Marijuana ‘caregivers’ getting little oversight

Some entrepreneurs are hawking cannabis on the Internet — and operating in a legal gray area.

Connie O’Reilly (right), and daughter Debra, who is one of 15 children.

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Megamoms celebrate Mother’s Day

They are the other kind of teen moms, the vanishing breed: women with 13 or more children.

Stephen P. Crosby has come under fire for past actions — including a recent appearance at a private party at Suffolk Downs, a potential casino location.

Candidates want gambling panel chair to resign

Stephen Crosby withdrew from deliberations on the Boston area casino license amid claims of bias.

The Somerville Theatre is celebrating its centenary with a gala — black tie encouraged.

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Somerville Theatre celebrates a century in showbiz

The milestone is no small accomplishment, coming at a time when many cinemas have struggled to stay afloat.

Canadiens defenseman P.K. Subban (left) tangled with Bruins forward Patrice Bergeron during the third period Saturday.

Tough, wet night for Canadiens defenseman P.K. Subban

Brad Marchand and Milan Lucic stayed close to Subban all night, and Subban was squirted in the visor with water twice by Shawn Thornton from the Bruins bench.

One National League general manager said Red Sox ace Jon Lester “is the most appealing” of a bumper crop of potential free agents.

Sunday Baseball Notes

Pitchers getting ready to cash in

Among the best of the free agents-to-be are Jon Lester, Max Scherzer, James Shields, and Justin Masterson.

Opinion

THE PODIUM

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Urge your school administrators to listen to the important issues adjunct faculty are raising.

Special section: The new U.

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A Boston Globe opinion special section on the changes on the horizon for higher education.

Globe must-reads

Justin Gilbert, left, and Johnny Manziel were drafted by the Cleveland Browns on Thursday.

on football

Browns movers and (head)shakers

Justice Robert Cordy sharply tested lawyers arguing to get a casino repeal on November’s ballot, though he represented Suffolk Downs and another gambling firm in the 1990s.

Justice hearing casino repeal case tied to Suffolk Downs
John Slattery makes his debut as a film director in “God’s Pocket,” a dark period comedy set in Philadelphia starring the late Phillip Seymour Hoffman and John Turturro.

There’s more to John Slattery than Roger Sterling

my first home

Hairpin turns, twists in the heartland

magazine

Greater Boston’s top spots to live

Jesse Reynolds, with his son, Cole, 3, at Southern New Hampshire University, where he earned a bachelor’s in justice studies Saturday.

Globe North

Son recalls unflinching love
Keri Russell stars in FX’s “The Americans.”

buzzsaw

1,057 channels (and plenty on)
WEEI midday hosts Lou Merloni (left) and Mike Mutnansky are being split up, according to industry sources, with Merloni staying and Mutnansky being reassigned.

WEEI making changes to midday program

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Shadow Campus

Florida State offensive lineman Bryan Stork answered questions Jan. 3 before Florida State played Auburn in the national title game.

Patriots focus on offensive line
Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople.

all things catholic

The key date is 2054
Cape Cod Rail Trail

travel

Winging it this Mother’s Day?

Sports

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Right wing Shawn Thornton has been fined more than $87,000 this season.

Shawn Thornton fined for spraying P.K. Subban with water

Bruins wing Shawn Thornton was fined $2,820.52 for unsportsmanlike conduct in Saturday’s Game 5 vs. the Canadiens, the NHL announced Sunday.

Metro

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Rabbi Barry Starr, pictured Friday at his Sharon home.

Longtime Sharon rabbi abruptly resigns

Rabbi Barry Starr wrote a letter acknowledging that he engaged in marital infidelity.

Columnists

JOAN VENNOCHI

Protect assault victims, not the brand

KEVIN CULLEN

A requiem for Tim Cook
Kelley Devaney works about 20 hours a week, mostly out of her Sudbury home. She felt isolated when not working.

shirley leung

Mothers being wooed to restart careers
Toymail would allow distant parents to converse with their kids through wirelessly-connected toys.

Innovation Economy

Feels like another tech bubble is on the horizon
Matt Fraser found a willing celebratory dance partner in Johnny Boychuk after Fraser ended Game 4 just 1:19 into overtime by giving the Bruins a 1-0 win in Montreal.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Matt Fraser steps up to save Bruins
Patriots coach Bill Belichick used his first-round pick in the draft to bolster the team’s depth at defensive line.

Christopher L. Gasper

Bill Belichick’s draft strategy can’t be faulted

LAWRENCE HARMON

No Starbucks, but local roots lose out, too
Monica Lewinsky wasn’t the first victim of the Internet age. She was the first reality star.

JOANNA WEISS

What’s worse: Shame or obscurity?

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

In surprise move, Patriots stay put

NICHOLAS BURNS

Where’s the US on Ukraine?

ALEX BEAM

How lucky do you feel?

YVONNE ABRAHAM

Boston must act for students

Nation & World

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Kristin Seaton held up her marriage license as she left the Carroll County Courthouse with partner Jennifer Rambo.

Ark. town issues same-sex marriage licenses

Gay marriage arrived in the Bible Belt on Saturday, with one county issuing 15 licenses.

Address

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Somerville open house: Peek inside a hot property

Get an insider’s look at an open house in a red-hot real estate market: Somerville. Leave your assumptions at the door.

Business

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Michael Short of MIT consults with Lesley Dewan and Mark Massie, alumni who founded Transatomic Power.

Nuclear startups reimagine atomic energy

Two startups from MIT hope to solve issues that have bedeviled nuclear power for decades: safety, cost, and radioactive waste.

Arts

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Dance Review

Dancers performed “Cacti” during Boston Ballet’s dress rehearsal for “Pricked,” a program that features three ballets.

Boston Ballet puts its versatility on display in new production

The opening-night performance of “Pricked” was prickly in spots, but never dull.

Travel

The author’s wife, Michelle Holmes, stops to survey the skyline and Elliot Bay, sweeping all the way to Mount Rainier.

Headed to Seattle? Pack your pedal pushers.

As popular as biking is becoming in Boston, the city at the other end of Interstate 90 doubles us in bike commuting percentages.

Books

‘To Rise Again at a Decent Hour’ by Joshua Ferris

Ferris delivers an engrossing and hilariously bleak novel that reads like a dentist’s desperate attempt not to eat a gun.

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The equipment might look different these days, but we still need to run around outside when we have the chance.

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The cover for the May 11 2014 issue

Will the Green Line Extension make Somerville real estate go crazy?

The cover for the May 4 2014 issue

Alan Guth: What made the Big Bang bang
The cover for the April 27 2014 issue

Who will support Boston’s museums, symphonies?
The cover for the April 20 2014 issue

Pregnant prisoners are losing their shackles

Ideas

THE WORD

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For such a tiny word, it’s borne a lot of weight over the years.