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At least 38 killed near pro-Morsi rally in Egypt
Fireworks are set off near police and anti-Mohammed Morsi protesters by supporters of the deposed Egyptian president during clashes east of Cairo.

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Overnight clashes between security forces and supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi left at least 38 dead.

President Barack Obama stood for the National Anthem during a ceremony to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Armistice that ended the Korean War.

Obama marks 60th anniversary of Korean war truce

President Obama is delivering remarks Saturday at a commemorative ceremony at the Korean War Veterans Memorial on the National Mall.

New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick during practice Friday.

Belichick says Day 2 goal is to keep building process going

The Patriots will spend one more day in shorts and light gear before putting full pads on Sunday.

Pope Francis kissed a child in San Joaquin square in Rio de Janeiro, where he visited for this week’s World Youth Day.

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Pope Francis proves to be a pontiff of surprises

Since his March election, Francis has insisted on an informal, populist approach to the papacy, with a special concern for the poor and downtrodden.

Rebecca Lynn Crovello, 20, of Somerville, explaining why she joined a Facebook page seeking Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s release: “The pieces of the puzzle just don’t match up.’’

Conspiracy theories, innocence claims find audience

Three months after the Boston Marathon bombing, skeptics and conspiracy theorists from around the world have coalesced on social media and elsewhere.

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Police failed to follow up on the assault of a woman last September and the suspect, Edwin Alemany, is now under scrutiny in the fatal stabbing of Amy Lord.

Kevin Cullen

G-man’s testimony helps dispel myths of ‘Whitey’

Whitey Bulger’s defiance during his arrest in Santa Monica wasn’t some invitation to suicide-by-cop. He just didn’t want to stain his white Chinos.

Opinion

opinion | Peter Ubertaccio

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No member of the Bay State’s congressional delegation holds a leadership position in either the Senate or the House.

Globe exclusives

Kristine Opolais will sing part of Verdi’s Requiem.

Wife of injured Nelsons makes BSO debut
Chris Stratton of Northbridge with daughter Caroline and niece Leah Cohen.

Taylor Swift Dads grin and bear it
Visitors to the Legoland Discovery Center near Chicago can view a model of Albert Einstein (above) and work on models (below).

Legoland Discovery Center coming to Assembly Square
Taylor Swift gave the first of two Gillette Stadium shows on Friday.

music review

Swift delivers spectacle with shaky vocals
Nearly 6,400 fans crowded into the bleachers lining the Patriots’ practice fields on Friday morning.

Patriots get back to business
George Lacerte and Bette Bissonnette competing at the Yankee Classic DanceSport Championships in Cambridge last month.

Baby boomers turn to ballroom dancing

Robert Kropf in Harbor Stage Company’s “The Billingsgate Project.’’

Stage REview

‘Billingsgate’ explores history
Elizabeth Warren backed the rival of Larry Summers to lead the Federal Reserve.

Warren signs letter backing Yellen to lead the Fed
Instructor Valentina M. Perez demonstrated a judo move with Thomas White at Ultimate Self Defense & Performance, which is one of the gyms in South Boston that will offer free self-defense and martial arts classes to train women.

Fear surges after attacks in South Boston
Lord and her vehicle were captured on surveillance video Tuesday.

Emotional trauma may have kept Amy Lord from fleeing
Heather Little-Andrade, photographed at her home in Dighton, said she is glad her daughter wants to move from her South Boston apartment.

Parents torn over children’s safety, dreams
Tim Tebow signed autographs at the end of the camp.

Tim Tebow splits role in Patriots workout

Sports

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Orioles 6, Red Sox 0

Red Sox starter John Lackey gave up five runs on nine hits, including three homers.

Red Sox fall out of first in AL East

The Red Sox were shut out for the third time in their last nine games after a 6-0 loss to the Orioles.

Metro

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Defense lawyer J.W. Carney said that James “Whitey” Bulger has yet to decide whether to testify in the case.

Prosecution rests in Bulger trial; capture detailed

The defense plans to call 15 witnesses, but “Whitey” Bulger has yet to decide whether he will take the stand, one of his lawyers told the judge.

Columnists

RENÉE LOTH

The sun state
Stevan Ridley left the field after the first day of training camp at Gillette Stadium.

christopher l. gasper

Patriots’ Ridley visibly needed

Kevin Cullen

Dispelling the myths of Whitey
Poet Edna St. Vincent Millay was one of the most famous women in America in the 1920s and ’30s.

JOAN WICKERSHAM

The poet as a rock star

kevin cullen

Traces of the old Southie

Shirley Leung

Summers is too much for Fed to handle
Tom Brady deflected questions about his emotions regarding the Aaron Hernandez murder investigation.

christopher l. gasper

Tom Brady needed to say more

Yvonne Abraham

Is Charles Yancey’s run for real?

JOAN VENNOCHI

Warren’s on right side of loan bill

Alex Beam

Really real summer reading list
Mayor Thomas Menino toured the student-heavy apartment blocks along Commonwealth Avenue on Aug. 31, 2007, with the Inspectional Services Department.

JEFF JACOBY

Don’t trash my city
Patriots coach Bill Belichick departed after his news conference at Gillette Stadium.

Dan Shaughnessy

Belichick dignified, human in comments on Hernandez case

Nation & World

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“We believe these assurances eliminate these asserted grounds for Mr. Snowden’s claim that he should be treated as a refugee or granted asylum, temporary or otherwise,” said Attorney General Eric Holder.

US offers Russia assurances on fate of Snowden

Attorney General Eric Holder said in a letter that the US would not seek the death penalty against NSA leaker Edward Snowden.

Politics

Rep. John Tierney

Ethics panel may scrutinize Rep. John Tierney

The House Ethics Committee said it is considering opening an investigation into the nine-term Salem Democrat.

Business

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New Balance maintains about 30 percent of its production in the United States.

New documentary features New Balance to promote US manufacturing

“American Made Movie” features the Brighton-base shoe maker and its efforts to keep a large share of its production onshore.

Arts

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Dance Review

L-E-V performing “House’’ at Jacob’s Pillow, where the contemporary dance company made its US debut this week.

At Jacob’s Pillow, L-E-V’s ‘House’ mystifies as it seduces

“House” is frank and bold, the dancers clad much of the time in designer Ma’ayan Goldman’s “fashions” of nude body stockings.

Lifestyle

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Love Letters

Choosing between Boston and ‘the one’

A reader is torn between returning to the city and getting married to a woman who is “the one.”

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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