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Boston wins authority to control cable fees

The Federal Communications Commission said that it will restore the City of Boston’s authority to regulate basic cable rates.

Bill Greene/Globe Staff

Tropical Storm Irene still taking toll on trailer park

Seven months after the storm hit Williamstown, nearly 200 residents of The Spruces mobile home park no longer live there.

YOON S. BYUN/GLOBE STAFF

Boston Marathon charity runners race to find donors

The $4,000 BAA minimum for charity runners is $750 higher than last year, and so many fund-raising “athons’’ nationwide mean donors can suffer fatigue.

Elizabeth Warren sets Mass. Senate fund-raising pace

Warren’s campaign raised $6.9 million in the first three months of the year, continuing her staggering pace and doubling the figure collected by incumbent Scott Brown.

Big shifts in summer heat tied to death risk

Large daily temperature swings during the summer may shorten life expectancy for elderly people with chronic medical conditions, a Harvard study has found.

The Nation

For the record

Today's corrections for The Boston Globe.

2 allegedly confess to Oklahoma shootings

Jacob C. England (left) and Alvin L. Watts will be charged in the Tulsa, Okla., shootings that killed three black men and injured two others.

By Many Fernandez

The two white men accused of killing three black people and wounding two others over Easter weekend confessed to the police shortly after their arrest, the authorities said.

Building falls, killing 2 firefighters in Philadelphia

By Patrick Walters

Two firefighters who were battling a blaze at an abandoned warehouse were killed when an adjacent store they were inspecting collapsed, burying them in debris, authorities said.

The World

Yemen’s army and Al Qaeda clash in south; 64 are dead

By Ahmed al-Haj

An Al Qaeda attack on an army post in the south set off clashes that left 64 people dead Monday and prompted local civilians to take up arms alongside the military.

Watergate-type scandal brews in South Korea

By Choe Sang-Hun

An unfolding political scandal ahead of Wednesday’s parliamentary elections has many South Koreans drawing comparisons with Watergate.

Iran offers possible nuclear compromise

By Brian Murphy

Iran floated an offer of scaling back uranium enrichment but not abandoning the ability to make nuclear fuel as talks with world powers neared.

Editorial & Opinion

Letters | TOO MANY BEHIND BARS

Even while other states reconsider harsh policies, Mass. plans more prisons

"Will the state’s leadership have the courage to fund policies and programs that create healthy communities?" -- Nancy W. Ahmadifar

Letters | TOO MANY BEHIND BARS

For women convicts, state needs better alternatives to jail

"The data show 85 percent of women’s offenses are non-violent and are predominantly related to their mental illnesses and addictions." -- Erika Kate

Letters | TOO MANY BEHIND BARS

Our politicians should heed lessons from Texas

"Someone, please save us from fiscal boondoggles and social failures." -- Patricia Muldoon

Metro

BOSTON

Toxic suicide endangers fire, EMS crews

Twelve people were evacuated from a multistory South End apartment building, and four Boston police officers and an ambulance crew were taken to a hospital after a woman committed suicide late Monday night by ingesting a toxic chemical, a fire official said.

BOSTON

Dignitary’s visit temporarily ends protest

About 40 Occupy protesters complied with a State Police request Monday to clear an area near the State House before a scheduled visit Tuesday by the Brazilian president, an official said.

BOSTON

T station cleared out for escalator fire

An escalator fire sent smoke through the Government Center MBTA station Monday night, prompting firefighters to evacuate the area and trains to bypass the stop for approximately 30 minutes, an MBTA spokeswoman said.

Business

MASS. MOVERS

Zipcar loses traction amid talk of rivals

The Cambridge-based company may be underestimating the threat from Hertz On Demand and others, Trefis.com says.

Office Depot Inc.

The second-largest US office supply chain recalled 307,000 desk chairs in the United States and 12,000 in Canada after it received 11 reports about chairs breaking, resulting in reports of injuries.

ClickSoftware

ClickSoftware Technologies Ltd. fell 16 percent, the most since October 2009.

Obituaries

Mark Lenzi, 43; diver won Olympic gold at Barcelona in ’92

Mr. Lenzi, the last American male diver to win Olympic gold, died at age 43 in Greenville, N.C.

Blair Kiel; threw longest pass in Notre Dame history

Mr. Kiel, the former Notre Dame quarterback and punter who played for Tampa Bay, Indianapolis, and Green Bay in the NFL, died Sunday. He was 50.

Dianne Donnelly; ranger gave tours of Freedom Trail; at 56

By Michele Richinick

Ms. Donnelly, who explained Boston history to scores of visitors during each of her 20 years as a ranger, died March 14.

Sports

On Baseball

Dustin Pedroia acting like Red Sox captain

By Nick Cafardo

Pedroia does not wear a “C” on his jersey. But his heart and actions, especially in the team’s first win, show he’s the real leader.

Marathon’s charity campaigns go back a century

By Ray Charbonneau

The Boston Marathon charity program officially began in 1989, but people have been running for good causes in Boston much longer than that.

Sports log

Baylor basketball under investigation

Baylor said it has been involved in a three-year investigation with the NCAA into what are believed to be hundreds of impermissible calls and text messages sent by coaches to prospects.

G: Living

Gaps in Netflix’s online library likely to persist

By Michael Liedtke

Netflix offers more than 60,000 titles that can be viewed on Internet-connected devices, while its DVD-by-mail service has more than twice that — some 140,000.

More Celebrity news

Britney Spears makes request

Spears has requested that her fiance join her father in decision-making duties involving the pop superstar’s conservatorship.

Names

Showcase for Boston’s Mary Callanan

By Mark Shanahan and Meredith Goldstein

The Boston performer, who costars on the touring production of ‘‘Mamma Mia!’’, appeared with her fellow ‘‘Dynamos’’ from the show on Friday’s episode of ‘‘The Price Is Right.’’

More Stories

Names

Red Sox GM Ben Cherington gets married

By Mark Shanahan and Meredith Goldstein

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Local author Daniel Kimmel up for Hugo Award

By Mark Shanahan and Meredith Goldstein

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Michael King brings ‘Rescuers’ doc to Babson

By Mark Shanahan and Meredith Goldstein

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Whittier roasts Boston Foundation president

By Mark Shanahan and Meredith Goldstein

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‘Boston’s Sexiest’ from Stuff magazine

By Mark Shanahan and Meredith Goldstein

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Rance Howard joins cast of ‘House Across the Street’

By Mark Shanahan and Meredith Goldstein

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Senator John Kerry is a grandpa

By Mark Shanahan and Meredith Goldstein

Monica, ‘New Life’

By Ken Capobianco

Frame by frame

The MFA’s telling portrait of Christ

By Sebastian Smee

events

To do list

By June Wulff