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Libya’s election marred by violence
A Libyan man showed his ink-stained finger as he flashed the sign for victory after voting at a polling station in Tripoli.

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As the nation took its first major step toward democracy after decades of dictatorship, there was at least one fatality when protestors attacked a polling station in an eastern city.

Pilgrim, union reach tentative contract agreement

The four-year contract will be brought to union members for a ratification vote Sunday.

A bridge was destroyed by flooding in the Black Sea resort of Gelendzhik, southern Russia, on Saturday.

103 dead in Russian floods

Torrential rains dropped nearly a foot of water in the Black Sea region overnight.

Yankees 6, Red Sox 1

Andruw Jones powers Yankees past Red Sox

Franklin Morales never made it out of the fourth inning, allowing four homers as the Yankees rode Freddy Garcia’s solid start and Andruw Jones’ hot bat to the win.

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A sampling of stories from this Sunday's Globe.

 

Regina Peterson (top) and Andrew Leonard (left) view a White Walls Boston art installation in a U-Haul truck.

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Arts

Boston art truck launches summer series

White Walls Boston, a traveling art exhibit, looks to bring art to public spaces.

Stan Frankenthaler looks through the testing window at the kitchen at Dunkin Brands’ corporate headquarters.

Ideas | Q&A

From high-end Cambridge chef to fast-food visionary

How do you go from lemongrass-basil lobster for a few to brownie-batter doughnuts for the masses? Ask Stan Frankenthaler.

Bun Lai has made Miya’s Sushi a stalwart in the sustainable seafood movement in New Haven.

Travel

New Haven offers an education in eating

Thanks to a trio of chefs who have taken full advantage of Connecticut’s bounty of seafood and farms, New Haven has quietly blossomed into a foodie mecca.

5-11-11 Miami, FL: Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge wathces from the visitor's bench as some players shoot around before the game. The Boston Celtics visited the Miami Heat in Game Five of the NBA Eastern Conference Semi-Finals at American Airlines Arena. (Globe Staff Photo/Jim Davis) section:sports slug:unknown Library Tag 05132011

Ainge moves on to post-Ray Allen era

Celtics general manager Danny Ainge said he was looking for another shooting guard to help fill the void left by Allen’s move to the Miami Heat.

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The first of three underwater crossings beneath Boston Harbor, the Sumner Tunnel opened on June 30, 1934.

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Championship rowers outside the Riverside Park boathouse in Hartford.

Travel

How Hartford’s hard-working folk have fun
Suns mascot Ray danced between innings Monday at west-facing Wahconah Park in Pittsfield, where fans shielded their eyes from the sun. Delays are occasionally called for the safety of hitters.

The Roads to Summer

In Pittsfield, baseball tradition takes fans way back

names

Seth Meyers in line to replace Regis Philbin?

Sunday Preview | Ideas

When computers listen to music, what do they hear?
Christoph von Dohnanyi presided over Beethoven’s Fifth not with exaggerated theatrics but with the air of an avuncular gardener.

music review

Tanglewood kicks off 75th season

Bring the Family

Searching for the best picnic spot on South Shore
Norris Campbell wound up to make a throw.

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Cricketers get their wicket fix in Dorchester
Navy SEAL Parachute Team Chief Brad Woodard sprayed smoke while parachuting down to the Boston Common.

Photo gallery

Globe photos of the week, July 6, 2012
Women’s professional soccer is still coming to grips with two failed leagues and being labeled a niche sport.

Is there a future for women’s pro soccer?
A knife sharpener was a common sight of the streets of Boston in the decade leading up to the 1940 Census.

Census records bring 1940s Boston to life
Tourists on the Fort Independence on Thursday viewed tall ships berthed at Fish Pier for Navy Week festivities.

Boston business boomed during holiday week
Efforts to provide an ideal environment for the birds led to the nest building and egg laying, a zoo official said.

Hummingbird lays egg at Franklin Park Zoo

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Serena Williams during Saturday’s Wimbledon match.

Serena Williams wins fifth Wimbledon title

Williams won her fifth Wimbledon title, and 14th major championship, by beating Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland 6-1, 5-7, 6-2 Saturday.

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Thomas Daigle paid his last mortgage payment in pennies.

Milford man pays off mortgage in pennies

Thomas Daigle, 60, has finally fulfilled the goal he set for himself decades ago: Paying off his final mortgage payment with more than 62,000 pennies.

Columnists

The T’s economic troubles may have consequences for the economic development of Boston.

opinion | Derrick Z. Jackson

MBTA’s troubles bode ill for region

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Our zero tolerance for moderation regarding drinking
Carl Crawford.

Christopher L. Gasper

Carl Crawford stands by allegation of racial slur

Adrian Walker

From Boston to Tanzania, with a
MITT ROMNEY

opinion | Joshua green

Avoiding risk with the Romney Fog Machine

Opinion | SCOT LEHIGH

Former hitchhiker recalls a more trusting past

CARLO ROTELLA

Put down the phone; real life abounds

Boston Capital

Time to cut off Boston Beer’s investors

Juliette Kayyem

Immigrants, native-born see eye to eye
Mitt Romney and his wife Ann Romney took to a jet ski on Lake Winnipesaukee in Wolfeboro, N.H., on Monday.

Joan Vennochi

Romney on a jet ski — his Kerry moment?

Scot Lehigh

We need more statues

Jeff Jacoby

Celebrating, royal-free

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Curt Schilling, wife defend 38 Studios over auditor report

The former Red Sox pitcher and his wife, Shonda, are disputing a report that said Rhode Island auditors were blocked from accessing the failed company’s records.

Politics

Among Facebook users, President Obama is far more popular than Mitt Romney.

Headstart for Democrats in the digital campaign

The expanding digital frontier has emerged as another battle line in the campaign for the White House.

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Kofi Annan spoke during a news conference in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 30, 2012.

Kofi Annan says efforts in Syria failing

In an interview published Saturday, the UN envoy also said that more attention needed to be paid to the role of Iran, a longtime Syrian ally.

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Edward Kleban won a Tony Award for writing the lyrics to “A Chorus Line.” It was the only produced show he worked on before he died of cancer in 1987.

This summer in the Berkshires, Edward Kleban calls the tune

The Berkshire Theatre Group remembers Kleban with his 1975 Broadway smash “A Chorus Line” and a biographical musical written by his longtime companion.

“People used to just buy into the notion that higher ed has positive spillover effects. But now they’re saying: ‘Show me. Tell me what the effects are.’ ”

Richard Vedder,  an Ohio economist

Magazine

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A West Falmouth home where sea meets sunset
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What if spanking works?
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5 casual feast recipes from Sam Jackson
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40 ideas for your New England summer weekends

Opinion

“If Massachusetts were a giant classroom, it would be suffering from extremely low expectations regarding the ability of its residents to assimilate drinking sensibly into their daily lives.”

Lawrence Harmon 

Ideas

“In a growing body of work, Timur Kuran argues that the blame for the Islamic world’s economic stagnation lies with a set of institutions that Islamic law created over centuries.”

Thanassis Cambanis,  on the economic toll of Islamic law