KEVIN PAUL DUPONT
We know the old rivals will face off in the second round, but getting the details from the NHL has been a struggle.
Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff
ON HOCKEY
Angry hockey is not necessarily winning hockey for the Bruins, who should expect to be goaded by the Canadiens.
JEFF JACOBY
The Clippers owner’s racist remarks are odious, but private lives and private thoughts aren’t supposed to be everyone’s business.
The sharp slowdown is likely to be temporary as growth rebounds with warmer weather.
Man dies of heart attack after botched executionA new drug combination left an Oklahoma inmate writhing and clenching his teeth on the gurney.
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What botched executions tell us about death penaltyIn American capital punishment, there is a grim history of technical failure.
A synthetic drug linked to dozens of recent overdose deaths has been found for the first time in heroin used in Boston.
Names
The rumors swirling around the local culinary scene are true: “Top Chef” is coming to Boston.
Les Perelman
Flunk the robo-gradersMachines that evaluate student essays give high marks to gibberish.
The Red Sox scored five runs in the sixth inning to seal a win that brought them within a game of .500.
Erin Deveney, a lawyer who spent most of the last decade at the Registry of Motor Vehicles, replaces embattled chief Olga Roche.
It’s the latest blow from a dayslong chain of severe weather across the South and Midwest.
Vice President Joe Biden urged school administrators to adopt measures to improve reporting of assaults and protect the confidentiality of victims.
The Cambridge company alleges Limelight Networks copied Akamai’s method for faster delivery of online content.
It’s apt and ironic that the still life photographer should turn to glossy shelter and food magazines.
The Newton restaurant has a new mission statement that celebrates the art of food over profits. Chef-owner Jeffrey Fournier’s vision is laudable but muddled.
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Alvin Ailey American Dance TheaterAfter opening night, join a Q&A with artistic director Robert Battle, two dancers, and Globe arts editor Rebecca Ostriker.
When times get hard, country music gets happy A new study reveals how honky-tonk hits respond to changing American fortunes.
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