Body of Albert DeSalvo to be exhumed

Officials hope new forensic testing will answer whether DeSalvo was in fact the Boston Strangler who terrorized Greater Boston in the early 1960s.

Self-confessed Boston Strangler Albert DeSalvo left a Lynn police station on Feb. 25, 1967.

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Self-confessed Boston Strangler Albert DeSalvo left a Lynn police station on Feb. 25, 1967.

As news spread that DeSalvo had been arrested, crowds of onlookers and media members lined the street outside Lynn police headquarters to get a glimpse of the alleged Boston Strangler.

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As news spread that DeSalvo had been arrested, crowds of onlookers and media members lined the street outside Lynn police headquarters.

Albert DeSalvo entered East Cambridge Court for the

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DeSalvo entered East Cambridge Court for his trial in January 1967.

DeSalvo's room at Bridgewater State Hospital wher he escaped on Feb. 24, 1967 with two other inmates.

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DeSalvo's room at Bridgewater State Hospital, where he escaped on Feb. 24, 1967. A day after the escape, he was captured.

DeSalvo, who confessed to being the Boston Strangler, after his capture. He was sent to a prison in Walpole.

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DeSalvo, who confessed to being the Boston Strangler, after his capture. He was sent to a prison in Walpole.

Boston police detectives worked through the night on Sept. 3, 1962, trying to solve the Strangler case after Jane Sullivan, 67, was discovered on Aug. 30, 1962, throttled to death in her apartment.

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Boston police detectives worked through the night on Sept. 3, 1962, trying to solve the murder case of Jane Sullivan, 67.

Mary Coltin of Uphams Corner in Dorchester took her new shepherd, Duke, home to serve as a watchdog in 1962.

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Mary Coltin of Uphams Corner in Dorchester took her new dog, Duke, home to serve as a watchdog in 1962.

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Chronicling police efforts to use DNA to confirm the identity of the Strangler.

Live updates | Trial of ‘Whitey’ Bulger

Former forensic anthropologist back on the stand

Ann Marie Mires, formerly of the state medical examiner’s office, continued to describe the condition of human remains of alleged Bulger victims.

Kevin Cullen

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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and “Whitey” Bulger, both accused of terrorizing the city, landed in the same courthouse Wednesday.

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Alleged Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev shuffled into the courtroom, appearing confident despite ankle chains and an orange jumpsuit, and pleaded not guilty Wednesday.

Alfonzo Dennard, shown after a court appearance in April, was arrested on Thursday in Nebraska.

Patriots’ Alfonzo Dennard arrested

The Patriots said they are “extremely disappointed” after Dennard was arrested for suspicion of DUI in Nebraska.

Former New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez could face life in prison.

Options dwindling for Hernandez

New revelations in the case leave Aaron Hernandez with dwindling options for a defense strategy, legal specialists say.

Opinion

JOANNA WEISS

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That voters want to know precisely what they’re getting goes a long way toward explaining why there’s hope for Anthony Weiner and Eliot Spitzer.

Globe exclusives

Jennette Chaput spoke with Quebec provincial police on Tuesday about when she would be allowed back in her home. Her son Luc Therrien is at right.

Death, dread fill Quebec village

Dan Shaughnessy

What a month in Boston sports world
Governor Patrick faces the impending defeat of his latest tax proposal to fund transportation programs.

Patrick, legislative leaders in a standoff
The inaugural Copa Airlines Flight 718 from Panama City was welcomed to Logan Airport with a traditional water canon salute.

Group effort landed Copa service
From left: Rinko Kikuchi, Idris Elba, and Charlie Hunnam are project members tasked with stopping monsters from the deep called Kaiju.

Movie Review

‘Pacific Rim’ a rock-’em, sock-’em revelation
Room attendant Marie Latouche shares a laugh with Denis.

Boston’s great hotelier retires
Sarah Yang

Sarah Yang carrying on Wilbur Wood’s tradition
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke spoke at the Sonesta Hotel in Cambridge.

Bernanke says stimulus action will continue
Jeff Green took strides last season, playing in all 81 regular-season games, averaging 12.8 points, including 16.4 over the final 38.

Optimistic Jeff Green ready to lead the Celtics
The CapeFlyer crosses the Cape Cod Canal on the vertical-lift Buzzards Bay Railroad Bridge.

Cape train beat traffic
Paul McCartney, in concert Tuesday, had the Fenway Park crowd singing along through decades of Beatles, Wings, and solo favorites.

Music review

McCartney spins magic at Fenway
Aaron Hernandez is being held at Bristol County Jail, charged with the killing of Odin Lloyd.

Hernandez gave no sign of concern

Sports

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David Ortiz, left, hit a double in the second inning for his 1,689th hit as a designated hitter, breaking the major league mark held by Harold Baines.

Red Sox win as David Ortiz sets DH mark

Ortiz set the MLB record for hits as a designated hitter as the Red Sox won their second straight in Seattle.

Metro

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Groups express concerns over Longfellow Bridge detours

Beginning July 20, Cambridge-bound vehicles won’t have access to the bridge — a detour expected to last until September 2014.

Columnists

Tech Lab

Recording the saga of your life

Yvonne Abraham

Change now, pay later.
German TV presenter Tina Kaiser sat in a cage wearing a bikini and a fur coat and with her legs and arms painted red in Munich, Germany.

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The PETA enthusiast

Kevin Cullen

Bulger’s defense wins a Pyrrhic victory

Kevin Cullen

The mentor and his muscle
Eliot Spitzer spoke to reporters at a campaign event in New York on Monday.

JOANNA WEISS

Authenticity and scandals

JEFF JACOBY

Life tenure no longer serves Supreme Court
Opponents of Mohammed Morsi danced during a rally outside the Presidential palace in Cairo on Sunday.

Farah Stockman

How does this movie end?

JOSHUA GREEN

A GOP case against immigration reform
District Attorney Daniel Conley, left, and Police Commissioner Edward Davis addressed the media in October.

JOAN VENNOCHI

Hop off the top-cop bandwagon

Adrian Walker

Tying the knot after 62 years
Steve Rose and David Patterson of Ice Effects created this sculpture in 2004.

JOAN VENNOCHI

The last First Night?

Nation & World

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Representative William Keating (right) at a hearing in early May on the Marathon bombings.

Lawmakers say FBI thwarts inquiry

“I went to Russia and was given more information,” Representative William Keating said during a congressional hearing Wednesday.

Politics

Cape state senator, treasurer to run for governor

State Senator Dan Wolf and Treasurer Steven Grossman made clear their intentions to run for governor.

Business

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Deborah Dunsire will take the reins at the Watertown drug maker EnVivo in mid-August.

Former Millennium CEO to head EnVivo

Deborah Dunsire, who resigned suddenly as Millennium Pharmaceutical’s chief executive in May, will return to the biotechnology industry to lead EnVivo Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Style

Stripes can work to balance an outfit. “When prints combine well, there’s an ‘ah ha’ moment,” says stylist Christina Pierce.

How to mix patterns this summer

Mixing prints often falls into the category of high-risk feats, even for the savviest of fashionistas. But it can be done.

Arts

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Television Review

Taylor Schilling (front) with Vicky Jeudy (left) and Dascha Polanco in the Netflix series “Orange Is the New Black.”

‘Orange Is the New Black’: Yuppie, interrupted

The Netflix series is about a sheltered but defiant woman who finds herself in a quicksand of criminals.

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Rethinking the golden years
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The bee keepers
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Last of their kind
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Seaside haven

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Full Globe coverage of the gangster’s ongoing trial, life on the run, and notorious legacy in Boston.

Ideas

“Advocates of a regional visa program say millions of people around the world want to move to the United States, and many parts of the country would love to welcome motivated new residents.”

Leon Neyfakh,  on regional immigration