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Thousands march in Boston’s gay pride parade

Jason Collins joined former college roommate US Rep. Joe Kennedy III and thousands of others Saturday at Boston’s gay pride parade.

NBA player Jason Collins marched in the gay pride parade in Boston.

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NBA player Jason Collins marched in the gay pride parade in Boston.

Collins (left) shook hands with Boston Marathon hero Carlos Arredondo.

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Collins (left) shook hands with Boston Marathon hero Carlos Arredondo.

Governor Deval Patrick and Angela Menino cut the ribbon for the start of the march.

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Governor Deval Patrick and Angela Menino cut the ribbon for the start of the march.

A large crowd gathered on Boylston Street to watch the parade.

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A large crowd gathered on Boylston Street to watch the parade.

A woman's rainbow stockings framed participants on Boylston Street in Copley Square.

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A woman's rainbow stockings framed participants on Boylston Street in Copley Square.

Obama, Xi tackle cybersecurity at summit

President Obama said the US and China are in “uncharted waters” as he and President Xi Jinping try to work through the contentious issue of cybersecurity.

The Angels’ Mike Trout stole third base as Jose Iglesias put on the late tag in the third inning of Game 1.

Angels 9, Red Sox 5

Red Sox lose Game 1 of doubleheader

A nightmarish four-run frame for the Red Sox allowed the Angels to seal a win in the first game of Saturday’s day-night doubleheader.

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Exclusive Sunday preview | Movies

Seeking moviegoers’ ‘Steel’ of approval

When director Christopher Nolan took Batman to new heights the question that followed was how to do the same for Superman. The answer, Warner hopes, is “Man of Steel.”

Spring and fall are the best times to visit Cap d’Antibes in the south of France.

Exclusive Sunday Preview | travel

An idyllic escape in the south of France

A playground for the rich and famous, Cap d’Antibes has been drawing the global 1 percent since well before the 1920s.

Newlyweds, both Marathon victims, share gratitude

Patrick Downes and Jessica Kensky Downes released their first statement, a poignant letter of gratitude to the first responders, caregivers, and friends everywhere.

Christopher L. Gasper

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Friday night’s 1-0 win over Pittsburgh capped one of the more shocking displays of dominance in Boston sports postseason history.

Opinion

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/06/08/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Lawrence_Harmon-917.jpg Humor, pluck, and rust in Boston’s mayoral field

On paper, there are no duds among the candidates who squared off at two significant forums on Wednesday, but there are sharp differences in their levels of preparedness for this race.

Globe exclusives

This week’s disclosures that the government reportedly tracks cellphone records and taps into Internet databases are only the latest evidence that American society is being tracked like never before, partly due to efforts to stop terrorism.

What surveillance can uncover about you
Tuukka Rask came up big time and time again in the Bruins net, ignoring the heavy traffic in his crease to come up with save after save and earn his second shutout of the series.

On hockey

Tuukka Rask stifles potent Penguins
Trailers at Coolidge Corner Theatre. Some love them, some don’t. Now, Hollywood is asked to reduce them.

Hollywood debates making movie trailers shorter

Coverage

The Boston Marathon bombings
The Giant Ocean tank at the New England Aquarium has been given a whole new look.

Ten things to do on the Waterfront this summer
Soprano Knarik Nerkararyan sings the role of Zemfira in the Commonwealth Lyric Theater’s Rachmaninoff opera “Aleko.”

Classical Notes

Rare Rachmaninoff opera, Gypsy style
Nebraska Brewing Company Hop God IPA.

99 Bottles

Nebraska’s Hop God is an acquired taste — and price

Exclusive Sunday Preview | Ideas

How Boston changes in summer — by the numbers

Exclusive Sunday Magazine Preview

How to get your house cool this summer
Ian Santiago of Yankee Steeplejack worked on the finishing touches to steeple repairs on the Old North Church in the North End.

Photo gallery

Globe photos of the week, June 7, 2013
Daphne Kalotay sets her story amid Boston’s classical music scene.

Book Review

‘Sight Reading’ by Daphne Kalotay
Emily Breslow (left) and Alana Pradhan work at the Harvard iLab for a start-up called Bobo Analytics.

New grads drawn to new businesses

Sports

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Serena Williams reacted as she defeated Russia's Maria Sharapova during the Women's final match of the French Open tennis tournament.

Williams wins French Open championship

Serena Williams beat Maria Sharapova 6-4, 6-4 to earn her 16th Grand Slam title and her first French Open championship since 2002.

Metro

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Vernis Jackson, 81, held a pen that New Hampshire’s governor, Maggie Hassan, used to sign the bill Friday.

234 years later, 14 slaves given freedom

A historical wrong was corrected by Governor Maggie Hassan, as she signed a bill into law that posthumously grants 14 African slaves their freedom.

Columnists

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Humor, pluck, and rust in mayoral field
A dejected Jarome Iginla skates off after the Penguins were swept out of the playoffs. Iginla had zero points and five shots on goal in the series.

Christopher L. Gasper

Bruins dominate from start to finish
“The chronicling of what Whitey calls The Big Show will be confined to the written word, though Whitey wants to control who gets to write those words, which is why my colleague Shelley Murphy and I find ourselves on Whitey’s witness list and possible sequestration,” writes Kevin Cullen.

KEVIN CULLEN

‘Whitey’ Bulger is sublimely vindictive

Scot Lehigh

Absent facts, the GOP still talks scandal

CARLO ROTELLA

Jack Vance’s adventure
Gabriel Gomez, left, and Edward Markey faced off in their first debate in the US Senate race.

JOAN VENNOCHI

A tough test for Gomez
Claude Julien’s gameplan has led the Bruins to within one win of the Stanley Cup Finals.

Christopher L. Gasper

Credit Claude Julien’s defense for Bruins’ success

Yvonne Abraham

Big Boston mayoral field has big downside

Tech Lab

Digital maps to treasure

Adrian Walker

Jumping back into the political game

SCOT LEHIGH

Gomez vs. GOP, Markey vs. himself
Tomas Vokoun did a lonely skate off the ice as the Bruins celebrated their game-winning goal.

Dan Shaughnessy

Bruins’ win worth staying up late for

Nation & World

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Forensic investigators photograph a car with bullet holes across a home that caught fire in Santa Monica, Calif. Friday.

Police say Calif. shooting rampage was planned

Santa Monica’s police chief said the gunman who killed four people planned the attack and had 1,300 rounds of ammunition.

Politics

Newwark Mayor Cory Booker will seek the Senate seat of the late Frank Lautenberg.

Newark Mayor Booker formally joins NJ Senate race

Cory Booker formally announced he’s in the race to finish the Senate term of the late Frank Lautenberg during a news conference Saturday.

Business

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The doughnut bacon sandwich prepared at Dunkin’ Donuts test kitchen in Canton.

Doughnut sandwich from Dunkin’ gets rave reviews

Dunkin’ Donuts rolled out its “Glazed Donut Breakfast Sandwich” on Friday. The reaction appeared mostly favorable.

Arts

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Book Review

Margaret Thatcher and President Ronald Reagan in 1982.

‘Margaret Thatcher’ by Charles Moore

The biography of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is rich in detail, if not insight.

Special Reports

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Bitten by Uncertainty

With tens of thousands of people contracting Lyme disease in Mass. each year, the Globe is taking an in-depth look at the disease, the patients, the debate, science and testing.

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Weekend Fun Guide 2013
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The great froyo gold rush
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10 best amusement and theme parks in New England
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Restart: The future of the Marathon

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Globe Talks | 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