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Syrian forces move to retake Aleppo

Syria’s government has launched an assault to regain control of the country’s largest city, raising fears that a new massacre could be looming.

London protesters march against Olympics

About 500 people marched Saturday near the Olympic Park, hours after 130 cyclists were arrested in an attempted security breach on opening night.

Cambridge becoming social media research hub

Some of the Boston area’s brightest minds are studying, in real time, changing attitudes and behaviors for Harvard, MIT, IBM, Google and Microsoft.

Two die, 20 fall ill at music festival

Mansfield police said the Identity Festival concert Thursday at the Comcast Center erupted into a dangerous frenzy of alcohol and drugs — including PCP, LSD, ecstasy, and marijuana.

Dan Shaughnessy

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The Sox lost again Friday night, 10-3, in the Bronx. Since Sept. 1 the Sox are 56-71, yet still cling to the preposterous notion that they are part of baseball’s elite class.

Ailson Eraclito da Silva, a lightweight rower from Brazil, was the lead in one of Liberty Mutual’s films.

Local advertisers join rush to run Olympic campaigns

A number of local ad agencies and companies are trying to associate themselves with the global athletic event and the emotions it stirs up in consumers.

Bob Ryan

In Kenya, successful runners mean more than medals

Kenyan leaders see the Olympics as more than merely another excuse to grab medals. They want to showcase Kenya’s other assets to the world.

Elizabeth Beisel will swim the 400-meter individual medley Saturday.

Rhode Island’s Elizabeth Beisel a gold-medal favorite

In her second Olympics, Rhode Island’s only representative comes to the Games as the woman to beat in Saturday’s 400-meter individual medley.

A pulsating soundtrack and giant puppets from “Harry Potter” were main characters in opening ceremonies for the London Olympics.

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For its opening act, Britain’s great

Britain greeted the world Friday with an extravagant celebration that included a tour through the country’s history and popular culture.

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From the archives | Photos

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The completion of the Charles River Dam Bridge on June 30, 1910, created the Charles River Basin and gave Boston the waterway that is now integral to our urban experience.

Globe exclusives

Patrons ate clams and fries at a picnic table next to the water outside J.T. Farnham’s in Essex.

The Roads to Summer

Along 9-mile ribbon, a clam lover’s paradise

Exclusive Sunday Preview | Globe Magazine

The power of the 21st-century mom network

Christopher L. Gasper

Rob Gronkowski focusing on football, not fame

SPECIAL SECTION

Keep up on the latest from the London Olympics

opinion | is that a fact?

Untruths in the liberal camp
Ric Engermann (foreground) and Chris Leon star in Company One’s “The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity.’’

Stages

‘Chad Deity’ explores race and class through pro wrestling

How did ‘Monday’ become a racist slur?
A cat named Snow Shoe peeked out of the port window of her cage at the remodeled shelter in Dedham.

Photo Gallery

Globe photos of the week
The Soul Rebels Brass Band will perform at this weekend’s inaugural Summer Arts Weekend.

Inaugural Summer Arts Weekend loaded with jazz
Newport Folk Festival producer Jay Sweet (center) with legendary singer Pete Seeger (left) and the festival’s founder, George Wein.

Sweet gives Newport Folk Festival a distinct flavor
Since Mayor Menino’s letter to Chick-fil-A was posted on Facebook Wednesday, about 140,000 people have “liked” it.

Mayor Menino clarifies Chick-fil-A stance
Bluegrass singer Sierra Hull.

Sierra Hull brings bluegrass back to Boston

Sports

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Red Sox starter Aaron Cook lasted only four innings.

Red Sox get blasted in series opener vs. Yankees

It was an embarrassing performance for the Red Sox, marked by poor pitching and fielding and an approach at the plate that bordered on unprofessional.

Metro

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The German submarine U-550 sank stern first near the waters off Nantucket in 1944.

Sunken German submarine is found off Nantucket

After years of research and days of painstaking searches of the ocean floor, a crew discovered a German U-boat that sank in April 1944.

Columnists

Dan Shaughnessy

The Red Sox are done

lawrence harmon

Privatization of Brighton field would set bad precedent

Christopher L. Gasper

Rob Gronkowski focusing on football, not fame

Adrian Walker

Boston City Council districts should be scrapped

Bob Ryan

In Kenya, successful runners mean more than medals

Boston Capital

Online retailers pressed to collect sales taxes

Brian McGrory

Mitt Romney, lost in translation

Yvonne Abraham

Future Boston breaks the Menino rule
A look at three of the medalists in 1948, when London last hosted the Summer Olympics.

Bob Ryan

In ‘48, London Olympics had different challenges

opinion | joan vennochi

Real Lives bill would empower people with disabilities
Tom Brady and the Patriots are back to begin another training camp.

Dan Shaughnessy

Patriots camp brings thoughts of another Super Bowl

Tech Lab

The smartphone as a spending tool

Business

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Davio’s executive chef Eric Swartz stocked the restaurant’s the walk-in cooler with produce bought from the Dining Alliance.

Boston restaurants work together to save money

Scores of restaurateurs are joining forces through the Dining Alliance to leverage their purchasing power and save money on everything from pork to pignoli.

Politics

Political Notebook

The Sun ran a headline calling Mitt Romney “Mitt the Twit” following his comments on the London Olympics.

Olympics remarks bog down Romney trip

Mitt Romney struggled Friday to stem political fallout at home after his comments on Britain’s handling of the London Games.

Nation & World

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Sheri Jaramillo, cousin of Jonathan Blunk, who was killed in the attack, looked at his cross at a memorial in Aurora, Colo.

Shooting suspect saw psychiatrist, defense says

James Holmes was a patient of a University of Colorado psychiatrist, according to the shooting suspect’s lawyers.

Arts

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Many of the athletes from around the world will be posting both text and images on Twitter, Facebook and other forms of social media, documenting their time in competition and in around the Olympic Village in London.

Welcome to the Socialympics

Thanks to the soaring popularity of social media, fans of the Olympics will have the opportunity to follow the London Games more comprehensively, and obsessively, than ever before.

“Boston has a critical mass of tech companies, universities, computing power, and big brains to pull this off.”

Lee Rainie,   of the Pew Research Center, on social media research

Magazine

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
The cover for the July 8 2012 issue

N.Y. vs. Boston: The endgame
The cover for the June 24 2012 issue

A West Falmouth home where sea meets sunset

Opinion

“Public agencies, not private colleges, should be accountable for public land.”

Lawrence Harmon 

Ideas

“On the fringes of American politics, on conservative radio, and even on the campaign trail, a whole parallel Obama has emerged over the course of the 2012 race—a shadowy figure who has craftily concealed his ideological extremism and is merely awaiting his second term to unleash it.”

Leon Neyfakh