Guaman sentenced to 25 years for Brockton murders

Luis Guaman received the maximum penalty under Ecuador’s criminal code for the beating deaths of a young mother and her 2-year-old son last year.

Former Mafia boss Luigi Manocchio.

New England Mafia a shell of former self

No more than 30 made, or sworn-in, members make up an organization that was more than 100 strong, officials say.

Governor Patrick cancels events after daughter’s illness

Deval Patrick’s eldest daughter, Sarah, became “ill and temporarily disoriented” last night, a spokesman said.

Charter school moratorium lifted by the state

Officials will lift a temporary moratorium on proposals to open charter schools, a move that could allow for the creation of more than 1,000 seats in Boston.

Grateful alumnus gives BC, BC High total $27m

Pat Cadigan credits his Jesuit education at Boston College and BC High School for helping him succeed.

Mass. pending home sales up for 12th straight month

The number of single-family homes put under agreement in April was up 35.6 percent when compared with the same month last year.

Jackson Horman, 5, at home in Beverly with parents Stacey Malay and Jason Horman, who count steps on their FitBit activity trackers.

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What do we learn from the ‘quantified self’ movement?

Thanks to an array of gadgets and apps, we can track all sorts of personal information, but what does it really tell us about ourselves?

CRITIC’S NOTEBOOK

Is money destroying the art world?

With unemployment still above 8 percent, the amount of money swirling around the bizarre system of exchange we call the art market is incongruous.

The late Adam Yauch (top) and his film company produced small, weird, and unheralded movies such as “Wendy and Lucy,” with Michelle Williams; “We Need to Talk About Kevin,” starring Tilda Swinton and Rocky Duer; the Banksy film “Exit Through the Gift Shop”; and “The Messenger,” with Woody Harrelson and Ben Foster.

CRITIC’S NOTEBOOK

Yauch’s small victories lost amid ‘Avengers’ weekend

“The Avengers” broke box office records, but it’s the passing of a rap musician-turned-art film distributor Adam Yauch that was the weekend’s more important news.

Kevin Cullen

Street’s win is society’s loss

Mariano Malave finally resolved to straighten out and get a job and stop smoking weed. Then he opened a door in Jamaica Plain and the Miracle That Was Mariano was over.

editorial

Red Sox attendance: Selling out

Baseball is a game of statistics, but as empty seats at Fenway Park attest, one line in the box score shouldn’t be taken too seriously: attendance.

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

BostonGlobe.com exclusives

Regina Spektor comes to the Orpheum Theatre on Thursday.

Pop anomaly Regina Spektor a study in contrasts

Opinion | Farah Stockman

Boston vs. The Big Easy

MUSIC REVIEW

Plenty of spice left in the Chili Peppers
Veteran choreographer Marcus Schulkind, a founder still actively involved with Green Street Studios, teaches a ballet class.

Green Street Studios celebrates 20th anniversary
Bernadette Peters talked to us on the phone from New York about singing, Sondheim, “Smash,” shows, and her love for animals.

Peters eyes enchanting evening with Pops

Web app Giza 3D offers virtual tour of Pyramids

Sunday Baseball Notes

Rivera’s injury affects AL East

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Delving into female memory loss
Owen Willetts plays Orfeo in Boston Baroque’s performance of “Orfeo ed Euridice” at Jordan Hall.

‘Orfeo’ gets much from small moments
“The health consequences of being in a violent relationship are profoundly significant,” said nurse Annie Lewis-O’Connor. “These are women who can’t get to work, can’t take care of their kids.”

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Care for abused women

Lombardo’s chandelier still a prom tradition

New Yorkers open their wallets for Brown

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Adrian Gonzalez says he can deal with the pressure in Boston.

Adrian Gonzalez vows to reach expectations

The slumping Gonzalez knows fans expect him to carry the injury-riddled Sox, not hold them back.

Metro

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Richard Clemens with ‘‘The Runaway’’ at the Norman Rockwell Museum in 2001. He was Rockwell’s neighbor when he posed.

Officer in iconic Rockwell work dies

Richard Clemens, who was a 29-year-old trooper when Norman Rockwell, his Stockbridge neighbor, asked him to pose for “The Runaway," died Sunday. He was 83.

Columnists

Joanna Weiss

Women don’t need Obama’s ‘Julia’ avatar

Kevin Cullen

Street’s win is society’s loss

innovation economy

Fledgling start-ups strut their stuff
Protesters demanding the release of Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng last week held signs and prayed in front of the White House.

JULIETTE KAYYEM

A tragedy or merely tragic?

Adrian Walker

Taking a pass on the future

JOANNA WEISS

Big drama and bigger egos in Edwards’ court

Bob Ryan

Football tests limits of our conscience
Bill Gates presents what was called a “tablet PC” at Microsoft headquarters in 2000.

jeff jacoby

Thanks, Obama, but wealth is not theft

Yvonne Abraham

Big Dig left city with ugly network of tunnels

opinion | JOAN VENNOCHI

Obama’s ex-girlfriends featured in new book
Stephen Perez, Jr. was shot in the Theatre District.

Opinion | lawrence harmon

Boston’s deadliest hour

INNOVATION ECONOMY

Catching a new wave of courses

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Book Review

‘I Am a Pole (And So Can You!)’ by Stephen Colbert

The book is so deliberately bad and Colbert’s fan base is so fervent that it’s guaranteed to be a success.

Politics

MESA, AZ - FILE: Republican presidential candidates former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum (L) and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney talk after participating in a debate sponsored by CNN and the Republican Party of Arizona at the Mesa Arts Center February 22, 2012 in Mesa, Arizona. According to reports, U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum endorsed Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney as GOP presidential candidate on May 5, 2012. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Rick Santorum endorses Mitt Romney

In late-night e-mail to supporters, Santorum’s endorsement came almost a month after he dropped out of the presidential race and was laden with disclaimers.

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Left Coalition party leader Alexis Tsipras greeted supporters in central Athens with a clenched fist after elections Sunday. Tsipras pledged to cancel Greece's bailout agreements.

Stocks fall as Greece struggles to form government

Uncertainty in Europe pushed US stocks sharply lower early Tuesday as European markets were battered by political upheaval in Greece and France.

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Obituary

Maurice Sendak, author of “Where the Wild Things Are”

Maurice Sendak, ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ author, dies at 83

Sendak’s iconic children’s book became an international best-seller and upset parents and psychologists.

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Setting sail for thrills

Mike Dreese, the cofounder and CEO of Newbury Comics, will pilot his 40-foot racing yacht, Toothface, in the 2012 Atlantic Cup race.

“If it wasn’t for the Sopranos, we’d be able to suppress it even more. You’ve got to continually prune at the mob, because if you don’t it will grow like a weed.”

State Police Detective Lieutenant Stephen P. Johnson 

Magazine

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Homes for sale for $250,000, $500,000, $750,000, and $1 million
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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

Opinion

“In the sharp-elbowed Northeast, it sometimes feels like it’s ‘be nice and you lose.’ ”

Farah Stockman 

Ideas

“Officials deny they’re in competition, but as Asia’s economies expand, the record suggests that they are using space to demonstrate military power, technological might, and political prestige over their neighbors.”

James Clay Moltz