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Teresa Heinz Kerry released from hospital

The wife of Secretary of State John Kerry is expected to make a full recovery after she suffered a seizure nearly three weeks ago at her home on Nantucket.

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At least 65 protesters have been killed in Egypt as security forces and armed men clashed with supporters of Mohammed Morsi.

Residents, mayor welcome new restaurants in Hyde Park

Mayor Menino cut ribbons at two neighborhood restaurants as he pressed the need for more small business activity along the Fairmont Line.

More than 1,000 inmates escape Libyan prison

More than 1,000 detainees have escaped from al-Kweifiya prison, near Benghazi, in a mass jailbreak.

The Langham Hotel's famous chocolate bar re-opens in September

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The Langham Hotel's famous chocolate bar re-opens in September.

Bald Man Max Brenner on Boylston Street is part of a chain of chocolate themed restaurants.

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Bald Man Max Brenner on Boylston Street is part of a chain of chocolate themed restaurants.

Beacon Hill Chocolates stocks exclusive lines of artisan chocolate.

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Beacon Hill Chocolates stocks exclusive lines of artisan chocolate.

Taza Chocolate manufactures their own range of organic chocolates at their artisanal factory in Sommerville.

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Taza Chocolate manufactures their own range of organic chocolates at their artisanal factory in Sommerville.

Taza Chocolate's Somerville factory.

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Taza Chocolate's Somerville factory.

An hourlong tour reveals that Taza hand-carves the granite millstones used to grind cacao into rustic bars and disks.

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An hourlong tour reveals that Taza hand-carves the granite millstones used to grind cacao into rustic bars and disks.

Flour Bakery's chocolate dome filled with chocolate mousse is creamy and subtley delicious.

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Flour Bakery's chocolate dome filled with chocolate mousse is creamy and subtley delicious.

Homemade oreos at Flour Bakery on Clarendon Street.

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Homemade oreos at Flour Bakery on Clarendon Street.

Exclusive Sunday preview | Travel

A chocolate lover’s tour of Boston

Though some of the city’s best chocolate spots are on hiatus during the summer months, there’s still plenty to discover with a do-it-yourself chocolate tour.

Mid-June to mid-July is prime berry season.

Tastes of Summer

Jam-makers capture summer in a jar

Berry season has sent local fans into a flurry of canning, hoping to capture tangy summer flavors the old-fashioned way.

New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick, center, gave instructions to players during the second day of training camp.

Analysis | Patriots camp report

Patriots sharper on Day 2 of camp

Rob Gronkowski made an appearance, watching from the sideline, and Tim Tebow spent about 20 minutes after practice working on his throws.

Opinion

opinion | Peter Ubertaccio

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No member of the Bay State’s congressional delegation holds a leadership position in either the Senate or the House.

Globe exclusives

Rebecca Lynn Crovello, 20, of Somerville, explaining why she joined a Facebook page seeking Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s release: “The pieces of the puzzle just don’t match up.’’

Conspiracy theories, innocence claims find audience
Kristine Opolais will sing part of Verdi’s Requiem.

Wife of injured Nelsons makes BSO debut
Pope Francis kissed a child in San Joaquin square in Rio de Janeiro, where he visited for this week’s World Youth Day.

Pope Francis proves to be a pontiff of surprises
Erica Tutko was among the women who lined up in South Boston for a whistle and information about keeping safe.

2012 case linked to ‘person of interest’ in Lord murder
Taylor Swift gave the first of two Gillette Stadium shows on Friday.

music review

Swift delivers spectacle with shaky vocals
Chris Stratton of Northbridge with daughter Caroline and niece Leah Cohen.

Taylor Swift Dads grin and bear it
Nearly 6,400 fans crowded into the bleachers lining the Patriots’ practice fields on Friday morning.

Patriots get back to business
George Lacerte and Bette Bissonnette competing at the Yankee Classic DanceSport Championships in Cambridge last month.

Baby boomers turn to ballroom dancing

Robert Kropf in Harbor Stage Company’s “The Billingsgate Project.’’

Stage REview

‘Billingsgate’ explores history
Elizabeth Warren backed the rival of Larry Summers to lead the Federal Reserve.

Warren signs letter backing Yellen to lead the Fed
Instructor Valentina M. Perez demonstrated a judo move with Thomas White at Ultimate Self Defense & Performance, which is one of the gyms in South Boston that will offer free self-defense and martial arts classes to train women.

Fear surges after attacks in South Boston
Lord and her vehicle were captured on surveillance video Tuesday.

Emotional trauma may have kept Amy Lord from fleeing

Sports

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Orioles 6, Red Sox 0

Red Sox starter John Lackey gave up five runs on nine hits, including three homers.

Red Sox fall out of first in AL East

The Red Sox were shut out for the third time in their last nine games after a 6-0 loss to the Orioles.

Metro

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Defense lawyer J.W. Carney said that James “Whitey” Bulger has yet to decide whether to testify in the case.

Prosecution rests in Bulger trial; capture detailed

The defense plans to call 15 witnesses, but “Whitey” Bulger has yet to decide whether he will take the stand, one of his lawyers told the judge.

Columnists

RENÉE LOTH

The sun state
Stevan Ridley left the field after the first day of training camp at Gillette Stadium.

christopher l. gasper

Patriots’ Ridley visibly needed

Kevin Cullen

Dispelling the myths of Whitey
Poet Edna St. Vincent Millay was one of the most famous women in America in the 1920s and ’30s.

JOAN WICKERSHAM

The poet as a rock star

kevin cullen

Traces of the old Southie

Shirley Leung

Summers is too much for Fed to handle
Tom Brady deflected questions about his emotions regarding the Aaron Hernandez murder investigation.

christopher l. gasper

Tom Brady needed to say more

Yvonne Abraham

Is Charles Yancey’s run for real?

JOAN VENNOCHI

Warren’s on right side of loan bill

Alex Beam

Really real summer reading list
Mayor Thomas Menino toured the student-heavy apartment blocks along Commonwealth Avenue on Aug. 31, 2007, with the Inspectional Services Department.

JEFF JACOBY

Don’t trash my city
Patriots coach Bill Belichick departed after his news conference at Gillette Stadium.

Dan Shaughnessy

Belichick dignified, human in comments on Hernandez case

Nation & World

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Shamira Piscioti, daughter of victims Italo and Samira Piscioti, cried while speaking on the phone after her parents were shot.

Gunman among 7 dead after Fla. apartment standoff

A gunman holding hostages inside an apartment complex killed six people before being shot to death by a SWAT team.

Politics

Rep. John Tierney

Ethics panel may scrutinize Rep. John Tierney

The House Ethics Committee said it is considering opening an investigation into the nine-term Salem Democrat.

Business

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Visitors to the Legoland Discovery Center near Chicago can view a model of Albert Einstein (above) and work on models (below).

Legoland Discovery Center coming to Somerville’s Assembly Square

A mecca of miniature building will be the big draw at the $1.2 billion Assembly Row development in Assembly Square.

Arts

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Dance Review

L-E-V performing “House’’ at Jacob’s Pillow, where the contemporary dance company made its US debut this week.

At Jacob’s Pillow, L-E-V’s ‘House’ mystifies as it seduces

“House” is frank and bold, the dancers clad much of the time in designer Ma’ayan Goldman’s “fashions” of nude body stockings.

Lifestyle

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Love Letters

Choosing between Boston and ‘the one’

A reader is torn between returning to the city and getting married to a woman who is “the one.”

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I was the sun, the kids were my planets, and other reflections from the Globe columnist.

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Magazine

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

Are big blue bins bad for recycling?
The cover for the June 30 2013 issue

Rethinking the golden years
The cover for the June 23 2013 issue

The bee keepers

Ideas

“Using techniques from the past, ideas from hot-weather countries, and new findings from building design experts, we can see a surprising portrait emerge of what life might look like if we decided we could no longer afford our addiction to air conditioning.”

Leon Neyfakh,  on life without A/C