Casino foes prevail in Foxborough vote

Casino opponents swept the town selectmen’s race in a stark public rebuke to Wynn Resorts and the casino developer’s plans to build a billion-dollar gambling resort across from Gillette.

Mitchell Chester said he decided to accept proposals for new high-quality charter schools because of the high demand.

Charter school cap lifted by the state

Officials will lift a temporary moratorium on proposals to open charter schools in several cities across Mass., a move that could allow for the creation of more than 1,000 seats in Boston.

Former Mafia boss Luigi Manocchio.

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New England Mafia a shell of former self

No more than 30 made, or sworn-in, members make up an organization that in its heyday was more than 100 strong, law enforcement officials say.

Kevin Cullen

Street’s win is society’s loss

Mariano Malave finally resolved to straighten out and get a job and stop smoking weed. Then he opened a door in Jamaica Plain and the Miracle That Was Mariano was over.

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CRITIC’S NOTEBOOK

Pondering an art world awash in wealth

With unemployment still above 8 percent, the amount of money swilling around the bizarre system of exchange we call the art market is incongruous, to say the least.

Adrian Gonzalez says he can deal with the pressure in Boston.

Adrian Gonzalez vows to reach expectations

The Red Sox slugger has been anything but, hitting .264 with two home runs and 15 RBIs through 27 games, statistics far below his expectations and those of fans.

Utilities cutting rates for electricity

Massachusetts ratepayers could soon see their electricity bills shrink as the lowest natural gas prices in a decade make it cheaper to produce power.

Facebook cofounder Mark Zuckerberg was in NewYork on Monday, but a Facebook spokeswoman declined to say if he would be in Boston on Tuesday.

Facebook comes to Boston for IPO road show

Top executives from Facebook Inc. are expected to be in Boston on Tuesday to preview the company’s highly anticipated initial public offering.

Jackson Horman, 5, at home in Beverly with parents Stacey Malay and Jason Horman, who count steps on their FitBit activity trackers.

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Quantified self movement grows, but what do we learn?

Thanks to an array of gadgets and apps, we can track all sorts of personal information, but what does it really tell us about ourselves?

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

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Regina Spektor comes to the Orpheum Theatre on Thursday.

Pop anomaly Regina Spektor a study in contrasts

MUSIC REVIEW

Plenty of spice left in the Chili Peppers
Veteran choreographer Marcus Schulkind, a founder still actively involved with Green Street Studios, teaches a ballet class.

Green Street Studios celebrates 20th anniversary
Babe Ruth’s former home in Sudbury is for sale for $1.65 million.

Babe Ruth’s Sudbury home for sale
Bernadette Peters talked to us on the phone from New York about singing, Sondheim, “Smash,” shows, and her love for animals.

Peters eyes enchanting evening with Pops

Web app Giza 3D offers virtual tour of Pyramids

Sunday Baseball Notes

Rivera’s injury affects AL East

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Delving into female memory loss
Owen Willetts plays Orfeo in Boston Baroque’s performance of “Orfeo ed Euridice” at Jordan Hall.

‘Orfeo’ gets much from small moments
“The health consequences of being in a violent relationship are profoundly significant,” said nurse Annie Lewis-O’Connor. “These are women who can’t get to work, can’t take care of their kids.”

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Care for abused women

Lombardo’s chandelier still a prom tradition

Certificate programs gaining popularity

Sports

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Red Sox 11, Royals 5

David Ortiz opens up for rookie Will Middlebrooks, who belted a three-run homer in the first inning, then launched a two-run shot in the eighth.

Middlebrooks powers Red Sox

A day after their longest game in six years, the Red Sox needed some energy and Will Middlebrooks provided it, smashing two home runs in an 11-5 victory over the Royals.

Metro

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Grateful alumnus gives BC, BC High total $27m

Pat Cadigan, a Cambridge native and the son of Irish immigrants, credits his Jesuit education at Boston College and BC High School for helping him succeed.

Columnists

Joanna Weiss

Women don’t need Obama’s ‘Julia’ avatar

Kevin Cullen

Street’s win is society’s loss

innovation economy

Fledgling start-ups strut their stuff
Protesters demanding the release of Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng last week held signs and prayed in front of the White House.

JULIETTE KAYYEM

A tragedy or merely tragic?

Adrian Walker

Taking a pass on the future

JOANNA WEISS

Big drama and bigger egos in Edwards’ court

Bob Ryan

Football tests limits of our conscience
Bill Gates presents what was called a “tablet PC” at Microsoft headquarters in 2000.

jeff jacoby

Thanks, Obama, but wealth is not theft

Yvonne Abraham

Big Dig left city with ugly network of tunnels

opinion | JOAN VENNOCHI

Obama’s ex-girlfriends featured in new book
Stephen Perez, Jr. was shot in the Theatre District.

Opinion | lawrence harmon

Boston’s deadliest hour

INNOVATION ECONOMY

Catching a new wave of courses

Arts

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CRITIC’S NOTEBOOK

The late Adam Yauch (top) and his film company produced small, weird, and unheralded movies such as “Wendy and Lucy,” with Michelle Williams; “We Need to Talk About Kevin,” starring Tilda Swinton and Rocky Duer; the Banksy film “Exit Through the Gift Shop”; and “The Messenger,” with Woody Harrelson and Ben Foster.

Yauch’s small victories lost amid ‘Avengers’ weekend

“The Avengers” broke box office records, but it’s the passing of a rap musician-turned-art film distributor Adam Yauch that was the weekend’s more important news.

Politics

POLITICAL NOTEBOOK

Rick Santorum on Monday urged his supporters to join him in working with presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney to deny President Obama a second term.

Santorum endorses Romney, asks supporters to help

Rick Santorum endorsed his one-time bitter rival Mitt Romney in a late-night e-mail to his supporters.

Business

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New data on cystic fibrosis drug lifts Vertex stock

Shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. surged more than 55 percent after the company released interim data that showed positive results for an experimental drug.

Nation & World

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CIA stops new Al Qaeda underwear bomb plot

The CIA reportedly thwarted an Al Qaeda plot to destroy a US-bound airliner around the one-year anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden.

Lifestyle

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Setting sail for thrills

Mike Dreese, the cofounder and CEO of Newbury Comics, will pilot his 40-foot racing yacht, Toothface, in the 2012 Atlantic Cup race.

“If it wasn’t for the Sopranos, we’d be able to suppress it even more. You’ve got to continually prune at the mob, because if you don’t it will grow like a weed.”

State Police Detective Lieutenant Stephen P. Johnson 

Magazine

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Homes for sale for $250,000, $500,000, $750,000, and $1 million
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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

Opinion

“In the sharp-elbowed Northeast, it sometimes feels like it’s ‘be nice and you lose.’ ”

Farah Stockman 

Ideas

“Officials deny they’re in competition, but as Asia’s economies expand, the record suggests that they are using space to demonstrate military power, technological might, and political prestige over their neighbors.”

James Clay Moltz