Mass. tries to retain $250 million for hospitals

The “Bay State boondoggle” is at risk as Congress considers a bill that would end extra payments for Massachusetts hospitals.

From left, Bruins fourth-liners Gregory Campbell, Daniel Paille, and Shawn Thornton celebrate after Campbell scored in Game 2.

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Game 4 | Bruins at Rangers, 7 p.m.

Bruins’ fourth line embracing role

Daniel Paille, Gregory Campbell, and Shawn Thornton create energy, skate hard, check relentlessly, and have the Bruins one win away from the East finals.

The Rangers were looking forlorn after Daniel Paille’s goal in Game 3, but the city of New York doesn’t seem to share their anguish — or care one way or another. (Barry Chin/Globe Staff)

Dan Shaughnessy

New York is no Hockeytown

The Rangers have fans and sellouts and Original Six tradition — but there is no buzz in the city around them.

The flags — quilt squares without the quilting — have poured from every continent but Antarctica, and almost every state in the United States is represented. It is as much a work of heart as art.

From around the world, flags honor Boston

The Museum of Fine Arts will unveil a mile-long display of 1,500 flags from around the world to bring messages of hope to a city trying to heal.

Tsarnaev ally killed by FBI agent in Florida

A man with ties to Marathon bomb suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev was shot and killed while being questioned about a 2011 unsolved triple murder in Waltham.

Yvonne Abraham

Longevity a liability for Ed Markey?

We like electricity and fresh faces: Deval Patrick, Scott Brown, Elizabeth Warren. It’s hard when you’ve been around as long as Markey.

GOP Senate nominee Gabriel Gomez (right) is urging opponent Ed Markey to release his tax returns.

Gabriel Gomez reports 6 years of income to be $10.1 million

The Republican nominee for the US Senate special election paid an effective tax rate of 21 percent over that period.

Tech Lab

Your smartphone, maximized

Don’t let bloatware suck your phone’s memory: Delete apps you don’t need, shut off Facebook notifications, and clear the cache.

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Chris Curtis, shown at the West Concord 5&10 in February, spent two weeks a year in Tornado Alley.

A chaser chases his last storm

5 tips to get your home decor ready for summer

The Book of Mormon.

‘Book of Mormon’ coming back to Boston

Restaurateurs dish about rude customers
Ginger dark chocolate is packed at the Taza Chocolate factory in Somerville. A machine will speed packing to free workers for other jobs.

Taza Chocolate focuses on quality amid growth
Dougie Hamilton (left) and Shawn Thornton rush in to celebrate with Daniel Paille after his game-winning goal in the third period.

Dan Shaughnessy

Bruins may never lose another game
Revenue has dropped at the Museum Square Garage, run by the City of Lawrence. Its manager, Justo Garcia, an ally of Mayor William Lantigua, is a focus of an FBI investigation.

Mayoral ally draws scrutiny in Lawrence
Patriots owner Robert Kraft mentioned a Boston-Providence partnership to lure a Super Bowl.

A Boston Super Bowl? It’s possible
(From left to right) Top row: Felix G. Arroyo, John F. Barros, Charles L. Clemons Jr., Daniel F. Conley, and John R. Connolly; (Middle row) Rob Consalvo, William J. Dorcena, John G.C. Laing Jr., David S. Portnoy, and Charlotte Golar Richie; (Bottom row) Michael P. Ross, Bill Walczak, Martin J. Walsh, David James Wyatt, and Charles C. Yancey.

15 remain in race for mayor of Boston
Marina Keegan of Wayland had accepted a job at The New Yorker before she died.

Theater to stage crash victim’s play
Chilean sea bass with ginger scallion sauce.

Cheap Eats

New look, menu win fans at Cheng Du

More coverage of the bombings

Ibragim Todashev

Man slain in Marathon inquiry has record of outbursts

Ibragim Todashev was involved in altercations in Florida and Mass., public records show.

Sports

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The White Sox were 0 for 5 with runners in scoring position against Clay Buchholz.

Clay Buchholz, Red Sox beat White Sox

Buchholz surrendered one run on five hits against Chicago and improved to 7-0 this season.

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Timothy P. Murray announced his decision Wednesday.

Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray resigns

Murray abruptly announced Wednesday he will leave in June to lead the Worcester ­Regional Chamber of ­Commerce.

Columnists

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JOAN VENNOCHI

Murray’s ambition meets reality

JULIETTE KAYYEM

A rainy day fund doesn’t work if it’s always raining
Earlier this month, neo-Nazi lawmaker Panagiotis Iliopoulos was ejected from Greece’s parliament while shouts of “Heil Hitler” were heard in the chamber, in a recent incident involving his far-right party.

NICHOLAS BURNS

The rise of hate

Yvonne Abraham

Longevity a liability for Ed Markey?

Tech Lab

Your smartphone, maximized
The Rangers were looking forlorn after Daniel Paille’s goal in Game 3, but the city of New York doesn’t seem to share their anguish — or care one way or another. (Barry Chin/Globe Staff)

Dan Shaughnessy

New York is no Hockeytown

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Academic freedom?

derrick z. jackson

Obamas’ message not just for black students

SCOT LEHIGH

Gomez’s goal — sensible centrism
His arm infection appears to be cleared up, but Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski still may be facing back surgery.

Christopher L. Gasper

Durability of Gronkowski still in question
Dougie Hamilton (left) and Shawn Thornton rush in to celebrate with Daniel Paille after his game-winning goal in the third period.

Dan Shaughnessy

Bruins may never lose another game
Nick Jones, on crutches, is welcomed back to the New England College of Optometry on Valentine’s Day 2012 by his classmates, teachers and administrators at the Back Bay school.

Kevin Cullen

Honoring a class of three

Nation & World

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Jon Booth moved a pieces of debris from his mother's house across the street from the Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla.

Residents in Okla. return to neighborhoods in pieces

Two days after a huge tornado barreled through, authorities allowed residents to search for belongings and assess damage.

Politics

IRS official Lois Lerner told a House panel she did not try to mislead Congress, then invoked her right not to testify.

IRS official denies misleading Congress

The official who disclosed the agency had targeted conservative groups denied she had provided false information.

Business

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District Hall will host public gatherings and events for workers in South Boston’s growing collection of Innovation District businesses.

Menino savors preview of Innovation District hub

Mayor Thomas M. Menino toured the new steel-clad “District Hall” on Wednesday, a victory lap of sorts.

Arts

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Television Review

Anne Heche plays a rage-filled housewife who changes her tune after a near-death experience in NBC’s “Save Me.”

‘Save Me’: Anne Heche becomes enlightened

There’s nothing funny or fresh about “Save Me,” which NBC is burning off over the next few weeks.

Style

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Sample the savings at Yumi Kim

Ami Albernaz’s weekly roundup of bargains includes Yumi Kim and Pinkyotto’s joint pop-up sample sale in Back Bay.

Opinion

“Beyond the Golden Dome, the former Worcester mayor came across as a bit player.”

Joan Vennochi 

Magazine

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The best-selling author discusses his craft with Boston Globe editor Brian McGrory. Proceeds will go to the One Fund Boston.

Ideas

“Cities are focal points for human civilization, the places where people live, work, and create. And they may well be on the verge of new transformation, one that not only alters how they run but what their residents’ lives are like.”

Courtney Humphries,  on the too-smart city