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Obama to lay out agenda for economic recovery

With battles looming over the budget and the debt ceiling, President Obama is trying to regain the initiative by embarking on a campaign-style tour of the Midwest, officials said.

Three dead after strong earthquake in western China

The earthquake hit near the city of Dingxi in one of the country’s more lightly populated provinces.

Andrew Bailey will have surgery on his shoulder.

Bailey to have shoulder surgery Wednesday

Reliever Andrew Bailey will be out for at least 12 months due to the procedure. Also, Clay Buchholz will be examined by Dr. James Andrews for shoulder and neck soreness.

Cambridge

Woman dies after being struck by Red Line train

Officials are investigating how the 80-year-old got on the tracks at the Kendall/MIT station, but a T spokesman said she did not fall, nor was she pushed.

Kelly Olynyk displayed a variety of skills in summer league, averaging 18 points and 7.8 rebounds for the Celtics.

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Celtics’ Kelly Olynyk has mind for basketball

The first-round pick is always gauging possibilities, searching for answers, and adapting to this ever-changing game.

Grace Hall Hemingway documented in a series of scrapbooks her son Ernest Hemingway’s life from birth until he turned 18. One of the books included this family portrait from February 1906, with Ernest standing at right.

JFK Library releases Hemingway scrapbooks

The museum, which holds nearly all of the author’s manuscripts, is making digital versions of scrapbooks used to detail his youth available online, starting today.

opinion | robert kuttner

Medicare ‘cost-savings’ rules pushing costs onto patients

Medicare applies extreme financial pressure on hospitals to book admissions as outpatients whenever possible, a category that covers only doctor bills.

globe north

The price of a drink

Water usage remains particularly high in some communities west of Boston, where big house lots, big homes, and wealthy residents are abundant.

Opinion

TOM KEANE

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Under the spotlight, politicians harden their positions and become less willing to compromise.

Globe exclusives

Do you think Robert Kraft or any owner cares if his players have two-a-days?

Sunday Football Notes

Now more than ever, we realize NFL owners won
Jana Coonan, shown with her younger brother, Brian, was one of four people who disappeared in a boating accident off Plymouth over Memorial Day weekend in 1976. Her family searched for her for years. Some of her remains were recently identified, after they were mailed to the Globe last fall.

Package brings end to a long mystery
Andris Nelsons, the music director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in Birmingham, England, (above) won a professional orchestral post at age 18.

Heading to Boston, conductor on the rise
Billie Jo Buskey, owner of Cuts & Curls hair salon in Plymouth, N.H., is one of 58,000 state residents who could benefit from Medicaid expansion under the new health care law.

N.H. GOP blocking Medicaid expansion

ideas

How to live without air conditioning

Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce are now in Brooklyn.

Sunday Basketball Notes

Pierce, Garnett offer Nets grit

Boston’s neighborhoods: the consensus map
Justin Bieber on stage Saturday night at TD Garden.

Music Review

Bieber a barnstormer on autopilot
Elizabeth Schlesinger removed a tattoo on Jenny Adams at Delete—Tattoo Removal.

On the Job

Erasing the signs of youthful whims
Lefthander Jeff Locke is the embodiment of the Pirates.

Sunday baseball notes

Pirates have the talent for lofty dreams
Author Whit Sheppard.

Magazine

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

television

Writer, actress team for ‘Orange’

Sports

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Phil Mickelson gestured as he held the Claret Jug after winning his first British Open.

Phil Mickelson wins British Open

Mickelson shot a 5-under 66 today to match the best round of the tournament and win his first claret jug.

Metro

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William Bulger chatted with Mayor Thomas M. Menino at a memorial last month for Paul Cellucci. Bulger’s friends say he has slowed down since heart surgery in 2011.

William Bulger steering clear of Whitey’s trial

The once-feared politician has told friends that the scrutiny his brother’s trial has brought to his family has been difficult for him.

Columnists

Red Sox pitcher John Lackey got a hand from David Ortiz after getting pulled from the game in the seventh.

Christopher L. Gasper

Lackey is pitching like an ace

Yvonne Abraham

Good people, good fortune
Amar Bose, who founded Bose Corp. in 1964, died earlier this month. He used some profits to fund research into new areas, like auto suspension.

Innovation Economy

Dr. Bose’s greatest innovation may be his company
Senator Elizabeth Warren is on the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs committee.

alex beam

Lots of noise from Warren but little delivery

Beverly Beckham

Remembering my mentor: Bob Cormier
Nelson Mandela walked down Boylston Street on a 1990 visit to Boston.

JEFF JACOBY

Mandela’s undiminished legacy

kevin cullen

This exchange really captured Whitey’s attention

LAWRENCE HARMON

Recovering addicts stand behind Walsh

CARLO ROTELLA

Free play — it’s not just for kids

Kevin Cullen

Royals throw a curve ball

Yvonne Abraham

Rolling Stone cover image can’t hurt us

Opinion | Ty Burr

Rolling Stone cover an act of irresponsibility

Nation & World

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Firefighters on Saturday tied up hundreds of hoses as crews made overnight progress against a wildfire near Idyllwild, Calif.

Firefighters make gains on Calif. wildfire; evacuations lifted

Thousands of people were allowed to return to their homes in Southern California mountain communities near Palm Springs today.

Politics

Helen Thomas smiled after a White House briefing in 2007.

Helen Thomas, 92; pioneering woman for White House press corps

Ms. Thomas interacted with 10 presidents, from John F. Kennedy to Barack Obama.

Business

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The key question, British finance minister George Osborne (above) has suggested, isn’t whether Royal Bank of Scotland should divest Citizens Bank to pay off taxpayers. Rather, it’s about the most profitable way to do it.

Pressure builds on parent of Citizens Bank

Citizens is a bright spot for the embattled Royal Bank of Scotland, but pressure from the British government could force the lender to sell its subsidiary.

Arts

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Music Review

The Eagles performed before a sold-out Comcast Center in Mansfield on Friday night.

Eagles give a history session at Comcast Center

The once-again reunited band offered a fairly comprehensive lesson in what made the Eagles the Eagles.

Travel

The view from window table at Ocean House in Dennis Port might roil a diner’s emotions.

5 spots for a romantic dinner on the Cape

At these spots on Cape Cod, the right table can set the mood for an evening before the first course even arrives.

Books

READING TOURS

Elin Hilderbrand writes serious beach books

“Beautiful Day,” Hilderbrand’s 12th novel, is a bestseller in Boston and beyond, but its roots and heart are in Nantucket.

Globe Insiders

Globe Talks | July 22, 6 p.m.

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All proceeds will go to The Greater Boston Food Bank.

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Magazine

The cover for the July 21 2013 issue

What happened at Deerfield
The cover for the July 14 2013 issue

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

Ideas

“Using techniques from the past, ideas from hot-weather countries, and new findings from building design experts, we can see a surprising portrait emerge of what life might look like if we decided we could no longer afford our addiction to air conditioning.”

Leon Neyfakh,  on life without A/C