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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s college friends indicted

Two former UMass Dartmouth students accused of obstructing justice in the Marathon bombing investigation will be arraigned Tuesday.

Ibragim Todashev was fatally shot by a Boston FBI agent in May.

Fla. to review FBI shooting of Tsarnaev friend

The top prosecutor in Orlando will review what led to Ibragim Todashev’s death during questioning by the FBI and other agents over his ties to Tamerlan Tsarnaev.

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The panel is disputing gubernatorial candidate Dan Wolf’s claims that it never raised a red flag about potential violations.

John Connolly would support appointed School Committee

The city councilor pledged to reform Boston Public Schools’ central office if elected mayor, but would maintain an appointed committee.

Cate Blanchett (second from left, with Sally Hawkins and Andrew Dice Clay) stars as a rich woman who loses everything.

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Cate the Great infuses ‘Jasmine’

“Blue Jasmine” is a good Woody Allen movie with a very great Cate Blanchett performance at its center.

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No verdict in third day of Bulger deliberations

After three days and more than 20 hours of deliberations, jurors in the racketeering trial were sent home for the night.

Chip Tuttle, chief operating officer of Suffolk Downs, unveiled his proposed casino and hotel project in East Boston, Wednesday, March 27 2013.

Complex Suffolk Downs casino deal still being written

Ironing out details of the complicated $1.3 billion development deal between the Suffolk Downs casino and Mayor Thomas M. Menino has been tricky.

An economist and assistant professor at Harvard Business School analyzed Yelp restaurant reviews and how they evolve over time.

Wisdom not always with the crowd, study finds

Online reviews are a compass for navigating choice in the modern world, but one study found that the crowd is not always wise.

Opinion

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Health care from “retainer” doctors may not be for everyone, but it’s a trend that might catch on.

Globe exclusives

Norman Pashoian worked at the Taj and Ritz hotels since he was 17. His last day was Wednesday.

Hotel doorman of 66 years retires
Designer John Varvatos says that Boston has drastically loosened up fashion-wise in the past 10 years.

Ready to rock Boston
New Eagles coach Chip Kelly walked on the field during Thursday’s joint workout with the Patriots.

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What is Eagles coach Chip Kelly bringing to NFL?
Four-year old Darlene Butte of Merrimack, NH with four-month old

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The dog days of summer
Wes Welker is now wearing Denver colors, but it sounds as though he is still bothered by things that happened in New England. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Wes Welker details how bond with Bill Belichick fell apart
Central Rock Gym in Watertown (above) and Brooklyn Boulders Somerville both opened in the last three months, an indicator of the sport’s rapid growth.

Number, popularity of rock gyms climbing

Shedding pounds on the path to mayor
Mark Leibovich writes for New York Times Magazine.

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Hull’s beaches have drawn tourists for well over a hundred years, and many homeowners rent their houses out by the week to summertime vacationers.

Hull efforts to curb rentals spark blowback
The media wait for news of a verdict in the James “Whitey” Bulger case. The jury continues to deliberate.

Signs appear of a split in Bulger jury
Matt Damon and Alice Braga star in the Neill Blomkamp-directed drama “Elysium.”

Movie Review

Matt Damon’s ‘Elysium’ is standard
Senator Elizabeth Warren and Lawrence Summers.

Despite ties, Warren, Summers paths are diverging

Sports

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Tim Tebow looked on during a Patriots joint workout with the Eagles on Thursday.

Tim Tebow unsure if he’ll play in exhibition opener

Tebow, who believes he is really picking up the Patriots offense, said Bill Belichick told him, “Just be ready when your number is called.”

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A police scene and search of area near Dorchester Avenue and Shepton Street, where two BPD officers were wounded and a suspect killed in an exchange of gunfire.

Mother of man killed by Boston police says he was a ‘good kid’

Roudy Hendricks chose the wrong friends, but that did not justify the use of deadly force against him by police, his mother said.

Columnists

JOAN VENNOCHI

John Walsh’s rhapsody in blue

Yvonne Abraham

Perilous rolls of the dice

Opinion | LAWRENCE HARMON

Conley loses temper and respect of voters

Adrian Walker

The future begins at the Globe
Caroline Kennedy

Opinion | SCOT LEHIGH

Ambassadorship requires a seasoned diplomat, not a big name

Shirley Leung

The case for a sales tax rollback
A picture taken from inside a car shows Iranians waiting at a bus station in downtown Tehran in June.

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Tehran calculations
Steve Davis (white hair, in front of microphones), the brother of alleged Bulger victim Debra Davis, spoke to the reporters outside the Moakley federal courthouse as joggers passed by Monday.

Kevin Cullen

The theater of Whitey
Pope Francis waved from his popemobile on the Copacabana beachfront in Brazil.

JAMES CARROLL

The pope’s ‘culture of solidarity’

JOHN E. SUNUNU

‘Grand bargain’ is a grand head fake
Shane Victorino held a little impromptu meet-and-greet with some of the 37,611 Fenway Faithful in Sunday’s game.

Christopher L. Gasper

These Red Sox are Dirt Dogs again
Danny Ainge entrusted the Celtics’ head coaching job to 36-year-old Brad Stevens.

Bob Ryan

Stevens has a tough road ahead in NBA

Nation & World

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Former executive editor of the Washington Post Ben Bradlee, astronaut Sally Ride, former President Bill Clinton and media mogul Oprah Winfrey will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom this year.

Clinton, Winfrey get Medal of Freedom

Bill Clinton and Oprah Winfrey will be among 16 people receiving the highest honor the US bestows on civilians.

Politics

Secretary of State William Galvin said he was disappointed with the decision and may appeal it.

Galvin faulted on rules for lobbyists

A judge ordered Secretary of State William Galvin to cover $100,000 in attorneys’ fees for lobbyists who challenged his interpretation of the state’s ethics laws.

Business

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A child played with an iPad. The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood challenges claims that apps for tablets and smartphones can teach young children.

Benefit of mobile apps for toddlers questioned

The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, a Boston-based group, filed a complaint with the FTC alleging baby app developers are trying to dupe parents.

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Boston-area to do list

What’s happening in and around Boston.

Style

Rooms full of traditional or modern furniture have been replaced by a new sensibility.

Fall decor forecast: eclectic, with personality

Rooms full of traditional or modern furniture have been replaced by a more eclectic sensibility, interior decorators and designers agree.

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Ideas

“There hasn’t been a meaningful rethinking of who should appear on our paper money since 1928, when early versions of the bills we still use today entered circulation.”

Leon Neyfakh,  on American currency