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Cemetery for bomb suspect to be found by Monday

The owner of the Worcester funeral home where Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s body is being kept said he is confident he will locate a burial plot.

5 Americans killed in southern Afghanistan, NATO says

With the deaths, 47 members of the coalition have been killed so far this year — including 32 Americans.

Harvard professor apologizes for Keynes comments

History professor Niall Ferguson has apologized for saying economist John Maynard Keynes’ policies were short-sighted because he was gay and had no children.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/05/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/greenhouse_11walsh-4_metro-5249--90x90.jpg State Rep. Marty Walsh launches mayoral campaign

The 16-year veteran of the Massachusetts Legislature announced his intention to run in early April.

Student visa system gets scathing review

Homeland Security officials have redoubled efforts to check foreign students’ visas at airports and border crossings.

Exclusive Sunday preview | Travel

The next wine frontier: British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley

The bright, high-latitude sunlight, hot summers, and surprisingly rich soils of Okanagan Valley all come together to create great wine.

A drive along Route 97 allows visitors to appreciate the Okanagan Valley’s beauty, weather, and wine. Terrace Restaurant at Mission Hill Family Estate is the experience in a nutshell.

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A drive along Route 97 allows visitors to appreciate the Okanagan Valley’s beauty, weather, and wine. Terrace Restaurant at Mission Hill Family Estate is the experience in a nutshell.

An aging cellar is one of the featured parts of a winery tour at Mission Hill Family Estate in West Kelowna, British Columbia.

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An aging cellar is one of the featured parts of a winery tour at Mission Hill Family Estate in West Kelowna, British Columbia.

The drive along Route 97 provides dramatic vistas as it follows the contours of the Okanagan Lake.

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The drive along Route 97 provided dramatic vistas as it follows the contours of the Okanagan Lake.

A fire-peeled cherry tomato, blueberry, prosciutto and sourdough toast salad at Terrace Restaurant at Mission Hill Family Estate.

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A fire-peeled cherry tomato, blueberry, prosciutto and sourdough toast salad at Terrace Restaurant at Mission Hill Family Estate.

Derek Uhlemann, executive chef at Covert Farms Organics in Oliver, British Columbia examined a cluster of grapes.

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Derek Uhlemann, executive chef at Covert Farms Organics in Oliver, B.C. examined a cluster of grapes.

A giant wine-bottle sculpture at Summerhill Pyramid Winery in Kelowna, British Columbia.

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A giant wine-bottle sculpture at Summerhill Pyramid Winery in Kelowna, B.C.

The whole South Okanagan Valley could be seen from Miradoro Restaurant at Tinhorn Creek Vineyards in Oliver, British Columbia.

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The whole South Okanagan Valley could be seen from Miradoro Restaurant at Tinhorn Creek Vineyards in Oliver, B.C.

The Vinegar Works in Summerland, British Columbia turns wine grapes grown out back into very popular wine vinegars.

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The Vinegar Works in Summerland, B.C. turns wine grapes grown out back into very popular wine vinegars.

Sara Harker poured Pippin apple wine at Rustic Roots Winery in Cawston, British Columbia.

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Sara Harker poured Pippin apple wine at Rustic Roots Winery in Cawston, B.C.

A fan bought a mint julep before this year’s Kentucky Derby.

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Celebrating the Kentucky Derby

Fans prepared for the 139th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville.

Exclusive Sunday Preview | Ideas

Belichick was right! Economics and the NFL draft

Don’t be blinded by your love for a top pick, warn two researchers.

Andrew Ference (left) is suspended for Game 2, so Dennis Seidenberg (right) might get a new defense partner.

Game 2 | Leafs at Bruins, Saturday 7 p.m.

Bruins adjust with Andrew Ference suspended

With the veteran defenseman out, Dougie Hamilton will most likely make his NHL playoff debut.

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Globe exclusives

The Cathedral Church of St. Paul unveiled new pediment art in a nautilus motif.

A new look for a dour old Boston cathedral

RENÉE LOTH

Freedom of speech for whom?
Erica and Rick Kaitz at home.

Marathon runner in race to help ailing wife

Magazine preview

Greater Boston’s Top Spots to Live 2013
Boston mayoral candidates Mel King and Ray Flynn debate at the Old South Church in 1983.

Lawrence Harmon

No clues from 1983 mayoral race

99 Bottles

Harpoon beer nights will raise money for Marathon victims

Jeffrey Cirio (right) danced with Isaac Akiba (left) and John Lam in a dress rehearsal of Boston Ballet’s “Chroma” playing at the Boston Opera House.

Dance Review

‘Chroma’ spins from grit to lyricism to classicism

Northeastern honors first-responders at commencement
Tourists and locals flocked to Boston’s Public Garden to enjoy and photograph the tulips, many of which were in full bloom on April 29.

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Globe photos of the week
The owner of the burned home in Allston was cited by the city on Tuesday for running an illegal rooming house.

Family tells of agony of losing BU student
It looks suspicious when Clay Buchholz pours water over his head and touches his dripping hair before pitches. But is it?

On Baseball

Clay Buchholz accused of cheating
An architect’s rendering shows the zoning footprint approved for buildings in the Seaport Square project.

Seaport Square project taking shape

More coverage of the bombings

Funeral director Peter Stefan said Friday evening that four cemeteries in three states had turned down his request to take the remains of Tamerlan Tsarnaev.

Funeral home searches for place to bury Tamerlan Tsarnaev

The Boston Marathon bombing suspect’s remains were moved to a funeral home in Worcester and drew an angry crowd of protesters.

Kenneth Feinberg will meet with victims next week.

$1m proposed for some victims of Boston bombings

Families of people who died in the Boston Marathon blasts and those who lost more than one limb could get “well over $1 million.”

Sports

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Celtics fans scream for a foul, which they got, when Jeff Green collides with Tyson Chandler in the fourth quarter.

Celtics had a whole lot of holes

They couldn’t replace Ray Allen, Rajon Rondo blew out his knee, and slowly the team’s cracks turned into craters.

Metro

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A crew from the Chapman Waterproofing Co. power washed paint off the roof of Fort Hill Tower earlier this week.

Fort Hill Tower gets a touch up

The Roxbury tower is getting a face lift, as the city paints the interior and repairs the windows of the 144-year-old structure.

Columnists

Will Doc Rivers leave? Will Kevin Garnett retire after 18 seasons?

Dan Shaughnessy

For Celtics, the end of an era

Boston mayoral candidates Mel King and Ray Flynn debate at the Old South Church in 1983.

Lawrence Harmon

No clues from 1983 mayoral race
“The problem in this city is anything that happens, they say, ‘It’s Muslims.’ I am a Muslim,” said Tarek Ahmed, who called 911 for a man fleeing the Marathon bombing suspects. “They could have killed me. After everything finished, no one protected me.”

Kevin Cullen

Heroes on our shores

JOAN WICKERSHAM

The violence pitch

RENÉE LOTH

Freedom of speech for whom?
Gabriel Gomez, wearing his signature bomber jacket, exits the Duxbury Senior Center while campaigning Monday.

JOAN VENNOCHI

Like Brown, but in a bomber jacket

JULIETTE KAYYEM

Immigration reform stays on US soil
Phil Kessel and the Maple Leafs lost to the Bruins in Game 1 of the playoffs.

Christopher L. Gasper

Bruins are in Phil Kessel’s head

EDWARD L. GLAESER

A better tax plan

SCOT LEHIGH

Gomez, forge your own path

Yvonne Abraham

Back from the edge, and running for mayor
There were dour faces on the Knicks’ bench late in the loss to the Celtics.

Dan Shaughnessy

Knicks are choking against Celtics

Politics

President Obama spoke at the Anthropology Museum in a stop Friday in Mexico City.

Obama urges Mexico to take ‘its rightful place in the world’

‘‘A new Mexico is emerging,’’ President Obama told a crowd of young people during a speech at Mexico City’s grand National Museum of Anthropology.

Nation & World

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The debris of the KC-135 Stratotanker plane were found near the village of Chaldovar.

Bodies of two US crew found at Kyrgyzstan crash site

Search teams have found the bodies of two American crew members in Kyrgyzstan near where their military refueling plane crashed.

Business

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MIT student start-ups have their eyes on fashion

A handful of fashion-minded MIT students are creating companies targeting niche consumer styles and voids in the retail industry.

Arts

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Stage Review

Stefanie Powers plays Tallulah Bankhead in “Looped,’’ at the Cutler Majestic Theatre.

In ‘Looped,’ a hard-living legend can’t stay on script

Stefanie Powers, who costarred with Tallulah Bankhead in “Die! Die! My Darling!,’’ is portraying Bankhead pretty delectably in Matthew Lombardo’s play.

Opinion

“The free-speech protections in the Constitution aren’t absolute — there are reasonable exceptions for libel, obscenity, and incitement — but they are fundamental to democracy.”

Renée Loth 

Magazine

The cover for the April 28 2013 issue

Can’t-miss events
The cover for the April 21 2013 issue

Homestead act
The cover for the April 14 2013 issue

Greetings from Gun Valley
The cover for the April 7 2013 issue

The complete guide to Boston’s food trucks

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Traditionally held on May Day, Wellesley College has held a hoop rolling race in spring before graduation since 1895.

Ideas

“The legal process is intended to help the people who were actually hurt in the Marathon bombings, or had loved ones die. If it’s not a very good vehicle for working though our emotions as a society, that might actually be one of its virtues.”

Leon Neyfakh