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Security review designed to prevent attacks, Obama says

President Obama says the review will look at whether there is more that can be done to stop attacks by people who may become radicalized.

Campaign signs outside the Foley Apartments in South Boston on Tuesday morning.

Race for the Senate

Voting underway in Senate primaries

Two Democrats and three Republicans are vying to win their respective primary elections in the race for John Kerry’s former Senate seat.

Springfield mayor picks MGM as casino applicant

In backing the MGM plan as the city’s candidate for the sole Western Mass. license, Springfield is rejecting a competing bid from Penn National Gaming.

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THEATER

ART production of ‘Pippin’ gets 10 Tony nominations

The American Repertory Theater’s circus-themed production was nominated for best revival of a musical, one of an impressive 10 nominations.

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Fire victim Binland Lee is the 11th BU student, undergraduate or graduate, to have died in the past 13 months in accidents or violence.

“If we’re the first restaurant in New England accepting bitcoin, it’s a no-brainer,” says Thelonious Monkfish’s Jamme Chantler.

Bitcoin believers hope faith will pay off

Despite the volatility of the online currency, a stalwart group of local believers is confident that Bitcoin will survive.

Kevin Cullen

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Columnist Kevin Cullen wants the names of the Tsarnaev brothers to vanish from his memory bank.

Jason Collins

Dan Shaughnessy

Sports world ready for coming out news

The big deal about ex-Celtic Jason Collins coming out of the closet on Monday is that it’s not a big deal.

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More coverage of the bombings

The photo of an emergency responder and volunteers, including Carlos Arredondo, who pushed an injured Jeff Bauman Jr., appeared on the BostonMarathonMassacre.com site.

Bombings spark rush for Internet domains

In the hours and days after the Boston Marathon bombings, the Internet savvy snapped up domain names related to the tragedy.

Antiapartheid activist Albie Sachs lost his right arm to a car bomb planted by South African agents 25 years ago.

Apartheid fighter, bomb survivor shares story

When antiapartheid activist Albie Sachs heard about the Marathon bombings, he felt an immediate, deeply personal sense of loss.

Globe exclusives

Jason Collins wore No. 98 -- a tribute to the late Matthew Shepard -- when he played for the Celtics earlier this season.

To cheers, Jason Collins sheds his secret

THEATER

‘Pippin’ gets 10 Tony Award nominations

Coverage

2013 US Senate special election
“If we’re the first restaurant in New England accepting bitcoin, it’s a no-brainer,” says Thelonious Monkfish’s Jamme Chantler.

Local believers say bitcoin will survive
Boston Police officers stood near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Tuesday morning.

Special section

Full coverage of the Marathon bombings
Haven Fyfe Kiernan in her office in Newton.

G Cover

Creating a wellness refuge for survivors
Denis O’Hare (pictured performing last year in New York) stars in the ArtsEmerson production of “An Iliad.’’

Stage Review

O’Hare is spell-binding in ‘An Iliad’
Billy Bragg (pictured last year in Norway) played a two-hour, 20-song set at the Berklee Performance Center on Sunday.

Music Review

Billy Bragg delivers in two-hour set
John Thomas, of Needham, set off the chain reaction of airlines charging for checked bags.

Hate airline bag fees? Here’s your man
The Republican candidates for US Senate (from left), Gabriel Gomez, Michael J. Sullivan, and Daniel B. Winslow participated in a one-hour television debate moderated by WBZ.

A Senate race that has been hard to focus on
College for America student Ashley Collins (left) danced with Rachel Marshall and Shane Shaw at one of her three jobs.

Tradition upended in college of competence
Nick Taranto, a cofounder of Plated, a company that sells ready-to-make dinner kits, at the company’s warehouse in New York.

Investors turn to food start-ups

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Tuukka Rask has had to keep his eye on the prize — the Bruins scored only 18 goals in the last nine games of the season.

Bruins hope to rediscover their swagger in playoffs

There is plenty of optimism as the Bruins prepare to host Toronto in an Eastern Conference quarterfinal series.

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Mark Thomas O’Neill Jr. examined the Linden Street house.

Code violations are focus of fatal fire in Allston

City inspectors scoured the multifamily house where a BU student died and 15 people were injured in a fire early Sunday.

Politics

POLITICAL NOTEBOOK

Ron Paul

Ron Paul criticizes Marathon bombing response

Former Representative Ron Paul says Americans should be frightened by the police response to the bombings.

Nation & World

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The charred remains of a car following the bomb attack on Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi of Syria in Damascus.

Syria minister unscathed in car bomb attack

Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi survived what appeared to be an assassination attempt in Damascus.

Business

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Eric S. Rosengren, president of the Boston Fed, said Fed policies are having an impact on interest sensitive sectors.

Fed’s view of its role in creating work is key

The Federal Reserve is supposed to maximize employment. And on that front, it is not making progress.

Columnists

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What if we could choose where our taxes go?
Montana’s Max Baucus is retiring after 36 years in the Senate.

JOHN E. SUNUNU

A determined Max Baucus, now unleashed
Jason Collins

Dan Shaughnessy

Sports world ready for coming out news
Kevin Garnett and the Celtics head to New York down 3-1 in the series.

Christopher L. Gasper

Celtics still unlikely to topple Knicks
A Marathon runner on his way home was surrounded by television reporters at the Atlanta airport on April 16.

opinion | JAMES CARROLL

All eyes on Boston
Gui Cavalcanti is a contestant on “The Big Brain Theory: Pure Genius” TV show.

Innovation Economy

Can he engineer stardom on reality TV?

JULIETTE KAYYEM

Diluting the terror watch lists

Adrian Walker

Sick and tired of politics

JOAN VENNOCHI

Did the police let their guard down?
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s image from a convenience store camera.

JOANNA WEISS

We may never know why

Innovation Economy

Graduates diving right in to business
Police officers descended on the scene of the Watertown shoot-out after Dzhokhar Tsarnaev fled the scene in a black SUV.

Kevin Cullen

Valor, devotion brought Watertown drama to end

Arts

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Book Review

Rokeby, a riverfront mansion in New York’s Hudson River Valley, is the setting for Alexandra Aldrich’s memoir.

‘The Astor Orphan’ by Alexandra Aldrich

Aldrich’s memoir of her chaotic childhood in a decrepit mansion is not a pretty story.

Lifestyle

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Nislo Galvao (center) earlier this year teaching a financial empowerment class at John D. O’Bryant School of Mathematics & Science in Boston. Galvao founded Early Investors, a volunteer-staffed nonprofit aimed at preparing the next generation to manage its finances smartly.

Teaching high school students the value of a buck

Early Investors, a Boston-based nonprofit that teaches financial empowerment, has taught nearly 400 students since 2010.

Opinion

“The folks who vote in today’s primaries will be the regulars and the party stalwarts, those pushed to the polls by each campaign’s get-out-the-vote efforts.”

Tom Keane 

Magazine

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Can’t-miss events
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Homestead act
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Greetings from Gun Valley
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The complete guide to Boston’s food trucks

Globe Insiders

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About 1,200 tornadoes strike the United States every year, and while Massachusetts lies outside the “Tornado Alley” of the midwest, we’ve experienced our share of violent twisters.

Ideas

“The legal process is intended to help the people who were actually hurt in the Marathon bombings, or had loved ones die. If it’s not a very good vehicle for working though our emotions as a society, that might actually be one of its virtues.”

Leon Neyfakh