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Greetings from Gun Valley

Westfield’s Savage Arms, the century-old pioneer that had deteriorated to the point where it was mocked as “Salvage Arms” and left for dead, now can’t keep up with demand. Laurinda Pudlo (pictured) came to Savage about a year ago after having worked with toddlers at a day-care center. She finds this work less stressful.

webb Chappell

In “Gun Valley,” the swath of Western Massachusetts and Connecticut where industrial gun making in America began, business is booming once again.

Parents get competitive on college

If bragging has a season, this is it. With elite schools accepting record lows for applicants and “safety schools” no longer a safe bet, parents feel pressure.

Cat, woman reunited after fire, rescue, revival, and search

Modupe Oshikoya’s cat, Rosie, went missing in Dorchester on March 27 when she escaped after firefighters saved her.

Marathon preview section

Kenyan marathoners dominate Boston and the world

Twenty-five years after a Kenyan man first won the Boston marathon, the country has won 20 of the 25 races, and has come to dominate the sport around the globe.

Latest news

US Secretary of State John Kerry and South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-Se spoke at a joint press conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Seoul, South Korea.

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In South Korea, Kerry warns North Korea not to test missile

US Secretary of State John Kerry said North Korea would only increase its isolation if it test-fired the mid-range missile.

Filene’s project to resume within days

The project’s developer has signed the advertising firm Arnold Worldwide to occupy a large chunk of a $620 million complex.

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.

Sullivan accepted pay raise, special pension

Senate candidate Michael J. Sullivan, a strong advocate for curbing fiscal excesses, has been collecting a state pension of $27,492 a year for the past three years.

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Globe exclusives

Kevin Cullen

TJ and Finbarr: a friendship made in the desert

River Hawks backup goalie Brian Robbins (30) consoles center Colin Wright while Yale celebrates after its 3-2 semifinal win in overtime in Pittsburgh.

Yale 3, UMass-Lowell 2 (OT)

Yale boots UMass-Lowell from Frozen Four

Al Carvelli at his restaurant, which he now calls Top Crust, in Plymouth. The bicycle used to sit in a window as an icon of the eatery when in was called Upper Crust. He removed it in honor of the restaurant’s new name.

Upper Crust franchisees cutting ties

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

Stage review

‘Book of Mormon’ is song, dance, and lunacy

Jerry Remy recently signed a five-year deal with NESN.

sports media

Jerry Remy says he’s OK after cancer relapse

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

Art review

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

Music Review

Alicia Keys brims with talent and still-untapped possibilities

The Mavericks broke up in 2003 but have returned, hoping to leave “a bit of a legacy,’’ according to leader Raul Malo (center).

After 10 years, Mavericks are back with ‘In Time’

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.

From the Archives | Photo gallery

Boston Marathon: The last American winners

Chadwick Boseman stars as Jackie Robinson in “42.”

Movie Review

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

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

Sports

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Koji Uehara reacted after giving up the go-ahead run to the Orioles and being pulled.

Why is Red Sox bullpen suddenly leaking?

The two losses to the Orioles revealed embarrassing issues for what is a relatively sound group.

Metro

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A P2V Neptune US patrol plane flew ablove a Soviet freighter during the Cuban missile crisis in 1962 when the United States and the Soviet Union faced off about nuclear missiles on Cuba.

Cuban Missile Crisis the focus of exhibit at JFK Library

Secretly recorded excerpts from White House discussions are the centerpiece of an exhibit at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library that opens Friday .

Columnists

SCOT LEHIGH

Clearing the fog in Senate race

CARLO ROTELLA

‘Screen zombie’ and other new words

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