Mass. House unveils plan to cut health care costs

The long-awaited proposal would create a new agency to monitor health spending and order reductions in hospital and doctor fees it finds excessive.

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Suspect in Burlington murder in custody

Christopher Piantedosi, wanted in connection with the death of his girlfriend, was found sitting in the parking lot of the State Police barracks in Weston.

Woman says hypnotizing scam artists took $160,000

A woman told Boston police she gave away her valuables and cash to three women in Chinatown after being hypnotized against her will.

Jobs report shows US hiring slowed in April

Employers added 115,000 jobs, fewer than forecast and the smallest gain in six months, adding to concern the economic expansion is cooling.

Adam Yauch in 2009.

Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys dead at 47

Yauch’s representatives said the rapper died Friday morning in New York after a nearly three-year battle with cancer.

A soldier stood guard in front of the Unha-3 rocket at the West Sea Satellite Launch Site in North Korea in April. The launch failed.

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The Asian space race arrives

Just as the rest of the world is beginning to cooperate in space, Asian countries are becoming increasingly competitive.

Eliot Street in Jamaica Plain has been selected as one of the best streets to live on in the greater Boston area.

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20 best streets in Boston and beyond

The results of our realtor survey are in: These 20 streets — from Andover to Cohasset — win honors for their curb appeal, amenities, and other distinctions.

Betty Lee, a resident at Life Care Center of Nashoba Valley, talked to her baby doll during activity time. The nursing home has dramatically cut its use of antipsychotic medications by using other ways to calm and comfort patients.

Photo gallery

Globe photos of the week, May 4, 2012

The best photos taken this week by Globe staff photographers, as chosen by the Globe’s photo desk.

Brian McGrory

Bland Zakim Bridge leaves us feeling blue

Our famous blue bridge is awash in a dreary glaze of white, from the lanes to the cables to the towers.

Celtics vs. Hawks. 7:30 p.m.

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The Celtics’ lack of a consistent perimeter shooter has allowed the Hawks to double-team Kevin Garnett.

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The New York Times best-selling author discusses his novels “Bringing Down the House” and “The Social Network.”

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New England Patriots tackle Matt Light listened during a news conference in the days leading up to Super Bowl XLVI in Indianpolis.

Matt Light to officially retire Monday

JOSHUA GREEN

Zombie Congress

UMass Medical School quietly gaining star quality
In an appearance at a state gaming commission forum, lobbyist Frank Fahrenkopf dismissed most concerns of casino foes, except for one. ‘‘The sky is not going to fall. Except one thing which I can’t exclude—traffic. You’re going to have traffic,’’ he said.

Casino lobbyist addresses Mass. regulators

Sports Media

Jerry Remy’s absence concerns Red Sox fans

Zander to lead new Hub youth ensemble

Church finds home for historic organ
“This Is Not a Film” considers the plight of Iranian director Jafar Panahi, confined to his home and banned from making films.

Movie Review

‘This is Not a Film’ a sly commentary on Iran
Sammy Griner, a.k.a. “Success Kid,” will be at ROFLCon at MIT.

A convention of Internet hit-makers
Bunny Yeager with her camera.

Iconic photos are more than skin deep
About 30,000 people jammed City Hall Plaza in 1974 to see the Celtics in post-playoff celebrations. The ceremony included Johnny the Most, then-owner Bob Schmertz, and legend Red Auerbach. NBA Finals MVP John Havlicek (pictured) shook hands with fans in the parade motorcade.

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Celtics in the NBA playoffs

Yvonne Abraham

Bound by a shared act of heroism

Sports

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Red Sox sellout streak proves to be a real numbers game

The Sox embrace a definition of “sellout” that permits them to declare a game sold out even if hundreds of tickets go unsold but others are distributed for free.

Metro

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No sign of missing toddler in Rockport beach

State Police returned to Long Beach Friday to search for Caleigh Anne Harrison, but found no sign of the toddler who disappeared from the beach last month.

Columnists

Bill and Giuliana Rancic star in a reality show that took a very serious turn.

Joan Wickersham

When reality TV collides with reality

SCOT LEHIGH

Brown needs to tackle the big issues

Brian McGrory

Zakim Bridge leaves us blue

Tech Lab

Latest Nook e-reader is apt to make customers glow

Edward L. Glaeser

The keys to keeping Boston free of riots

JOSHUA GREEN

Zombie Congress

A vessel monitored an oil burn in the area of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.

Opinion | Joan Vennochi

The BP aftermath? Nothing

Juliette Kayyem

Al Qaeda loses its way

Scot Lehigh

Massachusetts: The candidate state

Jeff Jacoby

What Brown’s and Warren’s tax returns show

joanna weiss

A reason to turn off digital devices
Red Sox pitcher Clay Buchholz handed the ball over to manager Bobby Valentine after allowing 5 runs in the seventh inning against the Athletics.

Dan Shaughnessy

Clay Buchholz keeps winning, somehow

Arts

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“Woody Sez” stars (from left) Andy Teirstein, Darcie Deaville, Helen Jean Russell, and David M. Lutken as Woody Guthrie.

Woody Guthrie’s words still ring true

American Repertory Theater’s “Woody Sez” captures Guthrie’s vision as a political agitator and spiritual influence on everyone from Bob Dylan to Wilco.

Politics

Political Notebook

Obama, Romney run close in battleground states

President Obama and Mitt Romney are in a dead heat in Florida and Ohio, while Obama holds a slim lead in Pennsylvania, according to a poll released Thursday.

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Last gun shop in Cambridge to close its doors

Repeat customers from the city and the surrounding area kept the family-owned Roach’s Sporting Goods going for generations.

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In this photo released by the US Embassy Beijing Press Office, U.S. ambassador to China, Gary Locke, left, makes a phone call as he accompanies blind lawyer Chen Guangcheng, right, in a car en route from the U.S. Embassy to a hospital in Beijing, Wednesday, May 2, 2012. At center is language attache James Brown. (AP Photo/U.S. Embassy Beijing Press Office, HO)

US, China forge tentative deal on Chinese activist

The deal would end a diplomatic standoff over activist Chen Guangcheng that would let him travel to the US with his family for a university fellowship.

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“The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’’ includes Tena Desae and Dev Patel.

‘Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’ does not require checking out

Proof that art-house movies can be as clichéd as multiplex fare.

“Biological sciences move very fast and there are fields that didn’t exist 10 years ago, so UMass has as good a chance in those fields as Harvard does.”

Philip Perlman,  of UMass Medical School

Magazine

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Dying wishes expected to be decided on November ballot
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144 free things to do around Boston
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In an artist’s garden
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Are fat baseball players a problem?

Opinion

“So far, he hasn’t displayed the bigness or boldness required to tackle truly thorny, polarizing problems.”

Scot Lehigh, on Senator Scott Brown

Ideas

“Fiction’s happy endings make us believe in a lie: that the world is more just than it actually is. But believing that lie has important effects for society.”

Jonathan Gottschall, on why stories are good for us