Jared Remy held in girlfriend’s murder

Jared Remy, the son of broadcaster Jerry Remy, stabbed his longtime girlfriend, Jennifer Martel, with “great force and great effort,” a prosecutor said.

Benjamin Ray said he tried to get Jared Remy to stop allegedly assaulting Jennifer Martel in the patio of their Waltham residence.

‘I did what I could to stop it,’ neighbor says

A neighbor who tried to help Jennifer Martel as she was allegedly being attacked by Jared Remy said he regrets not being able to save her.

David Ortiz headed for the dugout after lining into a double play to end the eighth inning.

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Red Sox keep scuffling

The Red Sox pitched poorly and played sloppy defense, resulting in an ugly loss against the rival Yankees.

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NESN analyst Dennis Eckersley said the unfriendly reception for the embattled Yankees star was the loudest he had ever heard a player booed at Fenway Park.

Tom Brady looked to pass against the Buccaneers during the first quarter.

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Tom Brady’s almost perfect

Wearing a brace on the most attention-getting left knee in New England, Brady played two series in another successful preseason night for the Patriots.

Wendy Whelan and Joshua Beamish perform his “Waltz Epoca” during the “Restless Creature’’ program at Jacob’s Pillow.

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Whelan is a ‘creature’ beautifully transformed

New York City Ballet principal Wendy Whelan is one of those artists who submerge themselves into their art in such a way that humanness is, for a moment, transcended.

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This excerpt from a new book tells the history of Howard Johnson’s, including its founding, the famous ice cream, and the iconic orange roofs.

Egyptians supporting ousted president Mohammed Morsi run amidst tear gas during a protest called for by the Muslim Brotherhood near Ramses square, Cairo.

At least 82 killed in Egyptian protests

Cairo descended into chaos Friday as vigilantes at neighborhood checkpoints battled protesters led by the Muslim Brotherhood.

Opinion

LAWRENCE HARMON

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After years of falling short, a Massachusetts team has taken its rightful place in the Pantheon of Certamen.

Globe exclusives

Shailene Woodley and Miles Teller play high school classmates who fall in love in “The Spectacular Now.”

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Young love in ‘The Spectacular Now’
Great white shark.

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How I survived a shark attack
Seaport Boulevard is seen during rush hour traffic on Thursday.

Shirley Leung

A snarl in Seaport District’s success story
A typical Civil-War era Union ration coffee.

Is drinking too much coffee really harmful?
A lone eastern tiger swallowtail fed on a butterfly bush at Mass Audubon’s Boston Nature Center. The usually abundant monarch butterflies are absent this summer.

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Globe photos of the week, Aug. 16, 2013
John Lackey is against Alex Rodriguez remaining in the Yankees’ lineup until his suspension appeal is heard. “I’ve got a problem with it. You bet I do. How is he still playing?”

John Lackey says Red Sox should not have to face A-Rod
Yemeni security forces stood behind barriers blocking the access to the US Embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, Sunday.

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Why we shouldn’t be afraid of Al Qaeda in Yemen

KEVIN CULLEN

One of the good guys
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie displayed some of his famous in-your-face pugnacity.

Chris Christie addresses RNC in Boston
Robin Williams plays President Eisenhower and Forest Whitaker is White House butler Cecil Gaines in Lee Daniels’s new movie.

Movie Review

What ‘The Butler’ saw
Sergeant Sean Murphy left State Police Headquarters after facing a disciplinary hearing for his role in releasing capture photos of accused Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to the media in July.

Night duty for trooper who released capture photos
Edwin Alemany was arraigned in the murder of Amy Lord at West Roxbury District Court on Thursday. His lawyer said he tried to commit suicide scratching open the arteries on his neck and arms.

Video reveals bits of attack on Amy Lord

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New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez after striking out in the seventh inning against the Los Angeles Angels Tuesday.

Report: Alex Rodriguez camp leaked players’ names

Associates of Rodriguez leaked names of Ryan Braun and teammate Francisco Cervelli in the Biogenesis scandal, “60 Minutes” reported.

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Edwin Alemany was arraigned in the murder of Amy Lord at West Roxbury District Court on Thursday. His lawyer said he tried to commit suicide scratching open the arteries on his neck and arms.

Video reveals bits of attack on Amy Lord

The images were referenced during the arraignment of Edwin Alemany, who is accused of kidnapping and killing the South Boston woman.

Columnists

SCOT LEHIGH

Mayoral lab debate takeaways
Jeffrey Dubuisson specializes in literature, history, and derivatives.

LAWRENCE HARMON

Translate ‘national champions’ into Latin

Yvonne Abraham

Raynham track owner riding on luck
Forum, photographed shortly after Boylston Street was re-opened to the public just over a week after the Marathon bombings. The restaurant is set to re-open Thursday.

Adrian Walker

Getting back to business

SCOT LEHIGH

The GOP’s Obamacare whale hunt
Dan Wolf waits for passengers and baggage to be loaded on his plane before taking off from Provincetown Memorial Airport for Boston in 2007.

JOAN VENNOCHI

There’s not a Dan Wolf ethics exemption

Derrick Z. Jackson

Easing the drug laws

Adrian Walker

Mayor’s race hits its stride
A member of a team from the military’s Human Terrain System conducts an interview in Afghanistan in late 2009.

Farah Stockman

Is social science our silver bullet around the world?
At left, the South Boston waterfront; On the right, James “Whitey” Bulger, center, walking on Castle Island with associates Stephen “Rifleman” Flemmi, left, and Kevin Weeks, right, in an undated photo.

Kevin Cullen

Everything has passed Whitey by
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
Johnny Manziel can’t profit from own name.

Christopher L. Gasper

NCAA needs reform

Nation & World

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The National Security Agency building at Fort Meade, Md.

NSA broke privacy rules, audit reveals

The National Security Agency has broken privacy rules or overstepped its authority thousands of times each year since 2008, the audit found.

Politics

Gov. Deval Patrick introduced President Barack Obama during a fundraiser stop in Boston in 2011.

Patrick had dinner with vacationing president

President and Michelle Obama took time from their Vineyard vacation Wednesday to share a meal with Governor Deval Patrick.

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Consumers living paycheck to paycheck may be spending money mostly on essentials, with little left over for discretionary items, analysts say.

Tepid US retail sales raising doubts about economy

A lot of Americans are still spending their money only on essentials, highlighting the disparity of the haves and have-nots during the latest economic recovery.

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Adam Bright plays a genie in Double Edge Theatre’s outdoor production of “Shahrazad.”

A magical tale unfolds in the hills of Ashfield

Double Edge Theatre’s outdoor production of “Shahrazad, a tale of love and magic,” features exotic beauty, poetry, mystery, and romance.

Movies

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Shailene Woodley and Miles Teller play high school classmates who fall in love in “The Spectacular Now.”

Young love, told in ‘Spectacular’ fashion

“The Spectacular Now” is a clear-eyed, disarmingly tender teenage romance that bears comparison with the best of its genre.

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What happened at Deerfield

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