Parade-goers are being urged not to bring bags to the parade as more uniformed and undercover officers will be deployed, along with the bomb squad.
Boston Beer Co. to skip paradeThe maker of Samuel Adams beer said it had hoped a compromise could be reached to allow gay veterans to march.
Kevin Cullen
In New York City, there’s the same standoff over gays and the St. Patrick’s Day parade, but unlike Boston there’s little attempt at compromise.
Jet signals suggest transponder was turned off deliberatelyWhile no theory has been ruled out, the Malaysian plane reportedly sent signals to a satellite even after a transponder went silent.
Thee scientists at a Japanese research institute have agreed to consider a retraction of controversial stem cell papers.
Greg Foster
Nearly blinded by a line drive that shattered his face and career, the hurler is making a new life for himself in the game he loves.
Derrick Z. Jackson
Is it possible that Barbie is so over-feminized that ones dressed as doctors make girls less likely to see themselves becoming one?
Cambridge Innovation Center to open in Boston The location at 50 Milk St., in a part of town traditionally reserved for lawyers and bankers, will have space for 300 startups.
Christopher L. Gasper
Bill Belichick has agreed to back up the Brink’s truck for Darrelle Revis, and we have Peyton Manning to thank.
SCOT LEHIGH
Duncan says Mass. can’t be complacent about educationSecretary of Education Arne Duncan has a message for Massachusetts: Yes, education reform has been a success here, but we still have a long way to go.
The Red Sox’ 2013 shortstop hasn’t hooked on with a team, and MLB’s compensation rule seems to be hurting his opportunity to sign somewhere.
After months of cruel and unusual punishment, Mother Nature senses our desperation, and that’s when she starts playing games.
‘‘Obviously we have a lot to talk about,’’ Secretary of State John Kerry said of his meeting with Russia ‘s foreign minister.
Brown has taken possible step toward launching a Senate campaign against Democrat Jeanne Shaheen.
“Too many people are working hard and falling further behind,” Thomas Perez said in an interview with Globe staff this week.
In her Huntington Theatre Company production, director Maria Aitken gives due weight to the play’s strong currents of melancholy.
Wes Anderson is up to his old tricks but with a magnanimous new confidence that feels like a gift.
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Putin’s long game? Meet the Eurasian UnionIt starts in 2015 and sounds like a scheme to rebuild the USSR, but its history is quite different — and troubling for the West.
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