Demand for foreign work visas rises

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services said Friday that it has received about 42,000 requests for its standard H-1B visas since it began accepting applications April 2.

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Dozens of game companies are lining up to hire castoffs from 38 Studios LLC, Curt Schilling’s failing video game maker.

Mass. GOP moves to invalidate caucus ballots

A month after Mitt Romney’s loyalists were trounced by Ron Paul supporters in the state caucuses, the Mass. Republican Party is trying to invalidate some ballots.

Plymouth divided over Pilgrim’s license renewal

Some Plymouth residents vowed to continue opposition to the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station following the US decision to renew its license.

Arlington High students break bed in MFA exhibit

Two students have been suspended after causing a bed on exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts to collapse by sitting and jumping on it.

Cary Holmes, a reference librarian at Morse Institute Library, found the World War II record of Alfred DeFlumeri.

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Librarian uncovers Natick veteran’s true story

Cary Holmes, a reference librarian at Morse Institute Library, found the World War II record of Alfred DeFlumeri, who was executed after a failed covert US operation.

A wounded US paratrooper is helped through a blinding rainstorm in 1969 by medics during the 10-day battle for Hamburger Hill. The more than 1.6 million troops back from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq will join more than 20 million others from previous wars.

Opinion | Roland Merullo

The patriotism of sacrifice

This Memorial Day should serve to remind us that a just, wise, decent society asks sacrifice of everyone, not just the poor and brave.

Major Marianne Miller, 42, of West Roxbury.

Honoring Massachusetts veterans who answered the call

An estimated 379,000 men and women in the state — those who fought and those who served during peacetime — are counted among the ranks of veterans.

Dan Shaughnessy

Celtics don’t have a chance against Heat

The party is over for the Morgan Freeman Five, the Duct Tape Five, or whatever you want to call the ancient warriors who patrol the court for the Boston Celtics.

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“We’re trying to not have empathy and compassion feel like one extra thing you have to do. One way to actually help you cope . . . is to connect with people and feel this thrill of helping them,” Dr. Helen Riess said.

G Force

Helping doctors put empathy to good use
Bill Paxton (above) as Randall McCoy in “Hatfields & McCoys.’’

Television Review

‘Hatfields & McCoys’ recalls darkest of feuds
A service member’s grave received close attention during an early Memorial Day service Sunday at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Mattapan.

Ceremony held in Mattapan to honor veterans
Shirley Manson and Butch Vig were sharp in Garbage’s show Saturday at the Paradise.

Music Review

Garbage pours it on in powerful show

Tech Lab Plus

Your own little TV station

Ideas | Interactive Graphic

How to look at the Prudential

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Boston bar buzz-kill

7 tips to save gas this summer
Jacoby Ellsbury proved that you don’t have to play to make a lot of money. In the offseason after he made $490,000 and played in 18 games, his salary rose to $2.9 million.

Sunday baseball notes

Injury epidemic a pain in the neck for MLB
Workers from Solect Energy Development installed solar panels on a commercial building in Northborough.

Solar energy industry is flourishing in Mass.
Wes Anderson on the set of “Moonrise Kingdom,’’ which opened the Cannes Film Festival on May 16.

Wes Anderson’s old New England
PETER CHIARELLI: The strain was showing

Sunday hockey notes

Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli still confident with core

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Clay Buchholz had command of his repertoire - fastball, curveball, cutter and, most notably, his changeup.

Clay Buchholz happy with start, despite loss

Although he did not earn a decision in Sunday’s 4-3 loss to the Rays, the Red Sox starter felt he pitched well enough to win.

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Harvard graduates, class of 2012, marched across Massachusetts Avenue Thursday.

Not easy for Harvard grads to say they went there

Although the pop culture image of Harvard people is that they are shamelessly throwing it around, most students and graduates say the reality is the opposite.

Columnists

INNOVATION ECONOMY

Kayak to take IPO show on the road

Dan Shaughnessy

Celtics don’t have a chance against Heat

JEFF JACOBY

When ‘white’ is a trick of definition

JOANNA WEISS

Health care costs can bite

JOAN VENNOCHI

Online classes cut costs and human contact
Rajon Rondo scored 9 points in less than two minutes to give Boston a 10-point lead with 1:45 left. He finished with 18 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists.

Dan Shaughnessy

Rajon Rondo leads Celtics on to Miami

Yvonne Abraham

Tending graves and memories of the departed
Craig Driscoll charged his Chevy Volt at a free charging station in the garage of One Broadway in Kendall Square.

Innovation Economy

Charging an electric car in Boston can be free, easy

LAWRENCE HARMON

Carol Johnson on shaky ground after missteps
Paul Pierce and the Celtics outdueled LeBron James and the Cavaliers in one of the classic Game 7s in Boston history in 2008.

Bob Ryan

Celtics’ history in Game 7 is very rich

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Obama’s awkward private equity dance

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Health care will test Gov. Patrick’s skills

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Kim Shipley navigated Boston with daughters Coraline, 2, and Arya, 7 months.

Student research leads to a stroller made for the city

A team of students have built a stroller system which aims to help urban parents get around.

Politics

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Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York who ran against Mitt Romney in the 2008 Republican primaries, called Romney “the perfect choice for a period of time in which we have to revive the economy’’ during an interview on CNN.

Giuliani, Gingrich come to Romney’s defense

Two of Mitt Romney’s fiercest former rivals, Newt Gingrich and Rudy Giuliani, defended him Sunday against the Obama campaign’s attacks on his business record.

Nation & World

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Massacre prompts UN to denounce Syria regime

The United Nations Security Council unanimously condemned the Syrian government for its role in the massacre of at least 108 people in Houla over the weekend.

Health and wellness

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In Boston, CrossFit trainer Christina Morris (second from left), helps Brian Bostwick (left) hold a cord for workout partner Kevin Cummings.

Extreme workouts gaining in popularity

While many cubicle-dwelling Americans struggle with weight and fitness problems, a distinct subset is diving into exercise that might seem extreme to outsiders.

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The HBO biopic focuses more on Martha Gellhorn (Nicole Kidman) than on Ernest Hemingway (Clive Owen).

Ernest Hemingway’s third wife, nearly his match

The HBO biopic “Hemingway & Gellhorn,” starring Clive Owen and Nicole Kidman, is a love story, but it’s also a travelogue, as well as a smallscreen historical epic.

“It’s about false modesty. The code is to pretend to avoid saying it at all costs.”

Jessica Mayer,  on the discomfort felt by Harvard alumni

Magazine

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What does it take to become a Disney star?
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Best beaches guide for New England
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Things to do in and around Boston this week
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Homes for sale for $250,000, $500,000, $750,000, and $1 million

Opinion

“On Memorial Day ... we might think about sacrifice, and how easy it is to ask it of everyone but ourselves.”

Roland Merullo 

Ideas

“Super-empowered and quickly deployable, the Pentagon has become a one-stop shop for any policy objective, no matter how far removed from traditional warfare.”

Thanassis Cambanis,  on the amazing expanding Pentagon