Whitey Bulger cooperated with FBI as early as ’50s

New records show that in 1956 James “Whitey” Bulger revealed his accomplices in a bank robbery in order to protect his girlfriend at the time.

Boston Fed chief predicts slow growth

Eric S. Rosengren forecast a slow economic recovery this year and called on policy makers to do more to lower the US unemployment rate.

GOP women lead surge in Romney’s favorability rating

Mitt Romney is enjoying his highest favorability rating since January, according to a new poll that showed a surge in popularity among Republican women.

Patrick endorses Warren

Despite saying last year that he’d wait for the party to select a nominee first, Governor Patrick today announced his support for Elizabeth Warren.

Kayak to postpone IPO after Facebook stock slips

The online travel service with operations in Concord would have been the first US Internet offering since Facebook went public.

Chris Hemsworth as the Huntsman and Kristen Stewart as Snow White.

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‘Snow White’ brings fairy-tale magic to multiplex

Entertainingly schizophrenic, this re-engineering of the classic fairy tale feels like it was made from pieces of every fantasy-action movie ever made.

MARINA KEEGAN

Yale graduate recalled for wit, vitality

Marina Keegan, 22, was many things, but above all a writer. She was killed this past weekend in a car accident while heading to the Cape.

Book Review

The ‘Edible Series’ releases new titles

The latest in the 28 volume “Edible Series” food history books were released this month: “Gin,” “Rum,” “Vodka,” and “Herbs.”

Seasonal Recipes

Recipe for chocolate-almond cake

This flourless chocolate cake is a light spring dessert ideal for any celebration, including a graduation buffet.

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To Grammar’s House

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Prisoners are confined to their cells. Animals in zoos are confined to their cages. But people who use wheelchairs do not consider themselves “confined.”

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Scot Lehigh

An ode to driving stick shifts
Intel Corp. will contribute funds to the Intel Center.

Mass. and MIT launching big data initiatives

Dan Shaughnessy

Doc Rivers second only to Red Auerbach
Oscar Alfredo Ramírez Castañeda and Tranquilino Castañeda, with daughters Nicole and Andrea, looked at pictures from Guatemala.

30 years after massacre, family together again
Steve Martin displayed considerable chops on the banjo.

Music Review

Steve Martin offers a night of bluegrass, comedy
Lead vocalist Thom Yorke and lead guitarist Jonny Greenwood, right, of the band Radiohead perform at a sold-out Comcast Center in Mansfield.

Music review

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

Food

Roast chicken goes from homey to hip

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

Sports

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Dustin Pedroia wants to play through what he revealed Tuesday night was a tear in the muscle in his right thumb.

Dustin Pedroia’s thumb injury a big dilemma

Pedroia wants to play through what’s usually a 2-4 week injury. But can the Red Sox risk further injury to him?

Metro

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An MBTA train pulled into a stop on Commonwealth Avenue near Boston University.

MBTA officials credit real-time apps for strong ridership

Ridership averaged more than 1.3 million per weekday in April, the 15th consecutive month with an increase.

Columnists

Brian McGrory

A miserable start to Mass. Senate race

Joshua Green

Birther issue has its roots with Democrats

Tech Lab Plus

Your own little TV station

JEFF JACOBY

When ‘white’ is a trick of definition

INNOVATION ECONOMY

Kayak to take IPO show on the road
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

JOAN VENNOCHI

Online classes cut costs and human contact
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

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

Politics

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

GOP nomination clinched, Mitt Romney pushes anew

On the day he clinched the nomination, comments by Donald Trump on President Obama’s birth certificate stole the spotlight.

Nation & World

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Former Liberian President Charles Taylor, 64, is the first former head of state to be convicted by an international court for war crimes since the Nuremberg trials after World War II.

Ex-Liberia leader Charles Taylor sentenced to 50 years

Taylor was sentenced for supporting rebels who committed atrocities in neighboring Sierra Leone during an 11-year civil war.

Arts

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Galleries

Molly Hatch’s “Lost Arcadia,’’ part of “Covet: Art + Objects’’ at Ferrin Gallery in Pittsfield.

Modern riffs on old ideas

No art is simply, blithely contemporary. That would be like saying our parents had no influence on us. Today's art responds to and reacts against yesterday's art.

Food & dining

Food

A whole roast chicken from Craigie on Main in Cambridge.

Roast chicken goes from homey to hip

The whole roast chicken has left the home kitchen, making for restaurants around town.

“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?
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

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