By Charles Wilson

The Indiana Supreme Court on Friday declined to drop murder and feticide charges against a woman who ate rat poison while she was pregnant.

Debate on Romney's memory of incident

By Michael Levenson

Mitt Romney has said he does not recall cutting the hair of a crying classmate who had been pinned down by other students, and one activist who has studied bullying said he believes him.

Because of a reporting error, Friday’s Boston Capital column incorrectly reported the Fidelity Contrafund invested in Google Inc. before the company’s initial public stock offering in 2004.

In Syria’s conflict, extremists add element of unpredictability

By Bassem Mroue and Ben Hubbard

The presence of Al Qaeda militants and other extremists adds a wild-card element to the Syrian conflict that could further hamper international efforts to end it.

By Amir Shah

The shooting was the 15th incident this year in which Afghan soldiers or insurgents disguised in military uniforms have turned their weapons on foreign troops.

By Sarah El Deeb

Whoever becomes president will no longer be an untouchable and unquestioned dictator like ousted leader Hosni Mubarak was during his 29 years of rule.

lawrence harmon

‘Believe in redemption’

By Lawrence Harmon

Bernie Fitzgerald, the current chief of probation in Dorchester District Court, is retiring as a legend after 41 years of service.

letters

“The Democratic Party can be proud that it has two strong, intelligent women seeking to represent Massachusetts in the Senate.” - Heidi Fox

letters | THE DINNER DILEMMA

Patricia Lowden writes: My Mom cooked for my Dad, and what he ate for dinner we ate, or we didn’t eat at all. Do you think I liked liver and onions as a 6-year-old?

By Amanda Cedrone, Zachary T. Sampson and Jeff Fish

Three Boston University students studying in New Zealand were killed and five other students from the school were injured when a van they were riding in swerved off the road.

BOSTON

The lawyer for Catherine Greig’s twin sister, Margaret McCusker, is asking the court to release some funds from Greig’s frozen bank account so that McCusker can pay the property bills for her sister, the girlfriend of captured fugitive James “Whitey’’ Bulger, according to documents filed Friday in US District Court in Boston.

BOSTON

The Boston Police Department said it is increasing patrols in a section of the South End after a woman reported she was assaulted near Dartmouth Street and Columbus Avenue early Friday morning.

By Chris Reidy

Attorney General Martha Coakley said she is joining her counterparts in 32 other states in alleging that technology giant Apple Inc. engaged in the price fixing.

MARKET MOVERS

Retailer slips as profit trails estimates

Nordstrom Inc. dropped on first-quarter profit that trailed analysts’ estimates as expenses for e-commerce investments increased.

MASS. MOVERS

Monster Worldwide soars on sale report

Monster soared after reports that a number of parties have expressed interest in a potential deal for the Internet jobs search company.

Carroll Shelby, race driver, muscle car designer; at 89

By Nomaan Merchant and Jeff Wilson

Carroll Shelby, the legendary car designer who built the fabled Shelby Cobra sports car and injected testosterone into Ford’s Mustang and Chrysler’s Viper, has died.

Evelyn Johnson, longtime pilot, flying instructor

Pioneering female pilot and Guinness world record holder Evelyn Bryan Johnson, known as “Mama Bird,’’ died at 102.

Hall of Fame junior welterweight Eddie Perkins, a two-time champion who fought in more than 20 countries, has died.

Game 1: 76ers vs. Celtics | nba playoffs

Celtics shouldn’t overlook Sixers

By Gary Washburn

While the Philadelphia 76ers barely made the playoffs, they present a definite challenge to the Celtics.

Christopher L. Gasper

Old job waiting for Josh McDaniels

By Christopher L. Gasper

McDaniels has been welcomed back into Bill Belichick’s football home with open arms and a waiting headset.

Dont’a Hightower looks, sounds like Belichick’s type of player

By Shalise Manza Young

Hightower, the linebacker from Alabama, doesn’t hide his passion for the game, but knows that he has work to do.

names

Chris Lambton and Peyton Wright work on ‘Yard’

By Mark Shanahan and Meredith Goldstein

The Dennis landscaper and his new wife, who met after being on “The Bachelorette’’ and “The Bachelor,’’ just wrapped the first season of HGTV’s “Going Yard.”

Annie's Mailbox

Dear Annie: Four months ago, my wife of 22 years left me.

Dance Review

In ‘Fancy Free,’ Boston Ballet is out on the town with Robbins

By Karen Campbell

The premiere of the 1944 ballet is the centerpiece of Boston Ballet’s current season-ending program.