State taps three nonprofits to turn around schools

Under a first-of-its-kind experiment in the state, the nonprofits will be tasked with boosting student achievement at struggling schools.

The Motorola Moto X smartphone was unveiled at a a news conference in New York last year.

Google selling Motorola phone business

The tech giant, which bought the phone business for $12.4 billion in 2012, is selling it to Lenovo for $2.9 billion.

Mayor Martin Walsh unveiled plans that aim to reduce the number of Cabinet-level positions in his administration.

Mayor Walsh shakes up Cabinet structure

Walsh unveiled plans that reduce the number of Cabinet-level positions in his administration.

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Police seek driver who dropped mattress in fatal crash

A dump truck allegedly dropped a mattress on Route 128 Tuesday, leading to a two-car crash that killed a woman.

The biggest spender, by far, in the Massachusetts casino race has been Suffolk Downs.

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Shirley Leung

In casino race, lawyers, lobbyists winning big

Tens of millions of dollars are flowing their way to grease the wheels of Mass. government and navigate the new rules.

SCOT LEHIGH

The bipartisan fix

Lawmakers are beginning to unite behind a national bank for roads and bridges.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/01/28/BostonGlobe.com/HealthScience/Images/140128stemcell0191.jpg Scientists discover ‘shocking’ new way to make stem cells

The discovery of an unexpected way to create the cells is being called “revolutionary” and “weird.”

Wes Welker is headed to his third Super Bowl, this time with the Broncos.

Dan Shaughnessy

Why does Belichick hate Welker?

“That’s a question for him,” said Wes Welker, who declined to comment on Bill Belichick’s harsh criticism.

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PAUL MCMORROW

Forest Hill’s white elephant of a bus yard

It used to be that any hard commitment to build a long-delayed, massively expensive MBTA bus yard at Forest Hills counted as good news. That was back when a warren of shabby industrial properties lined the neighborhood’s main drag, back when the notion of trading an unsightly bus maintenance yard stretching along Washington Street for a costly bus garage tucked off the street seemed like the best the neighborhood could possibly hope for. No longer. Things are far different in this corner of Jamaica Plain than they were 13 years ago, when the city and the T first struck a deal to move a portion of the T’s bus fleet to Forest Hills. The neighborhood is just beginning to realize its tremendous development potential. But it’s apparent that one of largest obstacles to the realization of that potential is the MBTA bus garage Forest Hills neighbors once clamored for.

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Rajon Rondo and the Celtics lost to the Knicks on Tuesday night.

Celtics have become pushovers

The Celtics have lost their early-season passion and now appear to be a team that sometimes considers effort optional.