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NSA leaker lands in Moscow after fleeing Hong Kong

Edward Snowden, who is wanted by the US for revealing classified surveillance programs, could be on his way to Venezuela, according to reports.

Militants kill 10 at mountain base camp in Pakistan

Islamic militants shot to death nine foreign tourists and one Pakistani as they were visiting one of the world’s highest mountains, officials said.

Broken City

Turning the political map into a partisan weapon

The Republican Party’s national effort to control redistricting has cemented its grip on the House but also intensified gridlock.

The Nagoya/Boston Museum of Fine Arts in Japan.

MFA branch in Japan needs new vision

The Nagoya/Boston Museum of Fine Arts has been plagued by financial problems and, increasingly, a missing sense of conviction about its purpose.

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As many as 20 law enforcement officers, police dogs, and a locksmith descended on the home of Patriots player Aaron Hernandez.

Patrice Bergeron left in the second period and was taken to a hospital.

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Christopher L. Gasper

Patrice Bergeron is irreplaceable for Bruins

The fact that the Bruins’ bellwether center was unable or not allowed to return to action in a critical Game 5 is foreboding.

movies

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“The Heat,” the new Boston crime comedy by “Freaks and Geeks” creator and “Bridesmaids” director Paul Feig, is a few love letters at once.

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How a Harvard scientist, a sixth-generation bee whisperer, and a retired entrepreneur joined forces to rescue an embattled insect and save the American food supply.

Sunday Baseball Notes

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/06/23/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/molina90.jpg Yadier Molina is a player to build around

The Cardinals catcher may now be the best all-around player in Major League Baseball.

Opinion

JOAN VENNOCHI

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Gabriel Gomez has it backwards if he thinks the national debate about gun control should ignore the event that sparked it.

Globe exclusives

Coach Claude Julien and his players reacted to Chicago scoring an empty-net goal late in the third.

Dan Shaughnessy

Must-win up next for Bruins

Special section

Spring All-Scholastics

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Diversity Boston
Shirley Band (left) and Charlotte Horblit use urLetters for correspondence.

Techie twist on art of letter writing
Manny Costa, chief executive of Costa Fruit and Produce.

On the Hot seat

Demand for local produce is growing
Jon Hamm stars as the morally and emotionally stagnant Don Draper in “Mad Men.”

BuzzSaw

Do characters have to change?
Paul Feig found Boston to his liking while he was here last summer shooting “The Heat.” the film stars Sandra Bullock, Melissa McCarthy, and a host of local actors.

movies

Paul Feig loves Boston in ‘The Heat’
There are sunsets for two — like the one this couple enjoys on a dock at Wauwinet resort.

Travel

Enjoying Nantucket in three ways
Syrian government soldiers stood in front of the clock tower flying the national flag in the main square of the city of Qusayr, in Syria’s central Homs province, on June 5, after the army claimed it had seized total control of it and the surrounding region.

opinion | alan berger

The ‘let-it-burn’ strategy in Syria
Laurie Seckinger was more focused on Scott Brown’s Senate bid.

Many tuning race out in town Gomez must win
Staples kiosks allow customers to buy online what they can’t find in stores.

Staples looks to fend off its online rivals
Painter Walter Richard Sickert’s “Putana a Casa.”

Obsessed with Jack the Ripper

Stanley Cup Final

Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask has some unwanted company in the Blackhawks’ Marcus Kruger, but Adam McQuaid does his best to clear the crease.

Bruins’ Tuukka Rask returns to form in defeat

The Bruins goalie turned away 29 shots the Blackhawks put on net, including the 12 he faced in a frantic third period.

Sports

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Tigers 10, Red Sox 3

Allen Webster warmed up before the game.

Tigers rough up Allen Webster, Red Sox

The rookie pitcher gave up four runs in the first inning to the Tigers in a game the Red Sox would go on to lose, 10-3.

Metro

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A Boston Police officer exited the building at 153 Intervale St., where two men and one woman were killed early Saturday.

3 killed at Dorchester party

Police are searching for a suspect after two men and a woman, all in their early 20s, were fatally shot early Saturday.

Columnists

yvonne abraham

Paying attention to Markey-Gomez race?
Attorney Tom Kiley, left, made a point as then-UMass president William Bulger, right, testified under a grant of immunity in 2003 before the House Government Reform Committee. The panel was studying the FBI’s use of informants.

JEFF JACOBY

Political elite should shun Bill Bulger

derrick z. jackson

To get respect, cyclists need to show some, too

JOANNA WEISS

Watch out, Superman! It’s the NSA!

Bob Ryan

LeBron James’s greatness is one of a kind

JOAN VENNOCHI

Not talking of Newtown is cowardice
Coach Claude Julien and his players reacted to Chicago scoring an empty-net goal late in the third.

Dan Shaughnessy

Must-win up next for Bruins

CARLO ROTELLA

Humanities: The practical degree
Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask didn’t need to pad his stats during practice Friday — here stuffing Brad Marchand — since he’s had such a strong postseason.

Christopher L. Gasper

Expect a sharper Rask

lawrence harmon

Business needs to join mayoral race
Newly elected Iranian President Hassan Rowhani greeted reporters during a press conference in Tehran on Monday.

NICHOLAS BURNS

Rowhani’s Iran

Alex Beam

Letting the sun shine in

Nation & World

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John F. Kerry said Saturday that a meeting of 11 nations in Qatar was a chance to discuss “efforts to increase and coordinate support for the Syrian political and military opposition.”

Kerry seeks to carve out a legacy in Middle East

Secretary of State John Kerry is taking on some of the world’s most intractable problems.

Business

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Thomas Herndon, a third-year graduate student, found mistakes in a prominent study by two economists.

Student’s critique of austerity policies creates firestorm

Thomas Herndon, a third-year UMass graduate student, found mistakes in a prominent study by two economists.

Arts

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Embracing cabaret and the Cape

Joanna Gleason will perform “An Evening With Joanna Gleason” at the Art House in Provincetown.

Travel

An observation deck at Roosevelt Campobello International Park.

More to Campobello Island than FDR’s summer home

President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s beloved Canadian island offers soaring cliffs plummeting to churning seas.

Books

Summer reads: Nonfiction

Here are 11 works of nonfiction — some old, some new — to read this summer.

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Magazine

The cover for the June 23 2013 issue

The bee keepers
The cover for the June 16 2013 issue

Last of their kind
The cover for the June 9 2013 issue

Seaside haven
The cover for the June 2 2013 issue

Weekend Fun Guide 2013

Globe Insiders

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

Ideas

“The Oregon experiment suggests that the most important advantage of getting more Americans insured might not be that it saves money or lowers their risk for heart attacks. It’s that it just makes them happier.”

Leon Neyfakh on health insurance as antidepressant