Boston 2024 calls for statewide referendum on Olympic plans

John Fish (left), chairman of Boston 2024, said his group will support a statewide referendum in November 2016.

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Even if the referendum passes, chairman John Fish said the bid wouldn?t go forward without a majority of support in Boston.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/03/24/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Nic6410836-1158--90x90.jpg Angelina Jolie undergoes further preventive surgery

The actress had her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed last week in hopes of reducing her risk of cancer.

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Durst owned and operated a health food store in Middlebury when an 18-year-old college student was reported missing.

TV Review

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Many Americans might easily have felt as though they were spending the hour with an old friend.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/02/19/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/senter0005A.jpg Reality TV chef stirs pot, saves N.H. eatery

A visit from celebrity chef Robert Irvine and his ?Restaurant: Impossible? TV crew proved the catalyst to break up a partnership to save the business.

The Wisconsin Badgers? mascot during Sunday?s game against the Oregon Ducks in the third round of March Madness.

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Derrick Z. Jackson

Wisconsin men?s basketball at bottom of graduation rates

If the 68 teams in the NCAA Tournament were seeded by graduation rates, the Badgers would be a bottom seed.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

What?s with all the odd baseball ailments springing up?

Dehydration, strained obliques, dead arms . . . spring is the season of curious little tweaks and twinges.

Munch Madness 2015

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Sixteen restaurants have made it to the next round. Where do you love to eat?

Karmaloop CEO Greg Selkoe at company headquarters in 2010.

Boston streetwear company Karmaloop files for bankruptcy

The retailer bit off more than it could chew when it launched four websites and an Internet television station, its CEO said.

French rescue teams arrived at the site of the plane crash in the French Alps.

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No survivors expected in French Alps plane crash

The flight was carrying 144 passengers, including two babies, and 6 crew members from Barcelona to Duesseldorf.

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The president rejected his younger brother?s requests as Florida governor at a greater rate than the national average.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/03/20/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/20150320_104321A.jpg As nursing homes close, residents scramble

A law passed last summer to provide public comment about the closing or sale of nursing homes has not been put into effect.

Steven Syre | Boston Capital

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/03/23/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/Steve_Syre_150px.png-4054.jpg Alzheimer?s treatment has become a kind of holy grail

The goal has proved difficult to achieve but would surely could change millions of lives and be worth untold fortunes.

Red pines that have died are seen in Myles Standish State Forest.

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State forest officials see silver lining in loss of red pines

The trees? deaths due to an invasive insect can clear the way for the restoration of other species at Myles Standish State Forest.

Aaron Hernandez looked over his shoulder during his murder trial on Monday.

Hernandez prosecutors ask SJC to allow witness to testify

The witness, a friend of Aaron Hernandez, would testify about a .45-caliber pistol Hernandez allegedly had before the murder.

Boston Marathon bombing trial

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/03/24/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/matanov-8150.jpg Tsarnaev friend scheduled to plead guilty today

Khairullozhon Matanov allegedly deleted his search history, tried to dispose of cellphones, and misled investigators.

The John Joseph Moakley courthouse where the Dzhokhar Tsarnaev trial will take place

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Testimony continues in Marathon bombing trial

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev?s lawyers hope a federal jury will spare him from the death penalty.

Marathon trial podcast

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/02/28/BostonGlobe.com/Special/Advance/Images/podcast.jpg Episode 10: Global jihad and the radicalization of Tsarnaev

This interactive timeline highlights trial coverage and a podcast featuring Globe columnist Kevin Cullen and WBUR reporter David Boeri.

Opinion

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

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The horrific lynching of an Afghan woman falsely accused of burning the Koran perfectly illustrates the desperate need.

The Big Picture

The coffin containing the remains of King Richard III is carried in procession for interment at Leicester Cathedral on March 22.

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The big picture

Ceremony fit for a king

Thousands of people lined the streets of Leicester, England, Sunday to view the coffin of King Richard III as it made its way to Leicester Cathedral.