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One Fund official promises money by end of next month

Kenneth Feinberg, administrator of One Fund Boston, said he would keep to his deadline to distribute all money collected by June 30.

White House says Obama was not involved in IRS targeting

A White House adviser said President Obama did not know the Internal Revenue Service had targeted tea party groups even as Republicans pressed for more answers.

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The nurses assigned to Dzhokhar Tsarnaev at Beth Israel Deaconess did what they had to do to care for him, despite the range of emotions they felt.

McLaughlin probe takes aim at rigged inspections

Prosecutors are looking into whether federal officials or others tipped off former Chelsea housing chief Michael McLaughlin about “surprise” apartment inspections.

Wayne Pacelle, president of the Humane Society of the United States, says donations have more than doubled during the time that Richard Berman has attacked him.

Broken City

Washington’s robust market for attacks, half-truths

A look inside an industry of distortion, where unnamed corporations pay richly to bend the debate their way.

New: Expanded Sunday arts

A sampling of the Globe's enhanced arts & culture coverage.

 

Among the acts to play the Boston Calling festival is the National. The festival, at City Hall Plaza next weekend, is sold out.

summer arts preview | pop music

The National to kick off first Boston Calling festival

Aaron Dessner is looking forward to attending Boston Calling not only as a performer with his band the National, but also as a patron.

Summer | Classical

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The Boston Early Music Festival presents the composer as a young and brashly brilliant upstart in Handel’s very first opera.

Art Review

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/05/01/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Advance/Images/SCMA_SopheapPich_Buddha2.jpg Showcasing a continent’s art at Smith College

Smith College Museum of Art’s “Collecting Art of Asia” is more than a stock-taking show that happens to mark 100 years of collecting. It’s a statement of intent.

summer | dance

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/05/18/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/MichelleDorrance_photoMatthewMurphy_courtesyJacobsPillowDance.j--90x90.jpg Michelle Dorrance, making tap for the 21st century

One of the hottest tap artists of her generation, 33-year-old Dorrance is known for creating tight, polished choreography within lively theatrical contexts.

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Dustin Pedroia said he doesn’t think about “the business aspect” of baseball. Yet he’s all business on the field.

Dustin Pedroia the best second baseman in MLB?

No team can boast anyone quite like Pedroia, whose next contract is likely tied to Robinson Cano’s situation with the Yankees.

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Travel

The bedroom at Blantyre (left) and the appetizer of grilled foie gras at Wheatleigh.

Berkshires inns offer high quality, higher costs

Two of the state’s top inns, Blantyre and its nearby rival, Wheatleigh, are internationally ranked and exorbitantly priced.