Western leaders move to exclude Russia from G-8

In a joint statement, the group’s seven other nations said they are suspending their participation in the coalition until Russia ‘‘changes course.’’

A family member of a passenger aboard the missing Malaysian flight cried after watching a TV broadcast of the news conference on Monday in Beijing, China.

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Families grieve as jet is said to have crashed at sea

In Beijing, relatives shrieked and sobbed after they were told that the missing Malaysian jet’s flight ended in the Indian Ocean.

Boston Bruins' Patrice Bergeron, second from left, celebrates his goal against the Phoenix Coyotes with teammates Reilly Smith (18) and Andrej Meszaros (41), of the Czech Republic, during the first period of an NHL hockey game on Saturday, March 22, 2014, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

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Canadiens eager for their shot at Bruins

The Canadiens were hoping the Bruins’ win streak would continue, because they want to be the ones to end it.

Mitchell Chester, elementary and secondary education chief, disagrees the state is stagnating.

Mass. schools require dramatic change, report says

More than two thirds of employers in Mass. report difficulty hiring employees with the appropriate skills.

Jared Remy pleaded not guilty toacharge of murder at his Aug. 16 arraignment in the death of Jennifer Martel.

For Jared Remy, leniency was the rule until one lethal night

The trail of alleged victims runs back to his teen years. So does the line of judges who somehow saw fit, time and again, to give him one more chance.

Opinion

Opinion | Mike Ross

Be my banker, not my buddy

Some say that corporations are people, but last time I checked, they weren’t my buddies.

Politics

“I’ve asked Scott Brown to sign the same pledge — his pledge,” US Senator Jeanne Shaheen wrote in the Conway Daily Sun.

In airwaves war, N.H. Democrats fret

In a sign of potential trouble for her campaign, Jeanne Shaheen and her supporters have been overwhelmed by the opposition’s barrage of ads.