Sex assault case haunts state gambling director

The family of an alleged sexual assault victim was enraged when Carl Stanley McGee’s former boss said McGee was a victim of a “false accusation” in the 2007 encounter.

Joseph Wright at his arraignment in Lynn District Court on Thursday.

Double-murder suspect ordered held without bail

A 23-year-old man was arraigned today in Lynn on charges that he murdered his mother and grandmother, slitting their throats from “ear to ear.”

Osama bin Laden

Documents show frustrated bin Laden

In letters from his last hideout, Osama bin Laden fretted about dysfunction in his terrorist network, according to documents released today.

Housing chief’s removal sought

Medford officials called on housing chief Robert Covelle to resign after new revelations emerged regarding favoritism in hiring and contracting at the agency.

ROFLCon brings Internet hit-makers to MIT

The idea behind ROFLCon is an ambitious one: to bring a swath of the Internet’s pop culture players and viral celebrities together under one roof.

Paul Vasquez

"Double Rainbow Guy" Paul Vasquez.

Sammy Griner achieved Internet fame as “Success Kid.

Sammy Griner achieved Internet fame as “Success Kid."

California taxidermist Chuck Testa's low-budget commercial is approaching 12 million views.

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California taxidermist Chuck Testa's low-budget commercial is approaching 12 million views.

Antoine Dodson's rant in front of local news cameras to the man who attacked his sister was turned into an auto-tuned song.

Antoine Dodson's rant in front of local news cameras to the man who attacked his sister was turned into an auto-tuned song.

Brian Manowitz has found success in his Vegan Black Metal Chef videos.

Brian Manowitz has found success in his Vegan Black Metal Chef videos.

70-acre Nantucket compound

Nantucket home on sale for $59 million

The waterfront property, which features 20 rooms and 9 1/2 baths on a 70-acre parcel, was put up for sale Sunday.

Junior Seau, 1969-2012

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The league, beset by deaths of players with brain trauma, must now hunt for answers after Seau died in what police said was likely a suicide.

Harvard President Drew Faust (left) and MIT President Susan Hockfield announced a new partnership in online education at the Hyatt Hotel in Cambridge.

Harvard, MIT plan free Web classes

The Harvard-MIT move instantly made the schools preeminent players in the burgeoning worldwide online education sector.

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Munch’s ‘Scream’ sells for $119.9m at auction
Paul Pierce led the Celtics to a win in Game 2 in Atlanta.

Dan Shaughnessy

Paul Pierce may be one of Celtics’ greatest now
Blake Pfeil as Seymour with the blood-thirsty plant Audrey II in “Little Shop of Horrors.”

STAGE REVIEW

‘Little Shop of Horrors’ is serious fun

Yvonne Abraham

Bound by a shared act of heroism

INSIDE GOLF

Boston Golf Club charts own course now

Brewer Fountain Plaza reopens
Paul Pierce scored off the opening tap with a spinning layup, triggering a 36-point, 14-rebound, 4-assist game.

Bob Ryan

Pierce gives Celtics a game for the ages

Baked Alaska is back on menus

Brian McGrory

At Liberty Mutual, accounting to no one

Restaurateur finds big success with small details

Mitt Romney mum on how to regulate big banks
President Obama greeted and thanked US troops in Kabul on the anniversary of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.

Obama lays out strategy for exiting Afghanistan

Sports

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Athletics 4, Red Sox 2

Adrian Gonzalez, who represented the tying run, grounded to third to end the game. He is 0 for his last 17 and is hitting .250.

Red Sox stay cold in loss to A’s

The Red Sox were hitless in 13 at-bats with runners in scoring position as they fell for the seventh time in eight games at Fenway Park.

Metro

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Kraft dispute prompts Foxborough squabble

The chairman of Foxborough’s Board of Selectmen wants to explore disciplinary proceedings against Town Manager Kevin Paicos.

Columnists

Edward L. Glaeser

The keys to keeping Boston free of riots

Tech Lab

Latest Nook e-reader is apt to make customers glow
A vessel monitored an oil burn in the area of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.

Joan Vennochi

The BP aftermath? Nothing

Juliette Kayyem

Al Qaeda loses its way

Scot Lehigh

Massachusetts: The candidate state

Jeff Jacoby

What Brown’s and Warren’s tax returns show

joanna weiss

A reason to turn off digital devices
Red Sox pitcher Clay Buchholz handed the ball over to manager Bobby Valentine after allowing 5 runs in the seventh inning against the Athletics.

Dan Shaughnessy

Clay Buchholz keeps winning, somehow

JULIETTE KAYYEM

A revolution: women fight in Marines

Yvonne Abraham

How far we’ve come on race — and yet must go

JOAN VENNOCHI

Nonprofit greed’s real victims

Innovation Economy

What if? The question that powers Boston’s innovation economy

Arts

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MOVIE REVIEW

Superhero stars (from left) Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Jeremy Renner, Robert Downey Jr. and Mark Ruffalo join together.

‘Marvel’s The Avengers’ is action-packed comic book fun

There’s almost nothing to dislike; it’s as close as a movie can come to the fantastical reality of a good comic book.

Politics

DeFranco collects enough signatures to challenge Warren

Marisa DeFranco, a North Shore immigration lawyer, has collected enough voter signatures to qualify for a primary race with Elizabeth Warren.

Business

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Beyond vegetables: Chris Kurth’s Siena Farms in Sudbury raises free-range chickens whose eggs are sold in a wide variety of venues.

Farmers put focus on retailing

Agriculture’s new retail-oriented entrepreneurs are finding success by becoming more diverse — offering everything from baby lettuces to farm tours.

Nation & World

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Blind lawyer Chen Guangcheng, in wheel chair, met his wife Yuan Weijing, right, daughter Chen Kesi, in blue shirt at second right, and son Chen Kerui, left, at a hospital in Beijing on Wednesday.

US confirms blind activist wants to leave China

The rural Chinese activist at the center of a diplomatic standoff between Washington and Beijing now wants to leave China with his family, a US spokeswoman said.

Style

Philip Treacy creates infamous hats for the famous.

Philip Treacy is a man of many hats

The celebrated milliner is creating a hat for a historic fashion show in Portsmouth, N.H.

“I’m very angry and very upset about this. Someone has made a huge mistake. It’s going to have to be dealt with.”

Sylvia Jean Baumeister,  on the Medford Housing Authority scandal

Magazine

The cover for the April 29 2012 issue

Dying wishes expected to be decided on November ballot
The cover for the April 22 2012 issue

144 free things to do around Boston
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?

Opinion

“If only what people see in Congress got them mad, and kept them mad.”

Joan Vennochi 

Ideas

“Fiction’s happy endings make us believe in a lie: that the world is more just than it actually is. But believing that lie has important effects for society.”

Jonathan Gottschall, on why stories are good for us