parolero_photo1--90x90.jpg Backlog follows parole overhaul

Governor Patrick’s revamped Parole Board has voted to grant early release to 17 serious criminal offenders, but has not notified any of the inmates or the victims’ families.

“The total effect is more people in prison overall, and fewer people released under supervision.”

James R. Pingeon of Prisoners’ Legal Services,  on parole backlog

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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.)

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A vehicle crossing in Kyrgyzstan has monitors to detect nuclear materials that could fall into the hands of terrorists.

Nuclear security effort faces uncertain future

Cardinal O’Malley heads to a changing Cuba
Amanda Johnson at her workstation at the TripAdvisor office in Newton.

Many employees abandon sitting while working

tech lab plus

A little Wi-Fi router goes a long way

CRITIC’S NOTEBOOK

Mourning is shared, and eloquently visible

Daily Dose

Training for a marathon? Consider chi running

For homeless families, hotel is a life in limbo
As the Supreme Court meets Monday to hear three days of arguments over the constitutionality of President Obama’s signature health care overhaul, Massachusetts’ own experience with reform will serve as a guidepost.

From Sunday’s Globe

Health care battle focuses on Mass. model
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Ideas

The truth about the ‘code of the street’

GLOBE MAGAZINE

Spring Travel Special

War of words over Shutesbury library plan
For years, the Menino administration used the nonprofit to collect donations that were akin to rent payments from advertising firms, movie companies, and other commercial entities that used City Hall Plaza and other public land, taking in more than $250,000 in site fees since 2009.

Mayor Menino reveals donors to city charity

Metro

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State Senator Steven Baddour

Steven Baddour to leave Mass. Senate, join law firm

The state senator from Methuen said that he wanted to spend more time with his wife and two daughters.

Business

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Bruins shoot for digital advantage with network

The new Bruins Digital Entertainment Network will bundle all of their digital, mobile, and social online assets under one brand.

Columnists

Juliette Kayyem

A new ocean passage, with not enough rules

Yvonne Abraham

Mattapan verdict shows jury system works
Excited supporters cheer when Mitt Romney arrives for a campaign stop at the Machine Shed Restaurant in Rockford, Ill., in March.

Jeff Jacoby

Young voters should flock to GOP

Joan Vennochi

Romney’s Fehrnstrom problem

Gareth Cook

Inconvenient truth

Joanna Weiss

A calculated risk for at-risk kids

Innovation Economy

Mobile payment app aims to create loyalty

Christopher L. Gasper

Power struggle may weaken Red Sox

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

bob ryan

For Wisconsin, depth leads to despair

Nation & World

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US could bring hate crime charge in Fla. shooting

The Justice Department could bring a hate crime charge against the killer of black Florida teenager Trayvon Martin if it has evidence of racial bias, analysts said.

Politics

‘Etch A Sketch’ comment reveals truths for Mitt Romney

Republican political consultant Eric Fehrnstrom’s Etch A Sketch remark did nothing more than state an obvious truth that applies to this fall’s campaign as it has others.

Sports

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On Baseball

Daniel Bard is hoping to sew up a spot in the Red Sox starting rotation.

Daniel Bard should get a spot in the rotation

To pull the plug now wouldn’t be fair to Bard, and quite frankly, the Red Sox are not oozing with starting pitching.

Health and wellness

G Force

Dr. Ira Byock

Finding a better way to die

Dr. Ira Byock, director of the Palliative Care Service at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, has just written a new book called ‘‘The Best Care Possible.’’

Arts

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DANCE REVIEW

José Mateo Ballet Theatre’s Sybil Geddes and August Pozgay in “Pagano y No,’’ danced to the music of Aruán Ortiz.

José Mateo inspires ‘Of Worlds Apart’

Mateo’s choreography is vivid, inflecting his contemporary ballet aesthetic with folkloric influences, and Friday night’s performances were solid.

Magazine

The cover for the March 25 2012 issue

Montreal: Full of chic charm
The cover for the March 18 2012 issue

Grover Norquist: Emperor of no
The cover for the March 11 2012 issue

Stoughton’s Lori McKenna is writing her heart out
The cover for the March 4 2012 issue

Putting college degrees to work

Opinion

“If global warming had a number it might be about 660, the anticipated vessels that will traverse the Bering, and pass St. Paul, in 2012 alone.”

Juliette Kayyem 

Ideas

“Even people with no direct experience with street life — whose exposure to the criminal underworld comes mainly from “The Wire” — have a sense that it is governed by its own set of rules and ethics.”

Leon Neyfakh