Michael Phelps ends career with gold in 4x100 medley relay

Michael Phelps swam the butterfly leg of the men's 4x100m medley relay final on Saturday.

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Phelps leaves the sport with a record 18 golds and 22 medals overall.

US women set world record to win 4x100 medley relay

The Americans sliced 0.14 off the previous record set by China at the 2009 world championships at the height of the high-tech bodysuit era.

Farah of Great Britain wins gold, American Rupp takes silver in 10,000m final

The Somali-born Mo Farah held off training partner Galen Rupp in a thrilling race Saturday night.

Jamaican Fraser-Pryce wins gold in 100m final, silver for Jeter of US

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica won her second consecutive 100-meter Olympic gold medal, while American Carmelita Jeter took silver.

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Blasts, renewed fighting erupt in Syrian capital

Heavy explosions shook Damascus Saturday as rebels appeared to renew their offensive in the city, witnesses and activists said.

Woman strikes police cruiser in Fall River

The driver, whose name was not released, was arrested early Saturday morning for operating under the influence, police said.

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Mocking the vote with ‘The Campaign’

Politics makes for strange costars — or at least strange costar pairings. Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis aren’t quite Mutt and Jeff, but they’re close.

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Pancakes and nostalgia in Lincoln, N.H.

Not much has changed since vacationing families discovered summertime fun at Lincoln’s roadside attractions and pancake houses a half-century ago.

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‘Jaws’: Shark tale still has plenty of bite

Thousands are expected to attend Jawsfest: The Tribute, a fan gathering being held Aug. 9-12 on Martha’s Vineyard.

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Guitarist Bill Frisell will play three times at Newport.

At Newport Jazz, Frisell gives Lennon a chance

Housing bubble? What housing bubble?

Few of Rhod Sharp’s legion of late-night BBC radio fans know that he’s coming to them live — from Marblehead.

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Jo-Ann Sundermeier and Harrison James in “Carmina Burana.’’

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The author’s son, Alex Filipov, with an illustration in their Hard Days Night Hotel room.

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Boston Red Sox Ryan Sweeney dove for the catch at Fenway Park on July 8.

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John Fine of Bedford carried his kayak to the water’s edge at Walden Pond in Concord on Saturday.

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Kayla Harrison did a victory lap with the American flag after winning the gold medal.

Kayla Harrison overcomes abuse, wins gold medal in judo

“Inspirare” rises from a well head in a courtyard at Mount Holyoke College.

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Gold medalist Jamie Lynn Gray won the 50-meter three-position rifle final on Saturday.

Jamie Lynn Gray takes home Olympic rifle gold for US

Gray gave the US its third shooting gold medal of the London Olympics, winning the women’s 50-meter three-position rifle.

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Police directed traffic outside the Comcast Center in Mansfield Friday.

Arrests, deaths show Mansfield overtaxed by Comcast Center events

A week after two men died from overdoses at an all-day rave at the Comcast Center, police arrested 35 people at a hip-hop show Wednesday night, mostly for underage drinking.