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Senate panel looks at limits on NSA surveillance

The Obama administration said it wanted to work with lawmakers who seemed intent on cutting back its sweeping domestic surveillance powers.

Rosenberg claims sufficient votes for Senate presidency

State Senator Stanley Rosenberg said he has the support of the “overwhelming majority” of his Democratic colleagues to succeed Therese Murray.

Will Whitey Bulger testify? Judge seeks answer today

The judge wants an answer today on whether the reputed gangster will take the stand in his defense.

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A Globe survey sizes up the views of the 12 candidates seeking to replace Mayor Menino on a range of topics.

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Barbara Salfity

Barbara Salfity

Unoccupied since the 1970s, much of the exterior and interior needs repairs.

Barbara Salfity

When the US Coast Guard did staff it, the second story housed an engine room, and a kitchen and library area occupied the third story.

Barbara Salfity

Barbara Salfity

Offered strictly on an as-is basis, the working lighthouse may contain lead paint, asbestos, and PCBs.

Barbara Salfity

Nevertheless, Jeremy D’Entremont, an authority on lighthouses, calls it “a great lighthouse in the tradition of classic, wave-swept lighthouses.”

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Graves Island lighthouse not your average fixer-upper

The Graves Island Light Station, which went on the auction block in June, presents a formidable challenge for anyone looking to buy it.

Christopher L. Gasper

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The Red Sox added a valuable starter and didn’t give up premier minor league prospects, whose potential all too often fails to materialize.

editorial

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Campbell, a Marathon bombing victim, played a role in enlivening Spectacle Island for thousands of visitors each year, and the gazebo on the island will be dedicated to her.

Shirley Leung

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The brewer has just one woman on its board of directors — the wife of the company’s CEO, Jim Koch.

Opinion

Derrick Z. Jackson

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Michigan taxpayers will fund a new hockey arena for Detroit even as the city around it totters.

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Bicycle

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Safe or savage? The state of bicycle safety in Boston

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Mayoral candidates on the issues
Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis said Edwin Alemany will now be charged with the September 2012 crime.

Detective ignored calls, says Davis
At the time of his death, Aaron Swartz faced charges tied to downloading academic papers.

Mixed findings about MIT in hacking case
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)

Iced coffee crawl
ByteLight founders Dan Ryan (left) and Aaron Ganick use LED light waves to send data as the bulbs flicker.

Bringing GPS-like technology indoors

By the Glass

Italian Lambrusco is inspiring
The Salamehs collaborate to run their renovated Cafe Barada. Claude Salameh, the cook, makes fattoush, picutred with lamb; chicken shish kebab; ful mumadamus, and hummus.

Cheap Eats

Cafe Barada fills your table Lebanese-style
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

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Geographic advantages in Boston mayoral race

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Jake Peavy will help solidify the rotation as the Red Sox wait for Clay Buchholz to return from the disabled list.

Red Sox acquire Jake Peavy in 3-team deal

The Red Sox gave up Jose Iglesias and three lower-level prospects in a trade that netted the ex-Cy Young winner.

Metro

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Amy Lord had moved to Boston in 2011 after graduating from Bentley University.

Amy Lord remembered as role model, friend

A stream of relatives, friends, and neighbors filed into St. Cecilia Catholic Church in Wilbraham to celebrate Lord’s life.

Columnists

Kevin Cullen

Will Whitey testify, or won’t he?

Adrian Walker

Bold stands hard to come by

Yvonne Abraham

Pier 4 a savior for Albanians

farah stockman

‘Getting to Yes’ in the Middle East
Righthander Jake Peavy was the compromise candidate for the Red Sox.

Christopher L. Gasper

Jake Peavy was worth the risk

Kevin Cullen

Don’t believe the hyperbole

Adrian Walker

Let whole city vote on casino
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

Nation & World

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Private First Class Bradley Manning faces a maximum sentence of 136 years in prison, but it will probably be much shorter.

Manning found not guilty of giving aid to enemy

Private First Class Bradley Manning was convicted of espionage breaches and most of the other charges he faced for leaking documents.

Politics

President Obama detailed his jobs plan to a crowd of 2,000 at an Amazon distribution center.

Obama offers GOP a deal to create middle class jobs

President Obama offered to cut corporate tax rates in return for a pledge to invest in generating middle-class jobs.

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Kristina Stafstrom worked in a lab at Cubist Pharmaceuticals as an intern in 2008.

Cubist to pay up to $1.6b for two drug makers

Cubist Pharmaceuticals is acquiring two other drug makers in a bid to increase its line of antibiotics, the company said.

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Galleries

For “Bloatation,” Kathryn Parker Almanas filled a cheesecloth sack with dough and tapioca.

What’s up at Boston-area art galleries

The opening of Kathryn Parker Almanas’s show at Yellow Peril Gallery draws a balance between attraction and repulsion.

Food & dining

At The Thinking Cup, Cabell Tice uses Stumptown beans to make espresso, then marries it with Giovanna gelato (here it’s vanilla) in this affogato (pictured).

Affogato to take a coffee lover’s breath away

Affogato, the dish of ice cream covered with espresso, satisfies two cravings at once.

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Walter Willett’s food fight
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What happened at Deerfield
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Kitchen overhaul
The cover for the June 30 2013 issue

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