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US takes preliminary steps to withhold Egypt aid

The Obama administration’s move affects economic assistance, not the much larger military aid, officials said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/08/18/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/19seaportsketch.jpg Authorities release sketch of taxi driver in alleged rape

Officials released today a description of a man who they say picked up a woman in an unlicensed cab and then raped her earlier this month.

Alex Rodriguez was hit by a pitch from Ryan Dempster in the second inning.

Rodriguez hit by pitch from Dempster

Ryan Dempster hit Alex Rodriguez to start the second inning, though the Yankees third baseman went on to deliver a home run in the sixth.

113th US Amateur

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“It’s great to go down in history,” Matt Fitzpatrick said after becoming the first Englishman to win the world’s most important amateur crown since 1911.

A great white shark, lower right, patrolled off Cape Cod’s Nauset Beach on Aug. 30, 2012.

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opinion | TOM KEANE

Tourists flock to the Cape for more than beaches and clams

Instead of a reason to stay away, sharks are proving to be another of Cape Cod’s many attractions.

Pat Benatar and her husband, Neil Giraldo, pictured here performing in New York last year, are in their fourth decade of marriage.

music

Pat Benatar, Neil Giraldo play and stay together

The four-time Grammy winner and her copilot are on the road for their annual summer tour.

The Farmer’s Daughter owner Chandra Gouldrup, who grew up eating fresh produce from her family’s large garden in New Hampshire.

globe south | Dining Out

Cafe puts new spin on classic favorites

In a region dotted with greasy spoons that serve the same fatty breakfast meats and eggs, it’s no wonder that Easton residents have embraced the Farmer’s Daughter.

Supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi protested at the Republican Guard building in Nasr City, Cairo.

ideas | The Internationalist

The secret history of democratic thought in the Middle East

Reassessments of well-known figures and incidents show a long, deep, indigenous history of democracy, justice, and constitutionalism in the region.

Opinion

JOAN VENNOCHI

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/08/18/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Joan_Vennochi_150px-1952.jpg Is Obama retreating from Obamacare?

In the presidential foot-dragging, the political right sees proof that health reform is unraveling, with help from its creator.

Globe exclusives

Myke Wilkerson and Brandon Allison, pictured on Revere Beach, moved their families here from Texas to start a new church.

globe magazine

On a mission to save godless Massachusetts
“I’m a change agent. You know you’re going to take a hit,” said President Evan Dobelle, who is paid $240,920 to oversee Westfield State University.

Where spending limits are purely academic
Brandi Dean adheres to a regimen of antibiotics to combat the effects of Lyme disease.

BITTEN BY UNCERTAINTY

When the ‘cure’ doesn’t end pain
Sam Lottner played with a rainbow-colored parachute on the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway in Boston.

Greenway is putting down roots
“The World’s End” actors Nick Frost (left) and Simon Pegg (center) with director Edgar Wright, at the Liberty Hotel.

movies

‘World’s End’ reunites Nutty Buddies
“It’s all about beating the scouting report,” Jonny Gomes said. “We’re not going to change our approach because of nine shutouts.”

Sunday Baseball Notes

Scouts zeroing in on Red Sox

ideas

Do our brains pay a price for GPS?
The breakfast room at Regatta House.

Nantucket properties toss out the chintz to amp up the chic
Brick House pewter hall looking into front hall.

travel

Surprises abound at Shelburne Farms
Vanessa Kafka, the Boston general manager for Hailo, helped launch the app’s US debut here last year.

On the Job

Steering cab drivers into the app age
Garry Winogrand’s “Untitled (Centennial Ball, Metropolitan Museum, New York), 1969.

Photography REVIEW

The fairer sex photographed on the fly
The core members of La Santa Cecilia (from left): Miguel Ramírez, La Marisoul, Alex Bendana, and José “Pepe” Carlos.

A delightfully mixed-up take on Latin music

Sports

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Sunday Football Notes

Current Buccaneers head coach Greg Schiano turned Rutgers into a formidable program.

Buccaneers’ Greg Schiano has bright football mind

The Buccaneers’ coach is sharp — he has a degree in business administration from Bucknell — and he’s also an outside-the-box thinker.

Metro

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Middlesex District Attorney Marian T. Ryan (right) addressed the news media Friday regarding the arrest of Jared Remy, as Waltham Police Chief Keith MacPherson looked on.

Jared Remy case handling defended by DA

Remy’s release on Wednesday following an alleged domestic assault on his girlfriend, Jennifer Martel, had fatal consequences.

Columnists

David Ortiz got a hand from Jarrod Saltalamacchia after he hit his 24th homer this season.

Dan Shaughnessy

Proving the doubters wrong again

Yvonne Abraham

Wes was worth the wait
Florida Governor Rick Scott.

JEFF JACOBY

The Sunshine State means business

JOANNA WEISS

For a longer school day, who sacrifices?
Tony Conigliaro sat in Sancta Maria Hospital after being hit by a pitch in 1967.

Bob Ryan

Tony Conigliaro would have been an all-time great

Innovation Economy

HubSpot looks to its second act

Beverly Beckham

I was the sun, the kids my planets

Opinion | donald k. stern

Plea deals: A necessary evil

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

Nation & World

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A Syrian rebel pointed to the sky as a regime fighter jet flew overhead in Syria’s eastern town of Deir Ezzor on Saturday. Al Qaeda loyalists attacked a mainly Kurdish town in northeastern Syria, sparking fighting in which 17 were killed.

Christians take brunt of Syria roadside attack

Gunmen shot dead 11 people, an attack described by a local resident as aimed at members of the religious minority.

Politics

A poll has Bill de Blasio (right) ahead among Democrats in a race for New York City mayor.

New front-runner in NYC mayor’s race

Bill de Blasio has gone from afterthought to front-runner with stunning speed.

Business

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As sales taxes continue to increase, shoppers may be more likely to take advantage of tax-free holiday weekends. Some say sales taxes are regressive because all people pay the same regardless of income; others say that makes it more fair.

On tax policy, Mass. looking more red than blue

Recent tax policies appear to be giving the state a slightly different political shade these days.

Arts

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Pat Benatar and her husband, Neil Giraldo, pictured here performing in New York last year, are in their fourth decade of marriage.

Pat Benatar, Neil Giraldo play and stay together

The four-time Grammy winner and her copilot are on the road for their annual summer tour.

Travel

Cities in the States | Chicago

The Chicago River is a system of rivers and canals that offers a route for touring the city’s world-famous architecture.

Three days in Chicago

A three-day itinerary that takes visitors through world-class museums, a top-notch culinary scene, and vibrant neighborhoods.

Books

book review

‘Fallen Land’ by Patrick Flanery

Flanery’s smashing second novel is a modern Gothic tale that digs into the gloom and ghosts of the McMansion life.

Globe Insiders

Globe e-book

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A story of life, death, and hope in Boston’s most troubled neighborhood.

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ePaper

Read the ePaper edition

The complete print edition, in its exact layout. Browse the print edition page by page, including stories and ads.

Magazine

The cover for the August 18 2013 issue

Sharks Inc.
The cover for the August 11 2013 issue

Daniel Nava, the long shot
The cover for the August 4 2013 issue

The lake house
The cover for the July 28 2013 issue

Walter Willett’s food fight

Ideas

“Becoming overly reliant on GPS and letting our natural skills at mental mapping atrophy, new neuroscience research suggests, might actually be bad for our cognitive health.”

Leon Neyfakh,  on what GPS does to your brain