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• As envoy, Tufts dean carries hard-earned lessons
• UN council condemns North Korea's nuclear testing
• Iran's president rejects nuclear 'freeze' proposal

• Honor the dead, work for peace, speakers say
• A last hurrah for a war souvenir with a storied past
• Photos Memorial Day observed around the region

• Cardinal O'Malley trims priests' benefits to save archdiocese pension system (By Michael Paulson, Globe Staff)
• Holiday weekend of spending for region (By Megan Woolhouse, Globe Staff)
• Many terminally ill patients delay talk of hospice, Harvard study finds (By Kay Lazar, Globe Staff)
• 4-alarm fire ravages church in Middleborough (By Michele Morgan Bolton, Globe Correspondent and David Abel, Globe Staff)
• photos Fire at the Central Congregational Church in Middleborough (Boston Globe)
• Gerhartsreiter - 'Rockefeller' - goes on trial today for abduction, assault (By Jonathan Saltzman, Globe Staff)
• Video The trial of the man called Clark Rockefeller (Boston Globe)
• Slaying victim's widow, a mother of 3, carries on with dignity (By John M. Guilfoil, Globe Correspondent)
• Kennedy skips final leg of Figawi race (By Brian R. Ballou, Globe Staff)
• Proposed bike path is a divisive issue in Newton and Wellesley (By Peter Schworm, Globe Staff)
• New England in brief Two men charged in downtown shooting (Boston Globe)
• In Boston's North End, peace was the theme at this Memorial Day event (By Bryan Marquard, Globe Staff)
• A last hurrah for a war souvenir with a storied past (By Peter Schworm, Globe Staff)
• Photos Memorial Day observed around the region (Boston Globe)
• Suspect in killing of Holbrook man arrested in S.C. (By Caitlin Castello, Globe Correspondent)
• Mass. man faces charges after boat lands in tree (Associated Press)
• Student says Harvard is wrongly linking her to campus murder (By John R. Ellement, Globe Staff)
• Deer is killed on Pike after Hub sightings (By Peter Schworm, Globe Staff)

• Perez Zagorin, 88, historian of revolution, political unrest (By Matt Schudel, Washington Post)
• Yehoshua Zettler, leader of Jewish underground; at 91 (By Aron Heller, Associated Press)
• Amos Elon, 82; exposed myths and examined flaws in Israel (By Ethan Bronner, New York Times)
• Frederick Karch, 91; general led first troops into Vietnam (By Joe Holley, Washington Post)
• Jay Bennett, 45; songwriter, singer was member of Wilco (By Ben Sisario, New York Times)

• N. Korea nuclear test is a challenge to US, world (By Bryan Bender, Globe Staff)
• Tufts dean brings hard-earned lessons to new position as North Korea envoy (By James F. Smith, Globe Staff)
• National Perspective The logic of leniency, played out on a universal stage (By Peter S. Canellos, Globe Staff)
• Rooks are the latest bird to put tools to work (Associated Press)
• 2 hurt rescuing mother, son on tracks (Associated Press)
• Cheers and honors for Clinton at Yale (Hartford Courant)
• Chicago reports 12th US swine flu death (Associated Press)
• Obama sidesteps Civil War discord, lauds US soldiers (By Darlene Superville, Associated Press)
• Watergate tip fouled, ex-Times journalists say (By Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press)
• Overwhelmed by threats, judges seek protection (By Jerry Markon, Washington Post)
• Mother, cancer-stricken boy return home voluntarily (By Patrick Condon, Associated Press)
• Oldest black city in Ala. is a 'place in peril' (By Jay Reeves, Associated Press)
• For the record (Boston Globe)

• Archbishop assails Irish orders over child abuse (By Shawn Pogatchnik, Associated Press)
• Taliban pledge not to attack in embattled city; Pakistan calls gesture a ploy (Associated Press)
• Cyclone hits Bangladesh, India; 33 dead (Reuters)
• Ex-Serb leader seeks trial dismissal over claims of US immunity deal (Reuters)
• Somali leader asks help to fight rebels (Reuters)
• Mongolians hail opposition win (By Don Lee, Los Angeles Times)
• Soccer mob beats man to death (By Shawn Pogatchnik, Associated Press)
• Venezuela, Boliva accused of giving uranium to Iran (By Mark Lavie, Associated Press)
• US honors fallen on 2 fronts (By Chelsea J. Carter and Heidi Vogt, Associated Press)
• Iraq's trade minister resigns amid corruption probe (By Timothy Williams and Abeer Mohammed, New York Times)
• Sri Lanka's Tamils vie for a leadership role (By Ravi Nessman, Associated Press)
• UN council condemns North Korea's nuclear testing (By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press)
• Iran's president rejects nuclear 'freeze' proposal (Reuters)

• Globe Editorial A chance to prove innocence
• Globe Editorial Fertilizer from the farm lobby
• Globe Editorial India ascending
• Derrick Z. Jackson Deadly - guns in national parks
• Cathy Young Single mothers and the baby boom
• Neal Gabler Decency in the face of hate-mongering

• Red Sox 6, Twins 5 Red Sox, Lowell are sitting pretty with win over Twins (By Amalie Benjamin, Globe Staff)
• On baseball Red Sox starter Penny is increasing in value (By Nick Cafardo, Globe Staff)
• Syracuse 10, Cornell 9 NCAA Division 1 men's lacrosse crown a tight fit for Syracuse (By Mark Blaudschun, Globe Staff)
• Nuggets 120, Lakers 101 Nuggets charge back (By Arnie Stapleton, Associated Press)
• Williams is a true believer (By Tom Withers, Associated Press)
• Sports Log Rays lose Iwamura for rest of season (Boston Globe)
• Stalled offense derails Carolina (By Joedy McCreary, Associated Press)
• Yankees 11, Rangers 1 Yankees' Rodriguez has perfect response in win at Texas (By Stephen Hawkins, Associated Press)
• Rusty Sharapova wins; Nadal streak hits 29 (By Howard Fendrich, Associated Press)
• Reutimann splashes to Coca-Cola victory (By Jenna Fryer, Associated Press)
• Roundup Tribe rallies from 10 down (Associated Press)
• Red Sox notebook Red Sox farmhand Buchholz stays zeroed in at Pawtucket (By Amalie Benjamin, Globe Staff)
• Latin Academy 11, East Boston 1 Quick start, McGrath carry Latin (By Amara Grautski, Globe Correspondent)
• Madison Park 11, Brighton 10 Late rally is seventh heaven for Madison Park (By Evan MacDonald, Globe Correspondent)

• Developers see opportunity in car-dealer lots (By Casey Ross, Globe Staff)
• Rebuilding its fading image (By Casey Ross, Globe Staff)
• Andover start-up built on 'open source' platform (By D.C. Denison, Globe Staff)
• Recession gives 3Com chance to market product (By Hiawatha Bray, Globe Staff)
• Boston Capital Power play (By Steven Syre, Globe Columnist)
• Groups target J&J products (By Linda A. Johnson, Associated Press)
• Nokia launches iPhone app rival (By Tarmo Virki, Reuters)
• Auto workers OK Canada labor pact (By Katie Merx and Rebecca Evans, Bloomberg News)

• Homeowners save money by doing the work themselves (By Don Aucoin, Globe Staff)
• TELEVISION REVIEW On 'Mental,' a doc that looks like Sting, acts like House (By Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff)
• BOOK REVIEW A funny, touching tale of search for a kidney (By Kevin O'Kelly, Boston Globe)
• TELEVISION REVIEW 'Hitched or Ditched' takes the cake for nasty reality TV (By Joanna Weiss, Globe Staff)
• Alex Beam Missing John Updike (By Alex Beam, Globe Columnist)
• G FORCE | JULIANNE HOUGH Julianne Hough's song and dance act (By Sarah Rodman, Globe Staff)
• Three to see Carville and Rove and Rose talk political strategies (Boston Globe)
• 'Extra' takes its viewers' health seriously (By Lynn Elber, Associated Press)
• Critic's corner (By Joanna Weiss, Globe Staff)
• FILM SCORES Conducting his music (Boston Globe)
• BLUES The guitar whisperer (Boston Globe)
• THEATER Hope and healing (Boston Globe)
• READINGS Author, author, author (Boston Globe)
• Names Au revoir, Aujourd'hui (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
• More celebrity news T.I. talks of prison during concert (Associated Press)

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