Mass. sets plan to fix schools in Lawrence

Officials plan to announce a first-of-its-kind overhaul of the failing Lawrence schools, with more instructional time and a bold partnership between charter schools and the school district.

Mitt Romney spoke Tuesday in Las Vegas, where he also huddled with Sheldon Adelson, a big GOP donor.

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GOP nomination clinched, Mitt Romney pushes anew

On the day he clinched his party’s nomination, Romney was courting top donor Sheldon Adelson and dodging Donald Trump’s comments about President Obama’s birth certificate.

Brian McGrory

A miserable start to Mass. Senate race

The integrity and authenticity of the candidates is the most important part of the contest, which is why the controversy around Elizabeth Warren’s Cherokee ancestry is a big deal.

30 years after massacre, family comes together again

Thanks to DNA testing, a Framingham man whose family was slaughtered at the height of the civil war in Guatemala was reunited with his biological father.

Survivor meets his father for first time

Oscar Alfredo Ramírez Castañeda, 32, a survivor of the Guatemala civil war, was reunited with his real father.

Dan Shaughnessy

Doc Rivers among top Celtics coaches

Rivers only has one championship in his pocket, and he is not going to win another one this year, but the 2011-12 season goes down as his masterpiece.

Massively multiplayer online games such as 38 Studios’ next product, Project Copernicus, have a reputation for taking heavy investment and lots of testing before they can be released. Many never ship, ship late, or never catch on with users.

38 Studios’ Copernicus could be a losing battle

The ambitious Project Copernicus could conceivably be revived even if Curt Schilling’s company dies. But time and technology are working against it.

Intel Corp. will contribute funds to the Intel Center.

Mass. and MIT launching big data initiatives

The initiatives could help make the state a global center for the emerging field of “big data” — the ability to quickly dissect and understand floods of digital information.

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Thom Yorke, shown in April, was upbeat Tuesday night.

Music review

Radiohead set rocks with warmth
A whole roast chicken from Craigie on Main in Cambridge.

Food

Roast chicken goes from homey to hip
Molly Hatch’s “Lost Arcadia,’’ part of “Covet: Art + Objects’’ at Ferrin Gallery in Pittsfield.

Galleries

Modern riffs on old ideas
Alden Cadwell’s offerings at Concord schools include salad bars and locally sourced burgers with fresh-cut potatoes.

Food

A revolution in Concord’s cafeterias

Mitt Romney’s run evokes pride, fear in Mormons
Mike Donovan, a veteran Boston comic, hoped to leave another mark with his 1.6-million-word US history book.

For this comic, US history book no joke
New Englanders flocked to Bass River Beach in South Yarmouth and other beaches on the Cape on Monday.

Sold-out Cape hotels mean brisk business
Robert George says the charges are unfounded.

Prominent defense lawyer faces US charges
Brad Delp with fiancee Pamela Sullivan. An incident between Delp and Sullivan’s sister has been revealed.

Brad Delp’s last days detailed in court papers

Frame by frame

‘Concentric Spheres’ is Chinese ivory gone berserk
Fans reach to get baseballs autographed by Major League Baseball players during the 2011 All Star Series in Taiwan.

Opinion | Farah Stockman

Baseball diplomacy

Album Review | Pop

Scissor Sisters’ latest a retro musical utopia

Sports

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Red Sox 6, Tigers 3

Daniel Nava hit a three-run double in the fourth inning against the Tigers.

Red Sox finally above .500 mark

Daniel Nava’s bases-clearing double in the fourth against Detroit’s Justin Verlander was the defining moment of the game, and, perhaps, the season.

Metro

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Luz Roman described the crash that killed her boyfriend, Donald Bowley, in February 2011 on Tuesday in Haverhill District Court.

Texting-while-driving trial opens in Haverhill

On the opening day of the state’s first such texting-while-driving trial, prosecutors accused Aaron Deveau, 18, of texting behind the wheel in the moments before a fatal collision.

Columnists

Scot Lehigh

A standard for driving fun

Brian McGrory

A miserable start to Mass. Senate race

Dan Shaughnessy

Doc Rivers among top Celtics coaches

INNOVATION ECONOMY

Kayak to take IPO show on the road

JEFF JACOBY

When ‘white’ is a trick of definition
When Celtics coach Doc Rivers was asked if his team deserved all five technicals, he said, “I know mine wasn’t. I can tell you that much. I don’t know how long I’ve been in the league, but that has to rank as the worst I’ve ever had. I would love to have earned it.’’

Dan Shaughnessy | Heat 93, Celtics 79

Celtics fans should stop crying about refs

JOANNA WEISS

Health care costs can bite
5-26-12: Boston, MA: This fan came prepared, as he flashes a sign reading

Dan Shaughnessy

Celtics don’t have a chance against Heat

JOAN VENNOCHI

Online classes cut costs and human contact

Yvonne Abraham

Tending graves and memories of the departed
Craig Driscoll charged his Chevy Volt at a free charging station in the garage of One Broadway in Kendall Square.

Innovation Economy

Charging an electric car in Boston can be free, easy
Rajon Rondo scored 9 points in less than two minutes to give Boston a 10-point lead with 1:45 left. He finished with 18 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists.

Dan Shaughnessy

Rajon Rondo leads Celtics on to Miami

Business

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Former House speak Tom Finneran.

After five years, Tom Finneran set to leave WRKO

The disgraced former Mass. House speaker will depart WRKO-AM, where he has been a host since admitting to impeding justice in 2007.

Politics

Political Notebook

According to the Associated Press count, Mitt Romney surpassed the 1,144 delegates needed to win the nomination by winning at least 88 delegates in the Texas primary.

Romney clinches GOP berth, sharpens focus on economy

Mitt Romney clinched the Republican presidential nomination with a win in the Texas primary, a triumph of endurance for a candidate who came up short four years ago.

Nation & World

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President Obama presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom to musician Bob Dylan.

Dylan, Albright among 13 Medal of Freedom recipients

Music icon Bob Dylan and Madeleine Albright, the first woman to serve as secretary of state, were among 13 people awarded the Medal of Freedom Tuesday by President Obama.

Arts

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Music Review

Steve Martin displayed considerable chops on the banjo.

Steve Martin offers a night of bluegrass, comedy

In the first of three nights at Symphony Hall, Steve Martin joined the Steep Canyon Rangers, his regular backing band these days, and the Boston Pops.

Food & dining

By the glass

“The world of wine has not stood still,’’ says writer Stephen Meuse.

Globe wine writer Stephen Meuse bids farewell

The world of wine has not stood still, though, and it seems appropriate to devote these last lines to reflect on some of the changes I have observed.

“There are some talented people already working in the Lawrence schools, and we want to bring in some partners that we can add to this team.”

Jeffrey Riley,  school receiver for Lawrence

Magazine

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What does it take to become a Disney star?
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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

Opinion

“But most of all, standards were fun. You were actually in control of the car.”

Scot Lehigh 

Ideas

“Super-empowered and quickly deployable, the Pentagon has become a one-stop shop for any policy objective, no matter how far removed from traditional warfare.”

Thanassis Cambanis,  on the amazing expanding Pentagon