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Charges dropped against Edwards

Federal prosecutors dropped all felony charges against former presidential candidate John Edwards after his corruption trial ended last month in a mistrial.

Lance Armstrong competed during the 2011 Tour Down Under in Adelaide, Australia.

US Anti-Doping Agency charges Lance Armstrong

Armstrong, who retired from cycling last year, could face a lifetime ban from the sport if he is found to have used performance-enhancing drugs.

Microbe project aims to shed light on human health

A five-year, $173 million initiative led partly by Boston-area scientists may point to ways to manipulate populations of microbes to treat or prevent diseases.

Dustin Pedroia and the Red Sox offense have slumped badly recently.

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Red Sox at Marlins | 7:10 p.m.

What has gone wrong with the Red Sox offense?

Although limited by injuries, the Red Sox have scored just 12 runs in the past five games. That’s insufficient, and reinforcements are needed.

The government alleges that horse owner Jose Trevino Morales, center, was part of a cartel that used Mexican drug money in connection with a successful horse breeding business in the United States.

Mexican drug money ties to US horse racing probed

Investigators raided facilities Tuesday in New Mexico and Oklahoma where they say a Mexican drug cartel was laundering millions of dollars.

Tom and Ray Magliozzi are shown having lunch with members of their production crew after a 2004 recording session at the WBUR recording studios in Brookline.

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‘Car Talk’: Hub of the radio universe

When Tom and Ray Magliozzi stop recording new episodes of “Car Talk” in September, it will be the end of an era for a program that captures a deep slice of Greater Boston.

Founder Jordan Tobins is on indefinite leave.

Deep split revealed at Upper Crust pizza chain

The embattled pizza chain, already under investigation for its labor practices, is now riven by a nasty battle for control among its co-owners.

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A ref who got it right
Slimming yogurt summer salad.

Food

Make your own Greek yogurt

Opinion

The Podium
The entrance to Canobie Lake Park and its 85 rides and other attractions.

A Tank Away

Salem, N.H.: Amusement rides, America’s Stonehenge
Larry Hagman as patriarch J.R. Ewing and Josh Henderson as his son John Ross.

Television Review

‘Dallas’ digs deep to relive glory days
“Lime-Stone” by Paul Stopforth.

Galleries

Art explores legacy of apartheid at Spoke Gallery
Novella Brady (left) of Beltsville, Md., and her sister Lexus, of Boston, sample from Cupcake Mojo.

Crowd devours samples at Food Truck Festival
Theologians issued statements supporting Sister Margaret Farley.

Sanctions against nuns spark backlash
 

Frame by Frame

Hero worship, with nerve in ‘Raphael and the Fornarina’
“Fast Food Restaurant Manager’’ by Tony Loreti, whose “Working Portraits’’ series won the best in show award at “Exposure 2012.’’

Photography Review

Wide range on display at ‘Exposure 2012’
“We’re not just missing the boat, we could be missing the bomb. . . . Detonating a nuclear bomb in the [US] is at the very top of Al Qaeda’s terrorist targets,” said Representative Edward Markey.

US to miss target for tighter port security
Betsy Myers, right, director of Bentley University’s Center for Women and Business, and Bentley student Maggy Reynolds.

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The unsinkable Betsy Myers

Sports

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Voices line up for Red Sox announcer job

The death of Carl Beane, at 59, has left the Red Sox with an empty space in their hearts, and also with a silence to fill at Fenway Park.

Metro

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Middleborough profanity ban touches a nerve

The town voted to give police the power to hand out $20 tickets for using profanity in public, which has riled some residents.

Columnists

Former Florida governor Jeb Bush.

Opinion | Scot Lehigh

Moments of GOP truth

Jeff Jacoby

Health care system needs more freedom, not less

Kevin Cullen

A lesson in civics and justice

Brian McGrory

View from the top at Liberty Mutual

joanna weiss

Warren and the deep waters of ethnic identity
Sister Mary Othelia operates a tractor at the Mount Asissi Convent in Illinois in 1942. The nuns did all of the planting and harvesting on the 100-acre farm.

Opinion | Farah Stockman

In singling out nuns, Catholic Church overlooks its history
Graduates walked through Harvard Yard.

Boston Capital

The real cost of higher education
A soldier scans across the border at houses in Pakistan during a June patrol in Afghanistan.

JULIETTE KAYYEM

Suicide is the biggest foe for US troops

Innovation Economy

E Ink founder has nuclear ambitions

Adrian Walker

In search of transparency at Brookline High

opinion | jeff jacoby

The end is near for public-sector unions

joan vennochi

Politicians still seek the labor vote

Business

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Jenny Weymouth of Boston says she would still shop on Amazon even if it were to charge for Massachusetts sales taxes.

If Amazon taxes in Mass., will buyers bolt?

Despite local retailers’ hopes, many residents say they would still shop on Amazon even if it were to start collecting sales tax on purchases made from the state.

Politics

Political Notebook

Gabrielle Giffords resigned a year after she was shot in the head while meeting with constituents at a Tucson shopping center.

Giffords’s aide wins special election to fill seat

Democrat Ron Barber won a special House election in southern Arizona.

Nation & World

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Iraqi men walked past the bombed remains of vehicles in Ramadi, after a wave of coordinated attacks hit Iraq.

At least 66 killed in Iraq bombings

A wave of car bombs in several cities marked one of the deadliest days since US troops withdrew from the country.

Arts

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Book Review

Alan Furst sets his latest novel in Paris during the years just before World War II.

‘Mission to Paris’ by Alan Furst

Furst shows why he is a grandmaster of the historical espionage genre.

Food & dining

Dining Out

From top: salt cod fritters with baked beans; seared loup de mer, a sea bass fillet served over rice flavored with crab, with grilled frisee and crab aioli.

Nix’s Mate brings creativity to Hilton menu

In Boston’s Financial District, Nix’s Mate, named for one of the Harbor Islands, does not feel like a hotel restaurant.

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Head to head

Can Boston compete with Silicon Valley?

Shawn Harris of Nyopoly.com and Niraj Shah of Wayfair, who have been building businesses in the region for more than a decade, talk about running start-ups.

“You are here only because you were caught. You are as much of a criminal as Whitey and should be handled as such.”

Tim Connors,  the son of an alleged victim of James “Whitey” Bulger, at Catherine Greig’s sentencing

Magazine

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5 casual feast recipes from Sam Jackson
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40 ideas for your New England summer weekends
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What does it take to become a Disney star?
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Best beaches guide for New England

Opinion

“The orthodox view is that to shield people with serious medical needs from undue financial hardship, we must suppress the normal workings of a free market.”

Jeff Jacoby 

Ideas

“With two presidents in the White House, our leaders would be forced to spend their time building on all the things they have in common, instead of pretending they have fundamentally opposed visions for the country.”

Leon Neyfakh  on the case for two presidents