Companies call for tech classes in Mass. schools

Executives from Google, Microsoft, and other leading firms want to require all public schools to teach computer science.

Edward Snowden (left) and Bradley Manning worked with classified material.

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Leaks show US intelligence vulnerability

The government is in an era where ever more secrets are being kept in digital files — and are accessible by a greater number of people.

Utility leader Thomas May’s holdings exceed $80m

The merger of Northeast Utilities and NStar has been good for shareholders, and for the NStar chief executive who engineered the deal.

NStar Electric chief Craig Hallstrom talked about the problem with transformer 110A at the Scotia Street Substation.

Outage cause in Back Bay a mystery to NStar

NStar officials remained unsure what caused a weekend cable malfunction in a substation that left thousands without power for several hours.

Brian Rosen played with Autumn, a home seller’s pet, as wife Elizabeth Deutsch and broker Ed Greable watched.

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House seekers play all angles in tight market

With inventory down and prices rising, buyers are exhibiting the kind of frenzied behavior not seen since 2005.

Tim Tebow and the Broncos lost, 41-23, to the visiting Patriots on Dec. 18, 2011, but he was all smiles when he met Tom Brady afterward.

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If Patriots are smart, Tim Tebow will sit in 2013

Signing Tebow was about getting him out of the spotlight and seeing if he can develop into a No. 2 quarterback.

Mass. will consider minimum wage hike

State legislators are considering a bill that would gradually raise the minimum wage from $8 to $11 an hour by 2015 and then adjust it for inflation.

General Electric named New England’s top brand

General Electric shook up the latest ranking of New England’s strongest brands, bouncing ESPN from its two-year reign at number one.

Opinion

TOM KEANE

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We owe the 29-year-old analyst who unveiled the existence of a NSA surveillance program our gratitude — and perhaps even our democracy.

Globe exclusives

George Tooker’s “Study for Subway” in the Addison show.

Art Review

Show frames 20th century’s gay male life

Publicist Kate Conti’s firm has promoted meditation’s benefits but she finds she cannot focus on it.

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The stress of not meditating
The Commonwealth Lyric Theater in rehearsal for Rachmaninoff’s opera “Aleko.”

Opera Review

Rachmaninoff’s ‘Aleko’ runs free in Brighton

Coverage

The trial of Whitey Bulger
Colleen MacRamos, with Jack, 1, and Maggie, 5, said she and her husband can’t afford family health care insurance.

State targets health law gap

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A Boston landmark celebrates the power of play
David Ortiz and other players often have time-taking habits during their plat appearances that help to slow games.

Why do baseball games take so long?

Coverage

The Boston Marathon bombings
Harold Addison grabbed the summit sign as Gerry Wright, his climbing companion that night, and savior Guy Gosselin approached.

Years later, still warmed by kindness
William “Mo” Cowan was appointed to fill the Senate seat vacated by John F. Kerry.

Senator Cowan makes most of short stint
From left, Rich Ranky, Mark Sivak, and Janos Stone developed Northeastern University’s Digital Media Commons at Snell Library.

Northeastern’s 3-D lab is for all to use
Diane Paulus (above), artistic director of the American Repertory Theater, won her first Tony Award Sunday night for directing the revival of ‘‘Pippin.” The musical, which opened in Cambridge before going to Broadway, took four awards.

ART, Huntington make mark at Tonys

Stanley Cup Finals

Kevin Cullen

It’s Beantown vs. Hawkeytown

There are some endearing similarities and some remarkable differences when it comes to the two cities in the Stanley Cup Final.

Sports

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The Red Sox have won three straight and seven of their last nine.

Red Sox slip past Rays in 14th inning

The Red Sox saved themselves from what would have been the worst loss of the season by scoring twice in the 14th to beat the Rays, 10-8.

Metro

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The Hendrix family left a quiet Nauset Beach Monday. The beach was closed due to a shark sighting

Shark sighting a tourist draw on Cape

After a lifeguard at Nauset Beach in Orleans spotted a dorsal fin offshore, sharks seem to be on the minds of locals and tourists alike.

Columnists

Dr. Hiep Nguyen led app’s development.

Innovation Economy

Can Google’s Glass save lives?

Adrian Walker

A Prom Night to remember

JAMES CARROLL

No military intervention in Syria

JOHN E. SUNUNU

Who is a patent troll?

Yvonne Abraham

Rising and falling
The Bruins have 17 players who were on the team’s Stanley Cup-winning roster in 2011.

Christopher L. Gasper

Talent, not luck, got Bruins here

JOAN VENNOCHI

Still so many questions for the FBI

JEFF JACOBY

Gomez and Markey on other issues
Michelle Obama was heckled at a private fund-raising event Tuesday.

joanna weiss

The power of contact
Zdeno Chara and the Bruins have made dramatic playoff runs for four years in a row.

Bob Ryan

Bruins’ four-year playoff run has been epic
A motorcycle taxi waited for business at the Konyo Konyo city market in Juba in July 2012.

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The Wild West in South Sudan
Puffer in better days.

Innovation Economy

The region’s tech sector, in a fishbowl

Nation & World

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George Zimmerman entered the courtroom in Sanford, Fla., for the jury selection phase of his trial on Monday.

Jury selection begins in Trayvon Martin murder trial

George Zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder in the 2012 shooting death of the 17-year-old in Florida.

Politics

Workers harvested cantaloupes near Firebaugh, Calif. A study states that 61 percent of the nation’s illegal immigrants who arrived after 2001 work in the underground economy.

Back taxes a thorny issue in immigration bill

A proposal to collect unpaid taxes from illegal immigrants could complicate efforts to pass the bill, according to some analysts.

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Harmonix staffer Annette Gonzalez and creative director Matt Boch playing “Fantasia: Music Evolved.’’

Harmonix offers peek at ‘Fantasia’ music game

Instead of just pretending to perform familiar hit tunes, “Fantasia: Music Evolved” players can create unique remixed versions.

Arts

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ALBUM REVIEW | Pop

Quadron, ‘Avalanche’

On Quadron’s slinky sophomore release, the electronic soul band toes the fine line between club cuts and after-hours ballads.

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Seaside haven
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Weekend Fun Guide 2013
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The great froyo gold rush
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10 best amusement and theme parks in New England

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Globe Talks | June 11

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The best-selling author discusses his craft with Boston Globe editor Brian McGrory. Proceeds will go to the One Fund Boston.

Ideas

“In Boston, the mass summer exodus of students creates what amounts to a second city — a place that isn’t just warmer, but different in specific, surprising, and delightfully measurable ways.”

Leon Neyfakh,  on summer in Boston