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H-1B visas predicted to go fast
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services office in New York.

REUTERS/File 2012

The annual derby to secure special visas may be over after just one week, as a growing economy is prompting more companies to rush to hire tech-savvy foreigners.

Appreciation

Ebert democratized movie criticism

Roger Ebert matters for popularizing not just reviewing movies, but also thinking and talking about them, taking what they have to offer further into our minds and hearts.

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As we eagerly await the sixth season, kicking off Sunday at 9, we got to thinking about the women of the top-shelf AMC drama.

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Catcher Francisco Cervelli got to his feet after he tagged out Shane Victorino at home plate as he tried to score on a wild pitch.

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Yankees 4, Red Sox 2

Pettitte, Yankees turn back clock

Two old and graying favorites for the Yankees, Andy Pettitte and Mariano Rivera, handled the Red Sox on Thursday night.

Jaromir Jagr (left) celebrated his first goal as a Bruin, at 1:20 of the second period, with linemates Brad Marchand (center) and Tyler Seguin.

Bruins 1, Devils 0

Jagr scores in debut with Bruins

The new Bruin scored the only goal in a 1-0 win over the New Jersey Devils on Thursday night.

Kerry to also donate part of salary

John F. Kerry and two other Cabinet secretaries join the president and secretary of defense in giving back some of their pay.

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Boston City Councilor Rob Consalvo will run, while City Councilor Tito Jackson and convention chief James E. Rooney will not run.

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Globe exclusives

Governor Deval Patrick addressed the media regarding the legislators’ $500 million transportation bill.

Patrick slams transportation bill, vows veto
Clockwise from above: a circa 1600 Nanban trade screen of ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper; a 16th-century Mughal-style lacquered shield with gold leaf, oil paint; and a late-16th, early-17th-century portable oratory with painting.

Art Review

West meets East in ‘Portugal, Jesuits, and Japan’

New Bank of America ATM machines will offer video chats with tellers and other services.

Boston to get new ATMs with video chats
From left: Ryan Gosling plays a carny turned robber, Eva Mendes plays the mother of his son, and Bradley Cooper plays a cop.

Friday preview | MOVIE REVIEW

Cop’s and robber’s legacy in ‘The Place Beyond the Pines’

Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s chief operating officer and author of the new book

Sandberg pitches ‘lean in’ message
April 5, 1979: Harold Campbell and his son Nicholas, 4, of Quincy showed off their caps on the way to the home opener at Fenway.

From the Archives | Photo gallery

Opening Day at Fenway
Representative Tim Huelskamp, shown with a constituent, represents one of the country’s most conservative congressional districts.

Broken City

Kansas district shuns compromise
From left to right: David Cross, Portia de Rossi, Jessica Walter, Jeffrey Tambor, Michael Cera, Will Arnett, Tony Hale, Jason Bateman, Alia Shawkat.

‘Arrested Development’ returns to Netflix
One of the two companies competing to MBTA provide commuter rail service is threatening to drop out of the bidding.

MBTA could have 1 bidder for $1 billion rail contract

Tech Lab

Apps to manage e-mail on smartphones
Wakefield’s Cristina Winsor did not belong to another gym before she joined the Planet Fitness in Reading.

Planet Fitness grows with ‘judgment-free’ gyms

Spotlight report | Interactive graphic

How does a cabbie make money?

Spotlight Report: Driven to the Edge

Spotlight Report

A nine-month Globe investigation of Boston’s $1 billion taxicab industry found widespread corruption.

Sports

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Kevin Garnett has been resting his inflamed left ankle the past 12 days

Celtics have to rely on depth without Garnett

If the Celtics are going to be a formidable playoff opponent, they’ll have to improve dramatically without key pieces such as Kevin Garnett.

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Eric Fehrnstrom (left), Mitt Romney’s former spokesman, is backing Gabriel E. Gomez while Beth Myers is joining the campaign of former US attorney Michael J. Sullivan.

Former Romney aides lend hand to Mass. Senate hopefuls

Alumni from Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign have dispersed to rival camps in the three-way Republican race for the Senate nomination

Columnists

Cleaning workers retrieved the carcasses of pigs from a branch of the Huangpu River in Shanghai on March 10.

JULIETTE KAYYEM

Is it time to worry?

EDWARD L. GLAESER

Boston taxi industry is a corrupt mess

Tech Lab

Apps to manage e-mail on smartphones

JOAN VENNOCHI

Suffolk Downs casino odds slimmer?

Boston College sophomores Erika Bjerklie, left, and Jessika Parry are on the board of BC Students for Sexual Health.

JOANNA WEISS

The BC condom clash

SCOT LEHIGH

A new actor appears on schools stage
Senators Lindsey Graham and Charles Schumer have reportedly struck an immigration deal that involves doubling the number of H-1B visas.

Farah Stockman

Rethinking H-1B visas
John Farrell had to hand it to rookie Jackie Bradley for his contributions to Monday’s game at the plate, on the bases, and on defense.

Dan Shaughnessy

Bradley’s debut was a show-stopper

JULIETTE KAYYEM

The NRA’s best defense

LAWRENCE HARMON

The ladder lesson
Boston Mayor Thomas Menino announced on Thursday he will not run for reelection.

Adrian Walker

Great opportunity for Menino’s successor
Worst to first, and led by rookie Jackie Bradley Jr. Two games into the season, this is the theme of the 2013 Red Sox.

Dan Shaughnessy

At this rate, will the Red Sox ever lose?

Nation & World

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Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy signed legislation at the Capitol in Hartford, Conn. Neil Heslin (rear left), father of Sandy Hook shooting victim Jesse Lewis, and Nicole Hockley (right), mother of victim Dylan Hockley, watched.

Conn. governor signs strict gun control law

The law, which has some of the country’s tightest gun restrictions, is in response to December’s shooting massacre at a Newtown school.

Politics

Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley.

Conley starts his mayoral campaign at Logan

Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley appeared at ease as he shook hands, chatted, and smiled for picture-takers.

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Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's co-founder and chief executive, spoke during a Facebook press event in Menlo Park, Calif.

Facebook unveils ‘Home’ experience for Android phones

A family of apps for Google’s Android operating system is designed around people’s Facebook connection.

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Stage Review

Erica Spyres (left) as student Sophie and Amelia Broome as Maria Callas in Terrence McNally’s “Master Class.”

Amelia Broome masters Maria Callas at New Rep

In Terrence McNally’s “Master Class” at the Arsenal Center for the Arts, Broome may not channel the opera singer, but she masters the role.

Style

Bargain Bin

Traveling tailor shop provides custom clothing

Ami Albernaz runs down specials and sales at area stores and shops, including Indochino’s traveling tailor shop in Back Bay.

Magazine

The cover for the March 31 2013 issue

A living room design for grown-ups

The cover for the March 24 2013 issue

Azores, a perfect destination for Boston travelers
The cover for the March 17 2013 issue

Could rookie Jared Sullinger be the next Kevin Garnett?
The cover for the March 10 2013 issue

Where the jobs are now

Opinion

“Never count your chickens or your casino licenses until they’re hatched.”

Joan Vennochi 

Globe Insiders

Editorial Event | April 17

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Attend a session on photography and videography with the host of BostonGlobe.com’s “Back Story” series.

Ideas

“While they might not have the national altitude of Whitey or the Gardner robbery, there are still plenty of tantalizing unanswered questions still lingering in our midst.”

Leon Neyfakh, on Boston’s unsolved mysteries