Mass. gets boost from shale boom

The unlocking of natural gas reserves hundreds of miles away promises to benefit Massachusetts companies and the state economy.

Through a nonprofit established by his administration last year called Moving Massachusetts Forward, the Patrick administration collected $130,000 from five donors, according to ethics disclosure forms filed by the governor.

Big donors helping Patrick travel

A substantial portion of the funding for Governor Patrick’s two second-term international trade missions has come from a handful of powerful executives and companies.

Brian McGrory

The benefits of political friendship

Try as I might to leave the Liberty Mutual lunacy behind, someone keeps drawing me back, and that someone is Governor Deval Patrick.

Everett crossing guard struck by truck, seriously injured

A 71-year-old woman suffered life-threatening injuries when she was hit by a Massachusetts Water Resources Authority pickup truck.

Facebook, underwriters sued by investors over IPO

Facebook and underwriters including Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, and JPMorgan Chase were sued.

Clockwise from above: Shrimp and grits; one of Gem’s signature dishes.

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dining out

‘Ultra exclusive’ Gem sends mixed messages

At Gem Restaurant & Lounge, the latest project from Big Night Entertainment, decor and staff are outrageous, but comfort food shines.

Food

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2012/05/22/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/pulled pork FW4995_073--90x90.jpg How to make wicked good barbecue

It took about 12 years, lots of hard work, and a healthy sense of youthful invincibility for Andy Husbands and Chris Hart to win 30 Kansas City Barbecue Society championships.

Cheap Eats

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2012/05/21/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/23cheap 01.jpg Popular burgers in Quincy, Theatre District

Two popular burger places at other locations: Wild Willy’s Burgers in Quincy and Four Burgers in Boston.

On baseball

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2012/05/23/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Red Sox Orioles Baseball.JPEG-0d955-2657--90x90.jpg Why is David Ortiz so angry?

Ortiz claimed in a rant this week that he gets “no respect.” But in reality, few players around MLB are more respected than the Red Sox DH.

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//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 Accidental Billionaires.”

BostonGlobe.com exclusives

Mass. will open 40 miles of MWRA trails to public
Mimi Leveque, Peabody Essex Museum conservator; Becca Melius curator at Boston’s Museum of Science; and Rebecca Barber, an intern, examined a mummy.

Photo gallery

Unearthing history

Scot Lehigh

The fallout of US extremism
At Herb Chambers Ford, salesman Mustafa Salman (left) showed Ken Monahan a Ford Fusion. Dealers are trying different tactics to get customers to trade in their cars.

Dealers hurt as consumers keep used cars longer
Authors Gabriel García Márquez, Carlos Fuentes, and Toni Morrison meet at a dinner at Fuentes’s home in Mexico city in 1995.

Opinion | David Carrasco

The legacy of Carlos Fuentes
Joshua Boger is joining Alkeus.

Tiny start-up lands a former Vertex CEO
Democratic Party tracker Martin Geldhof videotaped Senator Scott Brown at Newton South High School.

Candidates wary as opposition cameras roll
This historic mile marker on the edge of a sidewalk on Harvard Avenue in Allston is one of a series erected between Boston and Springfield almost three centuries ago.

editorial

Boston should protect damaged historical marker

The TD Garden crowd delighted as Rajon Rondo dished to Greg Stiemsma, who slammed home two points in the third period.

Bob Ryan

Celtics’ late surge sealed Game 5 win

Newton officials call tomato display illegal
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
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

Sports

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Celtics guard Avery Bradley has been battling a left shoulder injury; he didn’t suit up for Game 5 Monday night at TD Garden.

Avery Bradley unlikely to play in Game 6

The Celtics guard, dealing with a shoulder injury, did not participate in the morning workout and said he’s doubtful to play.

Metro

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Bill Lovallo held daughter Sarah, a greatgranddaughter of an Armenian genocide survivor, during the dedication Tuesday of the long-envisioned Armenian Heritage Park on the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway.

Armenian Heritage Park opens on Greenway

The park, located between the North End and Faneuil Hall, is meant to honor Armenian immigrants to the state.

Columnists

Jeff Jacoby

Peace process harmed Israel’s reputation

Brian McGrory

The benefits of political friendship
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

JULIETTE KAYYEM

Europe’s other challenge: immigration

Scot Lehigh

The fallout of US extremism

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

Business

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Jennifer E. Ring performed a cell culture on metastatic breast cancer cells at Verastem’s laboratories.

After coup, Verastem navigates choppy waters

Verastem is one of the first biotech start-ups in years to take its shares public before its drugs entered clinical trials.

Politics

Political Notebook

Joe Biden keeps up Democrats’ attack on Romney

The vice president said the Tea Party faction has blocked progress by President Obama.

Nation & World

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Egypt

Egyptians vote in first free presidential election

More than 15 months after Hosni Mubarak’s ouster, Egyptians streamed to polls to freely choose a president for the first time in generations.

Arts

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Book Review

Daniel Duane’s three-part collection of essays spans more than eight years of cooking.

‘How To Cook Like a Man’ by Daniel Duane

The book traces a young father’s 8-year odyssey in learning how to cook.

Food & dining

Cheap Eats

A Bubba BBQ burger with hickory-smoked bacon and cheddar cheese.

Popular burgers in Quincy, Theatre District

Two popular burger places at other locations: Wild Willy’s Burgers in Quincy and Four Burgers in Boston.

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.

“It used to be we could round up the usual suspects but now we may have to go a little deeper. We may have to go to the bench. But I’m not worried.”

Jack Connors,  on raising funds for Obama and the DNC

Magazine

The cover for the May 20 2012 issue

Best beaches guide for New England
The cover for the May 13 2012 issue

Things to do in and around Boston this week
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

Opinion

“Israel has gone on making concession after concession to those who seek its destruction, clinging against all logic to the fantasy of a ‘two-state solution.’ ”

Jeff Jacoby 

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