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Red Sox 11, Athletics 6
Sox bats down A's

Sox bats down A's

Starting pitcher Clay Buchholz allowed six earned runs against the Athletics during Monday's 11-6 win.
Luis Guaman was found guilty by a court in his native Ecuador today for the 2011 double murder of his housemate and her two-year-old son. (Boston Globe)

Medford housing chief on unpaid leave

Robert Covelle was given an unpaid two-week leave of absence amid state and federal investigations into hiring and contracting practices at the agency. (Boston Globe)

Handy driving tips: True or false?

Handy driving tips: True or false?
Bay Staters have quite the reputation for being poor drivers. Think you're the exception? Try our road rules quiz. 15 or more right answers will earn you an A!

Rondo gets a one-game suspension

Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo has been suspended for Game 2 of the first-round playoff series against Atlanta after bumping an official during Game 1 Sunday. (Globe)

Brown, Warren campaigns trade jabs over professor's Native American status

Elizabeth Warren’s campaign accused Scott Brown of “insinuations” as Brown’s team questioned if she touted herself as Native American at Harvard. (Boston Globe)

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Love by the pound

The Northeast Animal Shelter in Salem is one of the country’s oldest and largest no-kill adoption shelters for cats and dogs.
Opinion | Bob Ryan

Josh Smith stars for Atlanta

In the Hawks’ Game 1 win, Smith showed the Celtics and national televiewers that the talk about him being one of the NBA’s best may not just be idle propaganda.
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Actor tries to channel Bernstein

“Maestro” is a play about Leonard Bernstein’s life, starring Hershey Felder, who has made a career performing one-man shows about musical greats.
Opinion | Juliette Kayyem

A revolution: women fight in Marines

The news that the Marine Corps will open its infantry officer school, and some ground battalions, to females was a revolution 236 years in the making.
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Fighting the force of habits

Charles Duhigg, a reporter for The New York Times, has a new book about recent neurological insights into how we form — and can break — habits.
Ideas

An Australian battle over ancient art

A threatened network of carvings reawakens a debate: is site-specific art still art if you move it?

Blood tests could diagnose depression

Two studies report that markers in blood may one day help diagnose depression, but further testing is necessary, scientists warn.

Politics

Mitt Romney campaigns in Portsmouth, N.H.

Mitt Romney campaigns in Portsmouth, N.H.

The presumptive Republican presidential nominee was joined by US Senator Kelly Ayotte as he made an appearance Monday at the Portsmouth Fish Pier.

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Mariah Carey performs in Austria

The pop superstar hit the stage at the "Top Of The Mountain Concert" at Idalp in Ischgl, Austria, on April 30. See more celebrities out and about.

Lifestyle

Mother's Day gift guide

Stylish Mother's Day gifts

Mother's Day is approaching fast on May 13 and we rounded up some of our favorite stylish gifts for the number one lady in our lives.

Travel

10 spring hikes in New Hampshire

10 spring hikes in New Hampshire

Spring is a great time to hike through New Hampshire's natural wonders. Here are 10 hikes through some of the state's most popular trails, showcasing the highlights of the season from blooming wildflowers to rushing waterfalls.

Community

Contest: Your baseball-loving pets

Contest: Your baseball-loving pets

Share a photo of your baseball-loving pet for a chance to win a prize. Buffy Leigh Scarlett, owned by Elizabeth of Boston, watches games from her Fenway Park seat.

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Young women in Chechnya

Young women in Chechnya

Photojournalist Diana Markosian started a project entitled "Goodbye My Chechnya" documenting the lives of young Chechen women as they come of age in the aftermath of war.

REAL ESTATE

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Milton home shows off its master suite

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