DA may seek to try Bulger, allies

Suffolk County prosecutors will now look at whether there is any evidence to charge James “Whitey” Bulger or his accomplices at the state level.

Partners hospitals, doctors top health-payment list

Nearly one-third of all the money that Mass. insurers spent on acute hospital care last year went to Partners HealthCare, according to a new analysis.

Adrian Walker

Getting back to business at the Forum

On Thursday, the restaurant will become the last Boylston Street business closed by the Marathon bombings to reopen.

Plea deal shines light on scope of worker’s crimes

David Kwiatkowski hid a dangerous drug-stealing tactic that spanned eight states and infected dozens with Hepatitis C, court documents say.

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Egyptian security forces detained protesters as they cleared a sit-in by supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in the eastern Nasr City district of Cairo.

Egypt police storm 2 pro-Morsi camps in Cairo

Security forces swept in Wednesday to clear two sit-in camps of supporters of the country’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi.

Lisa Saunders parked her car for hours at a time in a valet-only zone.

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While it lasted, a valet space of her own

Back Bay businesswoman Lisa Saunders appears to be the only person in Boston who had a valet parking spot for her own personal use.

Filene’s project may get tax break from Boston

In an abrupt shift, Mayor Menino’s administration is considering a tax break for a towering redevelopment on the former Filene’s property downtown.

Shirley Leung

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The next Facebook and Instagram could well be in our own backyard, and our prominent business leaders have no idea how to connect with them.

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When the Globe reported two weeks ago on the public auction of the 110-year old lighthouse, the top bid was $101,000.

Opinion

Derrick Z. Jackson

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The nation’s drug laws have been a form of American apartheid for the last quarter century.

Globe exclusives

Cambridge restaurateur Jason Bond and sous chef Rachel Miller at the future site of a second Bondir, in Concord.

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The year of the second restaurant
(From left) Triston Champagnie, Kamal Williams, and Jakieh Blevins at a Camp Harbor View race.

Seeing hope at Harbor View
From left: Augustine Mercante, Evan Hughes, Lauren Snouffer, and composer-conductor George Benjamin at Monday’s performance of “Written on Skin.”

exclusive thursday preview | Opera Review

‘Written on Skin’ receives US premiere
The carousel on the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway.

Carousel unveiled on Greenway
At Pho Le in Dorchester, you can try noodle soup with shredded vegetables on the side.

A primer on Vietnamese cuisine
At left, the South Boston waterfront; On the right, James “Whitey” Bulger, center, walking on Castle Island with associates Stephen “Rifleman” Flemmi, left, and Kevin Weeks, right, in an undated photo.

Kevin Cullen

Everything has passed Whitey by
James “Whitey” Bulger stood between his lawyers as the verdicts on 32 counts were read in US District Court in Boston Monday.

An end to ‘Whitey’ Bulger saga
Frank Lowenstein (left) worked for John Kerry in the Senate and on his ’04 presidential bid.

Kerry draws on old allies for his team
The competitive Jake Peavy is 0-2 in the postseason.

Peavy brings ‘inner fire’ to Red Sox
Mayor Menino welcomed his “second father,” John F. Kinnaly, to a surprise birthday party for Kinnaly, who died in 2011.

For mayor, old friend’s gift proves thorny
Fidelity’s app allows Google Glass wearers to see quotes of major stock indexes after the market closes.

Fidelity builds financial Google Glass app
Mark Stewart’s ELF brought him home over 18 days and 1,000 miles from Durham, N.C.

A vehicle to pedal off your carbon footprints

Sports

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Red sox 4, blue jays 2

Shane Victorino (winning two-run single in the 11th) is congratulated at game’s end by Jacoby Ellsbury and Jonny Gomes.

Red Sox outlast Blue Jays in 11

Shane Victorino delivered a two-run single in the 11th inning that lifted the Red Sox to a 4-2 victory.

Metro

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Juror Janet Uhlar said some witnesses disgusted her.

Witnesses raised Bulger jurors’ ire, suspicions

Some jurors grew so irate while debating the testimony of the career criminals in “Whitey” Bulger’s trial that they shouted at each other.

Columnists

SCOT LEHIGH

The GOP’s Obamacare whale hunt
Retired Staff Sergeant Alonzo Lunsford describes one of his wounds from the 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage.

JEFF JACOBY

Fort Hood victims deserve Purple Hearts

Adrian Walker

Getting back to business

Shirley Leung

Two colliding worlds must collaborate

Kevin Cullen

‘Alleged’ no more
A member of a team from the military’s Human Terrain System conducts an interview in Afghanistan in late 2009.

Farah Stockman

Is social science our silver bullet around the world?
A freeway sign warned drivers of people crossing in Chula Vista, Calif.

JAMES CARROLL

Sealing the border is part of problem

Adrian Walker

Mayor’s race hits its stride
At left, the South Boston waterfront; On the right, James “Whitey” Bulger, center, walking on Castle Island with associates Stephen “Rifleman” Flemmi, left, and Kevin Weeks, right, in an undated photo.

Kevin Cullen

Everything has passed Whitey by
Johnny Manziel can’t profit from own name.

Christopher L. Gasper

NCAA needs reform

JOAN VENNOCHI

Mass. officials must investigate Todashev death
The FBI is accused of enabling Whitey Bulger, seen in this mug shot taken in 1955 in Miami Beach.

JEFF JACOBY

Federal overreach — then and now

Nation & World

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Majority leader Harry Reid noted that Congress has nearly eliminated funding for Yucca and is unlikely to restore it.

NRC flouting law on Yucca proposal, court rules

A federal appeals court ordered the NRC to reach a decision on the proposed nuclear waste dump at Nevada’s Yucca Mountain.

Politics

POLITICAL NOTEBOOK

New York mayoral hopefuls Anthony Weiner, Bill Thompson, John Liu, and Bill de Blasio participated in a candidate forum on Tuesday. De Blasio, who has been an election afterthought for months, has gotten a boost in the past few weeks.

Bill de Blasio tops poll in NYC mayor race

De Blasio, who has been an election afterthought for months, has gotten a boost in the past few weeks.

Business

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Over the past few months, many tour buses carrying international tourists or day-tripping seniors skipped Plymouth Harbor because the Mayflower II was missing.

Mayflower II’s return boosts Plymouth merchants

Waterfront businesses had to cope with less predictable flows of tourists while the replica of the 17th-century ship was repaired.

Arts

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Book Review

‘The Realm of Last Chances’ by Steve Yarbrough

In “The Realm of Last Chances,” Yarbrough takes a calm, somewhat relaxed attitude toward his characters’ decay.

Food & dining

Sunday supper

Grilled salmon with herbs and lemon dill mayonnaise.

Salmon hot off grill, then in a salad with mayo

Many varieties of fish aren’t good chilled. Salmon is the exception.

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The lake house
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Walter Willett’s food fight
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What happened at Deerfield

Ideas

“The enduring appeal of the books tells us something about how deep the romance with self-reliance runs through American history, and the gaps between the Little House narrative and Wilder’s real life say a lot about the government help and interdependence that we sometimes find more convenient to leave out of that tale.”

Christine Woodside,  on the Little House books as Libertarian fables