Taliban attack Afghan capital, 3 other cities

The Taliban launched a series of coordinated attacks on at least seven sites across the Afghan capital on Sunday, targeting NATO headquarters, the parliament and diplomatic residences.

For the Jesuits, a long road to accountability

Even after the clergy abuse scandal exploded, the Catholic order failed repeatedly to rein in offending priests, and a current Boston College trustee admits he should have done more.

Five die in Okla. tornadoes, authorities say

Tornadoes reported across the Midwest and Plains on Saturday and early Sunday left five people dead, and more storms are expected.

Mitt Romney’s inner circle to abruptly expand

With the focus now on the general election, new players with national experience have begun joining the Romney campaign, potentially challenging the hierarchy of advisers.

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Job hopes on the rise for college graduates

As the economy slowly improves, seniors and graduate students may have more reasons to be optimistic about job prospects this year.

Dan Shaughnessy

A good scrap, but a loss for the Bruins

Proving once again that seeding means little in hockey, the seventh-seeded Capitals are giving the Bruins fits thus far in this first-round series.

Sunday basketball notes

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At times rest has superseded victory during this compressed, 66-game NBA season, which has little practice time and demanding travel to adhere to the national television schedule.

Last year’s Boston Marathon mens winner Geoffrey Mutai broke the tape at the finish line.

116th Boston Marathon

Mutai hoping for more Boston Marathon gold

Geoffrey Mutai may have to win another laurel wreath in Boston in Monday’s marathon to earn a place on Kenya’s team for this summer’s Olympics in London.

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For decades, Jim Hart has played Jonas Parker, a Minuteman at the Battle of Lexington who is fatally stabbed by a Redcoat. On Monday, he takes one for the team a final time.

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Dan Shaughnessy moderates a panel including Ken Casey of the Dropkick Murphys and former pitcher Bill “Spaceman” Lee.

Inside The Boston Globe

Benjamin Taylor

Vietnam rising

Ideas

Why the government can’t write in plain English
Andrew Luck might be the best prospect at the quarterback position to come out since Peyton Manning, the man Luck would be replacing if the Colts pick him up first.

Sunday football notes

Picking our way through a mock first round of NFL draft

Special section

The 116th Boston Marathon

Political Intelligence

Capital buzzing about Mass. politics
A Tuareg nomad stands near a 13th-century mosque in Timbuktu.

Ideas

Trouble in Timbuktu
At the Best Buy on Newbury Street in Boston, staff turned away customers and gave them coupons to use at nearby locations.

Best Buy closing Newbury Street, Wareham stores
Jacoby Ellsbury, who now may miss 6-8 weeks with a shoulder injury, and his agent, Scott Boras, have not been receptive to a longer-term deal the past two offseasons.

Sunday baseball notes

Long-term deals are a game of risk and reward for Red Sox

Globe Magazine | Your Home

Tips for hiring a home improvement pro
A hiker explores the summit of Mount Lafayette, the highest point on Franconia Ridge, in the Granite State.

travel | explore new england

10 N.H. trails for spring hiking
Bad Brains, with (from left) drummer Earl Hudson, bassist Darryl Jenifer, singer H.R., and guitarist Dr. Know, has influenced musicians for decades.

Bad Brains brings its positive punk back to life

BostonGlobe.com named ‘World’s Best Designed’ site

Metro

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Police say Cullen Mutrie allegedly killed Greenland Police Chief Michael Maloney and wounded four other officers.

Suspect allegedly shot self, his friend

Cullen Mutrie, the 29-year-old alleged to have fatally shot Police Chief Michael Maloney last week, killed a woman in his apartment, then shot himself in the head.

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ON THE JOB

Lighting design creates the right feeling

Nancy Goldstein, principal of Light Positive, a Marblehead lighting design firm, has been in the lighting profession for more than 30 years.

Columnists

Yvonne Abraham

Judging the potential jury

JOAN VENNOCHI

Romney’s real problem with women

Joanna Weiss

Hazing and seeds of humiliation

Gareth Cook

Space on Earth

Dan Shaughnessy

A good scrap, but a loss for the Bruins

DERRICK Z. JACKSON

Prince Herring: Glamourizing the forage fish

Love Letters

She’s fallen for her ex’s best friend

RENÉE LOTH

Edible Boston

Bob Ryan

Rays of light for Beckett

Lawrence Harmon

Boston’s A+ student athletes
Milan Lucic put a hit on Washington Capitals center Mathieu Perreault in Game 1 on Thursday night.

Christopher L. Gasper

Bruins won’t permit ‘fancy hockey’ from Capitals

Boston Capital

Ted Kelly’s pay shocking on several levels

Nation & World

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appeared at a military parade in Pyongyang to celebrate 100 years since the birth of the country’s founder, Kim Il Sung, on Sunday. Kim gave his first public speech since taking power, portraying himself as a strong military chief unafraid of foreign powers.

New North Korean leader makes first public speech

North Korea’s new leader addressed his nation and the world for the first time Sunday, vowing to place top priority on his impoverished nation’s military.

Boston Marathon

MARATHON NOTEBOOK

If it’s too hot, runners can defer to 2013 race

Amid growing concerns about high temperatures on race day, the Boston Athletic Association announced a deferment option for this year’s Boston Marathon.

Sports

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NHL Playoffs: Game 2 | Capitals 2, Bruins 1

Nicklas Backstrom (top) is mobbed by teammates after giving the Capitals the win in double overtime.

Capitals even series in double OT

After two overtime clashes, the latest a 2-1 Washington win Saturday in double overtime, it’s clear that this first-round series will be an all-defense, buttoned-down war of attrition.

Books

BOOK REVIEW

‘Lifeboat’ by Charlotte Rogan

Rogan has written a detailed and chokingly graphic novel.

Travel

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Paul Revere’s midnight ride — by day, in a car

In a quest to discover where the myths end and the truth begins, I set off to re-create the midnight ride of Paul Revere — albeit without the horse and not by moonlight.

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Television Review

From left: Lena Dunham, Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke, and Zosia Mamet.

HBO’s ‘Girls’ brings grimaces, grins

“Girls” is an angsty, younger bizarro take on “Sex and the City,” as viewers tag along in the lives of four very different twentysomething friends.

“Until places like Boston College stop putting people like [The Rev. Bradley] Schaeffer in positions of power this thing is going to continue.”

Terence McKiernan,  the founder of BishopAccountability.org

Magazine

The cover for the April 15 2012 issue

In an artist’s garden
The cover for the April 8 2012 issue

Are fat baseball players a problem?
The cover for the April 1 2012 issue

45 best breakfast joints around Boston
The cover for the March 25 2012 issue

Snorkeling vacations you can’t miss

Opinion

“As a rite of passage, the prom is as relevant today as dial-up Internet.”

Jennifer Graham 

Ideas

“The complexity of federal rules may not be just a reflection of bad style, but a direct and possibly unavoidable result of how our government works.”

Leon Neyfakh