Massachusetts Senate approves $32.4b budget

The wide-ranging bill includes increases in school funding and new provisions intended to crack down on illegal immigration.

Menino weighs in on flap over Warren’s heritage

Mayor Thomas M. Menino, who joined Scott Brown at a Faneuil Hall event today, said the question over Elizabeth Warren’s heritage is “not relevant” to the campaign.

Kerry blasts Mitt Romney on foreign policy

Senator John Kerry, who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said Romney was “naive” over his assertions about Russia.

Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth

Plymouth nuclear plant license renewed

Federal regulators have approved the operating license for the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station for 20 years.

Nurses union protests Boston Medical Center cuts

The elimination of nearly 40 positions follows the Boston University teaching hospital’s decision to shut down an acute-injury rehabilitation unit on July 1.

Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett will have two days off before Saturday’s Game 7.

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Celtics must make good use of their time

The two days off before Game 7 are much-needed for a veteran Celtics team looking to stave off the young 76ers squad.

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Why so many kids have come to expect fame, and what parents need to know about the sometimes treacherous world of searching for stardom.

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‘Haves’ and ‘have-nots’ in Mass. health care

The reality is that for most providers, and more importantly, for most consumers, the system is not working, writes Tufts Medical Center executive Ellen Zane.

Bill Lovallo held his daughter Sarah during the dedication ceremony of the Armenian Heritage Park on the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway in Boston. Sarah is the great-granddaughter of a genocide survivor.

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Globe photos of the week

The best photos taken this week by Globe staff photographers, as chosen by the Globe’s photo desk.

Opinion | carlo rotella

Phone alone

Does constant cellphone use create too much of the wrong kind of privacy for teens?

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Andy Davis arrived at Carney Hospital earlier this month.

New chief is confident in Carney Hospital
Michelle Beadle

Sports Media

Why leave ESPN? NBC gives Beadle room to grow

Boston schools chief gets low marks

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Professor Cornel West issues a poverty manifesto

Mitt Romney lags with N.H. independents

Athletes largely avoid political fray
Noël Coward

Noël Coward’s timeless ‘Lives’
Travelers are relieved work on the Sagamore Bridge is over.

Falling gas prices expected to boost summer travel
Jeff Himmelman was asked by former Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee (above) to write his biography based on his vast collection of letters, memos, and transcripts.

Book Review

‘Yours in Truth’ by Jeff Himmelman
Racers in the wheelchair division competed at the London marathon last month.

To Grammar’s House

Confine this phrase to the trash heap

College Golf Pass targets low-priced rounds

Globe Talk | Video

A conversation with Ben Mezrich

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Brandon Lloyd practiced with the Patriots for the first time this week.

Brandon Lloyd and Patriots may be a perfect fit

Josh McDaniels turned Lloyd into a Pro Bowler, and now the two have reunited in New England to try for it again.

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Harvard graduates jubilantly embraced at Thursday’s commencement exercises, which featured Fareed Zakaria as speaker.

Fareed Zakaria challenges Harvard graduates

The journalist and author urged graduates to come together to shape world.

Columnists

scot lehigh

Health care will test Gov. Patrick’s skills

Opinion | JOSHUA GREEN

Obama’s awkward private equity dance

Brian McGrory

A rooster leaves his flock

Opinion | carlo rotella

Cellphones create the wrong kind of privacy for teens?

Yvonne Abraham

Drunken driving sentences feed dangerous pattern
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Opinion | Joan Vennochi

Have Mass. casinos become a risky bet?

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Maintaining privacy while surfing the Web
Ray Allen was unhappy after being whistled for a fourth quarter foul in Game 6.

Bob Ryan

Celtics have been old unreliables

Brian McGrory

The benefits of political friendship
A note to rescue workers was written on a Joplin house last year.

opinion | Juliette Kayyem

The ‘Joplin effect’

Jeff Jacoby

Peace process harmed Israel’s reputation

Scot Lehigh

The fallout of US extremism

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Talbots, Sycamore fail to reach deal on acquisition

The Hingham-based retailer had been in exclusive talks with the New York-based private equity firm on a potential takeover.

Politics

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Romney faces tough questions on education proposals

Mitt Romney struggled to find support for his education proposals while campaigning at an urban school Thursday.

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This image from NASA-TV shows the SpaceX Dragon capsule grappled by the robotic arm connected to the International Space Station.

Dragon capsule arrives at ISS for historic docking

The capsule, launched by private company SpaceX, arrived at the International Space Station today, making it the first commercial delivery to space.

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In “Men in Black 3” Josh Brolin (left) captures the gruff and grumbling portrayal of Agent K that Tommy Lee Jones created in the first two films.

In ‘Men in Black 3,’ one role, two actors

Josh Brolin’s younger version of Tommy Lee Jones’s Agent K is the latest on a list of memorable movie double takes.

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Gillian Wearing self-portraits (clockwise from top left): “at 17 years old,” “as my Uncle Bryan Gregory,” “as my Father Brian Wearing”; “as my Mother Jean Gregory.”

With ‘In Character,’ re-creating and role-playing

In photography and video, identity and originality are explored.

Globe 100

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Left to right: Monalisa Smith of Mothers for Justice and Equality, David Hunter of REBIScan, Hugh Herr of iWalk, and David Cancel of HubSpot.

The most innovative people in Massachusetts

These 12 pioneering individuals embody the creativity and ambition that distinguish our state.

“Is she perfect? No one is perfect. But she has done a good job of moving the system forward. We have more overchosen schools than ever before. . . . I have to give her credit. There is a lot of fight in her. She’s tenacious.”

Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino,  on Superintendent Carol R. Johnson

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Homes for sale for $250,000, $500,000, $750,000, and $1 million
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Dying wishes expected to be decided on November ballot

Opinion

“They’re not just seeking distraction, entertainment, or edification; they cradle their phones as if deriving warmth and comfort from them, and in a sense they are.”

Carlo Rotella, on T riders

Ideas

“A question is more than the simple thing we might think it is — it’s a unique and potentially sophisticated instrument.”

Leon Neyfakh  on the power of questions