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James ‘Whitey’ Bulger to testify in his own defense

The notorious gangster is expected to tell jurors that he had immunity from the US Department of Justice that allowed him to commit crimes three decades ago.

USA players celebrated a goal on a corner kick against Canada in the women's semifinal soccer match.

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US women top Canada on late goal to reach soccer final

Alex Morgan scored the game-winner late in the game for the two-time defending Olympic champions, who will play Japan on Thursday for the title.

Jennifer Suhr competed in the Women's Pole Vault final.

Jennifer Suhr wins gold medal in women’s pole vault

The American ended Russian Yelena Isinbayeva’s bid for a third straight Olympic title.

Sikh temple shooter was ‘frustrated neo-Nazi’

The 40-year-old gunman suspected of killing six people at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin was a US Army veteran who played in white-power bands.

Members of the Sikh community held up the mug shot handed out by the FBI of the suspected shooter Wade Michael Page.

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Members of the Sikh community held up the mug shot handed out by the FBI of the suspected shooter Wade Michael Page.

Teresa Carlson of the FBI held up a photo of the suspected gunman at a press conference in Oak Creek, Wisc.

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Teresa Carlson of the FBI held up a photo of the suspected gunman at a press conference in Oak Creek, Wisc.

Members of the Sikh community reacted during the press conference.

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Members of the Sikh community reacted during the press conference.

The six victims of the shooting ranged in age from 39 to 84 years old.

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The six victims of the shooting ranged in age from 39 to 84 years old.

Members of the Sikh faith protested in Jammu, India, on Monday.

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Members of the Sikh faith protested in Jammu, India, on Monday.

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Members of the Sikh Society of Northeast Florida held a candlelight vigil in Jacksonville, Fla., for the victims of Sunday’s shooting.

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A woman was comforted Sunday outside the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin.

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The suspected shooter was killed by a police officer, authorities said.

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Police responded at the scene Sunday morning.

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The shooting was considered an act of domestic terrorism, police said.

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The incident came after the July 20 mass shooting at a Colorado movie theater.

Framingham man says relative among those slain

A relative of Satwant Kaleka, the president of the Wisconsin temple where six people were gunned down Sunday morning, recalled him as an open-hearted, generous man.

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The robotic explorer steered itself to a gentle landing inside a giant crater for the most ambitious dig yet into the red planet’s past.

Romney raised $101.3m in July

The fund-raising total represents the third straight month that Mitt Romney’s campaign has outraised President Obama.

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Join Globe opinion page editor Peter Canellos, author Michael Grunwald, and former gubernatorial candidate Charlie Baker for a discussion on the US presidential race.

Globe exclusives

Brenda Manning with her son, Brian, 11, who recently underwent a hemispherectomy to try to stop his epileptic seizures.

G Cover

Surgery no longer a last resort in treating epilepsy

Olympics Photos

Best images from synchronized swimming
Usain Bolt leans at the line, crossing in an Olympic-record 9.63 seconds to win the gold ahead of Yohan Blake (5, silver) and Justin Gatlin (6, bronze).

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Usain Bolt again makes fast work of the 100
Following a car accident involving the band’s original bassist, Deftones are touring again and will release a new album in October.

Deftones bounce back after tragedy strikes
The GLANSER sends location data back to a command post.

Firefighter tracker to be unveiled
Sean Cullen and Elisabeth Waterston in the production.

Stage review

Time passes slowly in ‘A Month in the Country’
Dianne Reeves performing on Saturday at Newport.

Music Review

Diversity in style, substance at Newport jazz fest
Hatchery manager Mickey Novak held up a female salmon at the Sunderland hatchery where the fish are mated.

US bid to return salmon to Connecticut River ends
Glenn W. Martin grows marijuana openly in a small greenhouse in Montville, Maine.

Maine a case study in medical marijuana
New Orleans Saints offensive coordinator Pete Carmichael Jr.

Sunday Football Notes

Pete Carmichael Jr. one reason Saints have a prayer
Zhao Yunlei (left) and Tian Qing of China gave it their all in a thrilling victory over Japan in the gold-medal match.

Bob Ryan

Badminton finale thrilling, not controversial
The Olympic cauldron is lit during the Danny Boyle-directed Opening Ceremony for the London Games.

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A critic’s first Olympics

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Gabby Douglas failed to medal on Monday.

Gabby Douglas fails to medal in uneven bars

The winner of the gold medal in the gymnastics all-around, Douglas finished last in the uneven bars competition Monday. Aliya Mustafina of Russia won gold.

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Governor Deval Patrick shook hands with Speaker of the House Robert DeLeo after signing a health care cost containment bill into law on Monday morning.

Patrick signs health care cost measure

In a State House ceremony, Governor Deval Patrick signed the sweeping bill that seeks to rein into the state’s spiraling health costs.

Columnists

JULIETTE KAYYEM

The $600,000 budget thorn

james carroll

Dark fantasy in action

Adrian Walker

Alarm bells in Roxbury health center
Usain Bolt leans at the line, crossing in an Olympic-record 9.63 seconds to win the gold ahead of Yohan Blake (5, silver) and Justin Gatlin (6, bronze).

Bob Ryan

Usain Bolt again makes fast work of the 100
First lady Michelle Obama campaigns in Manchester, N.H., Thursday.

opinion | JOAN VENNOCHI

This time, Mass. gives Obama little help in N.H.
Bicyclists and pedestrians travel in Stockholm, where traffic has decreased significantly since the city started charging drivers a fee to enter congested areas.

Derrick Z. Jackson

Finding the cure for traffic

INNOVATION ECONOMY

Dropbox’s tale speaks to a Bay State weakness
Roger Federer put in a long workday, taking more than four hours to eliminate Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro.

Bob Ryan

Federer wins an Olympic classic at Wimbledon

Adrian Walker

Gregory Sullivan, crusading inspector general, calls it a career

LAWRENCE HARMON

Energy czar put the green in Boston
Tom Brady waves (left) to some of the many fans attending Patriots practice Friday wishing him well on his 35th birthday.

Christopher L. Gasper

Tom Brady’s 35th birthday presents a dilemma

Brian McGrory

Children’s Hospital plans may mark end for Prouty Garden

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Matt Hirsch (foreground) with colleagues Ramesh Raskar and Gordon Wetzstein at the MIT Media Lab.

Researchers have new vision for 3-D TV

The MIT Media Lab’s Camera Culture Group has come up with a new “glasses-free” 3-D technology.

Politics

Daniel Montalvo, with his wife, Marina, and two daughters, does not have insurance. He is a manager at Salon Hispano in Woodbridge, Va., and is shopping around for coverage.

Mitt Romney ad in Spanish attacks health care law

The Republican’s vow to end “Obamacare’’ is a bold and risky message he continues to deliver to Latino voters, who overwhelmingly back the federal health care law.

Nation & World

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Riad Hijab

Syrian prime minister defects

Riad Hijab is the highest-level government official to defect since the uprising against President Bashar Assad’s authoritarian rule began 17 months ago.

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Book Review

“Monkey Mind” by Daniel Smith.

‘Monkey Mind’ by Daniel Smith

The memoir, which chronicles the author’s long struggle with chronic anxiety, puts a spin on it that elicits both absurd hilarity and deep compassion.

Health and wellness

G Force

“The pharmaceutical industry is basically giving up and throwing in the towel,” Dr. Steven E. Hyman said. “Their exit is both a symptom of the difficulty and a problem.”

Learning how to treat mental disorders

Dr. Steven E. Hyman, a neuroscientist and former Harvard provost, now directs the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at the Broad Institute.

“Little girls would come up and say, hey, I want your autograph, I want your picture. I was like, ‘wow, am I really that good?’ ”

American gymnast Gabrielle Douglas 

Magazine

The cover for the August 5 2012 issue

Dating statistics: Snapshot of a Boston single
The cover for the July 29 2012 issue

Connected, powerful 21st-century moms
The cover for the July 22 2012 issue

25 best burgers around Boston
The cover for the July 15 2012 issue

12 Bostonians Changing the World

Opinion

“What macho fantasy is being indulged by the casual possession of lethal firearms? And what taboo is being weakened when they become ubiquitous?”

James Carroll 

Ideas

“If Willen is right, then the finger-pointing that’s occurred since the financial meltdown is all beside the point. Instead, we need to accept the frightening fact that when an economic delusion takes hold, none of us may be able to tell.”

Leon Neyfakh, on a Federal Reserve economist bearing very bad news