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Marathon bombings

Cambridge man can go free while awaiting charges

Robel Phillipos, the 19-year-old friend of bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev who is accused of lying to investigators, will be allowed to post bail.

Worcester bishop apologizes for drunken driving arrest

Bishop Robert J. McManus, head of the Diocese of Worcester, admitted to a “terrible error in judgment” after his arrest in Narragansett, R.I.

Alleged former Auschwitz guard arrested in Germany

Hans Lipschis, 93, was arrested after prosecutors concluded there was ‘‘compelling evidence’’ he was involved in crimes at the Nazi concentration camp from 1941 to 1945.

Stoughton murder suspect arrested

The estranged husband of a woman found dead of apparent stab wounds is being charged with her murder.

Boston to boost scrutiny of school workers’ records

Boston Public Schools, in a push to beef up background checks on employees, will fingerprint its staff and scour court documents.

G Cover

Caregivers taking on more complex medical tasks

Legions of baby boomers are caring for aging parents and shouldering more complicated nursing tasks.

Ernest Hemingway’s US passport from 1945.

With Cuban help, Kennedy library gets Hemingway trove

Ernest Hemingway’s life in the island nation, much of it obscured during years of US-Cuba distrust, is being illuminated through previously unavailable documents.

Adrian Walker

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/05/06/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/walker-5275.jpg UMass Dartmouth a shaken campus

Chancellor Divina Grossman, who is completing her first year at the helm of the school, finds herself presiding over an institution in crisis.

Carmelo Anthony

On basketball

Why LeBron James didn’t get my MVP vote

Gary Washburn, the only MVP voter among 121 to not give James a first-place vote, simply thought Carmelo Anthony deserved the award.

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Globe exclusives

Dr. Johanna Lantz discussed her observations with an associate, Matt Northrup.

NU team puts patients first
Cher and Georgia Holt in “Dear Mom, Love Cher.”

Television Review

Cher’s love letter to her mother
“Everybody with autism has some degree of sensory problems,” says author Temple Grandin, “but they’re variable, from minor nuisance to being very debilitating.”

Q & A

Expanding her sense of the autistic brain

Album Review | COUNTRY

With darker tone, ‘Golden’ gleams
Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society played from its new album at the Regattabar Friday night

Music Review

Secret Society redefines ‘big band’
Caroline “Calle” Cronk (left), who is battling a rare form of brain cancer, at best friend Lilah MaGee’s birthday party in a nail salon.

Globe South

Staying grounded

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Greater Boston’s Top Spots to Live 2013
Danny Ainge

On Basketball

Ainge has tough job retooling Celtics
MFA workers in front of “Orpheus Charming the Animals,” which is part of the Rose-Marie and Eijk Van Otterloo collection. It will be on view in a renovated gallery this week.

Masterworks await as an MFA gallery reopens
The development of materials, such as the lithium-ion battery parts an MIT student is tinkering with in the picture above, can lead to new innovative technologies.

Manufacturing may benefit from MIT effort
Jon Feinman (above) started InnerCityWeightlifting in Dorchester (below) where former gangbangers go to work out and maybe find a way to leave the streets behind.

Yvonne Abraham

Building a life after battling on streets
Pitchers who cheat usually compensate for being a little short on velocity. Clay Buchholz has no such problem.

Sunday baseball notes

Buchholz cheating accusations don’t hold any water

More coverage of the bombings

Ruslan Tsarni, uncle of the Marathon bombing suspects, spoke to media Sunday outside the Graham Putnam & Mahoney Funeral Parlors in Worcester.

Cambridge won’t bury Marathon bombing suspect

City officials said they would not allow the body of Tamerlan Tsarnaev to be buried in the city’s cemetery.

Sports

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Rangers 4, Red Sox 3

Elvis Andrus is flying high after crossing the plate with the winning run on an Adrian Beltre single in the ninth.

Red Sox swept by the Rangers

The Red Sox faced a test over the weekend with three games against the Texas Rangers and failed.

Metro

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Gabrielle Giffords, who left Congress to focus on her recovery after being shot in the head, was honored with the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award Sunday in Boston by Caroline Kennedy .

Gabrielle Giffords honored by JFK Library

The former congresswoman received the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for crusading for gun control after surviving a 2011 shooting rampage.

Columnists

Christopher L. Gasper

Sports world is still far too homophobic

JULIETTE KAYYEM

Killing without a script
A live-streaming video frame grab from last month shows detainees’ cells at Guantanamo Bay — some cells are empty, while other frames show detainees pacing or sleeping.

JAMES CARROLL

It’s your turn

Innovation Economy

A few start-ups worth keeping on the radar

Adrian Walker

UMass Dartmouth a shaken campus

JOANNA WEISS

The squeamish factor shadows Plan B debate
Phil Kessel (left) finally came back to haunt his former teammates, including Dennis Seidenberg, by scoring the winner.

Christopher L. Gasper

Kessel breaks through against Bruins

JOAN VENNOCHI

Pledge play

Innovation Economy

Elections may have big impact on tech
Jon Feinman (above) started InnerCityWeightlifting in Dorchester (below) where former gangbangers go to work out and maybe find a way to leave the streets behind.

Yvonne Abraham

Building a life after battling on streets
Gabriel Gomez with his wife, Sarah, appeared in February on the US Senate campaign trail for first time.

JEFF JACOBY

Can Gomez buck history?
Will Doc Rivers leave? Will Kevin Garnett retire after 18 seasons?

Dan Shaughnessy

For Celtics, the end of an era

Nation & World

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Fire filled the sky over Damascus early Sunday in this video, which has been authenticated by Associated Press.

Blasts jolt Syria; blame put on Israel

Four huge explosions just west of Damascus shook the ground, creating fiery mushroom-shaped clouds and brightening the night sky.

Politics

“Yours has become a generation possessed with that most American of ideas — that people who love their country can change it for the better,” President Obama said.

Obama urges graduates not to fear government

The president told Ohio State University graduates to ignore antigovernment movements that “gum up the works.”

Business

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Dr. Michael O’Brien evaluates Brandon Williams at the Sports Concussion Clinic at Boston Children’s Hospital. O’Brien says that the study of concussions is still in its infancy.

Concussion clinics spread as risks worry parents

The specialized youth sports concussion clinic may one day be as common as a mall.

Arts

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Music Review

The Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet sounds a world of different textures and colors.

Berliners play with peerless range at Jordan Hall

The Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet did very nicely with Mozart, Haas, Ibert, Milhaud, and Françaix.

Health and wellness

In practice

Bearing witness to post-traumatic strength

Trauma itself can bring strength, even to people who weren’t very strong to begin with.

Opinion

“Signs of violent extremism may be best identified by the potential assailants’ family, friends, and community — not the CIA or FBI.”

Juliette Kayyem 

Magazine

The cover for the May 5 2013 issue

Greater Boston’s top spots to live
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

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From the archives | Photo gallery

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/05/01/BostonGlobe.com/Special/Images/wellesley003-1071[1].jpg Hoop rolling race at Wellesley College

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

Ideas

“The original struggle over Boston’s waterworks reminds us that what is at stake is never just this or that service or amenity, but what a city is, and what kind of urban future we want.”

Carl Smith, on Boston’s water supply