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Patrick Tracey

Patrick Tracey, author of "Stalking Irish Madness: Searching for the Roots of My Family's Schizophrenia," is a writer in Boston.

Law enforcement officials stand at the scene on Franklin St. as the search for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, comes to an end in Watertown, Massachusetts April 19, 2013. (Reuters/Lucas Jackson)

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in custody and alive

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This undated photo provided by the vkontakte website shows Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. (AP)

Portrait emerges of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

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U.S. Senator Scott Brown (Hyungwon Kang / Reuters)

Scott Brown’s triumphant makeover

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In church (AP/Charles Krupa)

On birth control, Romney mirrored Obama

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Super PACs beware (AP/Elise Amendola/Steven Senne)

Super PACs not welcome in Massachusetts Senate race

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Joseph P. Kennedy III aims high (AP/Elise Amendola)

Do we need another Kennedy?

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Tarek Mehanna of Sudbury, Massachusetts convicted on terrorism charges. (Reuters)

Convicted for words, not deeds

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The end of Occupy Boston (Kristin Laurel Caffray)

Raid ends longest-standing occupation camp

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Occupy Boston on the eve of eviction (AP/Steven Senne)

“Bloomberg in sheep’s clothing”

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Russell Simmons at Occupy Boston

Hip-hop moguls yearn to belong to the 99 percent

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Middle schoolers visit Occupy Boston (Dennis Cunningham)

Occupy the playground

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Boston Police arrest a demonstrator on Oct. 10, 2011. (<span about='http://www.flickr.com/photos/31167233@N08/6234070462/' xmlns:cc='http://creativecommons.org/ns#'><a href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/31167233@N08/6234070462/' rel='cc:attributionURL' target='_blank'>Paul Weiskel</a> / <a href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/' rel='license' target='_blank'>CC BY 3.0</a></span>)

Arrests galvanize Boston occupation

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Welcome to our occupation. (John Stephen Dwyer)

Moving in on Boston

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