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John Henry a keen student of risk, reward

Henry has earned a reputation as a smart businessman willing to make bold, risky bets — and winning many of them.

General Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi sharply criticized the US government’s response to Egypt’s crisis in his first interview since last month’s ouster of President Mohammed Morsi.

Egyptian general criticizes US response

“You turned your back on the Egyptians, and they won’t forget that,” General Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said of the American government.

Pitcher Jake Peavy made his first start for the Red Sox on Saturday.

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Jake Peavy makes strong debut for Red Sox

Peavy allowed four hits in seven-plus innings to lead the Red Sox to victory over the Diamondbacks.

A rider supporting stem cell research pulled in for a lunch break on Saturday during the 34th annual Pan-Massachusetts Challenge.

For PMC riders, fight is personal

The two-day Pan-Massachusetts Challenge raises money for cancer research and has quickly become the largest athletic fund-raiser in the country.

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A sampling of stories from this Sunday's Globe.

 

Former Patriots coach Bill Parcells posed with his bust during the 2013 Pro Football Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.

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Bill Parcells expresses gratitude upon induction into Hall of Fame

The former Patriots coach thanked the people who helped turn him from an unknown linebackers coach to a legend.

A new African project involving the Beverly-based School for Field Studies seeks to add to the world’s understanding of elephants.

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Beverly school helps with elephant research in Africa

The School for Field Studies is partnering with the International Fund for Animal Welfare and Kenya Wildlife Services to study one of the world’s largest mammals.

In his game-review video series “Zero Punctuation,” Benjamin “Yahtzee” Croshaw (below) offers observations delivered as a series of still shots of rudimentary figures.

Game On

Video game critic brings a biting wit, and a mission to reform

Benjamin “Yahtzee” Croshaw, a British writer who resides in Brisbane, Australia, is more interesting than 99 percent of the video game critics out there.

Opinion

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There are ethical implications and dangerous side effects when changes are made to a person’s genes.

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How college classes encourage cheating
“Odysseo” will feature a full-size carousel that descends from the ceiling like something out of “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.”

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Horses star in this show
Steve Costner of the State Department’s Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement, which is the largest single source of money for mine removal operations around the world.

Homefront impasse has distant victims
The Os Gemeos mural at Dewey Square.

Matthew Ritchie named to do newest Dewey Square mural

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34 home maintenance myths
Boston Police on Thursday searched through Stony Brook Reservation, where Amy Lord’s body was discovered.

Police report details how Amy Lord died
Matt Damon.

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Next stop Neill Blomkamp’s ‘Elysium’
The Canobie Corkscrew (opened in 1987) is a steel sit-down roller coaster that can reach 45 miles an hour.

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Lake Compounce vs. Canobie Lake Park
Customers and employees stood near a promotional display at Jordan’s Furniture in Reading. Jordan’s is one local business offering sales tax holiday discounts before the tax-free weekend.

Promotions underway for sales tax holiday

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Counting the Red Sox’ walkoff wins
See the Boston Landmarks Orchestra at the Hatch Shell on Aug. 28.

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31 things for 31 days

Give American currency a makeover!

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patriots training camp report

Tom Brady and the New England Patriots practiced during their training camp at Gillette Stadium.

Fairly easy day for Tom Brady

The Patriots were split into blue and white teams, rather than the usual offense and defense, for a relaxed scrimmage.

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Yolanda Rodrigues has been serving up her grilled fare at Ceylon Park on summer weekends for more than a decade.

In weekend barbecue, a heaping helping of home

In Dorchester’s Ceylon Park, where members of the neighborhood’s Cape Verdean immigrant community gather each weekend to eat and socialize, the food has a particular flavor.

Columnists

Kevin Cullen

Once a bully, always a coward

Dan Shaughnessy

Picking up the pieces
Mayoral candidate Bill Walczak would be open to retaining Meredith Weenick.

LAWRENCE HARMON

Next mayor needs no-nonsense CFO

Shirley Leung

It’s time to say yes to Walmart
Bill Parcells helped change the trajectory of the Patriots franchise during his four-year stint as head coach in the 1990s.

Dan Shaughnessy

Bill Parcells reflects on his Patriots years

Kevin Cullen

Time for an explanation
Argentina’s Mauricio Munoz took a blow during a featherweight title match in Macau last week.

CARLO ROTELLA

All’s unfair in boxing and politics

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Curse of the Maestro
US Representative Joseph Kennedy III is seen in a Feb. 11, 2013 interview.

JOAN VENNOCHI

Kennedy’s break: Principle or politics?

Jim Koch, founderof the Boston Beer Co.

Shirley Leung

Brewer gives women cold shoulder
Joe Louis Arena and an abandoned house in Detroit.

Derrick Z. Jackson

Motor City hustle

Adrian Walker

Let whole city vote on casino

Nation & World

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Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe.

Zimbabwe’s president declared winner in disputed vote

Robert Mugabe won reelection by a landslide, the country’s electoral panel said, but his chief rival has made accusations of poll-rigging.

Politics

Political Notebook

Elizabeth Warren is responding to rules that gay men cannot donate blood.

Warren wants quick blood ban review

Senator Elizabeth Warren asked the federal government to speed its review of the ban on gay men donating blood.

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James Bullard said Fed forecasts have been too optimistic.

Fed bank president cites missteps by policy makers

The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis said his economic forecasts, as well as those of others at the Fed, have been too optimistic in the wake of the recession.

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Book REview

Author Leo Hollis cites the High Line, an aerial greenway that repurposed a stretch of abandoned rail line in Manhattan, as an example of cities’ possible allures and energies.

‘Cities Are Good For You’ by Leo Hollis

British writer Leo Hollis’s tour of the 21st-century metropolis explores the various social and creative possibilities that cities offer.

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Love Letters

Dealing with his drug addiction

Her fiance’s bachelor party is a concern, but their marriage should be her bigger worry.

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I was the sun, the kids were my planets, and other reflections from the Globe columnist.

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Walter Willett’s food fight
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What happened at Deerfield
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Kitchen overhaul
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Rethinking the golden years

Ideas

“Alfred Barr’s Wellesley class, small as it was, launched a generation of students into prominent roles in the art world, helping to spread the gospel of contemporary art as curators, journalists, and critics.”

Christopher Shea,  on how a young professor helped invent contemporary art in America