Fla. inmate apologizes before being executed for murder of teenager

A Florida inmate was put to death Thursday, nearly three decades after the murder of 17-year-old Lynn Elliott.

By Matt Gouras

The top US Postal Service official on Thursday told Montanans that up to 3,600 small post offices around the country need to be shuttered as part of cost-cutting moves.

Leading donors to liberal causes

By Callum Borchers

A look at some of the individuals who donate the most funds to liberal causes and candidates.

Syrian forces appear to be heeding cease-fire

By Alan Cowell and Neil Macfarquhar

After months of intensifying bloodshed, an uncertain cease-fire backed by the United Nations brokered by Kofi Annan went into effect in Syria on Thursday.

Residents surveying damage from two powerful earthquakes said Thursday that they could hardly believe their luck.

When it comes to sinking ships, male chivalry is “a myth’’ and more men generally survive such disasters than women and children, a study said.

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Judges should be accountable, too

“There is supposed to be equal justice under the law.” — John E. Bradley Jr.

letters | INVESTIGATING AN ALLEGATION OF BIAS

"An investigation into the inner workings of a judge’s mind is ill-advised." - Michael E. Mone Sr. and Joan A. Lukey

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"The inquiry into Dougan’s cases that the Globe endorses puts another weapon in the hands of the powerful." - James M. Doyle

Chief killed, 4 officers hurt in N.H.

By David Abel, Travis Andersen and Zachary T. Sampson

The police chief of Greenland, N.H., was killed Thursday night and four officers hurt when a drug raid turned deadly.

CRANSTON, R.I.

Police in Rhode Island are investigating a threat sent to a teenager at the center of a dispute over a high school prayer banner.

MYSTIC, Conn.

Mystic Aquarium opened an exhibit Thursday on the Titanic in advance of the 100th anniversary of the ocean liner’s tragic sinking in the North Atlantic.

One of the state’s youngest public companies is taking on popular consumer online storage services from Dropbox Inc. and Apple Inc.

AGs push plan to cut mortgage totals

Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley is looking to step up pressure on Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae to reduce loan principal for homeowners struggling to pay their mortgages and avoid foreclosure.

Entegris Inc., a Billerica company that provides nanotechnology components to the makers of smartphones and computers, disclosed plans Thursday to create a $55 million to $60 million research and manufacturing center in Bedford.

Silas Hubbard Jr., organized, inspired local blues jams

By Kathleen McKenna

Silas Hubbard Jr., a blues singer who hosted a semiannual blues jam at the 1369 Jazz Club in Cambridge in the mid-1980s, died of pneumonia April 7.

Jack Tramiel, head of Commodore computers, dies

By Douglas Martin

Jack Tramiel, a cigar-chomping tycoon whose inexpensive, immensely popular Commodore computers helped ignite the personal computer industry, died Sunday.

By Emily Langer

John E. Petersen, 71, a municipal finance expert who had taught public policy at George Mason University for the past decade, died April 4.

Game 1 | Bruins 1, capitals 0 (OT)

Bruins win playoff opener

By Fluto Shinzawa

Chris Kelly ripped a slap shot over rookie Capitals goalie Braden Holtby to give the Bruins a 1-0 win in Game 1 of the series.

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Capitals goalie Braden Holtby hard to crack

By Kevin Paul Dupont

We still don’t know a lot about the rookie goalie, but Bruins fans now know enough to worry about this playoff series.

Bob Ryan

Bruins’ path to Cup sure to be a tough fight

By Bob Ryan

One game in, and the Capitals reminded the Bruins the Stanley Cup isn’t lifted without winning some grueling battles.

Police find stolen Cezanne painting in Serbia

By Dusan Stojanovic

Police from Serbia and Switzerland have recovered a Paul Cezanne masterpiece that was stolen from a Swiss museum in 2008 and captured four men as they were trying to sell it, officials said Thursday. During a news conference in Belgrade, officials played a video showing how police had arrested one of the four suspects in a Belgrade suburb and found the painting in the roof upholstery of a black van, handcuffed the driver and dragged him away.

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Marathon legends stop by Museum of Science

By Mark Shanahan and Meredith Goldstein

Bobbi Gibb, the first female finisher of the Boston Marathon, stopped by to mark the 40th anniversary of women running in it.

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Bobby V. helps celebrate launch of nonprofit

By Mark Shanahan and Meredith Goldstein

Ballplayers and assorted boldfacers turned out for Thursday’s Friends with Benefits Gala.