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The hacking collective Anonymous is claiming credit for defacing the Boston Police Department’s website. A message posted Friday said, “Anonymous hacks Boston Police website in retaliation for police brutality at OWS.” That’s apparently a reference to Occupy Wall Street.

Police are working to restore the website. A police spokesman would not confirm Anonymous was responsible. The website was replaced by another site called “antisec.”

Boston Scientific Corp reported lower quarterly earnings and gave a disappointing outlook on Thursday as sales declined in its two biggest businesses, cardiac rhythm management and interventional cardiology, and its shares fell by as much as 7.6 percent. More >

Globe reporters are covering the procession and funeral service today for former Mayor Kevin H. White, as residents say goodbye to the political giant who led the city from 1968 to 1984, changing the city’s skyline while grappling with turbulent times.

The procession began at 10 a.m. at the Parkman House, the city’s mansion on Beacon Hill, where thousands turned out Tuesday to pay their respects. The funeral service began about an hour later at St. Cecilia’s Church.

In a Super Bowl throwdown, Mayor Bloomberg and his Boston counterpart agreed to give a family of four from the winning side a dream trip to the losing city. But when the Daily News estimated the tab for the all-expenses-paid trip, Bloomberg stands to fork over a lot more for a Giants’ loss than Boston Mayor Thomas Menino would for a Patriots’ defeat.

If the Pats win, Bloomberg’s offer includes dinners at the Russian Tea Room and B. Smith’s restaurant, and club seats at the Garden for a Knicks or Rangers game.

Lawyers for Children’s Hospital Boston have asked a Massachusetts judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by 11 former patients of a renowned pediatrician who they say sexually abused them in North Carolina.

The plaintiffs say the hospital could have prevented alleged abuse by the late Dr. Melvin Levine if it had reported accusations of abuse that arose while he worked in Boston from 1966 to 1985.

Levine killed himself last year after he was sued by alleged victims in Boston, where he was accused giving medically unnecessary genital exams to dozens of boys.

A federal judge has thrown out a legal challenge to the US government’s attempts to obtain interviews with former IRA members. More >

Orlando Magic forward Glen “Big Baby” Davis’ first game back in Boston was hardly the homecoming he was hoping for.

When Davis stepped on the parquet floor Monday night at TD Garden wearing an opposing team’s jersey for the first time, he seemed set on showing his former team just what it was missing.

Boston College says it will consider its legal options following a federal order to hand over more recorded interviews with former members of the Irish Republican Army, the mostly Catholic guerrilla group that waged war on British targets in England and Ireland for more than a quarter century. More >