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Photo e-mailed from Mass. led to child porn network

The image of a toddler clutching a stuffed rabbit was the beginning of a case that led to a Milford man to a serial abuser in the Netherlands, and to traffickers in seven countries and counting.

Patrick sends crime bill back

Governor Deval Patrick wants the controversial “three strikes” provision eased to give sentencing judges more flexibility.

Warren’s star rose in D.C. battles

Elizabeth Warren earned a bold reputation that helped catapult her into the nation’s most high-profile Senate race, but also laid the groundwork for attacks against her.

New Mass. law allows drug coupons for prescription drugs

Consumer advocates and policy analysts argue that, while coupons may help patients in the short term, they also help drive up health care costs.

Aly Raisman practiced on the vault in London. The quest for gold begins Sunday for Raisman and the US.

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US women’s gymnastics hopes third time is the charm

Needham’s Aly Raisman and her teammates are determined to become the first to win gold at an overseas Olympics. Their quest begins Sunday.

Bob Ryan

Britain’s couldn’t keep up the pace in men’s road race

Expecting to win its first gold medal with its powerhouse road cycling team, England had its first disappointment in the Games when legendary sprinter Mark Cavendish finished 28th.

For R.I.’s Beisel, silver nearly as good as gold

Elizabeth Beisel came to London as the world champion, but congratulated 16-year-old Chinese gold medalist Ye Shiwen for “the race of her life.”

Yvonne Abraham

Eritrean soccer players haning on to a dream

They were members of the national soccer team, representing one of the most brutal countries in the world. As refugees they are free. But must they give up on competitive soccer forever?

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Charles River Basin

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

Jon Lester, looking to break a three-game losing streak, gestures to his infielders during a scoreless first inning. Lester went six innings against the Yankees, allowing four runs.

Dan Shaughnessy

Red Sox’ Valentine has to be careful managing Carl Crawford

book review

‘Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies’

Mul’s Diner provides a front-row seat to a changing South Boston. One arrival is the 139-unit apartment complex 50 West Broadway, opened in 2010.

magazine

With reality TV, is Southie about to be New Jerseyed?

“Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour by Cirque du Soleil” employs an arsenal of mimes, acrobats, and dancers — as well as a live band — to showcase Jackson’s songs.

living arts

Michael Jackson lives on in ‘Immortal’

Alison Pargeter, at Roman ruins near Tripoli, says Khadafy’s “cult of personality...swallowed everything.”

Ideas | Q&A

The Libya that Khadafy left behind

Gustavo and Otavio Pandolfo take a break from painting a mural on the Greenway.

Os Gemeos making first mural in Boston

This stretch of the popular Regent’s Canal towpath is between the Whitmore and Kingsland Road bridges.

travel

London’s edgy East End is game for Olympic influx

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Keep up on the latest from the London Olympics

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 | Movies

Two couples join together to make ‘Ruby Sparks’

Exclusive Sunday Preview | book review

‘The Way the World Works’ by Nicholson Baker

Exclusive Sunday Preview | Globe Magazine

The power of the 21st-century mom network

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Red Sox 8, Yankees 6

Yankees center fielder Curtis Granderson misjudges a drive by Pedro Ciriaco in the ninth inning that went for a triple and brought in Jacoby Ellsbury with the go-ahead run.

Ciriaco is Sox’ designated hero

Unlikely DH Pedro Ciriaco, a 170-pound infielder who hasn’t homered this season, went 3 for 5 in the Red Sox Bronx win, raising his average to .356.

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Hubway, turning 1, is about to expand

From 61 stations and 610 bikes, the bicycle-sharing network is set to grow by the fall to nearly 110 stations and 1,100 bikes, spreading from Boston to Cambridge, Somerville, and Brookline.