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Patrick signals deal possible on Senate transit bill

After a tense standoff on transit funding, Governor Patrick said he’s open to an $800m Senate bill as a midway point between his plan and a House proposal.

Obama calls on North Korea to end belligerence

President Barack Obama said the United States would take “all necessary steps” to protect its people.

BU study offers clues on how early human ancestor walked

A fossil study suggests that an early ancestor of humans was built to walk upright, but had a foot that allowed it to climb trees efficiently.

Erica Lafferty (left) and Jillian Soto, who both lost relatives in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings, attended a news briefing with Senators Christopher Murphy and Richard Blumenthalif Connecticut, and Charles Schumer of New York.

Senate avoids filibuster on gun control legislation

Each New England Senator voted in favor of moving forward with the proposal, clearing the way for a vote on the package next week.

Exclusive Friday preview | Movie Review

‘42’ does not go deep in telling Jackie Robinson’s story

Writer-director Brian Helgeland’s ambitious new bio-pic about Jackie Robinson is well-acted, handsomely made, and as shallow as a kid’s True Heroes picture book.

From the Archives | Photo gallery

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A look back at the last American winners of the Boston Marathon in the men’s and women’s wheelchair categories and the men’s and women’s open divisions.

Marc Leishman celebrated after a birdie on No. 16.

Marc Leishman takes Masters lead

The Australian shot a 6-under-par 66. Tiger Woods, seeking his fifth green jacket, finished at 2-under 70, four shots back.

Tech Lab

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Keep is a nice enough service, but it’s not nearly as capable as its more sophisticated rivals, like Evernote and Microsoft’s OneNote.

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On Wednesday afternoon, windows were boarded up and charred debris was outside. Some smoke detectors worked.

A rescue, a death, and a firefighter’s haunting connection

Bowdoin president defends school after report

JOAN VENNOCHI

Did an Attleboro administrator order lunch withheld?

UMass Lowell vs. Yale, 4:30, ESPN2

Frozen Four has UMass Lowell campus sizzling
Red Sox television analyst Jerry Remy, 61, first had surgery in November 2008 to remove a cancerous area from a lung.

Remy says his lung cancer returned
Attorney Brad Bailey (left) sat with Christian Gerhartsreiter after a verdict was reached in Gerhartsreiter’s murder trial.

‘Rockefeller’ faces at least 27 years for murder
Donna Freitas is a religion professor at Boston University.

Book Review

‘The End of Sex’ by Donna Freitas
At his annual budget breakfast in the Eagle Room at City Hall, Mayor Thomas M. Menino had some fun with City Councilor Charles C. Yancey.

Menino tweaks would-be successors
Phil Tayler, Harry McEnerny V, and Davron S. Monroe in “Avenue Q.”

SpeakEasy, ArtsEmerson top Norton nominees

Mark Pollock, who has been blind since the age of 22, was seriously injured in a fall just four weeks before he and his girlfriend Simone George were to be married.

From extreme athlete to spinal-cord injury patient
A Shake Shack cheeseburger with lettuce and tomato.

Food

Rating Boston’s newest burger joints
Quinnipiac built the $60 million TD Bank Sports Center, which was part of the re-launching of the sports program that has delivered its hockey team to the Frozen Four.

Long road for Quinnipiac to Frozen Four

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Patriots cornerback Alfonzo Dennard, left, with his attorney Terry Dougherty, walked outside the courthouse in Lincoln, Neb., Thursday.

Alfonzo Dennard sentenced to 30 days in jail

The Patriots cornerback, convicted in Neb. for assaulting a police officer, will serve his jail time in March 2014 after the NFL season.

Metro

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Nurse strike

Nurses go on strike at Quincy Medical Center

The one-day strike began at 6 a.m., with nurses holding signs and marching in front of the medical center.

Columnists

JOAN VENNOCHI

Did an Attleboro administrator order lunch withheld?

JULIETTE KAYYEM

The military’s sexual assault non-solution
Margaret Thatcher spoke at the 1984 Economic Summit in London as, from left, Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone, Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, and President Ronald Reagan listened.

JEFF JACOBY

Democracy’s champion

SCOT LEHIGH

Lesson for a lame duck

Adrian Walker

Don’t let the gun lobby win
It was a picture-postcard day at Fenway Park, where baseball-loving fans filed in to see their Red Sox.

Dan Shaughnessy

Red Sox fans always come back

farah stockman

Three reasons for hope in Afghanistan

Kevin Cullen

The Irish education of Margaret Thatcher
With seven shutout innings, Clay Buchholz earned approval from the Red Sox dugout and Fenway crowd.

Christopher L. Gasper

Red Sox aces key to team’s early surge

JULIETTE KAYYEM

Take burden off Veterans Affairs

Adrian Walker

Making good close to home
A US guard tower overlooks a gate at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba.

James Carroll

Guantanamo is America’s moral failure

Nation & World

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President Obama’s budget included a new cost-of-living formula that could reduce future increases in Social Security.

A party rift on Obama budget

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

Politics

Gomez, Sullivan, and Winslow (left to right) had their testiest exchange over gun safety legislation, a key topic on Capitol Hill.

GOP Senate debate gets personal

The Republican US Senate candidates flung accusations during the primary’s second televised debate.

Business

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Toyota, Honda and Nissan are recalling more than 3 million vehicles globally for an identical problem with air bags on the passenger side.

Toyota, Honda, Nissan announce air bag recall

More than 3 million vehicles are being recalled by Toyota, Honda, and Nissan due to a problem with air bags on the passenger side.

Arts

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Book Review

‘Here I Am’ by Alan Huffman

Huffman investigates the significant life of war photographer Tim Hetherington.

Lifestyle

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Instagram Fashion: Maira Perez

If you happen to step into an elevator at Copley Place and see a woman snapping pictures of herself, it is likely to be this week’s Instagram style star.

Magazine

The cover for the April 7 2013 issue

The complete guide to Boston’s food trucks
The cover for the March 31 2013 issue

The great running experiment
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?

Opinion

“It can’t be that hard to figure out who and what prompted the decision to keep kids from their lunch.”

Joan Vennochi 

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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

“Tax season doesn’t have to feel like a root canal. According to a group of tax scholars, Americans could just as easily take pride in paying our share, and the government ought to be trying to help get us there.”

Leon Neyfakh, on the joy of taxes