Marriage issue is test for Romney campaign

Mitt Romney’s campaign is weighing how forcefully to use his opposition to gay marriage as a way to energize a social conservative GOP base that has long distrusted him.

N.H. wants hospitals near Mass. border

New Hampshire lawmakers are pushing incentives for so-called destination hospitals to open along the state’s southern border, hoping to build a specialty health care hub.

Parents question Newton schools amid porn case

Since his arrest on child pornography charges, a number of incidents involving David Ettlinger’s behavior have surfaced.

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Celtics 83, Hawks 80

Celtics oust Hawks, will face Sixers

The Celtics rode Kevin Garnett’s 28 points and 14 rebounds to victory Thursday night and advanced to the Eastern Conference semifinals for the fifth straight year.

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Micky Ward helps Lowell fighting get off the ropes

The city is hoping for a boost from a professional boxing comeback with “Irish’’ Micky Ward and his older brother Dicky Eklund guiding a new crop of pugilists.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2012/05/10/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/wiggs_fbi_1met.jpg Conn. home search may be tied to Gardner theft

Federal authorities searched the home of an alleged mobster who has been questioned repeatedly about the notorious Gardner Museum heist.

BioShock delay a smart move, analysts say

Fans may be frustrated, but Irrational Games made the right move this week when it delayed the debut of the newest BioShock video game until 2013, analysts said.

Movie Review

‘Nesting’ offers banal comic take on Gen X early midlife crisis

“Nesting’’ falls somewhere between “Wanderlust’’ and mumblecore, a no man’s land where the only bright spot is the potential it shows for debut writer/director John Chuldenko.

Brian McGrory

Liberty Mutual: Your premiums, his premium office

Liberty Mutual spent $4.5 million to renovate a 1,335 square foot office suite that was, in all likelihood, working just fine a month before.

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The New York Times best-selling author discusses his books “Bringing Down the House” and “The Social Network.”

BostonGlobe.com exclusives

Top: Colin Fyffe and Brittany Onesti enjoy a drink at the bar before their meal arrives at Happy’s. Above right: Chef/owner Michael Schlow cooks up some mac and cheese.

Dining

Happy’s Bar + Kitchen new to Fenway neighborhood

Once-embattled Brighton school reborn as community center
Degas’s “Mary Cassatt at the Louvre: The Paintings Gallery.”

Art Review

An intimate look at the ‘Private Impressionist’
Elizabeth Warren

Records shed light on Warren’s minority status
In this photo released by The White House, President Barack Obama participates in an interview with Robin Roberts of ABC's Good Morning America, in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Wednesday, May 9, 2012, in Washington. Obama declared his unequivocal support for gay marriage on Wednesday, a historic announcement that gave the polarizing social issue a more prominent role in the 2012 race for the White House. (AP Photo/The White House, Pete Souza)

Gay marriage stance could fuel fund-raising boost

Gambling panel director McGee quits amid uproar

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What mom wants for Mother’s Day

Proposed diagnosis divides psychiatrists
Waltham, MA -- 04/09/12 -- A view of the kitchen, dining room, and lounge area inside the Verivo software offices in the 1000 Winter building. Verivo software company is a new tenant in the Bay Colony corporate center and has incorporated many of the work efficient designs that the center is implementing throughout the property. Boston Properties is currently re-designing the Bay Colony corporate center in Waltham, MA to be a more modern, work efficient space. (Kayana Szymczak for the Boston Globe )

Office renovations thinking inside the box

Parents question Newton schools amid porn case
The Ravens’ Arthur Jones, left, and UFC star Jon Jones, center, were happy to see brother Chandler Jones drafted by the Patriots.

For Chandler Jones, athletic success is family business
Marile Borden’s website, Moms Who Need Wine, has nearly 570,000 fans on Facebook.

Support for ‘Moms Who Need Wine’

Sports

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Indians 8, Red Sox 3

Red Sox starter Josh Beckett (2-4) gave up seven runs on seven hits and walked two in 2 1-3 innings as Cleveland built a 7-1 lead.

Rough outing for Beckett as Red Sox fall again

Starter Josh Beckett was booed off the field at Fenway Park in the third inning Thursday night as he gave up seven runs on seven hits.

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In Mass. schools, bake sales are back on fund-raiser menu

Facing a rising clamor against the state’s ban on bake sales in school and a legislative revolt, Governor Deval Patrick directed health officials to scrap the restriction.

Columnists

Joshua Green

Obama’s evolution, Romney’s devolution on gay marriage
Sean Eklund (arms raised) is Dicky Eklund’s nephew.

carlo rotella

In the ring with tough guys from Lowell

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Fidelity fund star an early Facebook fan

Bob Ryan

Sixers next act in town

Brian McGrory

$4.5 million. For an office

yvonne abraham

Debasing the debate

opinion | Joan Vennochi

Elizabeth Warren fights the ‘out of touch’ charge

Jeff Jacoby

‘Never again’ is now in North Korea

Opinion | Derrick Z. Jackson

Obesity, a new kind of smoke

opinion | Juliette Kayyem

A plot foiled, but a US agency rift exposed

Joanna Weiss

Women don’t need Obama’s ‘Julia’ avatar

Kevin Cullen

Street’s win is society’s loss

Arts

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Stage review

David M. Lutken plays populist folk singer Woody Guthrie in the ART’s “Woody Sez.’’

In ‘Woody Sez,’ Guthrie’s story is your story

Decades before Howard Zinn published “A People’s History of the United States,’’ Woody Guthrie was writing that history in song.

Politics

Political Notebook

Obama raps Romney’s claim of boosting auto industry

President Obama said Mitt Romney is having an “Etch-A-Sketch moment’’ when he claims credit for the industry’s revival.

Business

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State Street Corp. chief executive Jay Hooley

State Street CEO: Optimism in Asia on US economy

State Street Corp. chief executive Jay Hooley said he discovered budding optimism about the US recovery during his recent business travels in Asia.

Nation & World

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Putin’s plan to skip summit in US triggers speculation

Theories abound as to why Russian President Vladimir Putin decided against joining a gathering of global leaders and postpone a meeting with President Obama.

Movies

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MOVIE REVIEW

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‘Dark Shadows’ a bloody good time

In this big-screen revamp of the late-’60s Gothic soap opera, Tim Burton and Johnny Depp recapture the show’s doomy vibe with blissful comic precision.

“Lowell’s a good fight town. It’s a good thing [Micky Ward and Dicky Eklund are] bringing boxing back.’’

Art Ramalho,  owner of the West End gym

Magazine

The cover for the May 6 2012 issue

Homes for sale for $250,000, $500,000, $750,000, and $1 million
The cover for the April 29 2012 issue

Dying wishes expected to be decided on November ballot
The cover for the April 22 2012 issue

144 free things to do around Boston
The cover for the April 15 2012 issue

In an artist’s garden

Opinion

“Maintaining his opposition to marriage equality would only have exacerbated an awkward divide on an issue of mounting importance to his party.”

Joshua Green, on President Obama

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