Walsh not ceding rights on casinos

Martin Walsh has petitioned for time to further investigate grounds for greater negotiating rights that could be worth millions.

Kevin Cullen

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/11/08/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Copy%20of%20cullen_20131018.jpg Evans, Gross are a dynamic duo

Many cops would run through a wall for Billy Evans and Willie Gross. That’s good for everybody, except the criminals.

Early tests are raising worries that the USS Gerald R. Ford may not meet the Navy’s goal of significantly increasing the number of warplanes it can quickly launch — and could even be less effective than older vessels.

Carrier of many concerns

The Navy’s newest aircraft carrier is beset with a number of performance problems, according to an internal assessment by the Pentagon.

With sobs, Bulger, Greig traded love letters

Attorney J.W. Carney Jr. said James “Whitey” Bulger believed prison officials would never allow him to send a letter to Catherine Greig.

Shirley Leung

Locating the problem: Google Maps

When a company is mislabeled on Google Maps, the customers aren’t the only ones frustrated.

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Brother Isaac Keeley is the director of the Trappists' brewery in Spencer, the only such brewery in the US.

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Saint Joseph’s Abbey, built in the late 1940s, is in need of expensive roof, plumbing, and exterior improvements.

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Brother Jonah worked in the brewhouse, which will hopefully ease the abbey's financial burdens.

Monks in Spencer launch brewery

Saint Joseph’s Abbey built one of the largest breweries in the state — and the first American Trappist Brewery — to meet its expenses.

Battered Patriots soldier on

It’s hard to argue that any team has reached the Super Bowl with as many impact players on the sideline as this year’s Patriots team.

Robert Biggs, a presence at many Patriots playoff games, will put the ticket money to other uses this time around.

Are fans suffering from Patriots ‘playoff fatigue?’

Boston teams have made it to the playoffs so many times lately that some have become a bit blase about it all.

Opinion

opinion | Andrew J. Bacevich

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/01/09/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/0110oped_bacevich.jpg The endless Army

The generals are hard at work searching for new venues in which to demonstrate the Army’s relevance.

Nation & World

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