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BOSTON, MA - APRIL 13: Member of the Boston Celtics 1986 Championship team Danny Ainge is honored at halftime of the game between the Boston Celtics and the Miami Heat at TD Garden on April 13, 2016 in Boston, Massachusetts. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Mike Lawrie/Getty Images)

Busting 5 myths about the Celtics you'll be hearing during the offseason

FILE - In a Thursday, April 7, 2016 file photo, President Barack Obama jokes with his daughter Malia Obama as they walk to board Air Force One from the Marine One helicopter, as they leave Chicago en route to Los Angeles. The White House announced Sunday, May 1, 2016, that Malia Obama will take a year off after high school and attend Harvard University in 2017.
(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Malia Obama’s gap year is part of a growing (and expensive) trend

03/29/2014 BOSTON, MA A girl rushes to catch the 57 bus at 2:25 a.m. at Kenmore Station (cq) during the first night of the MBTA's late night service extension from 1:00 a.m. to 2:30 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights. (Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe)

MBTA is considering a new kind of late-night service

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One of Boston's best known bakers just won a James Beard Award

2016 BU honorary degree recipients Nina Tassler and Travis Roy.

Some BU students would rather have Travis Roy as graduation speaker

THE BIGGEST LOSER -- Episode 1507 -- Pictured: (l-r) Alison Sweeney, Matt Hooper, Bobby Saleem -- (Photo by: Vivian Zink/NBC)

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After The Biggest Loser, their bodies fought to regain weight

An editorial in The Boston Globe calls for closing a loophole in “Melanie’s Law” by requiring first time drunk driving offenders to get ignition interlock devices installed in their vehicle.

Globe editorial urges breathalyzer systems for first-time drunk drivers

FoMu cherry chunk ice cream

Dairy-free ice cream shop will open pop-up in Inman Square this summer

The Almost Home Inn in Ogunquit, Maine.

You can write an essay for a chance to win ownership of a Maine bed and breakfast

A Peregrine falcon feeds its chicks.

Watch this nesting falcon feed its adorable day-old chicks

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Watch Ellen scare the bejeezus out of Chris Evans

New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick speaks at a news conference to wrap up the football team's NFL season, Monday, Jan. 25, 2016, in Foxborough, Mass. The Denver Broncos beat the Patriots 20-18 in Sunday's AFC Championship in Denver. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Bill Belichick explains why the Patriots didn't draft a running back

Emergency Department nurses, medical technicians and staff physicians at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas joyously gather in a break room to watch Amber Vinson’s live remarks from Emory University Hospital.

Our complete coverage of Salute to Nurses 2016

ILOT PROGRAM: Honda’s new-for-2016 Pilot is the Official Winter Vehicle of New England.

Honda Pilot named 'Official Winter Vehicle of New England'

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