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Virginia officials surprised to learn of suspect’s burial

Officials are looking into whether the law was followed in the process of burying Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s remains.

Woman who coordinated burial was upset by protests

When a Virginia woman heard about reports of protests outside a funeral home, she decided she could help end the controversy.

Cardinal O’Malley to boycott BC commencement

O’Malley said the boycott is in protest of Ireland Prime Minister Enda Kenny’s stance on abortion rights.

IRS apologizes for targeting conservative groups

The IRS inappropriately flagged conservative political groups for reviews to see if they were violating their tax-exempt status.

Philadelphia Museum of Art, istockphoto; Globe Staff photo illustration

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Bring back the United States of Pork

When we threw out earmarks, did we lose the key to breaking down Washington gridlock?

Opinion | Ann Blegen

A good college fit

What I didn’t realize two years ago is that the school you attend doesn’t matter — you will get out of college as much as you put into it.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/05/07/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/DAVI9796.jpg Overnight sensation: Goodbye BSO. Hello Pops!

Each year in early May, Boston’s Symphony Hall gets a fast makeover from classical concert venue to cafe-style Pops seating.

Anthony Hunt, 11, of Dorchester donned a mask as Babson College held a “Lemonade Day Young Entrepreneurs” to benefit the One Fund at Copley Square.

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Globe photos of the week

Children sold lemonade to support the One Fund, a Marathon bombing victim recovered in the hospital, golf season began, and more of the week’s best images.

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Shadows of Wellesley students waved alongside Boston Marathon runners.

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Restart: The future of the Marathon
As a private firm, Enanta was often overshadowed by public rivals, CEO Jay Luly said.

Markets draw life science start-ups

Beverly native Angie Miller bid a tearful farewell when she was eliminated from the Fox singing competition Thursday.

Names

Beverly’s Angie Miller voted off ‘American Idol’
An unnamed oil-on-canvas portrait signed “Copley RA” and dated 1790 was sold for $85,000 at an auction. The painting is identical to Copley’s portrait of William Ponsonby, the second earl of Bessborough, according to The Harvard Crimson. Stair Galleries’s website

Stolen art frequently resurfaces
Canton native Gina McCarthy worked under five Mass. governors, including Mitt Romney’s administration.

GOP halts action on nominee for EPA
Sloane Stephens, daughter of ex-Patriots running back John Stephens, is ranked 17th in the world.

For tennis phenom, fame comes with strings attached

“It makes perfect emtional sense that there’s a slight dropoff,” said George Pyne of IMG Sports and Entertainment.

Bruins ticket prices lower
Joel Edgerton (left, as Tom Buchanan), Isla Fisher (as Myrtle Wilson), and Jason Clarke (as George Wilson) in “The Great Gatsby.”

Movie Review

Baz Luhrmann’s eye­-popping vision of ‘Gatsby’

Opinion | Ann Blegen

A good college fit
From left: Longwood Symphony members Dr. Heidi Harbison Kimberly, Dr. Mark Gebhardt, and Ramona Nee.

Classical Notes

Concert dedicated to bomb victims
April 28, 1942: Spring had sprung as mothers took their babies for a walk on Boston Common and the pigeons followed along for some treats.

From the Archives | Photo gallery

Strollers and swingsets

INTERACTIVE GRAPHIC

How LeBron’s MVP season was especially efficient

More coverage of the bombings

Teachers listened to a presentation by the Israel Trauma Coalition at Watertown High School Wednesday.

Israeli team helps Marathon survivors

Mental health professionals who specialize in trauma have spent the last week meeting with those affected by the Boston bombings.

Sports

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Tyler Seguin doesn’t have a point through four games.

Tyler Seguin cooling off

Seguin started the playoffs with a stick loaded for attack, but he, Brad Marchand, and Patrice Bergeron have not scored an even-strength goal.

Metro

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After investigating the scene today, the National Weather Service determined a tornado touched down in Stoughton Thursday afternoon.

Tornado touched down in Stoughton Thursday

After investigating the scene today, the National Weather Service determined a tornado touched down Thursday afternoon.

Columnists

CARLO ROTELLA

An epic spring in Boston — literally

SCOT LEHIGH

Will the city’s new mayor be pro-charter?
Ken Feinberg, administrator for One Fund Boston, conducted a town hall-style meeting for Marathon bombing victims at the Boston Public Library on Tuesday.

JULIETTE KAYYEM

Tragedy’s cold calculations
Charles Ramsey helped Amanda Berry break out of the neighbor’s house.

JOANNA WEISS

Charles Ramsey, Cleveland hero and truth-teller

JOAN VENNOCHI

Publicity raises UMass funding hackles

Yvonne Abraham

To bury, not to praise
David Ortiz saw his 27-game hitting streak end Wednesday night.

Christopher L. Gasper

Now we’ll see what Red Sox are made of
Google Now is attempting to upstage Siri, the sometimes droll assistant that answers questions and helps people manage their lives on Apple’s iPhone and iPad.

Tech Lab

Google Now is one step ahead

JEFF JACOBY

Tsarnaev and the death penalty

Adrian Walker

It’s time to bury this story
“My bat speed has been the same since the first day I got here,” David Ortiz said.

Dan Shaughnessy

David Ortiz rejects talk of steroid use

Christopher L. Gasper

My vote wouldn’t have been for LeBron

Nation & World

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One WTC

Spire permanently installed on WTC tower

A tall, heavy spire was fully installed atop One World Trade Center on Friday, bringing the New York City structure to its symbolic height of 1,776 feet.

Politics

Gabriel Gomez’s house is in a Cohasset historic district.

Gomez stands ground on home

Senate nominee Gabriel E. Gomez defended a $281,500 tax deduction on his historic home and declined to release further information.

Business

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Boston drops Microsoft for Gmail

Boston has dropped its e-mail system, Microsoft Exchange, for Google Apps, following a growing number of big cities.

Arts

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Television review

Chris O’Dowd, as Tom Chadwick, shows an old family photo to his dad, played by Michael McKean, in “Family Tree.”

Christopher Guest’s ‘Family Tree’ is a sweet mockumentary

It’s really about time Guest made his way to series TV, and it’s a great thing that HBO, so respectful of artistic intention, is his home.

Movies

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Movie Review

Clément Métayer and Lola Créton star in “Something in the Air,” Olivier Assayas’s memory play about 1971 France.

An upbeat elegy for the ’60s in ‘Something in the Air’

A clear-eyed memory play from writer-director Olivier Assayas, “Something in the Air” is deceptively calm for a movie about the death of the ’60s.

Opinion

“The bet here is that Boston’s next mayor will end up being pro-charter.”

Scot Lehigh 

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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Globe Talk | May 22

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Globe reporters and editors talk about the horror and heroic efforts of a story that has touched us all.

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