Patrick rips rival transit package
Governor Deval Patrick said the Legislature’s $500 million bill would lead to higher fares and decaying roads.
Little diversity yet in Boston’s mayoral field
Tito Jackson’s decision not to run leaves the declared field thus far without a major candidate of color.
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Gray seals carpeted a beach Thursday at Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge.
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Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge has become the most popular area in the region for the mammals to haul themselves out of the ocean and take the sun.
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The most recent count showed more than 15,000 of the seals off New England.
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Seals on the Monomoy Island beach enjoyed a day in the sun.
Christopher L. Gasper
For playoffs, Celtics look green
These resilient Celtics could be dangerous in the playoffs if Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce are healthy. But not without them.
The Boston Globe
Mormon feminists speak out
A Dorchester woman is at the forefront of a movement using social media to press for changes for women in the church.
SCOT LEHIGH
Covert commitments
Democratic congressmen Steve Lynch and Ed Markey are busy offering pledges that neither they nor the relevant interest groups will make public.
Lunches denied for students who couldn’t pay
Attleboro parents were in an uproar after 25 middle school students were denied lunch because they could not pay cash.
Men still more likely to work full-time, study finds
The survey indicates that Harvard women are less likely to be full-time workers than men and more likely to be stay-at-home parents.
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Spotlight Report: Driven to the Edge
Spotlight Report
A nine-month Globe investigation of Boston’s $1 billion taxicab industry found widespread corruption.
Sports
Bruins 1, Devils 0
Jagr, Rask lead Bruins past Devils
Jaromir Jagr scored the only goal in his first game as a Bruin, and Tuukka Rask had 40 saves.
Metro
Scott Brown won’t rule out run for office in N.H.
Saying “I don’t think I’m done with politics,” the former Massachusetts senator stressed his ties to New Hampshire.
Columnists
Nation & World
Investigators search for links in three killings
Officials are trying to determine whether the deaths of the head of Colorado’s prison system and two Texas prosecutors were planned by a white supremacist gang.
Politics
Conley starts his mayoral campaign at Logan
Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley appeared at ease as he shook hands, chatted, and smiled for picture-takers.
Business
Facebook app takes over Android phones
The new Facebook Home app seizes control of a phone’s screen when it’s powered up, an assault on archrival Google.
Arts
Television review | Matthew Gilbert
‘Mad Men’ characters continue to resonate as sixth season begins
The AMC show returns for season 6 with two hours that are as rich and as deftly literary as anything in the history of the show.
Movies
Movie Review
‘Evil Dead’ remake a polished but generic creepfest
Sam Raimi’s original “Evil Dead” trilogy was gleefully gory. This new take, while proficient, lacks that old, kooky distinctiveness.
Globe Insiders
Editorial Event | April 17
Editorial Event: Video tips with Dina Rudick
Editorial Event: Video tips with Dina RudickAttend a session on photography and videography with the host of BostonGlobe.com’s “Back Story” series.