Globe Spotlight Investigation | Part 3 of 3

A devastating mismatch: city vs. landlords

Some of the giants in the student rental trade also lead the pack in code offenses. Their victims are tenants — and a college town’s reputation.

Documentary

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At an Allston building known as Aerosmith’s former home, security lapses were evident even before two students were raped.

Those interviewed in BC project can get tapes back

The announcement about the Northern Ireland history project comes after the recent arrest of Sinn Fein’s Gerry Adams.

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Four acrobats are in serious condition and four are in good condition, according to Rhode Island Hospital.

Climate change already affecting lives in US, report says

“Climate change, once considered an issue for a distant future, has moved firmly into the present,” the report says.

Richard Cook has battled since 2011 to create an oyster harvesting site off Popponesset Island.

Joanne Rathe/Globe Staff

Mass. House leaders move to stop oyster farm

Lawmakers tucked an amendment into the state budget last week that would block a Mashpee fisherman’s oyster farm proposal.

Army veteran Julio Bernal works with others from Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America to place 1,892 flags representing veteran and service members who have died by suicide.

Kevin Cullen

Veterans’ suicides too often ignored

In March, not a single US service member was killed in action in Afghanistan or Iraq. But during that month, almost 700 veterans committed suicide.

Opinion

Farah Stockman

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To explain Donald Sterling’s outlook, look to his past.

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Photos

Fashion, Hollywood stars take spotlight at MET Gala
Dustin Pedroia is at the top of the list of players Mariano Rivera admires in the game. Michael Dwyer/Associated Press

Mariano Rivera would take Pedroia over Cano
Geoff Edgers tests “Gillette’s new Robocop of a razor” against the old straight-edge.

Flex Ball shave close, but not cheap

Christopher L. Gasper

NFL Draft needs to return to April
Megan Marshall, in her Belmont apartment. She won this year’s Pulitzer Prize for her biography of Margaret Fuller.

Marshall talks about winning the Pulitzer
Dunkin’ faces a wide variety of local offerings in Europe. Above, an Arnold Cornelis pastry shop in Amsterdam.

Dunkin’ Donuts readies to do battle in Europe

Video

What are Patriots’ needs in NFL Draft?
A rendering of Symphony Court on Westland Avenue in the Fenway.

Gloria Estefan buys Fenway condo

Names

Wes Welker — and big roll of $100 bills — at the Derby
Achilles Aiken began volunteering at Rosie’s Place, where he met Marie Saint Louis. He began tutoring her, and they soon became inseparable.

In a shelter classroom, an unlikely friendship
Dr. Lee Rubin found that after parabiosis, the older mice had an increase in the branching network of blood vessels in the brain.

Young blood halts aging in mice tests
Sunny days often mean peak levels of pollen as the small, light grains spread through the air, covering the ground like fallen snow.

Get ready for a bad allergy season

Sports

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NFL DRAFT | RECEIVERS

Julian Edelman, center, spent four years deep on the depth chart behind the likes of Wes Welker before emerging as a go-to receiver for the Patriots.

For receivers, NFL success can take a long time

Julian Edelman, who didn’t break out until his fifth season, is a good example of the hard transition many NFL receivers face.

Metro

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The family of Justina Pelletier spoke outside the State House Monday.

Justina Pelletier to transfer to Conn. facility

The move could end a long-running medical custody battle that involved Boston hospitals, the courts, and the Mass. child protection agency, officials said.

Columnists

Donald Sterling speaks with reporters after the announcement of his purchase of the then-San Diego Clippers basketball team for $13.5 million in 1981.

Farah Stockman

Becoming white

Yvonne Abraham

Fund early education, as Oklahoma does

OP/EXTRA | JOAN VENNOCHI

The SJC should focus on the law, not optics of the question
Milan Lucic and fans celebrated his empty-netter.

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

For Bruins, turnabout is fair play

JEFF JACOBY

The prison door keeps revolving
US Secretary of State John Kerry.

JOAN VENNOCHI

Kerry’s latest diplomatic fumble

LAWRENCE HARMON

Park and wreck in Boston
A pair of Christian Louboutins were set out for the client of a personal shopper at Saks Fifth Avenue.

RENÉE LOTH

The agony of the feet

JOAN WICKERSHAM

Savoring bits of unwise wisdom
Gerry Adams is the leader of the biggest nationalist party in Northern Ireland.

Kevin Cullen

Inconvenient truths in Gerry Adams case
Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson has represented NBA players in the scandal surrounding Los Angeles Clippers’ Donald Sterling. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

OP/EXTRA | Derrick Z. Jackson

In mayoral style, Kevin Johnson shows what athletes can be
Montreal’s Rene Bourque (17) celebrated with teammate Josh Gorges after he beat Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask in the second period.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY | Canadiens 4, Bruins 3 (2 OT)

Bruins’ loss a kick to the stomach

Nation & World

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Protesters in Lagos, Nigeria, Monday demanded the release of hundreds of abducted girls from the village of Chibok.

Group’s leader threatens to sell abducted girls

The leader of Nigeria’s Islamist group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of hundreds of schoolgirls nearly three weeks ago.

Politics

Justice Robert J. Cordy questioned attorney Thomas O. Bean.

SJC questions whether casino repeal would cost Mass.

The court heard arguments on whether a measure to repeal the gambling law should be included on the statewide ballot.

Business

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Bayer CEO Marijn Dekkers said Tuesday that the planned acquisition ‘‘marks a major milestone on our path towards global leadership in the attractive non-prescription medicines business.’’

Germany’s Bayer to buy Merck consumer business

Bayer has agreed to buy Merck’s non-prescription medicine and consumer care business for $14.2 billion.

Arts

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Photography Review

“Close-up of a Man With Piercing Eyes,” Geo. H. Dresser’s albumen print “Native American With Blonde Baby,” and the tintype “Sit!”

At MIT, the presence of pastness

“Daguerre’s American Legacy: Photographic Portraits (1840-1900) from the Wm. B. Becker Collection” documents a democratization of culture.

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From the archives | Photo Gallery

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Throughout the years, there have been numerous attempts to be in record books for a variety of talents.

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Magazine

The cover for the May 4 2014 issue

Alan Guth: What made the Big Bang bang
The cover for the April 27 2014 issue

Who will support Boston’s museums, symphonies?
The cover for the April 20 2014 issue

Pregnant prisoners are losing their shackles
The cover for the April 13 2014 issue

Life grows on at Carlisle’s Gardens at the Clock Barn

Ideas

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/04/30/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/11282008_28zep-7027477.jpg Who invented ‘heavy metal’?

A new answer to how a genre got its name—and why it stuck.