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Obama defends FBI amid review of intelligence

President Obama said an investigation will aim to determine if the US can do a better job of preventing future terrorist attacks by self-radicalized individuals.

Race for the Senate

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Poll workers in one town said that turnout was more reminiscent of a recent local election when many of the candidates ran unopposed.

TOM KEANE

Poorly attended election is better than no election at all

The solution to bad elections isn’t no elections. It’s better elections, with early voting, balloting held over several days, and simple access to absentee ballots.

S. Boston precinct gets ballots without state Senate race

Officials downplayed a mishap in which some precincts were provided with a ballot that did not show the primary for a state Senate seat.

Boston Marathon bombing survivor Jarrod Clowery talked to the media with Brigham and Women's Hospital trauma and burn surgeon Dr. Robert Riviello (left) on Tuesday.

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Marathon victim describes moments before 2d blast

Jarrod Clowery, a 35-year-old carpenter whose legs and hands were injured, said he was jumping over a guard rail onto the street when the bomb hit.

Kevin Cullen

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/04/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/cullen-6245.jpg Enough about the Tsarnaev brothers

Columnist Kevin Cullen wants the names of the suspected Marathon bombers to vanish from his memory bank, and focus on the names that really matter.

Margaret Drew signed paperwork for mayoral candidate Felix Arroyo in front of the Village Market grocery store in Roslindale Village.

Boston mayoral candidates seek nomination signatures

Tuesday marked the first opportunity for candidates to collect signatures for mayoral and City Council races.

Boston Fire spokesman Steve MacDonald talked with reporters Monday outside of an Allston house where a deadly fire hit over the weekend.

After deadly Allston fire, landlord cited for illegal lodging

The owner of the building where a BU student died over the weekend was cited for allegedly allowing 19 people live in a two-family home.

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“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
Haven Fyfe Kiernan in her office in Newton.

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Creating a wellness refuge for survivors
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

Coverage

2013 US Senate special election
Boston Police officers stood near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Tuesday morning.

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Full coverage of the Marathon bombings
BU’s president, Robert A. Brown (above), is struggling with the recent tragedies at the school.

Another death haunts BU
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
Police and the crowd reacted after the second explosion on Boylston Street.

Terror at the Marathon

102 hours in pursuit
Eddie Japan performing during Friday night’s Rock ’n’ Roll Rumble finals at T.T. the Bear’s.

Music Review

Eddie Japan crowned Rock ’n’ Roll Rumble champs
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’

Health and wellness

Dangerous reactions to medications
John Thomas, of Needham, set off the chain reaction of airlines charging for checked bags.

Hate airline bag fees? Here’s your man

More coverage of the bombings

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.

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.

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Andrew Bailey saved a 6-5 win over the Athletics on April 24. He has five saves as closer for the Red Sox this year.

Bailey to remain closer for Red Sox

The Red Sox will stick with Andrew Bailey as closer for now, despite the return of former closer Joel Hanrahan from the disabled list.

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MGM Resorts International’s ambitious Springfield project would include a mix of new construction and the renovation of some existing architecture over three city blocks.

Springfield mayor picks MGM as casino applicant

In backing the MGM plan, Springfield is rejecting a competing bid from Penn National Gaming.

Politics

President Obama held a press conference Tuesday at the White House.

Obama vows again to close prison at Guantanamo Bay

''The notion that we’re going to keep 100 individuals in no man’s land in perpetuity” makes no sense, Obama said.

Nation & World

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Damaged facades of commercial shops at the site an explosion in the heart of Damascus, Syria.

Another blast hits Syrian capital

A powerful bomb rocked a busy commercial district in Damascus, and the state news agency says at least 14 people were killed.

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The 787, Boeing’s newest and most technologically advanced jet, was ordered out of service in January.

Japan Airlines to resume Boston-Tokyo flights on 787

Japan Airlines plans to resume its daily Boston-Tokyo on the Boeing 787 on June 1, the carrier announced Tuesday.

Columnists

farah stockman

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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THEATER

ART production of ‘Pippin’ gets 10 Tony Award 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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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 

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Greetings from Gun Valley
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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/04/24/BostonGlobe.com/Special/Images/tornado002-1066[1].jpg Tornado season approaches

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