Game 4 | Bruins 1, Penguins 0

Bruins advance to Stanley Cup Final

The Bruins will play for their second Stanley Cup championship in three years after sweeping the Penguins.

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The Boston Bruins swept the Penguins and are heading to the 2013 Stanley Cup Final.

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The Bruins held a 3-0 series lead in the Eastern Conference finals going into Thursday night's game.

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The Zakim Bridge was lit in gold-colored lighting to honor the Bruins.

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Tuukka Rask made a save against the Penguins during the first period of Game 4.

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Dennis Seidenberg (left) checked right wing Pascal Dupuis to the ice.

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Brad Marchand tussled with Brenden Morrow in the second period.

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Jarome Iginla (left) and Johnny Boychuk battled for the puck.

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Adam McQuaid celebrated after scoring during the third period.

Bruins’ Stanley Cup history

The Bruins have appeared in the Stanley Cup Finals 18 times and have won it all six times, most recently in 2011.

Western Conference finals

Blackhawks look to defeat Kings

The top-seeded Chicago Blackhawks are just one win away from facing off against the Bruins in the Stanley Cup Final.

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What the federal government knows about you

This week’s news that the government reportedly tracks cellphone records and taps into Internet databases is only the latest evidence that Americans are being tracked like never before.

What the government records

The disclosure that the government obtained millions of Americans’ phone records and collected data from some of the nation’s top tech companies has reignited a debate about civil liberties.

First great white shark of the year spotted off Chatham

State biologists located the animal off Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge, the state Department of Fish and Game said.

Two-star general linked to sex-assault probe suspended

The Army says it has suspended Major General Michael T. Harrison from his duties in Japan for allegedly failing to report or properly investigate an allegation of sexual assault.

Six dead after shooting rampage near Calif. college

Authorities say a gunman killed at least six people and wounded five in Santa Monica before police killed him during a gunfight.

Opinion

Scot Lehigh

Absent facts, the GOP still talks scandal

The longer congressional Republicans use Benghazi and the IRS scandal to portray Obama as a Nixon-like figure, the more skeptical voters will become about their true motives.

Globe exclusives

Bulger trial

Prosecutors deny claims witness got special treatment

Accounting giant may lease offices in Innovation District

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Congress must set clear limits on NSA surveillance program

Coverage

The Boston Marathon bombings

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Ian Santiago of Yankee Steeplejack worked on the finishing touches to steeple repairs on the Old North Church in the North End.

Photo gallery

Globe photos of the week, June 7, 2013

Daphne Kalotay sets her story amid Boston’s classical music scene.

Book Review

‘Sight Reading’ by Daphne Kalotay

Emily Breslow (left) and Alana Pradhan work at the Harvard iLab for a start-up called Bobo Analytics.

New grads drawn to new businesses

Video

Young falcons tagged atop Watertown building

Leslie Berlowitz listed a doctorate on federal grant applications.

Academy chief to take time off amid inquiry

Krista Librett told dog owner Jessica Hoguet and Karen O’Brien to keep clear of the piping plovers at Duxbury Beach on Thursday. At least 18 nests were seen on the beach as of Thursday evening.

Birds vs. cars in Duxbury — and for now, the birds win

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Shane Victorino talked with the media before a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies on May 29.

Red Sox’ Victorino could play Saturday night

Shane Victorino will be at Fenway Park and could be activated for the second game against the Angels.

Metro

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A wet start to the weekend

The remnants of Tropical Storm Andrea doused southern New England this afternoon, as forecasters warned of minor flooding.

Columnists

Scot Lehigh

Absent facts, the GOP still talks scandal

CARLO ROTELLA

Jack Vance’s adventure

“The chronicling of what Whitey calls The Big Show will be confined to the written word, though Whitey wants to control who gets to write those words, which is why my colleague Shelley Murphy and I find ourselves on Whitey’s witness list and possible sequestration,” writes Kevin Cullen.

KEVIN CULLEN

‘Whitey’ Bulger is sublimely vindictive

Gabriel Gomez, left, and Edward Markey faced off in their first debate in the US Senate race.

JOAN VENNOCHI

A tough test for Gomez

Claude Julien’s gameplan has led the Bruins to within one win of the Stanley Cup Finals.

Christopher L. Gasper

Credit Claude Julien’s defense for Bruins’ success

Yvonne Abraham

Big Boston mayoral field has big downside

Tech Lab

Digital maps to treasure

Adrian Walker

Jumping back into the political game

SCOT LEHIGH

Gomez vs. GOP, Markey vs. himself

Tomas Vokoun did a lonely skate off the ice as the Bruins celebrated their game-winning goal.

Dan Shaughnessy

Bruins’ win worth staying up late for

Innovation Economy

Start-up breaks Hollywood’s language barrier

Pope Francis freed a dove during his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on May 15.

JAMES CARROLL

An opening in Rome?

Nation & World

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Ariel Castro was indicted on 329 charges, including one count of aggravated murder, in the Cleveland kidnapping case.

Man indicted on 329 charges in Cleveland kidnapping case

A grand jury returned the indictment on Friday against Ariel Castro, a former school bus driver accused of kidnapping three women and holding them captive for a decade.