Spotlight Report | Part 3
For cab drivers, risk and reward are a mismatch
A Globe reporter returns to the wheel after many years and finds much has changed. Cabbies are often cheated, and danger lurks at every turn.
The Back Story: Boston’s cab industry
Dina Rudick talks with Globe Spotlight reporter Bob Hohler about the team's nine-month investigation.
Mayor Menino orders review of taxi oversight
Mayor Menino orders review of taxi oversightThe review comes a day after the Globe Spotlight Team documented a lopsided system of enforcement in Boston’s cab industry.
Kevin Cullen
Who’s in the driver’s seat in Boston’s cabs?
Mayor Menino has nine months left in office. Cleaning up the taxi industry in the city would be a nice coda.
More signs of disarray in closed state drug lab
More signs of disarray in closed state drug labThe findings raise questions about the integrity of testing throughout the Jamaica Plain lab where indicted chemist Annie Dookhan worked.
N.Y. ruling could change online sales tax laws
A recent court ruling that requires online retailers to collect state sales tax could push Congress to change e-commerce laws.
Dan Shaughnessy
Jackie Bradley’s Red Sox debut was a show-stopper
The Red Sox rookie was instrumental in Boston’s 8-2 Opening Day thrashing of the New York Yankees.
Finding seats a bit easier for Fenway faithful
A year after the Red Sox posted their worst record in decades, fans are not clamoring for tickets as they once did.
2 life trajectories intersect tragically in Lakeville
2 life trajectories intersect tragically in LakevilleThere was no reason Monica DeMello and Kathleen Allen should have met. But when they did, it was fatal.
Globe exclusives
Sports
red sox 8, yankees 2
Red Sox on their game, rip Yankees
The Red Sox played with passion and a sense of purpose in an 8-2 rout of the Yankees on Opening Day.
Metro
Ads on T include men as victims
The MBTA will launch its third public awareness campaign in recent years with posters, which feature both men and women.
Columnists
Nation & World
Prosecutors seek execution in theater attack
Prosecutors will seek the death penalty for James Holmes, the accused gunman in the fatal spree at a Colorado movie theater.
Politics
Caroline Kennedy in line to become ambassador to Japan
The potential appointment would mark a high-profile entrance into public service for the slain president’s only surviving child.
Business
Apple apologizes on customer service in China
Tim Cook, chief executive at Apple, responded to fierce criticism from media outlets in China.
Arts
Book REview
‘Mary Coin’ by Marisa Silver
For a book about the loss and poverty of the Great Depression, “Mary Coin” is a lovely and deeply satisfying read.
Lifestyle
Q & A
Filmmaker returns home to modern, decimated Cambodia
Cambodian-American filmmaker Kalyanee Mam, 36, fled the Khmer Rouge regime with her family in 1979.
Globe Insiders
Globe Talk | April 3
A conversation with Jim Calhoun
A conversation with Jim CalhounSubscribers can attend an evening with Connecticut’s legendary former men’s basketball coach Jim Calhoun, moderated by Bob Ryan.