Former President George W. Bush returned to the White House on Thursday for the unveiling of his and Laura Bush's portraits.

He brought a sense of humor to his remarks at the unveiling ceremony, joking President Obama could reflect on his picture when making big decisions and ask, "what would George do?"

"Thanks so much for inviting our rowdy friends to my hanging," Bush said to laughter. He then praised his wife, Laura, his mother, Barbara, and above all his father, former President George H.W. Bush, who attended the ceremony in a wheelchair.

In a rare interview with Regis Philbin, who was a guest host on "Piers Morgan Tonight," David Letterman opened up about his professional and personal life.

Philbin didn't hesitate to get personal with the Late Show host, inquiring about his wife.

"How is Regina?" asked Philbin.

"She's fine. She's a lovely woman and she's just fine. I don't know what to say about her," said Dave, then launched into a story. "You know, when you have a kid, you do stuff the kid wants to do. About four years ago, Harry (who is 8 now) and I started skiing. He enjoys it and I enjoy it and we talked Regina into skiing."

The Globe has confirmed a report that 38 Studios, the embattled video game company founded by former Red Sox ace Curt Schilling, has laid off its entire staff. According to the report:

Curt Schilling's 38 Studios laid off all of their employees today, a source familiar with the company tells Polygon.

The studio's financial turmoil first came to light earlier this month when they first missed and then later made a $1.125 million check to the state of Rhode Island.

Read the full story.

Celebrities and notables went on to Twitter to post their condolences and remembrances of disco diva Donna Summer. Below are a collection of those tweets:

RIP Donna Summer. Pls RT to show your condolences.

— Beyonce Knowles (@Beyonce__Knowle) May 17, 2012

Donna Summer passed away today.Same day as Jim Henson, 22 years ago.In honor of both: youtube.com/watch?v=hj9Fez…

— Neil Patrick Harris (@ActuallyNPH) May 17, 2012

My condolence to #Donna Summer's family & love ones. She will be terribly missed. She was truly the #Disco Queen!

— La Toya Jackson (@latoyajackson) May 17, 2012

Donna Summer. Man I can't believe this--- like "My Baby Understands" was on my workout playlist this morning! This MORNING! God...I just...

— Questo of The Roots (@questlove) May 17, 2012

Wow, another legend gone. Rest in peace to the beautiful disco queen Donna Summer.

— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) May 17, 2012

Rest in Peace dear Donna Summer.Your voice was the heartbeat and soundtrack of a decade.

— Quincy Jones (@QuincyDJones) May 17, 2012

One of my earliest musical inspirations, RIP Donna Summer #BadGirlsForEver

— kylie minogue (@kylieminogue) May 17, 2012

Few singers have impacted music & the world like Donna Summer! It's the end of an era. Peace & prayers 2 all who loved her. I will miss her!

— Gloria Estefan (@GloriaEstefan) May 17, 2012

RIP Donna Summer...hope you're dancing up there.

— Katharine McPhee(@katharinemcphee) May 17, 2012

Donna Summer, 63, RIP. The sound of an era. Studio 54, where are you? bit.ly/JVSlvA

— Roger Ebert (@ebertchicago) May 17, 2012

Stressed out at work? Try logging out of your inbox.

Researchers asked participants of a recent study to take a five-day break from their work emails. The group of office workers had their hearts monitored during the hiatus, and the study showed that their stress levels went down without access to work email.

The study also showed that those who were constantly checking their inbox were more distracted. They switched between windows an average of 37 times per hour compared to 18 times per hour for those who were not in their inbox.

With Facebook's upcoming initial public offering, some Facebook fans and potential investors are looking to get into the action without plunking down some significant cash, according to a blog post on Latimes.com.

Some would-be investors are turning to services that allow them to buy a single share of stock. These services, which include websites such as GiveAShare, OneShare and FrameAStock offer their customers the option to buy one share above the selling price, according to the story.

A recent Associated Press report stated Facebook on Tuesday increased the price range at which it plans to sell stock to the public as investor enthusiasm continues to grow.

The Menlo Park, Calif. company said in a regulatory filing that it now expects to sell its stock for between $34 and $38 per share, up from its previous range of $28 to $35. At the upper limit of $38 per share, the sale would raise about $12.8 billion, AP reports. Buying a share through these single-share-buying websites will cost more (especially if you include the frame), the Los Angeles Times blog post states.

The IPO is expected to be completed late Thursday and begin trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market on Friday under the ticker symbol "FB."

California may have the most residents, and Alaska the most land area, but for one online writer, it's the Bay State that comes out on top among the 50 states.

"The nation’s favorite punching bag is an exceptionally successful state," writes Mark Vanhoenacker, a New York writer and a Massachusetts native, in a column for the online magazine Slate.

Vanhoenacker argues that the state's success rests on education, social well-being, and economic strength.

"Some Americans believe good results on these metrics are the goals of responsible government, and others believe they’re the happy consequences of free markets. But however we get there, these are desirable outcomes for all Americans."

Vanhoenacker acknowledges at the start of his column that Massachusetts, for many people inside and outside the state, is everyone's favorite target of outrage against liberals.

"Massachusetts, in today’s political culture, is more epithet than state. The People’s Republic, Taxachusetts, 'Sweden'—this is America’s arugula-munching, maple syrup-swigging, receding-ponytail hippy uncle, exiled to its cold, lonely corner of American geography by Sunbelt population growth and a rightward-leaning national discourse."

However, he argues, the state's stellar educational resources, its heavy emphasis on social support, and its high average income per capita make Massachusetts the envy of the rest of the country.

"In fact, if America wants to be a healthy, smart, rich, globalized, high-tech powerhouse, we arguably have no better model than Massachusetts."

A gruesome discovery in Worcester overnight began when a motorist reported seeing a baby alone outside a home.

Shortly before midnight, police responded to a report of an infant in a car seat in the road in front of 326 Lovell St. The baby, who police said appeared not to be injured, was taken to a hospital for evaluation.

In the search for the child's parents, police said they discovered three people inside the home, one man and two women. The man was unresponsive and was later declared dead, according to police. The two women were injured and hospitalized. Police had no information about their conditions.

Worcester Police are asking for the public's help as they investigate.

By Kate Andersen Brower, Bloomberg News

President Barack Obama said same-sex couples should be allowed to marry, the first time he’s declared support for making gay marriage legal.

Obama’s remarks, made in an interview with ABC News, go a step beyond his previous stance on the issue, which was that his initial opposition to same-sex marriage was “evolving.”

By Michael Levenson, Globe Staff

Governor Deval Patrick has canceled his events today after his eldest daughter, Sarah, became "ill and temporarily disoriented" while at dinner last night, a spokesman said.

Sarah Patrick is in stable condition and will remain in the hospital today to undergo testing and observation, the spokesman, Brendan Ryan, said in a statement.

Patrick and his wife, Diane, are spending the day with Sarah, Ryan said. No further information was immediately available.

In September, the governor officiated at Sarah Patrick's wedding to Marco Morgese at the Patricks' "Sweet P Farm" in Richmond.

Today, the governor had been scheduled to attend a symposium on water technology in Boston, a dedication ceremony for a bike bridge in Wellesley, an announcement about energy in Newton, an energy-efficiency event in Malden and an evening ceremony where Diane Patrick was to receive a health care award.

Louisville, Kentucky's WAVE-3 is reporting on its website that a body was discovered about 4:30 a.m. in one of the barns on the backside of Churchill Downs, and that homicide detectives are on the scene.

The discovery came just hours after the biggest event of the year at the historic track, the Kentucky Derby.

More from WAVE-3.

By Hugh Son, Bloomberg News

Bank of America Corp., the second- largest US lender, plans to cut more than 300 jobs from the corporate and investment bank and trading units run by Thomas K. Montag as underperformers are culled from its ranks, according to a person briefed on the matter.

The firm will target workers on desks where business has slowed, said the person, who declined to be identified because the Charlotte, North Carolina-based firm’s plans are private. The reductions are mostly separate from the company-wide cost- cutting program called Project New BAC, the person said.

Wall Street firms including Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase & Co. are dismissing staff to lower expenses as revenue wavers. Chief Executive Officer Brian T. Moynihan, whose efficiency plan may target as much as $8 billion in annual savings, announced 30,000 job cuts last year in retail banking and support operations.

Reductions at the investment bank and trading units will be spread among junior and senior employees, said the person. The bank will also reduce headcount in co-chief operating officer Montag’s operations by less than 2,000 after selling non-U.S. wealth management units, said the person.

The bank told investors last month that Project New BAC’s scrutiny of Montag’s units probably would be completed in May. Jessica Oppenheim, a Bank of America spokeswoman, said she couldn’t comment on the job cuts. The Wall Street Journal reported on the eliminations yesterday.

In March, Bank of America cut debt and equity traders and salesmen, including more than half a dozen mortgage unit workers. The bank had 278,688 full-time workers as of March 31.

Swinging to Profit

Moynihan, 52, has said he’s counting on trading units run by Montag to revive income at the lender, whose consumer operations have been hobbled by more than $40 billion of expenses tied to faulty mortgages. Montag’s business swung to a profit in the first quarter, with positive trading revenue every day.

Bank of America reorganized its reporting lines this year, combining deposit, credit-card and small business units into a new consumer-and-business banking division led by co-Chief Operating Officer David Darnell, 59. He also oversees real estate and wealth-management units.

Operations run by Montag, 55, the former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. trading head promoted to co-chief operating officer in September, were split into global markets and banking units.

The designers of the Google home page are at it again, finding a way to turn one particular result from the search engine giant into a coordinated attack of killer O's.

Go to Google.com and type in "zerg rush". The resulting page will show full results briefly, but those results soon come under attack by a group of O's, which will systematically eat away at the results on the page.

You have a chance to defend your results by shooting down the O's, using your computer's mouse to fire away at the multiplying horde. If you can't keep up or just do nothing, the swarm of O's forms a pair of G's at the top of the page.

You might ask, "What's a Zerg rush and why is it so all-consuming?" From the PC Magazine story on the hidden game:

As described by knowyourmeme.com, the term Zerg Rush originates from the real-time strategy (RTS) game Starcraft. "The 'Zerg' race is notoriously known for its ability to mass-produce offensive units within a short time frame, thus allowing the player to overpower the opponent by sheer number," the website said.

Google has offered a number of surprises, or "easter eggs," with search results during the search engine's history as listed on this Wikipedia entry.

According to KTLA in Los Angeles, an armed bank robbery suspect was pulled from a minivan by a police K-9 unit after a wild police chase during which a woman jumped into the moving van through its window.

Police say a robber entered First Financial Credit Union in West Covina, passed a note to a teller demanding money, and left in a white minivan. West Covina police said the suspect threw a gun out of the window during the chase. Watch the video below for more details.

Entertainment icon Dick Clark has died, according to a spokesman. The "American Bandstand" host was 82 years old. Read more.

Here are some of the reports we're seeing:

Dick Clark, who kept teens rocking with 'American Bandstand,' New Year's Eve shows, has died: apne.ws/JimxQi -CC

— The Associated Press (@AP) April 18, 2012

#BreakingNews: Dick Clark has died at age 82 following a massive heart attack abcn.ws/J4XChd

— ABC News (@ABC) April 18, 2012

Longtime "American Bandstand" host #Dick_Clark has died, his publicist says on.cnn.com/Je5xYy

— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) April 18, 2012

By Julio Cortez/AP photo

By Zeninjor Enwemeka, Boston.com staff

Is Cory Booker the new Chuck Norris? The Newark mayor has become an internet sensation and sparked many legends after he saved a woman from a burning house. Though Booker said he's not a superhero, that hasn't stopped the interwebs from buzzing about the man, the myth, the legend.

Update 7:53 p.m.
The Portsmouth Herald is now reporting that Greenland Police Chief Michael Maloney was shot. There is no word on the extent of his injury. Click here to read more.

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The Foster's Daily Democrat is reporting that several police officers have been shot in Greenland, N.H., near Portsmouth.

Shortly after 6:30 p.m. tonight police were indicating a suspect shot at police officers, with reports of as many as four officers down.

Currently, reports from the scene say three officers were shot and one was down in the middle of a nearby road.

To read more click here. WMUR in New Hampshire also has photos from the scene.

Here are some of the reports we are seeing:

BREAKING NEWS: Possible police shootings in Greenland, reports of four officers down bit.ly/HAL4No

— FostersDailyDemocrat (@FostersDailyDem) April 12, 2012

BREAKING: Reports of a shooting in Greenland, New Hampshire. Police from several cities are responding.Stay with #7News for developments.

— 7News (@7News) April 12, 2012

SKYFOX is now over the scene of reported gunshots fired at law enforcementin Greenland, NH- head to myfoxboston.com to see it live

— FOX 25 News Boston (@fox25news) April 12, 2012

BREAKING: Reports of a shooting in Greenland, New Hampshire. Police from several cities are responding.Stay with #7News for developments.

— cw56 (@cw56) April 12, 2012

Breaking news update: An official said George Zimmerman will be charged with 2nd-degree murder and is now in custody in Florida.

A law enforcement official says Zimmerman will be charged with second-degree murder in the Trayvon Martin case: apne.ws/IntkKE -RAS

— The Associated Press (@AP) April 11, 2012

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George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer who shot an unarmed black teen on Feb. 26, will be charged in the shooting, according to a Washington Post story, NBC News, and CBS News.

"Florida special prosecutor Angela Corey plans to announce as early as Wednesday afternoon that she is charging neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman in the shooting of Trayvon Martin, according to a law enforcement official close to the investigation," The Washington Post reports.

Here are some of the reports we are seeing:

BREAKING: Law enforcement official: Charges to be filed in Trayvon Martin shooting, announcement expected at 6p.m.

— The Associated Press (@AP) April 11, 2012

BREAKING: CBS News confirms charges will be filed this afternoon in Trayvon Martin case

— CBS News (@CBSNews) April 11, 2012

#BREAKINGNEWS: Official says prosecutor plans to charge Zimmerman in #Trayvon Martin's death wapo.st/Hxs56s

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 11, 2012

Senior law enforcement source: George Zimmerman will be criminally charged in #Trayvon Martin case.on.cnn.com/Iu1PNp

— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) April 11, 2012

The Globe's Pete Abraham and Nick Cafardo have both tweeted that Red Sox pitcher Alfredo Aceves will start the season as the team's closer now that Andrew Bailey has been ruled out until at least the All-Star break.

More details to follow.

"Star Trek" actress Nichelle Nichols, who goes by @RealNichelle on Twitter, tweeted this photo, which was taken in February, of her and President Obama in the Oval Office making the "Live Long and Prosper" gesture.