Mother, boyfriend face new charges in missing boy case

Elsa Oliver and Alberto Sierra were indicted by a grand jury today on a host of charges related to the disappearance of 5-year-old Jeremiah Oliver.

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The FBI and a Florida prosecutor have cleared an agent in the shooting death last year in Orlando, according to two officials.

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The total cost of defending Bulger, including experts and other services, is more than $3 million, according to federal court documents.

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The judge in the long-running Justina Pelletier medical custody case was originally expected to unveil his ruling today.

Firefighters investigate an early morning fire at the Mariner's Cove Hotel in Point Pleasant Beach, N.J.

4th body found in N.J. motel fire

A fire early Friday destroyed a New Jersey shore motel that was housing people displaced by Superstorm Sandy.

Scott Brown.

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TOM KEANE

Scott Brown should ditch the ‘People’s Pledge’

Brown would be smart to refuse the pledge on turning down outside money and let pragmatism trump principle. Very few care about the principle anyway.

UMass guard Chaz Williams goes up for a shot over Tennessee’s Jeronne Maymon .. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

TENNESSEE 86, UMASS 67

UMass bounced out of NCAA Tournament

Buried by an ocean of orange, the Minutemen made their long-awaited return to the tournament a short one.

Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana is famous for the white clam pizza.

Pepe’s pizza headed for Boston?

The New Haven pizza institution is eyeing real estate in Boston and advertising to hire local managers.

Alex Pearlman

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The system isn’t perfect, as illustrated by the missing Malaysia Airlines plane.

Opinion

JOANNA WEISS

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An insiders’ game? That depends on the alternatives to the current system for both parties’ conventions.

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Winchester police warn residents about mountain lion sightings

“I don’t want to be known as the nutty lion guy, but the witnesses we interviewed were all credible,” Winchester’s police chief said of the recent sightings.

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‘Permission to be Global’ shines at MFA

Tightly packed but brilliantly set out, the first exhibition ever devoted to contemporary Latin American Art at the Museum of Fine Arts warrants repeat visits.

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Nimrat Kaur (pictured) and Irrfan Khan play strangers who become involved through letters passed to each other in lunchboxes.

‘The Lunchbox’ is Indian food for the soul

The film is actually a romance in the classic tradition, a “Brief Encounter” transposed to the rhythms and flavors of modern-day Mumbai.