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Manning acquitted of most serious charge

US Army Pfc. Bradley Manning was acquitted of aiding the enemy but was convicted of espionage and theft for giving classified secrets to WikiLeaks.

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Detective in Alemany case did not return calls, Davis says

Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis said he demoted a detective after learning that he did not return phone calls and e-mails to the crime lab in the case of a woman who was choked.

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Mourners gathered at the St. Cecilia Catholic Church in Wilbraham, where services were held for the murder victim whose killing shocked the region.

In Jake Peavy, the Red Sox get a pitcher who will slot into a rotation still waiting for the return of Clay Buchholz from the disabled list.

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Red Sox close to deal for Jake Peavy

The Red Sox are on the verge of making a deal for the Chicago White Sox righthander as part of a three-team trade.

Brandon Workman gave up one run in six innings for his first major league win.

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Red Sox defeat Mariners as Workman gets first win

The Red Sox hit three home runs and Brandon Workman was sharp through six innings in earning his first major league victory.

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MIT review finds no wrongdoing in Swartz case

An internal review found the university committed no wrongdoing in the case of the Internet activist, who committed suicide, but it also raised concerns about MIT policies.

Great white shark expedition is launched

Researchers hope to capture and tag as many as 20 great white sharks off Cape Cod in what is expected to be the largest study of the sharks in US history.

Opinion

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The famous book “Getting to Yes,” written more than 30 years ago, still has lessons for negotiations in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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Boston, MA -- 07/18/13 -- Owner Tammy Luu makes Vietnamese iced coffee at New Dong Khanh restaurant in Boston, Massachusetts on July 18, 2013. In the final step, ice is poured over the sweetened condensed milk and coffee mixture. (Kayana Szymczak for the Boston Globe)

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Iced coffee crawl
Nancy E. Carroll plays Arlyne, a longtime worker at a processing plant, in Gloucester Stage Company’s “North Shore Fish.’’

Stage REview

Fighting for scraps of dignity in ‘North Shore Fish’

From the Hyannis Transportation Center, many CapeFlyer passengers switch to buses — or to bicycles — to reach their destinations on Cape Cod.

CapeFlyer train gaining steam
Tim Tebow dropped back to pass during Monday’s workout.

Analysis

Patriots: Tim Tebow will play QB, not receiver
Mary McCluskey, 89, a former secretary, gets some help navigating Facebook from Natalie Billings, in a class at Jewish Community Housing for the Elderly in Brighton.

Learning Facebook in retirement age

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Geographic advantages in Boston mayoral race
John Stoddard transported produce at Higher Ground Farm, on the roof of the Boston Design Center. The farm aims to supply neighborhood restaurants and markets such as Tavern Road.

Rooftop farm raising its first crops
Composer Krzysztof Penderecki kisses the hand of Marcy Rosen on Sunday, with Daniel Kim (left) and Anthony McGill.

Music Review

Polish composer stirs up the mix at Marlboro
The Coravin device allows wine lovers to decant a glass from a bottle and still keep the rest of the beverage in pristine condition.

Taking wine from an uncorked bottle

Frame by Frame

Romanticism wafts over the timeless fog of war

Rich Theriault’s tablet had TV listings used in switching from a Red Sox game to a rock station in a game’s commercial break. A MyChoice device can automatically do the switch.

Device gives viewers control over TV ads
With 255 teen apprentices working out of its building, Artists for Humanity is at capacity. It expects to expand onto the adjacent lot.

Gillette gives land to Artists for Humanity

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Receiver Lavelle Hawkins had his eye on the ball during practice in Foxborough.

Receiver Aaron Dobson sits out during Patriots practice

Dobson, a rookie, appeared to favor his right leg while watching from the sidelines during the fifth straight day of practice in Foxborough.

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A Connecticut State Police Dive Team continued to search Pine Lake in Bristol, Conn. or the second day.

Police continue search of lake in Hernandez’s Conn. hometown

Police divers are searching a lake for evidence for a second day in the Connecticut hometown of Aaron Hernandez.

Columnists

Adrian Walker

Bold stands hard to come by

Kevin Cullen

Don’t believe the hyperbole

Yvonne Abraham

Pier 4 a savior for Albanians
Celtics executive vice president Dave Gavitt consoles Dee Brown (left) and Rick Fox (right) during a news conference following the death of team captain Reggie Lewis in 1993.

Dan Shaughnessy

Reggie Lewis’s death still hurts, 20 years later
Fareed Mosavat, Chas Wagner, and Jason Jacobs looked at support tickets at RunKeeper, which is jockeying for position in the digital fitness universe.

Innovation Economy

Can more Boston tech firms open up?
Huma Abedin listened as her husband spoke at a press conference Tuesday.

JOANNA WEISS

Kate and Huma, the image-makers

JOAN VENNOCHI

Can state GOP find a winner?

RENÉE LOTH

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

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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

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Traces of the old Southie

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From left: Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat , Secretary of State John Kerry, and Israel's Justice Minister Tzipi Livni at a news conference.

Israelis, Palestinians eye peace deal in 9 months

Secretary of State John Kerry says Israeli and Palestinian negotiators have agreed to meet again within two weeks to continue talks on a peace deal.

Politics

In this handout provided by the White House, US President Barack Obama has lunch with former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on the patio outside the Oval Office.

On Obama-Clinton menu: tea leaves

President Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton met for lunch, sparking talks of who, if anyone, the president will endorse in 2016.

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A bank owned home is advertised for sale.

Mass. foreclosure activity ‘plummets again’ in June

Foreclosure petitions, the first step in the foreclosure process, were down 84 percent in June compared to a year ago.

Arts

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Robin Thicke, ‘Blurred Lines’

On this 11-track set of poppy funk, the blue-eyed soul seducer has morphed into a leering Lothario.

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Walter Willett’s food fight
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What happened at Deerfield
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Kitchen overhaul
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Rethinking the golden years

Ideas

“Alfred Barr’s Wellesley class, small as it was, launched a generation of students into prominent roles in the art world, helping to spread the gospel of contemporary art as curators, journalists, and critics.”

Christopher Shea,  on how a young professor helped invent contemporary art in America