Price honors friend with program
Kendric Price worked with (from left) Knyzhaun Peete, Christian Clark, Lewis Bryant, and Divine Braxton-Price.

Ex-basketball star Kendric Price teaches the Xs and Os of Capitalism 101 to boys whose innocent eyes remind him of his slain friend.

Suit hits Pentagon over huge 2011 data breach

Frustrated lawmakers and privacy specialists are criticizing the Pentagon for relying on outdated computer storage technologies to house and transport personal information.

Social media blitz lands a job for Dave

Dave Cutler’s frenzy of social media self-promotion finally paid off in April when he landed a job as a social media specialist at a Somerville software firm.

House targets health spending

Massachusetts House leaders called for new limits on the fees charged by hospitals and doctors and for creation of an agency to monitor medical spending.

Adrian Walker

Getting away for his future

With the help of a caring mentor and the Dorchester Youth Collaborative, Jaime Bobillier is hoping for a future he could barely envision not long ago.

Bad week may haunt Warren

Elizabeth Warren has been roundly ciriticized over her claims to Native American ancestry, which appeared in a major legal directory.

Menino plays hard to get in Senate race

Mayor Thomas Menino has said he will not break from his party and back Senator Scott Brown, but has been noncommittal on endorsing Elizabeth Warren.

Harvard University student Brenna Hilferty watches TV with her “buddy,” Edith Sarah, 91, at the Hebrew SeniorLife center in Roslindale.

Alzheimer’s program has special meaning for Harvard student

Every Sunday, Harvard pre-med student Ryan Christ goes to a Roslindale nursing home to visit the woman he calls his mentor, an 85-year-old physician named Sofia Itkis.

Reports link Law to crackdown on nuns

Three Catholic publications are reporting that Cardinal Bernard F. Law played a key role in the decision to tighten its grip on the country’s largest association of Catholic nuns.

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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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A view of Toronto’s waterfront, including the St. Lawrence Market building (foreground).

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Toronto’s history captivates visitors
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.

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‘Bees and Honey’ concert helps create buzz for photography exhibit
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
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

UMass Medical School quietly gaining star quality

JOSHUA GREEN

Zombie Congress

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
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

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Game 3: Celtics 90, Hawks 84

Kevin Garnett’s heads-up dunk off a missed layup by Rajon Rondo gave the Celtics an 88-84 lead with 28.1 seconds left in overtime of Game 3, forcing the Hawks to call an immediate timeout.

Celtics down Hawks in OT

Despite all the tricks up Rajon Rondo’s sleeve and the return of shooting ace Ray Allen, Friday’s contest went to overtime before the Celtics took a 90-84 victory.

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Housing advocates showed up to protest against Bank of America by projecting the words of five families who had their homes foreclosed.

Protesters send digitized memo to bank

City Life/Vita Urbana projected the words of homeowners who have either been foreclosed on or facing the threat of losing their homes onto Bank of America buildings.

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

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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

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‘Bees and Honey’ concert helps create buzz for photography exhibit

The installment of the New Gallery Concert Series offers Christine Collins’ photos of backyard beekeeping alongside a bee-related contemporary music program.

Politics

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Numbers of black, Hispanic voters fall

The large decrease is attributed to the ailing economy, which forced many Americans to move in search of work or because of other financial upheaval.

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Social media blitz lands a job for Dave

Dave Cutler’s frenzy of social media self-promotion finally paid off in April when he landed a job as a social media specialist at a Somerville software firm.

Nation & World

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US intends to show tribunal system is now fair

The United States will restart its effort to prosecute — and ultimately execute — five detainees accused of conspiring in the Sept. 11 attacks.

‘‘I’m not saying I can change the world, but I’m planning to make a difference one child at a time.”

Kendric Price,  who started a youth program

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

“Our Dilbert-like workplace bureaucracies — the hiring committees, the stilted phone interviews, the people scurrying around to deliver what they think the boss wants — often can’t detect the kinds of diversity that matter most.”

Dante Ramos 

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