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Harvard searched e-mails ‘in good faith,’ counsel says

A report released today describes the searches officials undertook to find out how details about student cheating became public.

Incoming Boston Symphony Orchestra Director Andris Nelsons.

BSO director injured, cancels Tanglewood appearance

Andris Nelsons has been forced to cancel his appearance this weekend because of an accident that left him with a severe concussion.

More than 500 escape Abu Ghraib

Inmates and Al Qaeda militants broke out of the prison after insurgents fired dozens of mortar shells and detonated suicide and car bombs.

Flemmi details alleged Bulger killing

James “Whitey” Bulger strangled a woman to death because “she had become a problem,” his former partner alleged today on the witness stand.

Tasha Garland, 2, of West Falmouth, looked for shells under bands of cirrus clouds at Chappaquoit Beach in West Falmouth.

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Tasha Garland, 2, of West Falmouth, looked for shells under bands of cirrus clouds at Chappaquoit Beach in West Falmouth.

Aaron Wibbe white-water kayaked in Quissett Harbor next to dinghys tied up at the Quissett Yacht Club.

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Aaron Wibbe white-water kayaked in Quissett Harbor next to dinghies tied up at the Quissett Yacht Club.

The Shining Sea Bikeway runs 10-plus miles between Woods Hole North Falmouth along the Cape's west coast.

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The Shining Sea Bikeway runs 10-plus miles between Woods Hole and North Falmouth along the Cape's west coast.

Quissett Harbor in the early morning.

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Quissett Harbor in the early morning.

The Beach Rose Inn dates to 1863.

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The Beach Rose Inn dates to 1863.

Sarah Zeidan of Newton jumped off a rock at Nobska Beach with her friend Arielle Vergara.

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Sarah Zeidan of Newton jumped off a rock at Nobska Beach with her friend Arielle Vergara.

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Benches overlooked Quissett Harbor.

Travel

Cape’s west coast less traveled

At dusk, residents and vacationers make the trek to watch the sun drop into the ocean from “the Knob,” which juts into Buzzards Bay at Quissett Harbor.

Photographers gathered in front of the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital in London.

Duchess of Cambridge gives birth to baby boy

Prince William’s wife Kate has given birth to a baby boy, born this afternoon at 8 pounds and 6 ounces.

Actor Dennis Farina as police detective Joe Fontana on NBC's

Actor Dennis Farina dies at 69

The former policeman turned actor starred in “Law & Order.”

Globe Talks | 6 p.m.

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Watch as some of Boston’s best chefs offer an inside look at their experiences.

Opinion

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There’s a particular lack of Big Sisters of color, and just 5 percent of the approximately 2,400 Boston-area volunteers are Latina.

Globe exclusives

Hunter Perry gets picked up near his office on Harrison Avenue by Lyft, whose vehicles sport a pink mustache.

Trips for post-taxi population
Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, far right, at a groundbreaking in Dorchester in 2011. Also pictured are University of Massachusetts President Jack Wilson, Victoria Reggie Kennedy, Paul G. Kirk, and Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick.

Builders hurry to win city approval

In Practice

Intuition told her patient had Lyme
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.

From the Sunday Globe

Package brings end to a long mystery

ideas

How to live without air conditioning

Monitoring social media to cut the military suicide rate
At Carroll Center for the Blind, students tried a new smartphone.

Software helps the blind see
Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce are now in Brooklyn.

Sunday Basketball Notes

Pierce, Garnett offer Nets grit
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
Bob Dylan (pictured in Los Angeles last year) deconstructed some of his songs Saturday night.

Music Review

Each act sounds Dylan notes
Open heart surgery in 1955.

Health

Hypothermia making a comeback

Boston’s neighborhoods: the consensus map

Sports

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On Baseball

The Rays are coming back to Fenway Park, where they split a two-game series with the Red Sox last month.

Surging Rays a big test for Red Sox

Tampa has been the best team in baseball lately, and arrives in Boston for a four-game series Monday seeking to knock the Red Sox from first place.

Metro

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The first day of a new pattern of commuter traffic on the Longfellow Bridge. The bridge will be undergoing repairs for about three years.

Commuters coping with Longfellow bridge traffic changes

The first weekday of the partial closure of the Longfellow Bridge was better than some commuters expected, but caused headaches for others.

Columnists

Adrian Walker

Give festival another go
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.

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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

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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

Nation & World

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A resident cries on her collapsed house in Hetuo township in Dingxi, northwest China's Gansu.

At least 75 dead in China earthquakes

A series of earthquakes in northwestern China set off landslides and building collapses.

Politics

Congress “ought to be judged on how many laws we repeal,” House Speaker John Boehner said.

House GOP has no alternative to health care law

Republicans have yet to advance an alternative for the system they have voted more than three dozen times to abolish.

Business

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Marla Levenson, a military contracting officer, said a 20 percent pay cut has been a struggle.

Mass. feels pinch on federal workers

Employees are losing as much as 30 percent of their salaries to comply with a law aimed at reducing the federal deficit.

Arts

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Book Review

Crime writer John Dufresne’s characters are rich in quirky detail.

‘No Regrets, Coyote’ by John Dufresne

The Dania Beach-based author’s fifth novel is not a straightforward whodunit.

Health and wellness

Daily Dose

Study shows menu calorie counts don’t impact choices

Researchers found that calorie counts on McDonald’s menu boards didn’t drive consumers to order less calorie-laden options.

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I was the sun, the kids were my planets, and other reflections from the Globe columnist.

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Magazine

The cover for the July 21 2013 issue

What happened at Deerfield
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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

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