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Between Brown, Romney, support but little chemistry

As Senator Brown’s star has risen as a moderate, and Mitt Romney has worked hard to court the GOP base in his presidential bid, their paths have diverged.

The Celtics are widely perceived as gritty and the embodiment of team spirit.

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Dan Shaughnessy

Celtics giving their all, as Fenway draws boobirds

While the Celtics have been the embodiment of team spirit in the NBA playoffs, Josh Beckett and the Red Sox have a huge image problem.

Route 128 at center of manufacturing

Today, just about every product that consumers touch is likely to have been created with software developed in the area surrounding Route 128.

Girl named Grace a gift to family, science

With the help of Boston scientists, one family turned the unthinkable into a future ruled by hope.

Giving Grace a chance

Boston doctors helped a Tampa family solve a medical mystery.

Student deaths hit BU’s campus hard

The deaths of three students studying abroad has brought further tragedy to a campus that has been slammed by one catastrophe after another this semester.

Yvonne Abraham

Three years later, no answers

The person who killed Stacey Burns gets to walk around, while five motherless kids, a shattered family, and countless friends try to hold themselves together.

Boston’s sculptures get own guidebook

A love for Boston’s public sculptures prompted history buff, art lover, and amateur photographer Joe Gallo to write a book about what they stand for.

Austerity vs. stimulus debate revived by elections in Europe

Last week’s elections in France and Greece, where voters booted out incumbents who advocated or accepted austerity policies, has reenergized the debate.

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Globe Insiders

Globe Talk | May 23, 6 p.m.

A conversation with Ben Mezrich

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

BostonGlobe.com exclusives

For writing’s sake, I get a little dramatic, which is something I also have to avoid in my regular life,” says Earle.

Justin Townes Earle learns to cope with ups, downs

Heidi Kayser afloat, with “The Remodeling Project.”

Performance art via kayak at Fort Point

Puebloan ruins in Grand Gulch, many of which remain unnamed, unmapped, and reachable only on foot.

In Bluff, Utah, exploring desert ruins in Grand Gulch

Poetry Out Loud gets high schoolers excited about verse

Scrub trees and small plants grow in fissures of slickrock at Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument.

travel

Path less traveled reveals the wilds of Escalante

ideas

In search of the money gene

Fearsome female foursomes of TV

Book Review

‘Home: A Novel’ by Toni Morrison

Myth of purity: Actors rehearse for the torch ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the ancient Olympic site in Greece.

Ideas

The real Olympics

The band Beirut plays songs from their latest album at State Theater. The Art Deco space, refurbished in 2010, reopened with a full schedule of acts from around the world.

Travel

5 places to savor Portland’s underground culture

Max in his wolf suit in “Where the Wild Things Are.”

Maurice Sendak: No backstory required

Food banks confront hunger at community colleges

Sports

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Celtics edge Sixers in series opener

Kevin Garnett scored 29 points, his highest total all year, and added 11 rebounds as the Celtics took the first game of their Eastern Conference semifinal series with the Sixers.