Sheldon Adelson won’t seek a casino in Mass.

Deterred by the state’s plan for multiple facilities, the casino company run by the billionaire Boston native will bypass the chance to build in Mass.

Study suggests online courses as good as classroom

The only difference between the two groups in the study was that the online students appeared to learn faster.

Cape Wind foe Koch chips in for Romney

William Koch, the Osterville summer resident who helped bankroll Cape Wind’s opposition, donated $2 million to a super PAC supporting Mitt Romney.

Democratic Party tracker Martin Geldhof videotaped Senator Scott Brown at Newton South High School.

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Candidates wary as opposition cameras roll

The political equivalent of paparazzi, video trackers have been used for at least 16 years in Mass., and the contest between Senator Brown and Elizabeth Warren is no exception.

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Newton officials call tomato display illegal

Eli Katzoff’s tomato-growing front-yard display, which includes 34 red hanging buckets of tomato plants, needs to be removed or the city will send him a notice of violation.

Bob Ryan

Celtics’ late surge sealed the Game 5 win

After hanging around for most of the game, the Celtics went on an embarrassing 31-12 run starting late in the third on their way to routing the Sixers.

Curt Schilling’s 38 Studios received $75 million in guaranteed loans in 2010 from the State of Rhode Island after Massachusetts declined. Last week, the company missed a $1.1 million payment.

Politicians can find start-ups hard to resist

Looking to bolster their image, politicians will invest taxpayer money in start-ups, but as often as not, the economic returns never materialize.

Healthy men told to skip prostate test

A government panel concluded that the harm caused by the PSA blood test for prostate cancer outweighed its benefits.

Comcast demonstrated its new system in Boston at the cable industry’s biggest trade event, The Cable Show.

From Comcast, TV as data center

Boston will be the first to get a new service that could turn the home TV into a home data center, tracking everything from business appointments to household security.

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Globe Insiders

Globe Talk | May 23, 6 p.m.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2011/08/05/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/05books1.jpg 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

Alex Iacobacci, owner of the Avanti salon on Newbury Street, was one of the millions of people who lost a smartphone last year. “My trip is ruined,” he said after realizing he had lost his iPhone on the Greek island of Santorini.

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The despair of losing your smartphone
Deerfield Academy student Peter Krasznekewicz, 17, stands among some of the 34 houses in his public art installation at the Emily Dickinson Museum.

Visual Arts

Homing in on Dickinson’s poems
Historian Thomas O'Connor in 1997 in his BC office with a Civil War recruitment poster displayed in Boston during that war.

Thomas H. O’Connor, ‘dean’ of Boston’s historians, dies at 89

Album Review | POP

Soul searching suits John Mayer well

Paul McMorrow

A curveball at Fenway Center
In his first season with the Blue Jays organization, Koby Clemens hasn’t hit with the same authority as he did as an Astros prospect.

Koby Clemens still pursues dream
Goliath, the new ride at Six Flags New England (shown earlier this month), was undergoing numerous safety tests.

Engineering a relocated coaster

Globe 100

Rankings the top 100 companies in Mass.

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The science behind sin
Nicki Minaj will perform at JAMN 94.5’s Summer Jam June 2 at Comcast Center.

Summer Arts Preview | Sortable Table

Critics’ picks: What to see this summer
Sheryl Sandberg has been with Facebook since 2008.

editorial

Sheryl Sandberg: Flex-time billionaire

Tennis Hall not acting on Hewitt

Sports

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Game 5 | Celtics 101, 76ers 85

The Celtics’ Brandon Bass fires a third-quarter shot over the 76ers’ Evan Turner. Bass sparkled with 18 points in the quarter.

Celtics push Sixers to the brink

Brandon Bass erupted for 27 points as the Celtics routed the 76ers in the second half in taking a 101-85 Game 5 victory at TD Garden.

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Claire Hayes of Mansfield, graduating from Boston College, gave a thumbs-up to her family.

Speaker’s lessons resonate with BC graduates

Bob Woodruff, a journalist who was nearly killed six years ago in Iraq, urged graduates to give back, practice faith, purse their passions, and never forget the importance of friends and family.

Columnists

Fans watched One Direction perform live on stage in Wellington, New Zealand, in April.

Joanna Weiss

One wrong direction for boy bands and their girl fans

Bob Ryan

Celtics’ late surge sealed their Game 5 win

JULIETTE KAYYEM

Europe’s other challenge: immigration

JEFF JACOBY

In politics, two parties are enough

Innovation Economy

Winning the competition for ideas
Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett of the Celtics celebrated during their Game 1 victory over the 76ers on May 12.

Dan Shaughnessy | Online exclusive

Celtics should be embarrassed
Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Rajon Rondo, left to right, are now in their fifth season together in Boston.

Bob Ryan

Celtics success on borrowed time

yvonne abraham

A long time coming

JOAN VENNOCHI

History, a la Obama

JOANNA WEISS

A voice of change on abortion

Love Letters

Game-changer or gray area?

lawrence harmon

‘Nightclub apartheid’

Business

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Facebook’s stock closed at $34.03, down 11 percent from Friday’s closing price.

Facebook’s stock slides in 2d day of trading

After the social network’s stock fizzled on Friday in its long-awaited debut, its stock fell 11 percent on Monday, even as the rest of the stock market rallied.

Politics

Political notebook

Pro-Romney super PAC on top despite slide

Even in a down month, the primary super PAC supporting Mitt Romney almost tripled the fund-raising total of the one backing President Obama.

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Catholic dioceses, colleges file suit over birth control mandate

The Catholic groups sued the Obama administration over the mandate that most employers provide birth control in workers’ health insurance.

Arts

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Stage Review

Becca A. Lewis and Michael Fisher in Danny Sklar’s “Lycanthropy,’’ about a cabbie and a man who claims he is able to turn into a wolf at will.

Striving for connection at Boston Theater Marathon

A striking number of the 53 plays presented concerned the difficulties in forging a genuine human connection in a revved-up world.

Lifestyle

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Bird watching for kids

Bill Thompson III is editor of the bimonthly Bird Watcher’s Digest and author of “The Young Birder’s Guide to Birds of North America.”

Globe 100

From Sunday’s Globe | Globe 100

Left to right: Monalisa Smith of Mothers for Justice and Equality, David Hunter of REBIScan, Hugh Herr of iWalk, and David Cancel of HubSpot.

The most innovative people in Massachusetts

These 12 pioneering individuals embody the creativity and ambition that distinguish our state.

“We live in an age where anyone can record anything at any time and publish it with global reach to anyone at practically zero cost.”

Nicco Mele,  an expert on integrating politics and technology

Magazine

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Best beaches guide for New England
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Things to do in and around Boston this week
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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

Opinion

“If you’re looking to stand out in the crowd, underestimating yourself isn’t going to help you at all.”

Joanna Weiss 

Ideas

“A question is more than the simple thing we might think it is — it’s a unique and potentially sophisticated instrument.”

Leon Neyfakh  on the power of questions