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Warren joins lawmakers to slam Obama budget

Senator Elizabeth Warren and other Congressional Democrats oppose the cuts to Social Security and Medicare included in the president’s budget.

Mass. House proposes $33.8b budget

The plan boosts funding for higher education and local aid but rejects Governor Patrick’s request for higher spending on early education.

Senators have gun deal to expand background checks

The deal would expand the checks to cover all commercial sales, such as at gun shows and online.

‘Rockefeller’ found guilty of murder

Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, known as “Clark Rockefeller” when he lived in Boston, was found guilty of a 1985 murder in California.

Christian Gerhartsreiter (right)  reacted after being found guilty Wednesday in the killing of John Sohus in 1985.

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Christian Gerhartsreiter (right) reacted after being found guilty Wednesday in the killing of John Sohus in 1985.

Gerhartsreiter listened as a verdict was read inside the Los Angeles courtroom.

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Gerhartsreiter listened as a verdict was read inside the Los Angeles courtroom.

Ellen Sohus, sister of the murder victim, smiled during a news conference after the verdict.

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Ellen Sohus, sister of the murder victim, smiled during a news conference after the verdict.

Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter in Germany at age 17 before he left for the United States.

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Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter in Germany at age 17 before he left for the United States.

Gerhartsreiter lived in the same house as John Sohus (right) and his wife, Linda, who is also presumed dead.

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Gerhartsreiter lived in the same house as John Sohus (right) and his wife, Linda, who is also presumed dead.

Gerhartsreiter was  known as Clark Rockefeller when he was charged with kidnapping his daughter off a Boston street in 2008.

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Gerhartsreiter was known as Clark Rockefeller when he was charged with kidnapping his daughter off a Boston street in 2008.

After abducting his 7-year-old daughter, Gerhartsreiter took her to an apartment in Baltimore, where he was arrested.

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After abducting his 7-year-old daughter, Gerhartsreiter took her to an apartment in Baltimore, where he was arrested.

Gerhartsreiter, with Stephen Hrones, his attorney in the Boston kidnapping case, was arraigned in Boston on Sept. 29,2008.

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Gerhartsreiter, with his attorney in the Boston kidnapping case, was arraigned in Boston on Sept. 29,2008.

After his 2008 arrest on kidnapping charges, Gerhartsreiter was interviewed by the Globe at the Nashua Street Jail.

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After his 2008 arrest on kidnapping charges, Gerhartsreiter was interviewed by the Globe at the Nashua Street Jail.

Gerhartsreiter was found guilty in his kidnapping trial in Suffolk Superior Court in Boston on June 12, 2009.

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Gerhartsreiter was found guilty in his kidnapping trial in Suffolk Superior Court in Boston on June 12, 2009.

A TV movie about Gerhartsreiter,

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A TV movie about Gerhartsreiter, " Who is Clark Rockefeller?" starring Eric McCormack (left) aired on Lifetime in 2010.

State Representative Martin J. Walsh said he will be a candidate for Boston mayor.

Walsh enters race for Boston mayor

State Representative Martin J. Walsh vowed to run a campaign anchored around his record as a legislator.

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John Lackey on DL; Jose Iglesias to Triple A

Lackey strained his right biceps in Saturday’s start, and Iglesias was sent down to make room for shortstop Stephen Drew.