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Bulger jury dismissed today without verdict

Jurors in the racketeering trial of James “Whitey” Bulger have been dismissed for the weekend and will return Monday for a fifth day of deliberations.

A truck has broken through the guardrail on Interstate 93 North heading out of Boston and the truck’s cab is hanging over the Leverett Connector ramp, State Police said.

Boston traffic snarled after truck crash on I-93

A truck that broke through a guardrail this afternoon “had a big impact on the commute out of the city,” a Boston Fire Department spokesman said.

In a press conference today, US President Barack Obama said he has no intention of stopping the daily collection of phone records.

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Phone surveillance to continue with new oversight

President Obama said he has no intention of stopping the daily collection of phone records in an hour-long news conference.

PGA CHAMPIONSHIP

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Scott shot 68 in the second round as rain-soaked greens at Oak Hill allowed players to attack the pins.

Firefighters work at the scene of a small plane crash, Friday, Aug. 9, 2013, in East Haven, Conn.

Plane crashes into Conn. homes

A small plane crashed and engulfed two houses in flames, leaving the pilot and two children on the ground missing and feared dead.

“I always believed if I gave it everything I’ve got and it wasn’t meant to be, I’d have no regrets,” says the 30-year-old outfielder.

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Daniel Nava, the long shot

Nava was considered too short, too skinny, too mediocre. When the Red Sox signed him for $1, they figured they had nothing to lose and maybe he’d surprise them. Did he ever.

Opinion

SCOT LEHIGH

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Though the trial has resolved beyond doubt the enormous evil of Whitey Bulger, it should also underscore the dishonorable behavior of his brother William.

Globe exclusives

Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev posed with Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in New York in an undated photo.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s college friends indicted
Analysts say consumers, such as those recently at South Shore Plaza in Braintree, will spend about 3 percent more on school supplies this year.

Back-to-school spending outlook: Not bad
Backyard Farms’ greenhouses for growing hydroponic tomatoes cover 42 acres in Madison, Maine.

Shirley Leung

A heavy loss in pursuit of perfection
Pedro Martinez has built a thriving foundation in his native Dominican Republic.

Pedro building hope in the Dominican
On Oct. 30, 1948, the main business district of Donora, Pa., was cloaked in smog, the sunlight virtually obliterated by thick low-hanging pollution.

Opinion | joan wickersham

The haze of history
Chip Tuttle, chief operating officer of Suffolk Downs, unveiled his proposed casino and hotel project in East Boston, Wednesday, March 27 2013.

Complex Suffolk Downs casino deal still being written
Justin Timberlake, left, and Jay-Z performed at the 55th annual Grammy Awards.

Not such an odd couple after all
Tea Party activists, rallying at the US Capitol earlier this summer, have resurrected a strategy of using town hall forums to display their anger.

This time, Tea Party aims at GOP
The final eight episodes of “Breaking Bad” begin with Hank’s (Dean Norris, left) reaction to learning that Walt (Bryan Cranston, above) is Heisenberg.

Television Review

‘Breaking Bad’ loses no steam
Cate Blanchett (second from left, with Sally Hawkins and Andrew Dice Clay) stars as a rich woman who loses everything.

MOVIE REVIEW

Cate the Great infuses ‘Jasmine’
The jury is “clearly looking closely at the evidence,” said defense lawyer J.W. Carney Jr. (right, with Hank Brennan).

Bulger judge urges jurors to reach verdicts
Charles Yancey at a North End apartment complex.

Yancey balances run, City Hall job

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Ryan Mallett (left) and Tim Tebow are lined up to succeed Tom Brady against the Eagles.

Ryan Mallett, Tim Tebow set to go

It’s a given that Mallett will see a good amount of time in the Patriots’ preseason opener, but Tebow said he had no idea how long he’d play, if at all.

Metro

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Donta Lewis was at the Dorchester shootout that left two police officers wounded and a suspect dead on Wednesday. He was held in court today on probation violation.

Man at scene of shootout held on probation violation

Donta Lewis was at the Dorchester shootout that left two police officers wounded and a suspect dead.

Columnists

On Oct. 30, 1948, the main business district of Donora, Pa., was cloaked in smog, the sunlight virtually obliterated by thick low-hanging pollution.

Opinion | joan wickersham

The haze of history

Kevin Cullen

Waiting for the unknown
Backyard Farms’ greenhouses for growing hydroponic tomatoes cover 42 acres in Madison, Maine.

Shirley Leung

A heavy loss in pursuit of perfection
A water taxi cruised in The Woodlands, Texas.

EDWARD L. GLAESER

A fracking pioneer’s environmental dream

JOAN VENNOCHI

John Walsh’s rhapsody in blue

Yvonne Abraham

Perilous rolls of the dice
Daniel Conley.

LAWRENCE HARMON

Conley loses temper and respect of voters

Adrian Walker

The future begins at the Globe
Caroline Kennedy

Opinion | SCOT LEHIGH

Ambassadorship requires a seasoned diplomat, not a big name

Shirley Leung

The case for a sales tax rollback
A picture taken from inside a car shows Iranians waiting at a bus station in downtown Tehran in June.

Opinion | farah stockman

Tehran calculations

Opinion | TOM KEANE

Tax break is no holiday for Mass.

Nation & World

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US Secretary of State John Kerry (right) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit in Brunei last month.

US, Russia diplomatic chiefs to meet

The crisis in Syria, arms control, and missile defense headline what are expected to be chilly talks today.

Politics

A note from Florida Governor Rick Scott, a Republican, to Massachusetts businesses drew the Patrick administration’s ire.

Fla. governor’s bid to lure business raises ire in Mass.

Florida Governor Rick Scott’s letter to state business leaders extolling Florida’s low tax rates prompted a harsh response from a Patrick administration official.

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With another meeting, Demoulas saga rolls on

The Market Basket board was expected to clarify the future of executives at the family-owned supermarket chain.

Arts

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FKeith Urban.

Boston-area to do list

What’s happening in and around Boston.

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MOVIE REVIEW

Amanda Seyfried as porn star Linda Lovelace in Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman’s biopic.

‘Lovelace’ practices moral sex

Directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman may have had the best of intentions, but in the end they’re exploiting Linda Lovelace, too.

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The lake house
The cover for the July 28 2013 issue

Walter Willett’s food fight
The cover for the July 21 2013 issue

What happened at Deerfield
The cover for the July 14 2013 issue

Kitchen overhaul

Ideas

“There hasn’t been a meaningful rethinking of who should appear on our paper money since 1928, when early versions of the bills we still use today entered circulation.”

Leon Neyfakh,  on American currency