‘Whitey’ Bulger won’t testify

This courtroom sketch depicted James

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“As far as I’m concerned I didn’t get a fair trial. This is a sham, and do what you want with me,” the gangster said at his trial.

Dan Shaughnessy

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/08/01/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/shaughnessy-8200.png Bill Parcells reflects on his Patriots years

Parcells enters the Pro Football Hall of Fame this weekend after a career in which he won two Super Bowls and rescued the Patriots from irrelevance.

Shirley Leung

It’s time to say yes to Walmart

Tom Menino got one thing wrong: Saying no to Walmart. The next mayor of Boston needs to get it right.

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US issues travel alert over Al Qaeda threat

The alert warned of possible attacks in the Middle East and North Africa between now and the end of August.

US jobless rate falls to 7.4%

US employers added 162,000 jobs in July, the fewest since March, but the gains were enough to push the unemployment rate to its lowest level since 2008.

Unlike peers, Warren bucks press in Senate hallways

Elizabeth Warren will either huddle close to a colleague, breezing past several reporters, or use a variety of other methods to avoid hallway questions.

For the latest in radar, Raytheon built a balloon

To protect Washington from attack, the Army didn’t turn to some cutting-edge technology — instead, it opted for something out of the 18th century.

Opinion

opinion | alan berger

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/08/02/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/berger0802-1693--90x90.jpg The Mideast gamble

What has been derided as John Kerry’s quixotic quest may instead be seen as a shrewd diplomatic maneuver.

Sports

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Red Sox 8, Mariners 7

Fans at Fenway Park celebrated when Daniel Nava blasted the game-winning hit to center field.

‘Magical’ Red Sox walk off with another win

The Red Sox, down 7-2 in the 9th, scored six times to record their 11th walkoff win this season and extend their AL East lead.

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Tony and Obie award winner John Wulp is staging the world premiere of “Red Eye of Love” inside a community center on picturesque North Haven, Maine.

Tony winners stage musical on Maine island

Tony and Obie award winner John Wulp is staging the world premiere of “Red Eye of Love” inside a community center on picturesque North Haven, Maine.

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Steve Coogan stars as British porn king and real estate mogul Paul Raymond in “The Look of Love.”

‘The Look of Love’ is skin deep

In the biopic of the British porn king and real estate mogul Paul Raymond, he learns nothing from his personal failings and tragedies, and neither does the viewer.