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Red Sox 5, Royals 3

Red Sox bullpen closes out Royals
Mike Carp (right) celebrated with Will Middlebrooks after scoring on a double from Stephen Drew in the fourth inning.

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Jacoby Ellsbury delivered two doubles and two RBIs for the Sox, and Will Middlebrooks marked his return to the majors with two hits and two RBIs.

Law enforcement personnel headed into the Valley County Emergency Operations Center during the search.

Calif. teen found safe in Idaho; alleged kidnapper dead

The man suspected of abducting the 16-year-old was killed by FBI tactical agents after a campsite was spotted from the air, the San Diego Sheriff said.

Iris Bonilla-Yoon (left) and Ken Yoon looked at a couch and table set inside the Crate and Barrel in Burlington on Saturday.

Shoppers flock to stores on sales tax holiday weekend

Consumers can bypass Massachusetts’ 6.25 percent sales tax on items priced lower than $2,500 today and tomorrow.

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From left: Edgar Meyer, Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, and Chris Thile, who perform together in the Goat Rodeo Sessions.

Goat Rodeo

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Yo-Yo Ma rides Rodeo in return to Tanglewood

Ma returns on Aug. 15 with a collaboration with cross-genre bluegrass wizards Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile, and Stuart Duncan.

Jeff Kinney, author of “Diary of a Wimpy Kid,” has a small house next to his family’s home where he writes and also does karaoke with his neighbors.

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Jeff Kinney strategizes to avoid distractions

The “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” author is at work on the eighth installment of his series, due in November.

The Lodi Gardens, a public park, includes the ruins of a 15th-century mosque and Lodi dynasty tombs.

travel

Just a day among Delhi’s 17 million people

Deciding to forgo the six-hour round trip to see the greatest monument, the Taj Mahal, allowed for a whirlwind tour.

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Residents gathered to catch a glimpse of the president and first lady as they arrived to begin an eight-day vacation on the island.

Opinion

JOANNA WEISS

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Today’s parenting crisis is whether we’re abdicating our biggest responsibility, to make sure kids treat each other humanely.

Globe exclusives

Taylor Schilling stars in Netflix’s “Orange Is the New Black.”

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‘Orange’ addicts unite
Using an automated trash system truck, Tony DiCesare rarely has to leave his vehicle while working a route in Abington.

Trash automation is picking up

Critic’s notebook | Don Aucoin

For girls, ‘Wicked’ casts a spell
Forest Whitaker stars in the new movie “The Butler,” based on a true story about a butler in the White House.

White-glove treatment
Tim Tebow completed 4 of 12 passes for 55 yards and took three sacks in two-plus quarters.

On Football

Patriots keep it simple with Tim Tebow
Police released this photo of the festival the victims had attended in Franklin Park.

A year later, Roxbury triple murder still a mystery
Off the northeast coast of Sicily lies the island Vulcano.

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Food on Sicily: a cultural mash-up

Oyster thieves striking in Cape Cod
Co-owner David Buckley attached a keg line to a cleaning connector at the Port Tavern in Newburyport.

Beer line cleaning system hopes to tap into US
Victoria Martins of Freitas Farms worked at City Hall Plaza this week, one of several farmers’ markets across the city this summer.

Far from the farms, city markets thrive

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Little Libertarians on the prairie
The Landmark Center currently hosts Best Buy, among other stores.

Samuels unveils Landmark Center proposal

Sports

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PGA championship

Jim Furyk lined up a putt during the third round of the PGA Championship.

Jim Furyk has lead heading to final round

Oak Hill finally had enough elements for a strong test Saturday, and Furyk was up for the fight.

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Mayor Thomas M. Menino joined more than 500 Boston seniors for the Central Boston Elderly Services second annual United for Elders Summer Swing Friday.

Elderly get into the ‘Summer Swing’

The event also provided Mayor Thomas M. Menino a platform in what probably was his final address as mayor to a large group of Boston’s senior citizens.

Columnists

Alex Rodriguez looked up toward photographers after leaving a news conference in Tampa in 2009.

Opinion | Derrick Z. Jackson

Baseball’s integrity still isn’t restored

Opinion | RENÉE LOTH

Trash cash
On Oct. 30, 1948, the main business district of Donora, Pa., was cloaked in smog, the sunlight virtually obliterated by thick low-hanging pollution.

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The haze of history

Kevin Cullen

Waiting for the unknown
A water taxi cruised in The Woodlands, Texas.

EDWARD L. GLAESER

A fracking pioneer’s environmental dream

JOAN VENNOCHI

John Walsh’s rhapsody in blue
Backyard Farms’ greenhouses for growing hydroponic tomatoes cover 42 acres in Madison, Maine.

Shirley Leung

A heavy loss in pursuit of perfection

Yvonne Abraham

Perilous rolls of the dice
Daniel Conley.

LAWRENCE HARMON

Conley loses temper and respect of voters

Adrian Walker

The future begins at the Globe
Caroline Kennedy

Opinion | SCOT LEHIGH

Ambassadorship requires a seasoned diplomat, not a big name

Shirley Leung

The case for a sales tax rollback

Nation & World

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Fire and rescue personnel stood amidst the aftermath of a plane crash between two homes in East Haven, Conn.

Pilot killed in Conn. plane crash had survived 2009 incident

Former Microsoft executive Bill Henningsgaard, one of four people killed on Friday, was involved in a crash landing four years ago.

Politics

President Obama spoke during a press conference on Friday.

President pledges new limits on surveillance

President Obama called for greater transparency and more oversight of America’s extensive electronic spying programs.

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Last month, Backyard Farms had to destroy its entire crop of 420,000 tomato plants due to an infestation of whiteflies.

Backyard Farms delays tomato shipments

It’s the second setback for the Maine company, which in July had to destroy its crop of 420,000 tomato plants due to an infestation of whiteflies.

Arts

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Events

Vince Gill and Paul Franklin.

Boston-area to do list

What’s happening in and around Boston.

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“There are still lots of customers who like to hold a book in their hands and feel it and smell it,” said Bill Johnston, of Commonwealth Books, referencing the president’s recent visit to an Amazon facility.

Obama’s Amazon visit riles up independent booksellers

Some independent bookstores called the president’s effort to highlight Amazon as a positive example of job creation “misguided.”

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“There hasn’t been a meaningful rethinking of who should appear on our paper money since 1928, when early versions of the bills we still use today entered circulation.”

Leon Neyfakh,  on American currency