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Boy missing after R.I. slayings found

The 2-year-old kidnapped during a double homicide this morning was located wandering the streets of Providence, apparently unharmed, police said.

Investigators entered the YWCA on Concord Street in Manchester, N.H., where two people died in a shooting Sunday morning. According to police, a man shot his son before turning the gun on himself.

Man commits murder-suicide at YWCA

During a supervised visit with his 9-year-old son, a New Hampshire man shot the boy and then himself, authorities said.

Jason Dufner won his first major title at the 2013 PGA Championship.

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Jason Dufner beats Jim Furyk for first major title

Making bogeys on the last two holes at Oak Hill, Dufner closed with a 2-under 68 to win this year’s PGA Championship.

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The Royals showed the Red Sox a mix of pitching, power, speed, and good defense over the weekend.

Ryan Huddle/Globe Staff; Photos by Joan Marcus

Critic’s notebook | Don Aucoin

For girls, ‘Wicked’ casts a spell

A decade on, this underrated musical continues to celebrate the power of female friendship.

In late July, projectors had yet to be installed and ceilings were unfinished in what will be a computer laboratory.

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Middle school opening is in doubt

Less than a month before the school year starts, a lot of work needs to be done at Quincy’s new Central Middle School.

After 15 years, Paul Pierce was traded by the Celtics, a victim of the organization’s long-awaited rebuilding plan.

Sunday Basketball Notes

Paul Pierce stages final summer camp in Boston

The former Celtic spent last week working with kids who don’t understand the business aspect of the NBA.

Ennead design partner Richard Olcott said, “It’s very daunting but that’s what makes it interesting.”

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NY firm to design PEM expansion

Eager to get its 175,000-square-foot project back on track, the Peabody Essex Museum has selected Ennead Architects to design it.

Opinion

TOM KEANE

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Predicting the outcome is foolhardy, and trying to forecast voter turnout based on 20-year-old data is difficult.

Globe exclusives

Edwin Alemany spent stints in psychiatric hospitals.

Alemany’s long spiral down
The Center for Strategic and International Studies is building a $100 million headquarters in Washington with money raised by a high-powered collection of former senior government officials and titans of industry.

Broken City

Many think tanks players in partisan wars
A review of court records show Nelson and Gideika have a long history of drug addiction. Gideika’s criminal record, in particular, shows his downward spiral.

Mass. is leaving more youths in troubled homes
Three-year-old Gianna Napoli, here with mother, Kim, was standing across the street from where the second bomb exploded.

Children struggle in aftermath of Marathon attack
“I always believed if I gave it everything I’ve got and it wasn’t meant to be, I’d have no regrets,” says the 30-year-old outfielder.

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Daniel Nava, the long shot
Justin Timberlake (left) and Jay Z shared the spotlight Saturday night.

Music review

Timberlake, Jay Z hit it out of park
A worker raked wild blueberries from last week. More than 80 million pounds are expected to be harvested this year.

Racing to save blueberries
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
Adrian Gonzalez has impressed the owner of the Dodgers.

Sunday Baseball Notes

Series matchup would be a really big deal
Most around the NFL give Tom Brady and Bill Belichick the benefit of the doubt that they will have the offense on top of the statistical rankings again this year.

Sunday Football Notes

Altered offense won’t leave Patriots lacking
Guests eat their meals in the kitchen of the main house.

A taste of homesteading at a Maine hostel
Taylor Schilling stars in Netflix’s “Orange Is the New Black.”

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‘Orange’ addicts unite

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Curt Schilling gets his 16-and-under team prepared for its game at the USSSA Girls Fastpitch World Series at the Wide World of Sports at Disney.

Curt Schilling has a new lease on life

After a disastrous business venture and a heart attack, coaching softball has helped the former Red Sox pitcher turn the corner on difficult times.

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President Barack Obama putted while golfing on the first hole at Farm Neck Golf Club in Oak Bluffs, Mass., on the island of Martha's Vineyard.

Obama golfs in Martha’s Vineyard

President Obama hit the Farm Neck Golf Club in Oak Bluffs for his first outing of a weeklong stay on the island.

Columnists

Johnny Manziel can’t profit from own name.

Christopher L. Gasper

NCAA needs reform

JOAN VENNOCHI

Mass. officials must investigate Todashev death
The FBI is accused of enabling Whitey Bulger, seen in this mug shot taken in 1955 in Miami Beach.

JEFF JACOBY

Federal overreach — then and now
TJ Hazen (foreground, left) with his Microsoft team.

Innovation Economy

New frontiers in voice recognition
The columnist’s grandchildren Charlotte and Adam, on the first day of school last fall.

Beverly Beckham

Friends can last; siblings are forever

Yvonne Abraham

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

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

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Members of the Muslim Brotherhood and supporters of ousted president Mohammed Morsi marched in Cairo.

Egypt police to besiege sit-ins within 24 hours

Security forces will break up protests by supporters of ousted president Mohammed Morsi, setting up a possible confrontation.

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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Product Reviews

Appliances that cook up convenience

Consumer Reports found many ranges, cooktops, wall ovens, and microwaves that make cooking easier and more fun.

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Forest Whitaker stars in the new movie “The Butler,” based on a true story about a butler in the White House.

How ‘The Butler’ evolved from the page to the screen

Screenwriter Danny Strong explains how he brought Eugene Allen, a black butler who worked at the White House for more than three decades, to life.

Travel

In Transit

If your companion is a canine, head for the beach, where busy workday Boston is hidden in the haze.

Nantasket works best as a weekday excursion

The long, gray sand beach “gets sardine-packed on the weekends,” but there is more room to spread out during the week.

Books

Book Review

In “The Sports Gene,” David Epstein examines the role that biology plays in separating weekend warriors from elite athletes.

‘The Sports Gene’ by David Epstein

In the book, Epstein examines the role that biology plays in separating weekend warriors from elite athletes.

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Walter Willett’s food fight
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Ideas

“The enduring appeal of the books tells us something about how deep the romance with self-reliance runs through American history, and the gaps between the Little House narrative and Wilder’s real life say a lot about the government help and interdependence that we sometimes find more convenient to leave out of that tale.”

Christine Woodside,  on the Little House books as Libertarian fables