Companies lined up for tax breaks in Mass.

More than a dozen companies are expected to receive state or local tax breaks totalling millions of dollars in exchange for promises to create jobs.

Edward S. O’Brien listened to a witness during his 1997 trial in Middlesex Superior Court in Cambridge.

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With ruling, up to 60 Mass. cases now face scrutiny

The Globe looked at some cases that could be altered after the Supreme Court ruling that struck down mandatory life-without-parole sentences for juveniles.

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The Obama campaign did not release the day’s total take, but multiplying the per-head minimums by total attendees at the three events indicated an amount upwards of $3 million.

Yamilexs Rojas made a strawberry yogurt at the Prudential Center’s Pinkberry location, which has started opening at 8 a.m. to serve breakfast items.

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Pinkberry launching breakfast menu in Boston

The national chain is using its Boston-area locations to roll out a menu centered around Pinkberry Greek, a thicker yogurt that packs 3 grams of protein into every ounce.

“Checkout Time at the Marlborough-Blenheim,” by Bradley Phillips

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Sebastian Smee’s journeys, frame by frame

The Boston Globe critic loves the unexpected discovery of arresting works of art that carry the conviction of the person who made them.

Defense cuts due to hit Mass. economy hard

The defense sector could lose 30,000 jobs because of massive military budget cuts that are set for next year, the author of a new study warned.

The newest member of the White Sox, Kevin Youkilis, at batting practice yesterday.

Bob Ryan

Kevin Youkilis a unique player who will be missed

If Will Middlebrooks winds up as loved and respected by Red Sox fans and his teammates as the man he is now replacing, he’s going to have a very nice career.

Ex-MBTA operator Aiden Quinn.

Jury says MBTA owes passenger $1.2m

A Suffolk jury awarded $1.2 million to a Scituate woman who was injured when a Green Line trolley crashed while the operator was texting in 2009.

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Nine firefighters died in the June 17, 1972 fire, making it one of the most heartbreaking tragedies in Boston Fire Department history.

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Marina Chavez, Constitution’s master at arms, will supervise the ship’s cannon salutes on July 4. When she eventually heads to a new assignment, she says “Working on this ship and learning the Navy’s history . . . will always be with me.”

Living

For Constitution crew, a historic assignment
The Ostrich-Feather Hat by Henri Matisse.

FRAME BY FRAME

Matisse’s ailing daughter portrayed with loving care
Jonathan Larroquette, left, and Seth Romatelli

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Popular podcast is just two dudes talking
Brazilian singer Céu mixes Latin and Caribbean rhythms with Brazilian ones, and even adds a rock beat to some of her songs.

Music review

Brazilian’s road album draws from touring, tradition

Mark Wahlberg told David Letterman on June 11 that telling his children he never finished high school would be a tough conversation, but he was changing that.

Mark Wahlberg trying again to finish high school
“It’s worth fighting for. . . . This is about our economy, it’s about jobs, it’s also about our traditions and our values,” Senator John Kerry said, at an event earlier this month launching a cranberry caucus.

Cranberry industry lobbying to avoid school ban
Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley has said he is “profoundly concerned’’ that religious liberty has been eroded.

Bishops launch a push vs. mandates

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Supersized servings a big concern

In Practice

Marriage equality, in sickness and in health
Michael Angelakos performed with Passion Pit at the Bank of America Pavilion on Friday night.

Music Review

Passion Pit’s small-stage charm gets lost

Special Section

Tanglewood & the Berkshires Experience
Bonnie Raitt (pictured in New Orleans earlier this year) mixed her hits with songs from her new album, “Slipstream.”

Music Review

Bonnie Raitt was something to talk about

Sports

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Blue Jays 9, Red Sox 6

Red Sox starter Felix Doubront allowed a career-high 11 hits and seven runs (five earned).

Red Sox belted by Blue Jays

The Blue Jays erupted for 13 hits, including three two-run homers, in a 9-6 Red Sox loss which took a two-hour thunderstorm break in the seventh inning.

Metro

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Bulger says FBI deal gives him immunity

James “Whitey” Bulger plans to argue that he had a deal with the government that grants him immunity from charges that include 19 alleged murders.

Columnists

Joanna Weiss

Work-life balance: Some helpful tips from the elite

Boston Capital

How the little biotech guys beat big odds
The newest member of the White Sox, Kevin Youkilis, at batting practice yesterday.

Bob Ryan

Youkilis a unique player who will be missed
Egyptian riot police guard the parliament building in Cairo against protesters last week, following a declaration by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces that the military was taking legislative power after a court ruling dissolved parliament.

Juliette Kayyem

An emerging democracy requires more than just elections

JOAN VENNOCHI

There’s money to burn in political campaigns
Scott Brown has built a reputation on bipartisanship.

jeff jacoby

Scott Brown should have said yes to debate
The character Princess Merida in a scene from the 2012 animated film “Brave.”

Joanna Weiss

In ‘Brave,’ a Disney Princess for the modern girl

Yvonne Abraham

After a shooting, a dangerous silence

Bob Ryan

Statue a fitting tribute for PawSox owner
The columnist’s granddaughter Lucy performing “It’s a Hard Knock Life” at a recital.

Beverly Beckham

Who wouldn’t want a child like this?
Robots made by Harvest Automation do greenhouse work typically done by migrant workers.

INNOVATION ECONOMY

Will lower-skilled workers get pushed out by robots?

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A handshake across a chasm of hate

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Shoppers were few last week at a supermarket in Nicosia, the capital of Cyprus.

Cyprus will request eurozone bailout aid

The eurozone’s sovereign debt crisis took a turn for the worse Monday as Cyprus said it would seek aid from the eurozone’s bailout funds.

Politics

Vice President Joe Biden, with President Obama, used a White House review to question whether the same ‘‘counterinsurgency’’ Iraq war strategy could be applied to Afghanistan.

Joe Biden memo warned Obama on flawed war plans

A new book about the president’s 2009 expansion of the war in Afghanistan says the vice president warned his boss that an Iraq-style counterinsurgency might not work.

Nation & World

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A man with a Mexican flag and a woman with an American one debated Arizona’s immigration law at the State Capitol.

Justices back key part of Arizona immigration law

The court struck down much of the law, but allowed a hot-button provision requiring police officers to review the immigration status of all those they detain.

Arts

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Book Review

Janet Groth, The New Yorker receptionist from 1957-1978, mostly keeps magazine secrets.

‘The Receptionist,’ by Janet Groth

The longtime New Yorker receptionist’s memoir begins and ends with her difficulties with men and her lack of upward mobility there.

Lifestyle

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In Los Angeles, a recent pheromone party finds guests mingling, sniffing T-shirts of prospective dates, and hoping to find a date.

Singles try to sniff out love at pheromone parties

Guests submit a slept-in T-shirt, which is smelled by other participants. They then pick partners based on scent, or so the theory goes.

All-Scholastics

All-Scholastics: Honoring the area’s best

It’s time to toast local athletes for their achievements. Led by Carla Forbes of Newton North, the season’s best shined bright.

“He knew exactly what he was doing . . . . Why should he kill somebody and get out of jail in 15 years?”

Nathaniel Davis Jr.,  father of victim Nicholas Fomby-Davis

Magazine

The cover for the June 24 2012 issue

Echo Bridge in Needham and Newton lives up to its name
The cover for the June 17 2012 issue

What if spanking works?
The cover for the June 10 2012 issue

5 casual feast recipes from Sam Jackson
The cover for the June 3 2012 issue

40 ideas for your New England summer weekends

Opinion

“[Anne-Marie Slaughter] declares that women cannot have it all — with the exception of a short list of ‘superwomen,’ to whom you shouldn’t compare yourself because it would only make you feel bad.”

Joanna Weiss 

Ideas

“A cadre of engineers who specialize in tunneling and excavation say that we have barely begun to take advantage of the underground’s versatility.”

Leon Neyfakh,  on the push to go underground