Quincy hospital chief resigns amid turmoil

Daniel Knell stepped down after a tense one-day nurse’s strike and a state inspection that led to closure of the senior psychiatric ward.

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Any new deal with the all-star second baseman likely will have an average annual value of $20 million.

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This exchange captured Whitey’s attention

Whitey Bulger has long denied killing women — he purports to have scruples — but Stevie Flemmi shattered that myth Friday.

Brian Buzby, who recently converted to Islam, experienced headaches on his first day of Ramadan from caffeine withdrawal and mild dehydration.

Support for Muslim converts during Ramadan

Islam’s holiest time of the year is a period of fasting, self-improvement, and intensive prayer, but converts can also find it to be lonesome and bewildering.

Christ-Roberte Julmice (left) Bruce Maiben, Sinain Joseph, and Daysra Robinson were among the teens in a group at ABCD Center in Dorchester who offered their views following Geroge Zimmerman’s trial in the death of Trayvon Martin.

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Boston teens speak out on issues in Zimmerman case

The case has made young people reflect on how they are seen and heard — or misinterpreted — and it is a divide that city teens say they know all too well.

President Obama made a surprise appearance at the White House daily news briefing on Friday.

Obama: Martin ‘could have been me’ years ago

Speaking without notes or a teleprompter in a surprise appearance, President Obama addressed the nation’s racial divides, moved by the acquittal of George Zimmerman.

“Let’s get Washington out of the way,” said Representative Martha Roby of Alabama.

House votes to abandon No Child Left Behind

Republicans decided to dismantle the troubled education law, saying states and local school districts should be setting the rules, not Washington.

Opinion

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We fear the image not because it glorifies Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, but because he looks too normal to have done a horrible thing.

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What happened at Deerfield
Audrea Gause of Troy, N.Y., was led into court to be arraigned on charges of defrauding the One Fund Boston of $480,000.

Woman charged with stealing from One Fund
Dario Dinuzzi and Peter Smida of Ballet BC perform at Jacob’s Pillow.

Dance Review

Dance: Quirky moves of high quality
Albert DeSalvo in 1967. A definitive DNA match has been made between his remains and crime scene evidence.

DNA links Albert DeSalvo to 1964 ‘Strangler’ slaying
Alfonzo Dennard is due in court again on July 31.

Alfonzo Dennard won’t be cut by Patriots
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, with a red dot from a sniper’s laser sight trained on his head, surrended to authorities on April 19.

Some praise officer for bloody images

Kevin Cullen

‘Stippo’ never got his day in court
Somerville’s Freedom School is illustrative of a town that is no longer a parochial place in which mobsters could thrive.

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Beyond Bulger
Stephen “Stippo” Rakes outside the liquor store he once owned. Rakes alleged James “Whitey” Bulger stole ownership of his business.

Questions as alleged Bulger victim Rakes found dead
Members of Strange Fruit, from Melbourne, Australia, performed on tall poles during the Outside the Box Festival on Boston Common.

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Globe photos of the week, July 19, 2013
Roxy’s was busy despite a heat wave and the temporary shutdown of Clover Food Labs’ trucks.

Customers still frequenting food trucks

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Red Sox center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury led off the first inning with a home run, then coordinated with David Ortiz on celebratory hand signals.

Red Sox back in business after All-Star break

Jacoby Ellsbury and Jonny Gomes hit home runs in the Red Sox’ win over the Yankees at Fenway Park.

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Kyla McNally, 9, enjoyed some gooey s’mores at a Girl Scout camp in Plymouth, where making s’mores is a long tradition.

Making s’mores has long been a rite of summer

The Girl Scouts have been enjoying the marshmallow-chocolate-graham cracker treat since it appeared in the organization’s 1927 recipe book.

Columnists

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This exchange really captured Whitey’s attention
Robinson Cano and the Yankees are making their first trip to Fenway Park starting Friday.

Christopher L. Gasper

Finally, Yankees arrive at Fenway Park

Kevin Cullen

Royals throw a curve ball

Yvonne Abraham

Rolling Stone cover image can’t hurt us

JOANNA WEISS

Small budget, big bite

Opinion | Ty Burr

Rolling Stone cover an act of irresponsibility

Kevin Cullen

‘Stippo’ never got his day in court

Tech Lab

For privacy lovers, the right type of software

Adrian Walker

Support, just not in Newton

Kevin Cullen

My scam’s better than your scam

LAWRENCE HARMON

Recovering addicts stand behind Walsh
Governor Patrick is critical of efforts to rein in some of his sweeping proposals.

SCOT LEHIGH

Governor Patrick is on his high horse

Nation & World

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Jane Dougherty (left), whose sister was killed in the Newtown, Conn., shooting, read the names of gun violence victims at an event for the one-year anniversary of the theater shootings in Aurora, Colo. With her was Carlee Soto, who also lost a sister in Newtown.

Colorado theater shooting victims honored

Survivors of Newtown and Aurora were among those gathered in a suburban Denver park a year after 12 people were killed when a gunman opened fire during a movie.

Politics

It’s not clear if Charles D. Baker (left) or Scott Brown will seek the governorship next year.

Top Mass. GOP figures plot 2014 strategy

Some Mass. Republicans met last week to discuss the party’s 2014 prospects, but decisions can’t be made until Charles Baker and Scott Brown finalize their political intentions.

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Thulani Madondo of South Africa spoke with fellow nonprofit leaders at Harvard Wednesday.

Harvard Business School program helps build nonprofit management skills

The Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management program helps train nonprofits to increase efficiency and improve management skills.

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Ryan Reynolds (left) and Jeff Bridges are two cops dispatched by the otherwordly “Rest In Peace Department” to protect the living from undead creatures.

R.I.P.D. is D.O.A.

The undead-cops yarn “R.I.P.D.” seems like a low-profile comic with a clever name and the good fortune to grab the attention of Jeff Bridges and Ryan Reynolds.

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‘Museum Hours’ hears secret harmonies

Writer-director Jem Cohen’s film follows two main characters, and connections on both sides of the velvet ropes at Vienna’s Kunsthistoriches Museum.

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Rethinking the golden years
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Ideas

“Somewhere in America, a chimpanzee is about to have its day in court. Its lawyers hope to have the animal declared a ‘person’ in a court of law.”

Chris Berdik,  on the “animal personhood” movement