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North Korea could have nuclear missile capability

The Defense Intelligence Agency concluded North Korea could arm a ballistic missile with a nuclear warhead, but the weapon wouldn’t be very reliable.

Will Middlebrooks was waiting to slap the tag on Manny Machado at third base in the first.

Orioles 3, Red Sox 2

Orioles top Red Sox again

For the first time this season, the Red Sox have dropped consecutive games as they tried to win three straight series.

Frozen Four | Quinnipiac 4, St. Cloud State 1

Quinnipiac puts on a show against St. Cloud State

Their Nutmeg state brethren had just knocked off UMass-Lowell in the first semifinal, and the Quinnipiac Bobcats were not to be outdone.

Samurai warriors on taxidermy horses. Left: Circa 1630 flame helmet of iron and gold.

Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Art review

MFA’s ‘Samurai!’ captures the eternal warrior spirit

“Samurai!,” a splendid new show at the Museum of Fine Arts, has many objects that attest to the urge to make one’s head beautiful before facing death in battle.

A Gulfstream Aerospace G-IV aircraft landed in front of the air traffic control tower at Santa Monica airport in California.

Executive perks still alive and well

Private jets, chauffeurs, financial planning services, Red Sox tickets. Executive extras have survived in an era of corporate cutbacks.

Shane Carruth and Amy Seimetz in “Upstream Color,” which Carruth also directed.

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‘Upstream Color’ a bizarre, hypnotic thriller

When Shane Carruth’s seductive film is over the real questioning begins.

Mark Evans, as Elder Price, sings “I Believe’’ to a warlord played by Derrick Williams.

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‘The Book of Mormon’: a testament to song, dance, and lunacy

The national touring production of “Mormon’’ has settled in at the Boston Opera House, presented by Broadway.

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Globe exclusives

David Lynn of England hit his tee shot on the fifteenth hole during the first round.

The Masters

Strong starts for Woods, Leishman, Lynn
Governor Patrick said today that he is open to the Senate’s $800m transportation funding bill.

Patrick signals deal possible on Senate transit bill
Chadwick Boseman stars as Jackie Robinson in “42.”

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‘42’ does not go deep in telling Jackie Robinson’s story
April 18, 1983: The pack at the start of the race in Hopkinton. Grey Meyer, the eventual winner, led wearing number 3. The top five finishers were all Americans: Ron Tabb was second, Benji Durden, third, Ed Mendoza, fourth and Chris Bunyan finished fifth.

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Boston Marathon: The last American winners
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?

Tech Lab

Google Keep isn’t a keeper
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

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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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Boston City Councilor Michael Ross.

Ross announces bid for mayor of Boston

Michael P. Ross, a 41-year-old attorney who lives in Mission Hill, has been a city councilor since 1999.

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

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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.

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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