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Obama promises more accountability in surveillance

President Obama’s underlying message, however, was clear: the monitoring of phone and electronic communications would continue.

Tom Brady set the offense while playing against the Eagles.

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New-look offense doesn’t skip a beat in Patriots’ win

Tom Brady kick-started New England to a win over the Eagles in a game that saw more Tim Tebow at quarterback than planned.

Jake Peavy allowed six runs on 10 hits against the Royals.

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Jake Peavy fails to hold lead as Red Sox lose again

The Red Sox handed Peavy a three-run lead in the fourth inning, but what should have been an easy cruise turned into one of the worst losses of the season.

President Barack Obama spoke to an Amazon employee during a tour of the Amazon Fulfillment Center in Chattanooga, Tenn.

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President Barack Obama spoke to an Amazon employee during a tour of the Amazon Fulfillment Center in Chattanooga, Tenn.

An image of President Lincoln was taped to the side of a bookshelf at Commonwealth Books in downtown Boston.

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After the visit, which has roiled much of the independent bookselling universe, a surprising amount of chatter at Commonwealth Books was about President Obama.

“There are still lots of customers who like to hold a book in their hands and feel it and smell it,” said Bill Johnston, of Commonwealth Books.

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“There are still lots of customers who like to hold a book in their hands and feel it and smell it,” said Bill Johnston, of Commonwealth Books.

A bookseller at Commonwealth Books said the store and its Milk Street annex have maintained steady foot traffic for two decades.

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Eric Shoag, a bookseller at Commonwealth, said the store and its Milk Street annex have maintained steady foot traffic for two decades.

Dusty the well-read cat sat on a perch by the storefront window.

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“You can’t get a cat with your books on Amazon,” Johnston said.

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Obama’s Amazon visit riles up independent booksellers

Some independent bookstores called the president’s effort to highlight Amazon.com as a positive example of job creation “misguided.”

An ongoing survey of mammals on a half-dozen of the close-in islands has found thriving populations of coyotes, foxes, and deer.

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Island getaways lure creatures great, small

Animals like coyotes and deer are making their way to Boston’s scenic Harbor Islands, creating an unexpected population boom.

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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.

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.

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Rebecca Ferguson and Max Irons star in the British period drama “The White Queen” on Starz.

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‘The White Queen’ scratches the itch

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Little Libertarians on the prairie
Defense attorneys J.W. Carney Jr., second from right, and Henry Brennan, right, spoke with reporters outside federal court in Boston, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013.

Bulger jury dismissed today without verdict
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
Over sixty horses used in the production of Cavalias Odysseo under the worlds largest touring big tent. A visit of the stables before the performance show all the love and care these stars get each time before a performance in an assembly line fashon as if in a car wash.

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Globe photos of the week, Aug. 9, 2013
“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
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
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
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

Sports

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PGA CHAMPIONSHIP

Jason Dufner finishes up at the 18th hole for a 63, tying the lowest round ever shot in a major championship. Jeff Haynes/Reuters

Jason Dufner fires record-tying 63 to grab PGA lead

Dufner had a chance to break the record, but he left a 12-foot putt on 18 well short.

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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.

joan wickersham

The haze of history

Kevin Cullen

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

Shirley Leung

A heavy loss in pursuit of perfection

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.

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Tehran calculations

Opinion | TOM KEANE

Tax break is no holiday for Mass.

Nation & World

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

At least two dead after plane crashes in Conn.

A small plane crashed in a neighborhood near an airport, likely killing up to six people, according to the NTSB.

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.

Business

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After more than a year of gathering evidence about the bet, a blunder that set off a cascade of scrutiny across two continents, federal prosecutors and the FBI in Manhattan have concluded that two former JPMorgan Chase employees lowballed losses as the trades spiraled out of control.

Two former JPMorgan employees to be arrested

The pair is suspected of masking the size of a multibillion-dollar trading loss, a dramatic turn in a case that tarnished the bank’s reputation.

Arts

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FKeith Urban.

Boston-area to do list

What’s happening in and around Boston.

Movies

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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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Magazine

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The lake house
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Walter Willett’s food fight
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What happened at Deerfield
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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