Governor?s panel calls for MBTA fiscal control board

The board would have the power to appoint a chief administrator who would run the T?s daily operations.

Repairs were taking place at the Cabot Carhouse in Dorchester.

Debt may not be cause of MBTA?s woes

The agency?s financial problems lie in recent management failings, not lingering debt from the Big Dig, a state report finds.

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A video shows officer Michael Slager firing his gun eight times as the man, Walter Scott, 50, ran away.

Muhiydin D'Baha leads a group protesting the shooting death of Walter Scott at city hall in North Charleston, S.C., Wednesday, April 8, 2015. Scott was killed by a North Charleston police office after a traffic stop on Saturday. The officer, Michael Thomas Slager, has been charged with murder. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

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Protesters decry fatal shooting in S.C.

The victim?s father said that his son may have run because he owed child support and didn?t want to go back to jail.

A courtroom sketch depicted closing arguments in the trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on Monday.

Judge clarifies two legal issues for jury in Tsarnaev trial

The judge instructed the jury on the meaning of ?aiding and abetting,? and also addressed a question about the conspiracy charges.

Aaron Hernandez smiled at defense attorney Charles Rankin in the courtroom Wednesday.

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Jury can examine some phone records in Hernandez case

A judge ruled that jurors can examine records showing that Odin Lloyd texted his sister on the night of his murder, but not the content of the messages.

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The current process to license medical marijuana dispensaries has ?clearly? not worked, the state health commissioner said.

An aerial view of Boston.

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Is Boston area on its way to another housing bubble?

A recent report suggests that Massachusetts is among 13 states and D.C. where housing markets might be overheating.

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Massachusetts will see rain mixed with sleet, and areas along the northern border might get up to an inch of snow.

Pacers? Chris Copeland stabbed outside New York nightclub

Hawks players Pero Antic and Thabo Sefolosha were arrested and released for obstructing the crime scene.

Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge has made several moves this season, which has put the team in the chase for the postseason instead of bidding for a lottery pick.

GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL

Ainge?s deals took Celtics from lottery to playoff contention

The Celtics president said he fully supports his team?s playoff quest despite the possibility of it costing spots in the draft.

Dustin Pedroia hit two home runs in the Red Sox? opener. He had seven in 2014.

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Alex Speier

It was just one game, but very different look for Red Sox

The Red Sox did several things in their season opener that at least hinted at the potential this season.

Harvard?s New England Primate Center in Southborough.

More primate deaths at Harvard center detailed

A dozen dehydrated squirrel monkeys were found dead in their cages or were euthanized for poor health between 1999 and 2011.

Someone defaced the grave of Lizzie Borden.

Lizzie Borden gravesite vandalized with spray paint

Cemetery workers found the markings after a new fictional series about Borden aired on the Lifetime channel.

Munch Madness

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Highland Kitchen in Somerville won the Munch Madness 2015 bracket, beating Island Creek Oyster Bar.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/04/08/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/angelou-3717.jpg Quote on Angelou stamp apparently came from another author

Children?s book author Joan Walsh Anglund said the quotation is in her book of poems ??A Cup of Sun,?? published in 1967.

Marathon trial podcast

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/02/28/BostonGlobe.com/Special/Advance/Images/podcast.jpg Episode 17: A look at the Tsarnaev jury

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

Opinion

SCOT LEHIGH

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The Mass. Democrat thinks the stage is set for a significant advance when world leaders meet in Paris this December.

The Big Picture

Attack in Kenya

The alarming attack at Garissa University was the deadliest in the country since 1998.