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Hundreds gather for anti-tax rally on Boston Common

Tea Party activists heard anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist and other speakers on the Boston Common for a rally protesting government spending.

Shane Victorino reacted after he singled in the winning run in the 10th inning.

Red Sox 2, Rays 1

Shane Victorino gives Red Sox a win

Victorino’s infield single in the bottom of the 10th inning gave the Red Sox the victory despite the Rays taking the third inning.

Menino resting following surgery for broken leg

The mayor will likely return to the Parkman House after just three weeks of being back at his Hyde Park home, but he is expected to fully recover.

Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant grimaced after being injured during the second half of the game against the Golden State Warriors Friday.

Kobe Bryant out for season with torn Achilles

Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak thinks it’s realistic the 34-year-old guard could be ready for next season’s opener in the fall.

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Swan Boats open at Boston Public Garden

The Swan Boats’ opening is another sign spring has arrived in New England. Rides will be available until Sept. 15.

DERRICK Z. JACKSON

Pay now or really pay later for transportation

While many politicians moan about the pain of taxes, the taxpayer is being eaten up by the state’s crumbling and creaking infrastructure.

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A sampling of stories from this Sunday's Globe.

 

Keith Richards says he is excited to get back on the road with the Rolling Stones.

Music

Keith Richards on the record

Sarah Rodman caught up with the 69-year-old rock icon to chat about the TD Garden show, his 2010 memoir, and the importance of new music.

Runners, from left: Meb Keflezighi, Shalane Flanagan, and Ryan Hall.

Travel

Runners share their favorite things to do in Boston

27,000 marathon runners flooded Boston this weekend, including the 32 runners who fill the elite fields. They share where they like to eat, play, and run.

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Mark Cohen has been suspended for alleged misconduct.

Spotlight follow-up

Boston taxi regulator faces misconduct review
Waitress Tigist Kassa serves a taste of home to Ethiopian marathoner Gebre Gebremariam.

Ethiopians in Boston closely follow Gebre Gebremariam
Judges watched every move made by Zaida Dedolph of Chicago during the Specialty Coffee Association’s barista competition Friday.

Coffee is king at Boston event
Plans to repair this portion of the famed Cliff Walk in Newport, R.I., were fiercely opposed because of threats to the surf below.

Surf fans win fight to stop Newport wall
Bryan Greenhagen is brewer and founder of Mystic Brewery.

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Crafting a better beer

Chadwick Boseman as Jackie Robinson in a scene from

Sunday baseball notes

Still a lack of interest from African-Americans
Photographer Jerome Liebling took a series of untitled images in Holyoke in 1982 that are on display in two different exhibits.

Photography REview

Holyoke seen as brick and stone — and flesh and blood
A newborn baby

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What baby names say about everything else

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Boston Marathon course

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Boston By Air by David L. Ryan
Goalie Cecilia Santiago during Boston Breakers practice Thursday.

Women’s soccer tries third pro league
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

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Tiger Woods during the second round of the Masters golf tournament Friday.

Woods given 2-shot penalty, not disqualified

Tiger Woods was assessed a two-stroke penalty over an incorrect drop he took on Friday, during the second round of the Masters.

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Harriette Batson’s weekly unemployment check will be cut, leaving her with $300 less at the end of each month.

45,000 Mass. residents to feel pinch of federal cutbacks

Massachusetts residents who have been unemployed for at least six months will see their unemployment benefits shrink by the end of the month.

Columnists

A flyer sent to parents in West Roxbury by real estate agent Stephanie Giroux touts school quality in Westwood.

Opinion | Lawrence Harmon

Can suburban schools lure city parents?

DERRICK Z. JACKSON

Pay now or really pay later for transportation

SCOT LEHIGH

Clearing the fog in Senate race

CARLO ROTELLA

‘Screen zombie’ and other new words

Kevin Cullen

TJ and Finbarr: a friendship made in the desert

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

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Three reasons for hope in Afghanistan

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Palestinian Prime Minister Salaam Fayyad.

Palestinian prime minister resigns

Salaam Fayyad’s resignation is leaving the Palestinians without one of their most moderate and well-respected voices.

Politics

Taking the message to the public: Senator Marco Rubio will be on seven TV shows Sunday to seek support for the plan.

Negotiators agree on immigration cutoff date

Senate negotiators have agreed to a date that could bar hundreds of thousands of immigrants from the path to legalization provided in the proposed overhaul.

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A rendering of the Mystic River gambling resort to be called Wynn Harbor Park.

Wynn duplicates Everett, Philadelphia casino plans

Similarities between the proposals are intentional, billionaire Steve Wynn said. He modeled them after a hotel he built in China.

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“I write songs to turn myself into something else,” says Mika. “And then I become that and I want to become something else.”

The lesson to be learned? Don’t mess with Mika

Mika’s latest album is a testament to his penchant for couching heavy sentiments in fizzy dance-pop songs. He plays the Royale on April 13.

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

“Boston shouldn’t boast about its status as a truly livable city until it solves its school problem.”

Lawrence Harmon 

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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