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BEST IN SHOW AND FIRST PLACE SPOT NEWS: Seven teenagers were arraigned in Quincy District Court for the weekend murder of 19-year-old Kyle McManus. Friends and family members of the deceased and arrested filed into the courthouse. Emotions were high, and the scene finally blew. Civility lost the battle with the id, and friend lunged after friend who lunged after neighbor or someone not even known to them. The epic battle spilled out into the lobby of the courthouse.

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FIRST PLACE PORTFOLIO: Shown, Bobby Valentine had some fun at a press conference at Fenway Park when he was introduced as the new Red Sox manager.

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SECOND PLACE PORTFOLIO: Shown, firefighters from around the world salute at the funeral of Worcester firefighter Jon Davies.

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THIRD PLACE SPOT NEWS: Boston police and State Police responded to 300 Massachusetts Ave. next to the Christian Science Center for a report of a man wearing a ski mask carrying a gun in his backpack. Police with guns drawn formed a perimeter and blocked off cars and pedestrians on Mass. Ave. As the State Police cleared a man lying on a bench on Mass. Ave., the Globe photographer pointed out the man to the trooper as matching the description. The suspect was handcuffed.

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HONORABLE MENTION SPOT NEWS: A rare series of tornadoes came through an already economically distressed part of the state. A housing project was hard hit, and this family lost the second floor of their unit, but the cross on the wall wasn’t even a little bit crooked.

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FIRST PLACE GENERAL NEWS: Marvin Veiga (in hospital gown) and his three co-defendants are arraigned on unlawful possession of firearms charges in Dorchester Municipal Court. Veiga allegedly pointed a loaded assault rifle at a Boston police officer after a motor vehicle and foot pursuit.

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SECOND PLACE GENERAL NEWS: Carie Lemack, center, and her sister Danielle Lemack, left, become emotional during the moment of silence, while joined by Christie Coombs, right. The Lemacks lost their mother, Judy Larocque, while Coombs lost her husband, Jeff Coombs, in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Family members and supporters laid flowers on the 9/11 memorial in the Public Garden in Boston on May 2, 2011, during a moment of silence that was observed the morning after President Obama reported that Osama bin Laden, the terrorist most known for devising the 9/11 attacks, had been killed.

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FIRST PLACE PORTRAIT: Twin boys Wyatt and Jonas were identical in every way but one. Wyatt knew she was girl to the core, and now lives as one, with the help of a brave, loving family and a path-breaking doctor's care. Now Nicole, pictured, and Jonas Maines, 14, have gone public with their struggles of growing up transgendered. Nicole is on a medically controlled regimen of hormone-blocking drugs to suppress puberty. Soon she will begin taking estrogen, and after the age of 18, will most likely have gender-altering surgery.

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THIRD PLACE PORTRAIT: Christian Elias, operator of Fenway Park's manually operated scoreboard, he has worked inside baseball's biggest wall hanging numbers for 20 plus years. Says Elias, when asked about working in the cramped conditions which are hot during the summer and sometimes cold at night, "It's always been a labor of love, where else do you get a view like this?"

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FIRST PLACE NEWS PICTURE STORY: The funeral for murdered Brockton residents Maria Avelina Palaguachi-Cela and her 2-year-old son, Brian, took the entire day on Feb. 27, 2011, in her native Ecuador. The family dressed mother and son before they were placed in their white coffins and loaded into a truck to be taken to Ramos Lomas, a faraway mountain hamlet, for a wake and funeral.

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SECOND PLACE NEWS PICTURE STORY: A rare and devastating series of tornadoes ripped through the economically hard hit working class city of Springfield. The residents were still in shock the next morning as they took toll of the damage.

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SECOND PLACE FEATURE PICTURE STORY: A story on the toll taken on the families of National Guardsmen who were sent to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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SECOND PLACE FEATURE: During a year of record snow fall, the roofs of buildings had to be cleared of snow. Snow removal crews got rid of the snow from roof of the Shaw’s supermarket in Dorchester one bucket at a time.

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HONORABLE MENTION SPORTS ACTION: Tampa Bay Rays second baseman Ben Zobrist reacted as he knocked down a hard hit ball after he couldn’t field it cleanly, but when the ball bounced up over his head he recovered in time to make the play at second base for a force out to end the inning.

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HONORABLE MENTION SPORTS ACTION: Patriots wide receiver Chad Ochocinco leaped over the tackle attempt of the Chargers Quentin Jammer as he gained 30 yards on a second quarter pass play from Tom Brady.

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SECOND PLACE SPORTS FEATURE: Spectators watched from inside the Boston Institute of Contemporary Art as a diver competed in the final day of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series in Boston.

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THIRD PLACE SPORTS FEATURE: Kansas City Royals relief pitcher Tim Collins signed autographs for Boston fans before a game at Fenway Park.

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HONORABLE MENTION SPORTS FEATURE: Front row fans didn't seem to be watching as an exciting play happened right below them, with Boston University's Joe Pereira sailing over Boston College's Patrick Brown in pursuit of a third period loose puck.

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FIRST PLACE SPORTS PICTURE STORY: Every game night, the Boston Celtics set a stage on the TD Garden's hardwood floor. This is an essay of rituals, rivals, records and the show at the Garden, from the 2010-2011 season.

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THIRD PLACE SPORTS PICTURE STORY: The Boston Bruins and the Vancouver Canucks met in the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals. The series went seven games, and was highlighted by a hit that caused a series ending injury to the Bruins’ Nathan Horton and a biting incident that ignited passions with players and fans of both teams. The Bruins won their first Stanley Cup since 1972 as they took Game 7 on the road in Vancouver.

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HONORABLE MENTION SPORTS PICTURE STORY: Under the shade of a palm tree, Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka obliged some fans with his autograph following his workout.

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SECOND PLACE PICTORIAL: A crescent moon was seen through blue holiday lights on a trellis in Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park in the foreground.

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THIRD PLACE PICTORIAL: A rain drop in a puddle on a gray April day.

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HONORABLE MENTION PICTORIAL: A pedestrian walked under an umbrella on West Cedar Street past Acorn Street on Beacon Hill in the rain.

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HONORABLE MENTION POLITICS: The night before he exited the campaign, Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain was aided by a metal case as he talked to supporters at his campaign headquarters.

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TEAM ENTRY: David L. Ryan, Suzanne Kreiter, Essdras M Suarez, John Tlumacki. On June 1, 2011, rare, devastating tornadoes struck Western Massachusetts. An EF-3 ripped through towns leaving four dead, hundreds hurt, and even more homeless. The violent storm spawned three tornadoes that destroyed nearly 200 buildings in the region and plowed a path of destruction 39 miles long.

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FIRST PLACE VIDEO/MULTIMEDIA: "Season of giving"

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SECOND PLACE VIDEO/MULTIMEDIA: "A place for peace"

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THIRD PLACE VIDEO/MULTIMEDIA: "Traffic jamming"

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HONORABLE MENTION VIDEO/MULTIMEDIA: "Still working at 90"

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HONORABLE MENTION VIDEO/MULTIMEDIA: “The sounds of sewage”