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Drawing the lines in the Lyme disease battle
Researcher Mostafa Elfawal “flagged” for deer ticks on Orchard Hill near the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

MATTHEW CAVANAUGH FOR THE GLOBE

Angry patients question treatment — or lack of it — yet with tests often inconclusive, some doctors think the condition is overdiagnosed.

race for the senate

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/06/02/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/drive90.jpg Democrats’ machine gears up for Edward Markey

The memory of a Senate special election loss to Republican Scott Brown in 2010 is fueling the party’s ground game in Mass.

Economy appears to be on solid footing — for now

The US economy is supported by solid fundamentals, but also facing some headwinds at home and abroad.

Marconi Beach in Wellfleet took a pounding this winter

One more winter blow: disappearing Cape beaches

The dramatic new landscaping is the result of a flurry of nasty nor’easters that punished Cape Cod over the winter.

Stephen “The Rifleman” Flemmi testified that he watched as James “Whitey” Bulger strangled his girlfriend, Debra Davis, shown here with Flemmi in the late 1970s.

With long odds, Bulger will have his day in court

The list of charges James “Whitey” Bulger is facing — including 19 killings — is extensive as the trial opens this week.

Bruins defenseman Andrew Ference celebrates the first of David Krejci’s two goals in Game 1 as he skates by frustrated Pittsburgh goaltender Tomas Vokoun.

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Bruins 3, Penguins 0

Bruins make right moves in Game 1 victory

Coach Claude Julien’s decision to put defenseman Andrew Ference in the lineup paid off in the 3-0 win over the Penguins.

Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask stretched to make a save on a shot by Sidney Crosby in the third period of Game 1.

Christopher L. Gasper

Bruins’ Tuukka Rask shuts down Penguins

While Pittsburgh lost its cool in Game 1, Rask continued putting the Penguins’ scoring touch in cold storage.

Boston Globe wins four New England Emmys

Staff members won for outstanding work in video and editing, reporting, and production at the 36th Annual Boston/New England Emmy awards.

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Globe exclusives

Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy as Jesse and Celine in“Before Midnight.”

movies

Scenes from a romance

April 9, 1967

history repeating

The Return of Spock
Matthew Macfadyen, and Amanda Hale in “Ripper Street.”

buzzsaw

Emmy underdogs
William Hadley works for Conservation Services Group, which conducts energy audits.

On the Job

On the hunt for ways to save energy
The par 3, 13th hole at Muirfield in Gullane, East Lothian, where this summer the clube will host the British Open for the 16th time since 1892.

Travel

Scotland, with only golf in mind

Questions days after FBI killed Fla. suspect
The Mayflower II is being restored at the Fairhaven Shipyard. Some Plymouth shops have seen a decline in business.

Mayflower II is miles from Plymouth
Daniel F. Conley raised more than $256,000 in May for his bid for mayor, increasing his sizable financial advantage.

Conley’s cash edge in mayoral race growing
Law enforcement officers removed boxes of material from the Boston Cab Co. garage.

Spotlight follow-up

IRS agents raid Boston Cab headquarters

Ideas

How Boston powered the gay rights movement
Four-year-old Ryan Kelly waited for a soft-serve ice cream at Dairy Freeze in Quincy.

Quincy ice cream stand offers a taste of summer
The “Boston Strong’’ grand finale included (from right ) Dane Cook, Steven Tyler, and Jordan Knight.

One Fund concert lacked benefit of TV

More coverage of the bombings

Keating says Russian officials were forthcomng on bombing suspect

Representative William R. ­Keating said officials provided details on how they warned the US about Tamerlan Tsarnaev.

Sports

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Red Sox 11, Yankees 1

The Red Sox’ Daniel Nava (4 for 6) takes a trotting tour of the Bronx after hitting a three-run home run in the eighth inning.

Unique outfield energizes Red Sox’ rout of Yankees

The trio of Daniel Nava, Jackie Bradley Jr., and Mike Carp had nine hits, five RBIs, and scored five runs in the 11-1 win.

Metro

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Jose Nunez helped his daughter, Floritelka, and his son, Francisco, cross a street in Fields Corner.

Diversity of cyclists growing in Boston

Advocates say more should be done to bring together riders and policymakers.

Columnists

Jacoby Ellsbury was injured while stealing a base Thursday night and hasn’t played since. In fact, Ellsbury has missed 239 games since the start of the 2010 season.

Dan Shaughnessy

Ellsbury decision a delicate situation

Yvonne Abraham

Labor of love and faith at Dorchester church

JEFF JACOBY

Is this any way to help the poor?

JOAN VENNOCHI

Welfare waste

Innovation Economy

Gene therapy shows new signs of promise
Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask stretched to make a save on a shot by Sidney Crosby in the third period of Game 1.

Christopher L. Gasper

Rask shuts down the Penguins

RENÉE LOTH

Pomp and dissonance

Derrick Z. Jackson

The Rutgers lesson for UMass
Rutgers athletic director Julie Hermann is accused of having a history of abusive coaching.

Opinion | JOANNA WEISS

Let’s evaluate youth sports, too
This week, Jonathan Papelbon became the latest former Boston sports star to feel the wrath of fans who once worshipped at his size-13 feet.

Dan Shaughnessy

Boston fans shouldn’t boo Papelbon, others

Lawrence Harmon

A search that doesn’t need Menino
Mayoral candidate John Connolly.

SCOT LEHIGH

Teachers union nod? No thanks

Nation & World

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Mourners carried the coffin of a man killed in a liquor store attack in Baghdad, Iraq. More than a year after US forces left Iraq, the renewed sectarian violence raises fears that Iraq and other nations in the region could slide into chaos.

As Syria fights, sectarian wave rises in region

The Syrian civil war is setting off a contagious sectarian conflict beyond the country’s borders.

Business

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On the Hot Seat

Omar Aguilar, chief investment officer for equities, Charles Scwab & Co.

Diversification is key now for cautious investors

Omar Aguilar is chief investment officer for equities at Charles Schwab & Co., where he oversees $60 billion in assets.

Sunday Arts

From left: Baz Warne, Jean-Jacques “JJ” Burnel, Jet Black, and Dave Greenfield of the Stranglers.

UK punk stalwarts the Stranglers return to the States

The arrival of “Giants,” the band’s 17th studio album, brings the band back to the US.

Travel

Christ Church College at oxford University

Find history around every corner in Oxford, England

Oxford can rightfully claim to be the oldest college town in the English-speaking world.

Books

writers at work

Gish Jen in her office.

What does Gish Jen do to help her write?

Jen, who has published five works of fiction, writes in an office very near her Cambridge home.

Opinion

“Blistering exposés of welfare fraud and abuse, in Massachusetts and elsewhere, have become almost routine.”

Jeff Jacoby 

Magazine

The cover for the June 2 2013 issue

Weekend Fun Guide 2013
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

Globe Insiders

Globe Talk | June 11

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/05/16/BostonGlobe.com/Special/Images/Ashleigh-Faye%20brick-800x1120.jpg A conversation with Dennis Lehane

The best-selling author discusses his craft with Boston Globe editor Brian McGrory. Proceeds will go to the One Fund Boston.

Ideas

“Boston in the 1970s was deeply important in the arrival of gay rights as a mainstream national issue — and the source for a significant portion of the movement’s burgeoning intellectual firepower.”

Leon Neyfakh,  on Boston’s key role in the gay rights movement