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North Korea in ‘a state of war’

North Korea says it has entered “a state of war” with South Korea in the latest of a string of threats that have raised tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

Small forward Paul Pierce had a hand for his team's play as he headed to the bench with the game in hand late in the fourth quarter.

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Celtics 118, Hawks 107

Pierce, Green help Celtics vaporize Hawks

Behind contributions from all over, from their captain to a forward that joined the team midseason from China, the Celtics shot the lights out at TD Garden.

UNH 5, Denver 2

UNH hockey rallies for win in NCAA Northeast

Absent from last year’s NCAA Tournament, the University of New Hampshire rallied from a first-period deficit for a victory over the University of Denver.

Oct. 20, 1940: Mrs. Edwin Benson of Arlington purchased a glass of homemade cider from Marion Thurston of the Paine-Elm Farm roadside stand in Concord.

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From the archives

Pushcart vendors

While some vendors brave the winter, it seems the profusion of pushcarts sprout with the spring flowers.

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Driven to the Edge: A Globe Spotlight investigation

A nine-month investigation coming Sunday has found that the cab industry in Boston is a world of common payoffs and driver exploitation.

A scene from the national tour of “The Book of Mormon,” which begins a three-week run at the Boston Opera House on April 9.

Exclusive Saturday preview

‘Book of Mormon’ the hottest show in Boston

Competition for seats to the irreverent, Tony Award-winning show has made it the most expensive ticket since “The Lion King” revival in 2004.

(Providence, Rhode Island) A nearly 100 year old elm tree on the property of the John Brown House Museum seen Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013, in Providence, Rhode Island, has Dutch elm disease and will be cut down toward the end of January. (Gretchen Ertl for The Boston Globe)

G Cover | Exclusive Saturday preview

From mighty elm to salad bowl

A 108-year-old elm felled recently in Providence, planted in a Frederick Law Olmsted design, will be remade by local artists.

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Unsolved mysteries of Boston
With a new manager in John Farrell and a new, calmer vibe in the clubhouse, the Red Sox are starting a new era this year.

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Let’s give these Red Sox a chance
The Brady Academy dancers from Quincy danced “trip to the cottage” in the 16- to 19-year-old age group at The World Irish Dancing Championships.

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Boston hosts The World Irish Dancing Championships

Boston’s potential mayoral candidates
Dancers from the Peter Smith School of Irish Dance from New Jersey practiced at The World Irish Dancing Championships being held at the Hynes Convention Center.

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Globe photos of the week, March 29, 2013
Kara Goucher (far left) is part of the lead pack of female Boston marathoners powering up Heartbreak Hill in 2009.

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The great running experiment
Paul Cezanne’s “The Large Bathers” (1906), on loan from the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Art Review

At the MFA, looking at Gauguin next to Cezanne
The Biogen Idec manufacturing plant in Cambridge.

Biogen Idec sets price for new MS pill
Greg Graffin and Bad Religion played a set of punk anthems at the House of Blues Thursday.

Music Review

Bad Religion and the Bronx show punk’s staying power
Mayor Thomas M. Menino ushered in an era of building in 1997 with a plan for the South Boston Waterfront.

Menino’s exit stirs development uncertainty

Thomas M. Menino worked on safety initiatives in Boston parks.

Menino’s legacy

Menino moves on
The New Kids on the Block (from left): Donnie Wahlberg, Jonathan Knight, Danny Wood, Jordan Knight, and Joey McIntyre.

CD Review

New Kids fall short on ‘10’

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Jackie Bradley Jr. seems poised to earn a spot on the Red Sox roster.

Red Sox still holding Jackie Bradley in limbo

While Daniel Nava and Mike Carp earned roster spots Friday, the Sox are holding back on Bradley, who still appears likely to make the team.

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Sunil Tripathi, 22, was wearing black clothing when he was last seen early the morning of March 16 in Providence near his home.

Family hopes a video helps find missing Brown student

A newly released video that appears to document Sunil Tripathi’s last known location could help find him.

Columnists

Mayor Thomas Menino (left) let his staff know that he will not seek reelection.

Kevin Cullen

Menino a Boston guy through and through

SCOT LEHIGH

Lessons from an era
Russia was Xi Jinping’s first foreign destination as China’s president.

Nicholas Burns

Mr. Xi goes to Moscow
An empty frame at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.

JOAN VENNOCHI

The FBI’s lost trust

Kevin Cullen

A case of love

tech lab

Unclutter your cache in the cloud
Dr. Paul Melchert, left, was interrupted by his son, Emmett, as he addressed the media while his partner James Zimerman held Emmett's twin brother, Gabriel, during a Feb. 27 news conference in St. Paul, Minn., where lawmakers introduced a bill to legalize gay marriage in that state.

JULIETTE KAYYEM

The gay rights cases, in perspective
Anthony Lewis died Monday in Cambridge at age 85.

JAMES CARROLL

Anthony Lewis’s party of hope

yvonne abraham

Will justices see the change?

Jon Lester threw four scoreless innings on Wednesday.

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Jon Lester has earned Opening Day honor

Adrian Walker

Succeeding a legend at Harvard
Frank Morse, left, 72, and Dr. Richard Culliton, 77, are members of the Hickory Dickory Docs Ski Club, a Boston-are ski club for seniors.

scot lehigh

Skiing keeps the spirit young

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Pope Francis attended the celebration of the Way of the Cross on Good Friday at the Colosseum in Rome.

Pope’s foot-washing ritual devastates traditionalists

Pope Francis’ decision to disregard church law and wash the feet of two girls is seen by some as a sign he has little or no interest in reviving pre-Vatican II traditions.

Politics

Michael Flaherty, spoke at a Dorchester Heights Association meeting in South Boston Oct. 11, 2011, then on a failed bid to return to the Boston City Council.

Michael Flaherty hopes to return to politics

The former Boston city councilor, who posed Mayor Thomas M. Menino’s stiffest challenge, said he is considering a run for mayor or City Council.

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WBUR reporter Robin Young hosts “Here & Now” in Bostony

WBUR’s ‘Here & Now’ getting big boost

The program will expand to two hours and be broadcast nationally this summer in a first-of-its-kind partnership between a local station and NPR.

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Television Review

Kit Harrington as Jon Snow in HBO’s “Game of Thrones.”

Fantasy gets real on ‘Game of Thrones’

Matthew Gilbert predicts that the brutal, political, intimate, and visually absorbing epic will continue to win loyalty from its audience in season 3.

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Aniello Arena plays a Neapolitan fishmonger hoping to become a reality TV star and Loredana Simioli is his wife in director Matteo Garrone’s film.

A sharp look at the ‘Reality’ of modern fame

A Neapolitan fishmonger (Aniello Arena) has a chance to appear on a reality show, and it’s the worst thing that could have happened to him.

Magazine

The cover for the March 24 2013 issue

Azores, a perfect destination for Boston travelers
The cover for the March 17 2013 issue

Could rookie Jared Sullinger be the next Kevin Garnett?
The cover for the March 10 2013 issue

Where the jobs are now
The cover for the March 3 2013 issue

Getting through to your kids in the digital age

Opinion

“Twenty years, after all, is time enough for any mayor in any city anywhere.”

Scot Lehigh 

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Subscribers can attend an evening with Connecticut’s legendary former men’s basketball coach Jim Calhoun, moderated by Bob Ryan.

Ideas

“A growing number of faculty, staff, and students have come to appreciate the campus as something distinctive, not just oppressive.”

Max Page, on UMass Amherst’s stained concrete