Pentagon asks to cut $334.6m from Taunton program

The significant cut in funding from a military communications network developed by General Dynamics C4 Systems could endanger hundreds of jobs.

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Kevin Garnett agrees to extension with Celtics

Garnett, who was considering retirement, has agreed to return on a three-year contract, sources have confirmed.

In this handout picture made available by the Egyptian presidency on June 30, 2012, Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi (R) shakes hands with Faruq Sultan, head of the presidential election commission, after taking the oath of office at his swearing-in ceremony at the Constitutional Court in Cairo to become the country's first freely elected leader and its first president since Hosni Mubarak's overthrow last year. AFP PHOTO / HO ==RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT

Mohamed Morsi sworn in as Egypt’s president

Morsi took the oath of office Saturday to become the country’s first freely elected president, succeeding Hosni Mubarak who was ousted 16 months ago.

Rep. John Tierney bridles at another attack

A second brother-in-law said Tierney was fully aware of the family’s illegal gambling operation, a charge the congressman strongly denied.

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OpSail is an excuse to explore the new Boston waterfront

As the waterfront evolves, it’s adding restaurants, green space, and other attractions at a breakneck pace. Consider this your reintroduction.

Jeff Briggs created the characters for a Boston-themed carousel featuring replicas of local fauna.

Boston-themed carousel designed for Greenway

Riders will sit atop replicas of a right whale, a harbor seal, and an Atlantic cod created by Jeff Briggs for the attraction.

Authors of Affordable Care law astounded by its trials

Two nonpoliticians from Mass. who helped transform the state’s health overhaul into national legislation expressed incredulity at how close the law came to being overturned.

Life is difficult enough without losing the weekend some service of the Green Line E train, people say.

Loss of weekend E train service worries riders

Some Green Line riders said it will be an inconvenience that will complicate their lives at a time and in an area where no one wants to see life become more difficult.

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Anthony Bogues will direct the new center at Brown, where he is an Africana studies professor.

Brown University center to focus on slavery
Footprint has indicated Salem Harbor’s employees will be needed to help decommission the old plant, a union spokesman said.

Salem Harbor Power Station to be sold
Al Barr, lead singer for the Dropkick Murphys.

Hudson and the Dropkick Murphys ready to celebrate with the Pops

opinion | gareth cook

Psychology’s surprising self-analysis
Artist Warren Prosperi signs “Museum Epiphany III,’’ which was unveiled at the MFA Thursday night.

G Force

Visitors become part of the artwork at MFA
Barbara Kransinski worked on the rigging of a refurbished ship as the Boston Tea Party Ships Museum prepared to re-open on Congress Street.

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The Supreme Court’s health care ruling

Where did the Supreme Court get its ‘parade of horribles’?

99 Bottles

The 8 best new beers in Boston
San Francisco’s AT&T Park hosted “The Wall” tour that Roger Waters brings to Fenway Park on Sunday.

Roger Waters brings epic ‘The Wall’ tour to Fenway Park

MFA receives rare West African art pieces
“Wish Me Away” documents the life of a country singer, who came out publicly as gay in May 2010.

Movie Review

Chely Wright on being country, and being gay

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Franklin Morales impressed in loss to Mariners

Bobby Valentine thought in February that Morales could come out of the bullpen and start for the Red Sox. Eventually he was proven right.

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Great white sharks spotted off Chatham coast

The sharks are the first documented sightings of the 2012 season, according to the Sandwich-based Cape Cod Shark Hunters.

Columnists

opinion | Joan Wickersham

Get that colonoscopy

Christopher L. Gasper

Will Kevin Garnett choose retirement or a return to Celtics?

Opinion | JOSHUA GREEN

Health care ruling aids Obama in three ways

Brian McGrory

The tax man tries to devour a restaurant

Boston Capital | Steven Syre

Investors take health care ruling in stride

Yvonne Abraham

Sal DiMasi sentenced to neglect

Tech Lab

Vigilance will help keep your computer safe
Egypt’s new leader, Mohammed Morsi, may not have put in a call to Iran, but it shouldn’t be surprising if he eventually does make overtures to Tehran and elsewhere.

Juliette Kayyem

Egypt and Iran’s inevitable courtship

Edward L. Glaeser

Why is the House GOP going after census information?

Joan Vennochi

A Boston minister challenges Brown, Warren to focus on poverty
The Rev. Fred Luter Jr. has been chosen to lead the Southern Baptist Convention, a denomination with its roots in slavery.

Jeff Jacoby

Stain of racism is finally fading in America

Scot Lehigh

Where are Mitt Romney’s details?

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Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain and other European leaders hailed the agreement to aid weak countries and banks.

Global markets cheer as Europe’s leaders back rescue plans

Leaders backed bold ideas Friday to help weak countries and frail banks ravaged by a debt crisis. Markets roared their approval.

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Romney says ruling brings new urgency to election

The Republican presidential challenger said Thursday’s landmark Supreme Court ruling has increased the importance of the presidential contest.

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Violent storms wreak havoc in mid-Atlantic

Strong storms swept through the mid-Atlantic Friday night, killing a woman and knocking out power to nearly 2 million people across the region.

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For some crew, Eagle’s landing will be a homecoming

When the Coast Guard cutter docks in the Bay State, it will have a trio of Mass. natives on board. For them, the visit is a chance to reunite with family and friends.

“We like to think in this country of slavery as a Southern phenomenon and that somehow the North was unblemished and didn’t have anything to do with slavery.”

Anthony Bogues,  on Brown University’s new Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice

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Mango lassi and salty lassi (and more) recipes
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What if spanking works?
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5 casual feast recipes from Sam Jackson
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40 ideas for your New England summer weekends

Opinion

“Today’s robber-baron China has become the antithesis of yesterday’s Red China.”

Alan Berger 

Ideas

“A cadre of engineers who specialize in tunneling and excavation say that we have barely begun to take advantage of the underground’s versatility.”

Leon Neyfakh,  on the push to go underground