Death toll in Egypt clashes surpasses 600

At Al-Imene mosque in Cairo, mourners carried the coffin of a protester slain in Egypt’s military crackdown.

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Violent new protests erupted across the country Thursday following the military’s bloodiest crackdown on supporters of its deposed Islamist president.

Obama cancels joint exercises with Egyptian military

The US stopped short of cutting off $1.5 billion in vital aid to the nation.

Northern Avenue is seen during rush hour traffic on Thursday.

Shirley Leung

A snarl in Seaport District’s success story

The South Boston Waterfront is growing so fast that officials are now realizing it is a transportation crisis waiting to happen.

Mayoral candidates say they would overhaul BRA

The city agency has shaped decades of development and become a prime lever of power for outgoing Mayor Thomas M. Menino.

Developer Roy MacDowell’s 28-room mansion in Wayland is scheduled to be auctioned on Friday.

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Developer’s Wayland mansion to be auctioned

Roy MacDowell Jr.’s 28-room home includes six bathrooms, four half-baths, a home theater, and an oak-paneled library.

Alice Erickson, 88, enjoyed some line dancing at Sandy Island Family Camp on Lake Winnipesaukee earlier this month.

Alice Erickson goes to overnight camp — for 75 years

As kingdoms go, this isn’t exactly majestic: just 66 wooded acres and 250 people, give or take.

KEVIN CULLEN

One of the good guys

Eddie Burke, knocked down many times, could have been consumed with grief. Instead he was consumed with helping others.

Jane Richard, who lost her older brother Martin and her left leg in the Boston Marathon bombing, is recovering and using a prosthetic.

Martin Richard’s family continues its recovery

Four months after the Boston Marathon bombing killed their youngest son and severed their daughter’s left leg, the family is doing its best to cope.

Opinion

opinion | robert pape and david schneyer

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/08/16/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/pape0815-1893--90x90.jpg Why we shouldn’t be afraid of Al Qaeda in Yemen

This “franchise affiliate” is deadly within its own borders, but it has not been able to successfully carry out an attack on US soil.

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People sunbathed Thursday on Marshfield’s Brant Point beach, which has lost a lot of sand.

Winter storms take toll on Marshfield beaches

The ocean has been eating way at beaches up and down the state for years, but last winter’s storms reminded towns and residents how tenuous their relationship with the tiny grains can be.

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Boston Children’s Hospital chief executive James Mandell was paid a total of $1.5 million in 2011, down from $2 million the previous year.

Boston hospital executives earned up to $2.1m in 2011

The pay packages at Boston’s big academic medical centers were generally in line with those at similar institutions across the country, according to federal filings made Thursday.

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Book Review

‘The Realm of Last Chances’ by Steve Yarbrough

In “The Realm of Last Chances,” Yarbrough takes a calm, somewhat relaxed attitude toward his characters’ decay.