Kerry hits Romney on foreign policy

By Bobby Caina Calvan

Senator John Kerry Friday called Mitt Romney “naive’’ and “wrong’’ for asserting that Russia is the nation’s top enemy.

Two female Army officers challenge combat ban with lawsuit

By Zinie Chen Sampson

The lawsuit accuses the government of violating the constitutional rights of servicewomen by excluding them from certain ground combat units.

Judge abruptly halts deliberations in Edwards trial

By Michael Biesecker

The judge in the John Edwards trial abruptly closed the courtroom Friday and sent the jury panel home after six days of deliberations.

Egyptian presidential runoff could renew old power struggle

By David D. Kirkpatrick and Kareem Fahim

After a two-month campaign by more than a dozen candidates, a Muslim Brotherhood candidate and a former air force general emerged with the most votes Friday.

Activists say at least 50 civilians killed in attack

By Bassem Mroue and Zeina Karam

President Bashar Assad’s forces killed at least 50 civilians, including 13 children, in central Syria on Friday, activists said.

By William J. Broad

The International Atomic Energy Agency said its inspectors had taken environmental samples at a uranium-enrichment facility and discovered purities up to 27 percent.

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R.I. should default on 38 Studios

By Josh Barro

Rhode Island should get out of venture capital entirely and focus on policies that improve its business climate overall.

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Great Barrington: It’s Cambridge with more time

By Alison Lobron

Great Barrington feels like what Cambridge would be if everyone there wasn’t riled up about delays on the Red Line or long lines at Starbucks.

LAWRENCE HARMON

By Lawrence Harmon

Last year, the Boston School Superintendent received a contract extension until 2015. That will feel like an eternity unless she gets her administrative house in order.

Pilgrim nuclear plant in Plymouth gets another 20 years

By David Abel

The renewal, even as safety questions linger, ended the longest-ever review of a US nuclear power plant’s request.

By Brian R. Ballou

Three of the nine people facing criminal charges for an alleged hazing incident inside the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity appeared in a Brighton court Friday.

By Michael Levenson

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

Curt Schilling’s dream died quite quickly at 38 Studios

By Andrew Caffrey and Michael B. Farrell

The stunning collapse came after an underwhelming last pitch from Schilling to save his firm, which was desperately in need for millions more from R.I.

By Jenn Abelson

Sycamore Partners, which owns a nearly 10 percent stake in the clothier, informed Talbots on Friday it is “not prepared” to complete a takeover, sending the retailer’s stock tumbling.

Young entrepreneurs gain access to key retail markets

By Gail Waterhouse

Twenty companies, many from Massachusetts, presented their products at the YouthTrade summit and saw them debut this week in Whole Foods stores in the North Atlantic region.

By Colin A. Young

Mr. Lucyniak, who spent his career working with children at Boston City Hospital and at the SPARK Center at Boston Medical Center, died May 5.

T. Garry Buckley, 89, former lieutenant governor of Vermont

Mr. Buckley, a Republican, became lieutenant governor in 1977 after losing the general election the year before.

Dr. Jean Pakter; championed women’s health services

By Paul Vitello

The former health official, who supported a state law, passed in 1970, that gave women in New York the right to abortion three years before it was legalized nationally, died Tuesday.

Celtics have one last chance to advance

By Frank Dell’Apa

Game 7 at home used to be a guaranteed victory for the Celtics. They’ll put that tradition to the test Saturday night against the 76ers.

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Celtics’ history in Game 7 is very rich

By Bob Ryan

There have been 21 previous Game 7s played in Boston by the Celtics. Among them are some of the most spectacular performances in NBA history. Here’s a sampling.

Rays 7, Red Sox 4

Jon Lester, Red Sox fall to Rays

By Michael Vega

Lester allowed three homers and seven runs in four innings as the Sox lost Friday night to the Rays.

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Peter Janney on JFK confidante Mary Pinchot Meyer’s death

By Joseph P. Kahn

“Mary’s Mosaic: The CIA Conspiracy to Murder John F. Kennedy, Mary Pinchot Meyer, and Their Vision for World Peace” offers spies, missing documents, Cold War geopolitics, and a sprinkling of Georgetown glitter.

Television Review

In ‘Hemingway & Gellhorn,’ Kidman and Owen revive love story of writers

By Sarah Rodman

Onscreen portrayals of big literary names require big acting names, and HBO didn’t stint when it came to its latest original film.

Memorial Day weekend means all systems go for local gardeners

By Carol Stocker

The entire nursery business is geared toward stocking the maximum selection of plants for this weekend.