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Pro-bailout party projected to win Greek election

The winning party immediately proposed forming a pro-euro coalition government, a development that eased fears of potential widespread economic turmoil.

Rodney King, key figure in LA riots, dead at 47

Rodney King, whose 1991 videotaped beating by Los Angeles police officers was the touchstone for one of the most destructive race riots in the nation’s history, has died, his publicist said.

Romney says he would help young immigrants

The candidate’s comments represent a further softening of his rhetoric on immigration since the GOP primary campaign ended.

Different paths led to a deadly encounter

A Greenland police chief and his alleged killer shared N.H. roots and both sought acclaim in public service, but their lives diverged sharply.

BIO convention comes back to Boston

The Massachusetts life sciences sector has grown and changed noticeably since Boston last played host to the Biotechnology Industry Organization convention in 2007.

Essdras M Suarez/ Globe Staff

CRITIC’S NOTEBOOK

Theater audiences are growing older

Younger people, so financially strapped that they’ve been dubbed “Generation Debt,’’ might well feel that they’re in no position to be regular patrons.

Pixar’s new ‘Brave’ is fueled by girl power

Will it usher in a trend of strong heroines hungering for independent fates not tied to Prince Charming?

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You’ve come a long way, doc

From leeches to face transplants, the New England Journal of Medicin has played an important role in the evolution of medicine in the past 200 years.

Sunday baseball notes

Who is the best young MLB talent?

The great debate: Bryce Harper or Mike Trout? The Globe’s Nick Cafardo spoke to 55 people around Major League Baseball to find out which player is the top young superstar.

Dan Shaughnessy

Some bad vibrations at Wrigley Field

The hours before the Red Sox-Cubs game Saturday night featured enough snubs and awkward moments to fill a full season of “Curb Your Enthusiasm.’’

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Globe Insiders

Globe Talk | July 30, 6 p.m.

A conversation with Barney Frank

Join a conversation with US Representative Barney Frank, who represents the Fourth Congressional District of Massachusetts.

BostonGlobe.com exclusives

Joe Resnek has gone from a ‘‘Chelsea punk’’ to a Harvard student to a speechwriter in the Obama administration. He recently listened as Alan Solomont, the US ambassador to Spain, practiced a speech.

Joe Resnek is writing his way to the top

From Josiah McElheny’s curiosity about cosmology came “Island Universe’’ (2008), a collection of glass and chrome starburst-like sculptures that some critics consider his most ambitious work.

Josiah McElheny’s expanding universe

Derek Fisher, 37, has emerged as the first guard off the bench for the Thunder as he seeks his sixth NBA title.

Sunday basketball notes

Amid calls for ouster, Derek Fisher keeps going

Sunday football notes

Steve Spagnuolo eager to get started with Saints

On second thought

’76 Yale crew stood up for women’s rights

Cruise’s latest film is the new release “Rock of Ages.”

Critic’s Notebook

Tom Cruise continues his odd trajectory

Syrian President Bashar Assad (center) at a 2011 ceremony in Damascus to mark the 38th anniversary of the Arab-Israeli war.

The world according to Bashar Assad

ideas

Five obscure tactics to snarl Congress

Writer-director Lorene Scafaria at the Liberty Hotel.

Movies

It’s her ‘End of the World,’ and she feels fine

Camping at Pawtuckaway Lake, in south-central New Hampshire, offers hiking trails, mountains, a family beach, and islands in the lake.

Travel

8 beautiful campgrounds in New England

Dan Shaughnessy

Dale Sveum was skipped over by Red Sox

Nurses trading in drab scrubs for fashionable workwear

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Franklin Morales will start Sunday against the Cubs. Morales has been a reliever for a long time, but he was a starter in his younger days with the Rockies.

Change in Red Sox pitchers has trickle-down effect

Josh Beckett’s trip to the 15-day disabled list will present an interesting opportunity for Red Sox reliever Franklin Morales.

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A father’s sacrifice is his son’s calling

For the sons and daughters of the nine firefighters killed in the 1972 Verdome Hotel fire, including BFD District Fire Chief Richard Magee Jr., Father’s Day remains bittersweet.