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Swartz case prompts debate over cybercrime prosecution

Aaron Swartz’s suicide touched off accusations that prosecutors abused their power by seeking a long sentence and stiff fine against him for hacking into the MIT network.

Iraq War veteran Christopher Carter searched for jobs online at his Lenox home. He applied to Walmart’s hiring program.

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Easing veterans’ job plight

Walmart boosted a national trend with a new initiative aimed at hiring veterans, but the program’s critics say the company is not offering attractive job options.

Timothy Murray under fire over campaign funding

Regulators have found evidence that the lieutenant governor may have violated state law by accepting donations from the disgraced former Chelsea housing director.

SCOT LEHIGH

The gun lobby’s long reach

If we’re to pass sensible gun laws in this country, proponents will have to match the gun lobby’s discipline and determination.

Usually, Troy Bouchard said, he goes without gloves at his job pumping gas.

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As Boston shudders, Maine townspeople shrug off cold

Temperatures in East Millinocket, Maine, dipped into the double digits below zero this week, with a wind chill that makes it feel closer to -30.

Kevin Cullen

Here’s an out worth taking

The death of an IRA operative gives the US and British governments a face-saving way to walk away from an attempt to hijack an oral history project from the Boston College archives.

Boston police officer Billy Traft to fight at TD Garden

Traft, a native of Dorchester who works in the police department’s gang unit, is a headliner on Saturday’s card.

Shaw’s struggles against lower-priced competition

Shaw’s, which was just bought by a group of private investors, has seen its sales erode $1.5 billion since 2006.

Stage Review

‘Sister Act’ doesn’t soar to heavens, but it gives an earthy lift

The touring production of the musical “Sister Act” has arrived at the Boston Opera House, presented by Broadway in Boston, and darned if it isn’t kind of a kick.

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Sports Media

Michelle Beadle, Dave Briggs ready for ‘Crossover’ move

Charles Dutoit conducted the Boston Symphony Orchestra and pianist Stephen Hough Thursday night.

Music Review

Dutoit is big and bold in Hindemith, Liszt, and Prokofiev

Mary Beth Meehan, “Untitled” (young boxer).

Photography review

Three shows at Griffin Museum of Photography

“Ubi Girl From Tai Region” (1972) by Loïs Mailou Jones.

Art Review

Loïs Mailou Jones retrospective at the MFA

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill Wednesday.

JULIETTE KAYYEM

Clinton’s reality check

From left: Billy Connolly, Maggie Smith, Tom Courtenay, and Pauline Collins star in “Quartet.”

Movie Review

A noteworthy cast lifts Hoffman’s ‘Quartet’

Flowers for the parents of Rehma Sabir were left in the entryway of their apartment building in Cambridge.

Older injuries raise questions for nanny

Ryan Andaluz dined at the Panera Cares cafe in Government Center on opening day. Patrons pay what they can afford at the cafe.

Panera opens nonprofit Hub cafe

Yvonne Abraham

A parent’s child-care nightmare

McLaughlin charged in hiding of pay

Two towers to rise next to Christian Science site

With medical marijuana legalized, a grow-your-own effort

Sports

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Knicks 89, celtics 86

J.R. Smith lets out a celebratory scream after Paul Pierce lost the ball out of bounds late in the fourth. Smith also nailed the game’s biggest basket.

Knicks hand Celtics 5th straight loss

J.R. Smith hit a 3-pointer with 1:11 left to give the Knicks their first win in Boston in seven years.

Metro

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Dryden Coelho and his dog Lala were driven from their home by a two-alarm fire in East Boston on Thursday.

String of fires hits 7 communities across Mass.

Fires in Massachusetts on Thursday took the life of an elderly woman, injured at least three people, and displaced many others, officials said.

Columnists

JOAN WICKERSHAM

The joy of re-reading

Joshua Green

GOP should embrace deficit reduction

NRA chief executive Wayne LaPierre heads the largest gun-rights organization in the United States.

SCOT LEHIGH

The gun lobby’s long reach

Kevin Cullen

Here’s an out worth taking

EDWARD L. GLAESER

Invest in Massachusetts, but don’t play Robin Hood

Bill Belichick now must contemplate what his 2013 roster will look like.

Christopher L. Gasper

Patriots must change ways and personnel

Beyonce performed at President Obama’s second inauguration.

JOAN VENNOCHI

Unlike Beyonce, Hillary faces the music

Facebook is testing a service called Graph Search, which may help it compete with Google Plus social network.

Tech Lab

With new Facebook search, there’s nowhere to hide