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Weeklong heat wave in Mass. to end

The air will be less humid by tomorrow, and temperatures will return to seasonal averages through Thursday.

President Hamid Karzai approved the second of two election laws on Saturday.

Karzai sets stage for presidential vote

Afghan President Hamid Karzai approved an election law that outlines how the April 5 vote would be held, according to a statement from the presidential palace.

Yankees 5, Red Sox 2

Red Sox run out of chances against Yankees

While the Red Sox found ways to squander the few opportunities for runs that came their way, the Yankees cashed in.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/07/20/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/03794782.jpg Rallies held in support of Trayvon Martin

People gathered nationwide to press for federal civil rights charges and changes in self-defense laws one week after George Zimmerman was acquitted in the teen’s death.

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A sampling of stories from this Sunday's Globe.

 

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movies

What happened at Fruitvale Station

The film, written and directed by 26-year-old first-timer Ryan Coogler, takes place on the final day of Oscar Grant III’s life.

A poster of deposed Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi held by supporters in Cairo.

ideas | The Internationalist

What will give Egypt’s ruler ‘legitimacy’?

A pivotal question leaps from political science departments to the street.

Taylor Schilling (left) plays a younger Piper Kerman, imprisoned for a drug offense.

television

Writer, actress team for prison series ‘Orange’

Taylor Schilling plays writer Piper Kerman’s younger self on Netflix’s new original series “Orange Is the New Black,” based on Kerman’s 2010 memoir.

Opinion

opinion | Julio Ricardo Varela

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The island is one of the world’s last colonies, the stark reminder of an outdated policy that no longer applies to modern realities.

Globe exclusives

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.

Boston teens speak out on Zimmerman case
Author Whit Sheppard.

Magazine

What happened at Deerfield

theater

Another turn at bat

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

Obama speaks on Trayvon Martin case
Kyla McNally, 9, enjoyed some gooey s’mores at a Girl Scout camp in Plymouth, where making s’mores is a long tradition.

tastes of summer

Making s’mores has long been a rite of summer
Knell took the top job in 2011.

Quincy Medical Center president resigns
Tasha Garland, 2, of West Falmouth, hunts for shells in the tide at Chapoquoit Beach.

Travel

Cape Cod’s west coast is quieter, less traveled

How to live without air conditioning

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
A view of Andaman Sea from CoCo Cottage.

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Treasured island

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
Alfonzo Dennard is due in court again on July 31.

Alfonzo Dennard won’t be cut by Patriots

Sports

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JEFF LOCKE

Locke, Pirates have the talent for lofty dreams

North Conway, N.H., native Jeff Locke has come out of nowhere to become an All-Star lefthander and is part of what’s right for the Pirates in 2013.

Metro

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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.

Columnists

kevin cullen

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

CARLO ROTELLA

Free play — it’s not just for kids

LAWRENCE HARMON

Recovering addicts stand behind Walsh

Yvonne Abraham

Rolling Stone cover image can’t hurt us

Opinion | Ty Burr

Rolling Stone cover an act of irresponsibility

Kevin Cullen

Royals throw a curve ball

JOANNA WEISS

Small budget, big bite

Tech Lab

For privacy lovers, the right type of software

Adrian Walker

Support, just not in Newton
Governor Patrick is critical of efforts to rein in some of his sweeping proposals.

SCOT LEHIGH

Governor Patrick is on his high horse

Kevin Cullen

My scam’s better than your scam

Nation & World

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Long-time White House correspondent Helen Thomas in the front row of the Press Briefing Room in the West Wing of the White House.

Pioneering journalist Helen Thomas dies at 92

Making a name for herself as a bulldog for United Press International, she grilled 10 presidents — often to their discomfort.

Politics

“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.

Business

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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.

Arts

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Movie Review

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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Globe Talks | July 22, 6 p.m.

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Magazine

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Are big blue bins bad for recycling?
The cover for the June 30 2013 issue

Rethinking the golden years
The cover for the June 23 2013 issue

The bee keepers
The cover for the June 16 2013 issue

Last of their kind

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