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‘Always remember’ those lost, Obama implores

Speaking at Arlington National Cemetery today, President Obama said he worried the nation’s veterans are not being fully appreciated.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/05/27/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Boghosian_25markey2_MET[1]--90x90.jpg Mayor Menino to undergo prostate surgery

The mayor will undergo elective surgery Friday for an enlarged prostate, according to his doctor.

John McCain

McCain visits Syrian rebels

Senator John McCain quietly slipped into Syria for a meeting with rebels fighting President Bashar Assad’s regime.

Study warns of children ingesting medical marijuana

A study from Colorado showed a sharp increase in reports of children accidentally ingesting marijuana after that state approved medical use of the drug.

Members of the Women's Auxiliary America Legion Fogg/Roberts Post 78 of Hyde Park attended a ceremony for fallen servicemembers.

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On Memorial Day, Hyde Park remembers the fallen

In Hyde Park today, ceremonies were held in tribute to the servicemembers who never returned home.

Cape Cod

Rain didn’t dampen Cape travel

Tourism was brisk this Memorial Day weekend on Cape Cod, despite rainy weather.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/05/27/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/service90-5022.jpg The Mass. service members killed in Afghanistan

Since the first US airstrikes, 2,227 service members have died, including 45 from Massachusetts.

MUSIC

Boston Calling a two-day hit

Turns out, a two-day rock festival in the heart of Boston is an excellent idea.

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What’s open and closed on Memorial Day
Once a designer of reactors, Jessica Brewer cares for sons Benjamin and Samuel.

Many women with top degrees stay home
Cabdrivers waited in line for fares in Logan International Airport’s taxi pool.

Spotlight follow-up

1st steps for city on cab abuses
Josep Dalmau, a neurologist at the University of Pennsylvania, and his lab have conducted important research into anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis.

G Cover

When the brain is under attack
“I think pretty physical, I think pretty tight,” said Sidney Crosby, when asked his expectations for the series. “The games we’ve played against them this year have been that way.”

Penguins gearing up for physical series with Bruins

Gomez courts Democrats who backed Lynch
The Boston Housing Authority Administration Building in Charlestown.

Federal cuts hit housing subsidy program
An emotional Samantha Herwig of Salem crosses the finish line of the ninth Run to Remember on Sunday.

A run to honor fallen officers
Warren wondered how many had been harmed or killed by tainted pharmaceuticals since 1997. “Why don’t you know?’’ she asked. “You’re the federal drug administration.”

Warren uses liberal clout selectively in new role
William Lautzenheiser, who lost his limbs due to an infection, said he is considering a transplant of arms and possibly in the future his legs.

Doctors set sights on leg transplants
Canal Street Antique Mall.

Globe magazine

33 spots to shop for antiques

Album Review | ROCK

Revisiting Fogerty proves refreshing

More coverage of the bombings

Concert promoter Don Law leads the benefit effort.

Many details to orchestrate for Marathon concert

In barely two weeks, Don Law and his team assembled Boston Strong, a star-studded benefit for Marathon victims this Thursday.

Sports

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Jacoby Ellsbury was pumped in the ninth after he saw his bases-loaded liner to left-center roll to the wall, scoring the winning runs.

Jacoby Ellsbury worth effort to keep on Red Sox

Sometimes when you have a player who can handle Boston, it’s best to stay with that guy.

Metro

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Drunken driving charges unlikely to cost Worcester bishop his post

Past practice suggests it’s unlikely the Catholic Church will take strong action against Bishop Robert McManus for his drunken driving case.

Columnists

A dancer in “The Rite of Spring.”

JAMES CARROLL

Revolt at the ballet — and everywhere else

Juliette Kayyem

The VA’s generational problem

JOHN E. SUNUNU

Not Apple’s fault
It was bear hugs all around after fourth-line center Gregory Campbell (11) sealed Game 5 with an empty-net goal, his second tally of the night.

Dan Shaughnessy

Never a doubt the Bruins were better
Dave and Calvin Laituri, a father and son team, are embarking on a project to design 100 new products that they will raise money for online and have manufactured within 100 miles of Wayland. The project is called Onehundred.

Innovation Economy

Getting to know more than the product

Yvonne Abraham

Immigrant students tell their stories

Mike Iacobucci

Innovation Economy

At call service, it’s humans to the rescue

JEFF JACOBY

The most useless job in the state
Blades awaited installation in Denmark.

Opinion | Derrick Z. Jackson

New Bedford looks to ‘Wind City’

JOANNA WEISS

First-grader, or cloud-based data stream?

opinion | JOAN VENNOCHI

Mayoral race — a battle of two Bostons
An unidentified woman listened to Ken Feinberg’s answer to her question about her daughter, who lost a leg in the Marathon bombings.

Lawrence Harmon

Privacy rules get in victims’ way

Nation & World

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Israel’s Shimon Peres (left), Secretary of State John Kerry, and Palestinian Authority’s Mahmoud Abbas met Sunday.

John Kerry pitches $4b package to aid West Bank

The secretary of state said the economic development plan could cut the 21 percent unemployment rate by two-thirds.

Politics

Secretary of State William Galvin began his career in the early 1970s as an aide to the Governor’s Council.

No drama as William Galvin gets No. 2 role again

When Lieutenant Governor Timothy Murray resigns, Secretary of State William Galvin will be second-in-line for the state’s highest office.

Business

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Project manager Adam Palmer and electrician Tony Rosa checked the cooling tower valves at the Watermark Building in Cambridge.

Electricians’ skills going high-tech

Nowadays, being an electrician also means mastering computers and highly complex networks.

Arts

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Music Review

Jazz great Roy Haynes led his Fountain of Youth band through a rousing set at Scullers.

At 88, drummer Roy Haynes is one for the ages

The jazz great led his Fountain of Youth band through a rousing set at Scullers.

Health and wellness

Daily Dose

Cure for distracted mind: Stare at a painting

Jennifer Roberts, a professor of the History of Art and Architecture at Harvard, has a fairly simple solution to help her students focus.

Opinion

“Pausing twice a year — Memorial and Veterans Day — to honor those who carry the burden for the rest of us seems so little to ask.”

Juliette Kayyem 

Magazine

The cover for the May 26 2013 issue

The great froyo gold rush
The cover for the May 19 2013 issue

10 best amusement and theme parks in New England
The cover for the May 12 2013 issue

Restart: The future of the Marathon
The cover for the May 5 2013 issue

Greater Boston’s top spots to live

Globe Insiders

Globe Talk | June 11

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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

“The instinct to preserve the Copley Square shrine is understandable, even noble. But the question of how to preserve spontaneous memorials is raising new kinds of problems for archivists, pitting the limits of our capacity to preserve against our unlimited capacity for testimony and grief.”

Ruth Graham, on the challenge of preserving memorials