Published May 18, 2011

More than 200,000 people across the state could become victims of identify theft after a data security breach at the state’s Division of Unemployment Assistance and Career Centers. A computer at one of the centers was infected with the Qakbot virus on April 20, according to state Labor Secretary Joanne F. Goldstein.

For the second time so far this year, Boston will get the presidential treatment. President Obama is expected to head into town tonight for fundraisers at the Boston Center for the Arts and at the Brookline home of advertising mogul Jack Connors.

The Navy’s elite police unit is helping investigate the case of the unidentified dead boy in Maine, after authorities revealed that a witness saw a license plate with a Navy emblem on it near where the body was found.

The federal corruption trial of former House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi and two co-defendants is expected to take a dramatic turn today, when Joseph Lally, a former sales agent for Cognos Software, takes the stand. Lally has pleaded guilty to being a part of the kickback scheme as part of a plea deal with prosecutors.

What we’re following: We’ll continue to report on the journalists with Boston ties being held in Libya, the municipal health care debate on Beacon Hill and developments in the trial of Nancy Kerrigan’s brother.