Commercial food waste to be banned

Environmental officials are preparing to ban big businesses and institutions in Massachusetts from discarding food waste in the trash beginning in 2014.

US adds fewer jobs in April than forecast

While the US unemployment rate fell to a three-year low of 8.1 percent, the jobs gain was the smallest in six months, raising concerns that the economy is losing speed.

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Suspect in Burlington murder was known as ‘Remorseful Robber’

Police issued an arrest warrant for Christopher Piantedosi in the death of his girlfriend. Piantedosi made headlines last year when he stole items from a woman before returning them.

UMass Medical School quietly gaining star quality

A hiring spree at the Worcester campus will add 100 faculty to fill a $400 million biomedical research building set to open this year.

Mitt Romney’s plan may undercut Mass. law

A proposal by Romney to curtail Medicaid spending would dramatically undercut the way the state health care overhaul law has achieved near universal coverage.

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20 best streets in Boston and beyond

The results of our realtor survey are in: These 20 streets — from Andover to Cohasset — win honors for their curb appeal, amenities, and other distinctions.

Tree-lined Eliot Street in Jamaica Plain offers wide sidewalks, large lots, and stunning Victorian properties.

Steve Klise

Tree-lined Eliot Street in Jamaica Plain offers wide sidewalks, large lots, and stunning Victorian properties.

Between Boston's Public Garden and Kenmore Square, Commonwealth Avenue's shaded mall and classical revival houses make it the grand centerpiece of tony Back Bay.

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Between the Public Garden and Kenmore Square, Commonwealth Avenue's shaded mall and classical revival houses make it the grand centerpiece of Back Bay.

As you go up Monument Street in Concord, you'll find more space with lots of up to 6 acres abutting conservation land.

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Monument Street in Concord has housing lots of up to 6 acres abutting conservation land.

In Hull, main-drag Nantasket Avenue offers a with a wide variety of housing within a few blocks of the water.

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In Hull, main-drag Nantasket Avenue offers a wide variety of housing within a few blocks of the water.

Among the more desirable streets in Beverly is Lothrop, whose diverse mix of housing styles reflects the town itself.

Steve Klise

Among the more desirable streets in Beverly is Lothrop, whose diverse mix of housing styles reflects the town itself.

Winchester's Everett Avenue, at most a 10-minute walk from the center of town, is the kind of place where people stop to say hello as they’re strolling down the street.

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Winchester's Everett Avenue, a short walk from the town center, is the kind of place where people stop to say hello on the street.

Red Sox sellout streak proves to be a real numbers game

The Sox embrace a definition of “sellout” that permits them to declare a game sold out even if hundreds of tickets go unsold but others are distributed for free.

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Repeat customers from the city and the surrounding area kept the family-owned Roach’s Sporting Goods going for generations.

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Baseball’s greatest closer tore a ligament in his right knee while shagging balls during batting practice before a game against the Royals.

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The New York Times best-selling author discusses his novels “Bringing Down the House” and “The Social Network.”

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In an appearance at a state gaming commission forum, lobbyist Frank Fahrenkopf dismissed most concerns of casino foes, except for one. ‘‘The sky is not going to fall. Except one thing which I can’t exclude—traffic. You’re going to have traffic,’’ he said.

Casino lobbyist addresses Mass. regulators

Brian McGrory

Bland Zakim Bridge leaves us feeling blue

Zander to lead new Hub youth ensemble

Sports Media

Jerry Remy’s absence concerns Red Sox fans
“This Is Not a Film” considers the plight of Iranian director Jafar Panahi, confined to his home and banned from making films.

Movie Review

‘This is Not a Film’ a sly commentary on Iran

Last gun shop in Cambridge to close its doors
Bunny Yeager with her camera.

Iconic photos are more than skin deep
About 30,000 people jammed City Hall Plaza in 1974 to see the Celtics in post-playoff celebrations. The ceremony included Johnny the Most, then-owner Bob Schmertz, and legend Red Auerbach. NBA Finals MVP John Havlicek (pictured) shook hands with fans in the parade motorcade.

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Celtics in the NBA playoffs

Yvonne Abraham

Bound by a shared act of heroism

Sex assault case haunts gambling director
Fred DeVito of Superior Landscape uses a gas-powered leaf blower in Marblehead, where a vote on limiting the devices is scheduled.

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Marblehead considers ban on leaf blowers
70-acre Nantucket compound

Nantucket home on sale for $59m

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Report: Family to allow study of Seau’s brain

According to the LA Times, Junior Seau’s family has decided to allow researchers to study his brain in search of a degenerative condition linked to concussions.

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Search for missing toddler to resume at Rockport beach

Police will search again for missing 2-year-old Caleigh Anne Harrison after a local dog reacted to “some type of stimuli’’ in the area.

Columnists

Bill and Giuliana Rancic star in a reality show that took a very serious turn.

Joan Wickersham

When reality TV collides with reality

SCOT LEHIGH

Brown needs to tackle the big issues

Brian McGrory

Bland Zakim Bridge leaves us feeling blue

JOSHUA GREEN

Zombie Congress

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.

Opinion | 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

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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.

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Clay Buchholz keeps winning, somehow

Arts

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“Woody Sez” stars (from left) Andy Teirstein, Darcie Deaville, Helen Jean Russell, and David M. Lutken as Woody Guthrie.

Woody Guthrie’s words still ring true

American Repertory Theater’s “Woody Sez” captures Guthrie’s vision as a political agitator and spiritual influence on everyone from Bob Dylan to Wilco.

Politics

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Obama, Romney run close in battleground states

President Obama and Mitt Romney are in a dead heat in Florida and Ohio, while Obama holds a slim lead in Pennsylvania, according to a poll released Thursday.

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Insurer’s past woes appear overstated

Reports from the early 1990s show Liberty Mutual executives may have engaged in hyperbole in describing the company as close to bankrupt, but the firm was facing challenges.

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Syrian forces raid student dorms

Syrian forces stormed student dormitories during an antigovernment protest at Aleppo University on Thursday, firing tear gas and bullets and killing at least four students.

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“The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’’ includes Tena Desae and Dev Patel.

‘Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’ does not require checking out

Proof that art-house movies can be as clichéd as multiplex fare.

“Biological sciences move very fast and there are fields that didn’t exist 10 years ago, so UMass has as good a chance in those fields as Harvard does.”

Philip Perlman,  of UMass Medical School

Magazine

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Dying wishes expected to be decided on November ballot
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144 free things to do around Boston
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In an artist’s garden
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Are fat baseball players a problem?

Opinion

“So far, he hasn’t displayed the bigness or boldness required to tackle truly thorny, polarizing problems.”

Scot Lehigh, on Senator Scott Brown

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