Push for health care an error, Frank says

By Michael Levenson

US Representative Barney Frank argued that it was a mistake for President Obama to push the health care bill before overhauling the financial system.

■ Correction: Because of a reporting error, Linda Holliday was given an outdated job title on the “Out and About’’ page of Sunday’s Globe Magazine. She is no longer affiliated with WCVB.

Political Notebook

In an escalating election-year clash, the House will vote Friday on a $5.9 billion Republican bill preventing interest rates on federal student loans from doubling this summer.

By Ben Hubbard and Jamey Keaten

France said the UN should consider harsher measures if the international peace plan that has been shaken by violence ultimately collapses.

Norway killer blasts diagnosis of insanity

By Julia Gronnevet and Karl Ritter

Mass killer Anders Behring Breivik insisted Wednesday that a psychiatric report was based on “evil fabrications’’ meant to portray him as irrational and unintelligent.

By Salman Masood

The test launch came six days after India test-fired an Agni 5, a long-range ballistic missile that is also capable of carrying a nuclear warhead.

Joan Vennochi

By Joan Vennochi

A tiny band of neighborhood activists is vowing to fight what now feels like destiny: a gambling mecca in East Boston.

Editorial cartoon: Small safety net

Editorial cartoonist Michael Ramirez offers a perspective on America’s aging population.

opinion | Juliette Kayyem

Saudi Arabia’s un-Olympic spirit

By Juliette Kayyem

Only one country is refusing to allow its female athletes to compete in the summer Olympics.

Dan Shaughnessy

Bruins’ season comes to sudden end

By Dan Shaughnessy

The defending champions ended up on the wrong side of one of the greatest first-round series in sports history when the Capitals collected a 2-1 overtime win.

A difficult night for diehard Bruins fans

By Derek J. Anderson

Fans decked out in black-and-gold gear flooded down the escalators of the TD Garden late Wednesday night with defeated looks, shouts of anger, or blank stares.

BOSTON

The health of the ancient Atlantic sturgeon has emerged as the latest problem for a New England fishing industry already facing serious threats to its future.

Apple CEO Tim Cook is growing into role

By Peter Svensson

Apple CEO Tim Cook is beginning to reveal a more assertive and eloquent side, hinting that he is learning to shoulder more of Steve Jobs’ role as a front man and leader.

The Federal Reserve predicted Wednesday that economic growth would pick up faster than anticipated and that the unemployment rate would fall more rapidly.

Airlines around the world are updating their fleets with new, more fuel-efficient planes, and that is good news for aircraft maker Boeing Co.

John Christopher “Chris’’ Ethridge II, a Mississippi-born musician who was a founding member of the 1960s country-rock band “The Flying Burrito Brothers,’’ has died.

Louis le Brocquy, at age 95; Irish expressionist painter

By Shawn Pogatchnik

Irish expressionist painter Louis le Brocquy, who was best known for abstract portraits of Ireland’s literary and artistic stars, died Wednesday.

Royal Cloyd, 86, founding director of Boston Center for the Arts

By Kathleen McKenna

Royal Cloyd, who helped convert unused and underappreciated South End buildings into a campus of theaters, galleries, and studios, died Feb. 23.

Dan Shaughnessy

Bruins’ season comes to sudden end

By Dan Shaughnessy

The defending champions ended up on the wrong side of one of the greatest first-round series in sports history when the Capitals collected a 2-1 overtime win.

Game 7: Capitals 2, Bruins 1 (OT)

Bruins sent home by Capitals

By Fluto Shinzawa

The Capitals swiped elements of the Bruins’ game and bludgeoned their opponents by fulfilling a perfect game plan.

On hockey

What kept Bruins afloat last year was missing

By Kevin Paul Dupont

Their best players failed to shine, their power play was inept, and the Bruins’ inability to hold a lead helped doom them in this series.

names

Fashion diva stops by Newbury Street

By Mark Shanahan and Meredith Goldstein

Nicole Richie was at the opening Wednesday of the National Jean Company on Newbury Street.

The defendant accused of killing three of Jennifer Hudson ’s family members appeared to cry Wednesday.

names

Auma Obama shares her story

By James H. Burnett III

The half-sister of President Barack Obama spoke about her new memoir at Wheelock College.

AMESBURY | BRIEFS

Residents will be able to dispose of leaves and grass clippings on two curbside collection days, this Saturday and May 12. Place leaves and clippings in brown recyclable bags or loose in marked barrels at the curb by 6:30 a.m. Branches, plants, dirt, rocks, or trash will not be picked up. For more information, visit www.amesburyma.gov.

SOMERVILLE | BRIEFS

Somerville has convened a new working group to examine transportation practices and technology, Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone’s office said last week. The 13-member Transportation Research, Innovation, and Planning Group includes elected officials, police, community groups, and consultants and will have a broad mandate to recommend improvements. Pedestrian patterns, vehicular traffic, bicycle safety, and parking systems will be examined. “We want to make sure Somerville continues to maintain best practices and the intelligent use of technology in transportation in much the same way as we have in administration, finance, and communications,’’ Curtatone said in a prepared statement.

EXETER, N.H. | BRIEFS

Exeter High School principal Vic Sokul has canceled dances for the rest of the school year. The move comes after several alcohol- and drug-related incidents at the last dance. It is the third time in recent years that the school has canceled dances. In 2009 they were canceled because of students “grinding’’ on the dance floor. They were canceled in 2008 after several students were caught drinking and two had to be hospitalized. - Tom Long

Players of the Week and Andrew MacDougall’s Top 10 boys’ and girls’ lacrosse teams from high school programs south of Boston.

NORWELL | BRIEFS

The South Shore Natural Science Center will host its annual Green Earth Fest, a free event, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at its headquarters on Jacob’s Lane. The festival will feature exhibits and workshops demonstrating ways to a green life through eco-landscaping, composting, recycling, organic gardening, solar and wind energy, biofuel, and green kitchen, bathroom, and cleaning products. Kids can enjoy crafts and games, musical entertainment, nature walks, and live animals. In case of rain, activities will be under cover or indoors. The festival is partially funded by the Norwell Cultural Council. For more information, check the science center’s website at www.ssncs.org.

EVENTS

Globe West

A new approach with Wellesley girls’ lacrosse

By Jason Mastrodonato

In her first season as the varsity coach, Sarah Dacey is taking her players to school.

By Nancy Shohet West

Governmental regulations prevented Kirsten Ball from continuing her career in historical restorations and gilding when her husband’s company relocated the family from London to Massachusetts, so the art historian took the opportunity to pursue her long-dormant interest in studio art instead. In a silversmithing class in Lincoln, she met instructor Munya Avigail Upin, who had long dreamed of opening her own studio. The two women joined forces, pursued their dream, found an ideal space in downtown Belmont, and are holding the grand opening of Alchemy 925 this weekend.

Hometown memories

Nothing matched the excitement of a possible snow day

Nothing matched the excitement of going to bed on a school night when there was a wicked good snow falling.