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In surprise visit, Obama signs Afghanistan pact

The president slipped into Afghanistan to sign an agreement spelling out the US commitment there, and will address Americans at 7:30 p.m.

Top Romney aide quits in face of anti-gay sentiment

Richard A. Grenell, a gay man whose support for same-sex marriage infuriated social conservatives, has quit less than two weeks after he was hired.

Patrick criticizes ‘racist’ immigration policies

Governor Deval Patrick lambasted the controversial immigration laws in Arizona and Alabama during a speech at Tufts University Monday.

Mass. lottery says it’s on track to break profit records

Treasurer Steven Grossman said the lottery’s projected profit for 2012 is $947 million, a conservative estimate that puts the 2006 record, $951 million, in easy reach.

Bodies found near school, foul play suspected

The two women whose bodies were found early today behind a Saugus elementary school are victims of foul play, the district attorney said.

exclusive wednesday preview | food

8 recipes to celebrate a graduate or newlyweds

Plan a menu of dishes served at room temperature. Think of it as a picnic that is easy to eat with forks, plates balanced on laps.

Potato-rosemary tart.

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Potato-rosemary tart.

Steamed and crisp vegetable plate.

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Steamed and crisp vegetable plate.

Cornmeal crackers.

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Cornmeal crackers.

Chicken salad in spring greens with lemony dressing.

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Chicken salad in spring greens with lemony dressing.

Tabbouleh with green peas and sugar snap peas.

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Tabbouleh with green peas and sugar snap peas.

Strawberry shortcake.

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Strawberry shortcake.

Ricotta-herb dip.

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Ricotta-herb dip.

Strawberry shortcake and sugar cookies.

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Strawberry shortcake and sugar cookies.

To Grammar’s House

Yesterday’s gone

For the first time in more than four decades, Globe articles do not employ “yesterday, “today,” and “tomorrow.”

Bob Ryan

Playoff suspensions can be a knockout

NBA history so often centers around the Celtics, and that includes playoff suspensions, which often change the fate of a series.

Dow rallies to highest point since Dec. 2007

US stocks advanced today after a better-than-estimated manufacturing report bolstered investors’ optimism.

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Southeastern Regional Vocational Technical High School in Easton has a groundbreaking program — the Innovation Academy.

The Podium

Boston’s innovation swagger

Elizabeth Warren had key role in asbestos court case

Brown says daughter insured under health law

Red Sox pitcher Clay Buchholz handed the ball over to manager Bobby Valentine after allowing 5 runs in the seventh inning against the Athletics.

Dan Shaughnessy

Clay Buchholz keeps winning, somehow

Poor reception plagues Kendall Square

President Obama and his team strongly believe the nation can adequately deter nuclear attacks with a much smaller and less expensive weapons stockpile - which now costs about $50 billion a year to maintain.

Obama’s nuclear plan tangled in election politics

Sony Digital vice president Harald Kraushaar said the goal is to offer medical equipment makers Sony’s expertise in precision manufacturing.

Sony adds Cambridge medical sales office

Angie DeWolf and Mark Kehlet Schou perform in José Mateo Ballet Theatre’s “Absurdus” program.

Dance Review

Dance drives score in José Mateo’s new ‘Risk of Repetition’

SPECIAL REPORT

A rampant prescription, a hidden peril

Nathaniel Raymond, Brittany Card, Isaac Baker, Ziad Al Achkar, Jody Heck, Vincenzo Bollettino, Luis Capelo, Caitlin Howarth, Benjamin Davies, and Sunetra Bane of Harvard’s Satellite Sentinel Project.

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Inside George Clooney’s Harvard spy lab

Birdseye in Canada’s Labrador, circa 1912, where he began thinking of building a frozen-food business.

How Clarence Birdseye conquered the freezer

Why I stayed in Boston

Sports

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Ravens head coach John Harbaugh, left, lost to Bill Belichick and the Patriots in the AFC title game last season.

John Harbaugh backtracks from Patriots comments

The Ravens coach, who originally said the New England championships were “stained,” said his comments were misunderstood.

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The Boston Globe headquarters on Morrissey Boulevard.

Globe circulation grows for the first time since 2004

Sunday circulation averaged 365,512 for the six-month period ending in March, up 2.5 percent from the same period a year ago.

Columnists

joanna weiss

A reason to turn off digital devices

Yvonne Abraham

How far we’ve come on race — and yet must go

JOAN VENNOCHI

Nonprofit greed’s real victims

JULIETTE KAYYEM

A revolution: women fight in Marines

INNOVATION ECONOMY

Start-up ‘finishing school’ awards

opinion | jeff jacoby

The government’s college money pit

Yahya Ahmad Masalma, 6, received a complex kidney transplant at Boston Children’s Hospital.

JOANNA WEISS

For the life of Yahya

Love Letters

He’s great — but where’s the spark?

Bob Ryan

Josh Smith has starring role with Atlanta

Rajon Rondo enters the playoffs on a run of 24 consecutive double-figure assist games.

Bob Ryan

Surprising Celtics ready to take on Hawks

Co-Owners Derrick Cheung, left, and Howard Travis sold clothing on Newbury Street out of their mobile retail truck.

Opinion | lawrence harmon

No-innovation district

Brian McGrory

Lots more to Liberty Mutual pay story

Arts

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THEATER

‘Porgy and Bess’ gets 10 Tony Award nominations

The revival of the George Gershwin classic that began last fall in Cambridge was second only to “Once,’’ which received 11 nominations.

Politics

Many conservatives are hoping Mitt Romney will pick a staunch social and economic conservative as his vice presidential nominee, as a sign that he will not abandon conservative principles as he refocuses on swing voters and the general election.

Mitt Romney striving to win over the right

Even as Romney begins courting moderates and independents, his campaign is still working to gain support from conservatives who have yet to fully embrace him.

Business

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Faster Internet coming to Cape businesses

Nonprofit OpenCape Corp. is building a $40 million broadband network offering speeds up to 10 times faster than the region’s fastest commercial service.

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Rupert Murdoch “turned a blind eye and exhibited willful blindness to what was going on in his companies and publications,” the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee said in a report published in London today.

Rupert Murdoch ‘not fit’ to lead News Corp., lawmakers say

A report by UK lawmakers said that Murdoch “turned a blind eye” and misled Parliament about phone hacking at the News of the World tabloid.

Lifestyle

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Love by the pound

The Northeast Animal Shelter in Salem is one of New England’s oldest and largest no-kill adoption shelters for cats and dogs.

Magazine

The cover for the April 29 2012 issue

Apr 29, 2012

Dying wishes expected to be decided on November ballot

The cover for the April 22 2012 issue

Apr 22, 2012

144 free things to do around Boston

The cover for the April 15 2012 issue

Apr 15, 2012

In an artist’s garden

The cover for the April 8 2012 issue

Apr 8, 2012

Are fat baseball players a problem?

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