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Hernandez ‘duped’ Patriots, Kraft says

Team owner Robert Kraft broke his silence on Monday about Aaron Hernandez’s arrest on a murder charge and subsequent release from the team.

Trial of ‘Whitey’ Bulger

Weeks describes Bulger’s alleged role in murders

Kevin Weeks, the gangster’s former ally, testified that “Jim Bulger just kept shooting” during the alleged murders of two men in 1982.

Deadly clashes threaten to further divide Egypt

The Muslim Brotherhood called for all-out rebellion against the army after 54 people died in clashes between protesters and soldiers.

Sept. 30, 1969: The 28-story Prudential office building under construction is viewed from the 28th floor of the Pru Tower. The Massachusetts Turnpike and the Back Bay business area are at left.

Ed Fitzgerald, Globe Staff

From the Archives | Photo Gallery

The Prudential building

Builders broke ground in July 1962 and opened the doors to the 52-story Prudential tower, with its half-million square feet of office space, in 1965.

Teresa Heinz Kerry’s condition has improved

Heinz Kerry, 74, was upgraded from critical condition to fair condition Monday after experiencing a medical event on Sunday.

Texas Governor Rick Perry won’t seek re-election in 2014

The nation’s longest-sitting governor, in office since 2000, ran for president in 2012 but ruled out another try for the White House in 2016.

Pierce ‘one of the better ones’ in Celtics history, Bird says

Former Celtics great Larry Bird said seeing Paul Pierce not finish his career with Boston is difficult.

Opinion

JOHN E. SUNUNU

The Fannie and Freddie gravy train

Retooling the country’s two mortgage giants has been on the to-do list of Congress ever since it omitted the task from the Dodd-Frank financial overhaul.

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Reflections from Residency

‘Training’ over, but learning won’t end

Ex-Bruin Tyler Seguin scored just one goal in 22 postseason games.

Christopher L. Gasper

Bruins gave up on Seguin too soon

E-cigarettes were out for sale at a shop in Hyde Park.

Electronic cigarettes sprout on Boston shelves

Casie Gillette locked her vehicle to a crowded rack as she arrived for work in Boston last week.

Where can you park your bike?

“Treasure of Bell Island,” from Blue Marble Gaming Co., is a video game designed to help people who have had a traumatic brain injury.

Apps to help mental health issues

Robert Caret, who leads UMass, will evaluate campuses to help show state funds are well spent.

UMass to rate its performance in simpler way

Album Review | Jazz

Valdés stretches musical borders

At the London Coliseum, Boston Ballet dancers in William Forsythe’s “The Second Detail.”

DANCE REVIEW

Contemporary turn for Boston Ballet

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The arrest of Aaron Hernandez

Violinist Joshua Bell performs with the BSO under the direction of Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos on Friday at Tanglewood.

Music Review

Tchaikovsky in veteran hands

Sunday Football Notes

NFL teams can only do so much

Mel King in February at a Black History Month forum.

Mel King looks only ahead

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Loui Eriksson handled the puck against the Calgary Flames in a March 18 game.

Loui Eriksson: ‘Easy decision’ to join Bruins

Eriksson said waiving his no-trade clause was easy to do when he learned of the Bruins’ interest in him.

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Ernest Wallace was arraigned at Attleboro District Court on Monday.

Florida man pleads not guilty in Odin Lloyd murder

Ernest Wallace, charged with being an accessory after the fact of murder, was ordered held without bail in the case tied to Aaron Hernandez.

Columnists

JOHN E. SUNUNU

The Fannie and Freddie gravy train

JEFF JACOBY

What is Islam?

District Attorney Daniel Conley, left, and Police Commissioner Edward Davis addressed the media in October.

JOAN VENNOCHI

Hop off the top-cop bandwagon