McLaughlin probe takes aim at rigged inspections

Prosecutors are looking into whether federal officials or others tipped off former Chelsea housing chief Michael McLaughlin about “surprise” apartment inspections.

Wayne Pacelle, president of the Humane Society of the United States, says donations have more than doubled during the time that Richard Berman has attacked him.

Broken City

Washington’s robust market for attacks, half-truths

A look inside an industry of distortion, where unnamed corporations pay richly to bend the debate their way.

Giant Powerball jackpot is sold in Florida

One ticket, sold in Zephyrhills, Fla., matched each of the numbers drawn for the highest Powerball jackpot in history at an estimated $590.5 million.

Christine Keene of Lubec, Maine, checked one of her mother’s glass eel nets in the Penobscot River.

FRED FIELD FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE

Eel fishing has been a boon to many in Maine

Soaring prices have brought a welcome windfall to residents who net the slippery little fish. But warning signs are on the horizon.

The nurses assigned to Dzhokhar Tsarnaev at Beth Israel Deaconess felt ambivalent but duty-bound to care for him.

SUZANNE KREITER/GLOBE STAFF

For bombing suspect’s nurses, angst gave way to duty

The nurses assigned to Dzhokhar Tsarnaev at Beth Israel Deaconess did what they had to do, and did it well.

Yvonne Abraham

Custody case shows limits of US power

Colin Bower’s ex-wife kidnapped his two American sons and fled to Egypt, and the mightiest nation on the planet can’t get them back.

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Harold Roy hopes to transform the security officers for Zanmi Lasante, the sister organization of the Boston-based charity Partners in Health, into first responders.

Joe Lane (right) worked with engineering intern Alexander Rick at UMass Lowell. Lane got an MBA at Babson.

Low-residency programs blend online, campus classes

Many working professionals are turning to flexible, part-time programs to retool or change careers without having to uproot families or quit jobs.

Globe 100

Tech firms guiding stars for Mass. economy

Technology companies dominate the Globe 100 list again this year, but other sectors are following their lead.

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Travel

The bedroom at Blantyre (left) and the appetizer of grilled foie gras at Wheatleigh.

Berkshires inns offer high quality, higher costs

Two of the state’s top inns, Blantyre and its nearby rival, Wheatleigh, are internationally ranked and exorbitantly priced.