Menino calls Conley a ‘pretty formidable candidate’
Boston Mayor Thomas Menino made comments about some of the mayoral candidates, including Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley, but did not endorse any of them.
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Maple Leafs 2, Bruins 1
Leafs beat Bruins, force Game 7
Third-period goals by Dion Phaneuf and Phil Kessel gave the Maple Leafs their win over the Bruins in Game 6 of the playoff series.
Barbara Walters to announce retirement tomorrow
On the medium where she broke barriers and rules for more than 50 years, Barbara Walters will announce that she is calling it a career.
blue jays 12, red sox 4
Sox have eighth loss in 10 games
The Blue Jays were equal opportunists, taking two of three games from a Red Sox team struggling to take advantage of scoring chances.
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Ideas
Bring back the United States of Pork
When we threw out earmarks, did we lose the key to breaking down Washington gridlock?
Globe Magazine
Panhandlers of Harvard Square: An essay in oil paintings, interviews
Panhandlers of Harvard Square: An essay in oil paintings, interviewsPainter Marc Clamage has painted struggling people in Cambridge for three years. Here’s what he’s seen.
Globe West
Residents taking sides over immigration-status vote
Town Meeting members recently asked Framingham’s selectmen to verify the immigration status of participants in adult ESL classes.
Meyers to replace Fallon late at night
Seth Meyers will take over the 12:35 a.m. ‘‘Late Night’’ show after Jimmy Fallon becomes the host of the ‘‘Tonight’’ show.
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More coverage of the bombings
Restart: The future of the Marathon
Marathon 2014 will be different, but how will we tell the story of what happened?
Sports
Woods beats out Garcia to win The Players Championship
Tied with Sergio Garcia with two holes to play, Tiger Woods won by finding land on the last two holes for par to close with a 2-under 70.
Metro
Boston
National Grid, unions reach tentative deal, avert strike
The company will maintain current staffing levels in the region and workers will get a 2.5 percent raise each year under the terms of the four-year agreement.
Columnists
Nation & World
19 shot during Mother’s Day parade in New Orleans
Authorities said the victims, including two 10-year-olds, were shot in what appears to be “street violence” and that most of the wounds weren’t life-threatening.
Business
Mike Sheehan makes his mark at Hill Holliday
After succeeding the legendary Jack Connors, Sheehan faced a question: Could he put his own stamp on the agency? He did.
Arts
Critic’s Notebook
‘The Office’ thrived in awkward moments
The show was a rule-breaker of the first order, and foiled viewer expectations.
Travel
Fork in the Road
New York System – it’s a Rhode Island thing
The sausage is a particularly Rhode Island culinary delicacy, and is most emphatically not a hot dog.
Globe Insiders
Globe Talk | May 22
Inside the Marathon bombings
Inside the Marathon bombingsGlobe reporters and editors talk about the horror and heroic efforts of a story that has touched us all.