Red Sox owner Henry in deal to purchase Globe

The impending $70 million cash purchase will put the 141-year-old newspaper, its websites, and affiliated companies in John Henry’s hands.

Budget cuts, D.C. gridlock have distant victims

The inability of Congress to end the sequester is affecting US-funded operations to remove unexploded bombs and land mines around the world.

Kevin Cullen

Once a bully, always a coward

“Whitey” Bulger played his trial like theater right up to the moment that his lawyer pulled the curtain to reveal . . . no one standing there.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/08/02/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Boghosian_03rakes(2)3_MET.jpg Man allegedly poisoned Rakes over business deals

William Camuti laced the iced coffee of former “Whitey” Bulger foe Stephen Rakes with two teaspoons of potassium cyanide, the district attorney said.

The Os Gemeos mural at Dewey Square.

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Matthew Ritchie named to do newest Dewey Square mural

The Institute of Contemporary Art has commissioned the British-born artist, known for adapting scientific principles to inspire his work, to take over the massive canvas at Dewey Square.

Customers and employees stood near a promotional display at Jordan’s Furniture in Reading. Jordan’s is one local business offering sales tax holiday discounts before the tax-free weekend.

Promotions underway for sales tax holiday

Businesses are rolling out deals days before the state’s sales tax holiday, a sign of its popularity with shoppers and the importance of the weekend to retailers.

Police report details how Amy Lord died

A police report unsealed Friday said 24-year-old Amy Lord of South Boston died from “sharp force injuries to the neck and torso and asphyxia by strangulation.”

Jon Lester toweled off after coming out of the game.

diamondbacks 7, red sox 6

Red Sox lack the walkoff magic

A one-run deficit against the Diamondbacks hardly seemed like an obstacle after the last two games, but the Red Sox were unable to take another walkoff win.

Opinion

opinion | jim kozubek

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/08/03/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/kozubek0803-1715--90x90.jpg Would you edit your genes?

There are ethical implications and dangerous side effects when changes are made to a person’s genes.

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Yolanda Rodrigues has been serving up her grilled fare at Ceylon Park on summer weekends for more than a decade.

In weekend barbecue, a heaping helping of home

In Dorchester’s Ceylon Park, where members of the neighborhood’s Cape Verdean immigrant community gather each weekend to eat and socialize, the food has a particular flavor.

Nation & World

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A poster of former President Mohammed Morsi was held during at a rally near Cairo on Friday.

Kerry backpedals on Egypt comment

Secretary of State John Kerry’s earlier remarks seemed to signal American support for the Egyptian military’s ouster of President Mohammed Morsi.

Business

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James Bullard said Fed forecasts have been too optimistic.

Fed bank president cites missteps by policy makers

The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis said his economic forecasts, as well as those of others at the Fed, have been too optimistic in the wake of the recession.

Arts

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Tony and Obie award winner John Wulp is staging the world premiere of “Red Eye of Love” inside a community center on picturesque North Haven, Maine.

Tony winners stage musical on Maine island

Tony and Obie award winner John Wulp is staging the world premiere of “Red Eye of Love” inside a community center on picturesque North Haven, Maine.

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Steve Coogan stars as British porn king and real estate mogul Paul Raymond in “The Look of Love.”

‘The Look of Love’ is skin deep

In the biopic of the British porn king and real estate mogul Paul Raymond, he learns nothing from his personal failings and tragedies, and neither does the viewer.