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Legislature technology chief faces federal tax bill

Edward Bell, who earned more than $1 million from the state in the past three years, is facing allegations that he owes tens of thousands of dollars in federal taxes.

Amy Lord

Wake for Amy Lord draws hundreds

The 24-year-old Wilbraham native was brutally beaten, kidnapped, and murdered last Tuesday in Boston.

Agreement lets state investigate food stamp fraud by retailers

Under the agreement, state agencies can go after stores that accept food stamps in exchange for lesser amounts of cash.

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‘‘If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?’’ Pope Francis asked at a news conference.

Device makes skipping TV ads easy
Rich Theriault’s tablet had TV listings used in switching from a Red Sox game to a rock station in a game’s commercial break. A MyChoice device can automatically do the switch.

JON CHASE FOR THE GLOBE

The MyChoice Gateway automatically switches stations to avoid advertisements and then goes back to the channel when the ads end.

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Geographic advantages in the mayoral race

Boston’s electorate will be splintered like never before.

George Scott crossed home plate on April 23, 1966, after hitting a two-run homer in fifth inning against Cleveland. Greeting Scott at the plate were Bob Tillman (10) and Tony Conigliaro.

Ex-Red Sox player George Scott dies

Scott, known as “Boomer,” became a Red Sox icon and was a member of the 1967 Impossible Dream team. He was 69.

David Ortiz, right, had to be restrained following his dugout explosion on Saturday.

MLB won’t suspend David Ortiz

The league opted not to suspend Ortiz for his violent, bat-swinging tantrum in the dugout on Saturday.

Opinion

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The suburbs and exurbs are full of people for whom “bleeding heart” is a description, not a meal.

Globe exclusives

The Coravin device allows wine lovers to decant a glass from a bottle and still keep the rest of the beverage in pristine condition.

Taking wine from an uncorked bottle
Sandra Rice uses a remote home-monitoring device that sends her blood pressure numbers directly to her doctor’s office.

Health

A 21st century house call
Doug Wood inspected a bag of rockweed he harvested off the Maine coast in early July.

Maine seaweed harvest triggers disputes
Edward Markey, on the Senate subway, is navigating new corridors and customs.

Markey embraces new and familiar
Jamal Lee, 42, who lost the use of his legs when he was shot at the age of 17, credits his current medical care group with improving his quality of life. “It’s not like dealing with a business,” Lee said. “It’s like dealing with family.”

Health plan for disabled cut back
David Ortiz follows through while singling to right field during the eighth inning, his fourth hit of the game.

On baseball

This time, Ortiz destroyed baseballs
A victim of the Boston Marathon bombing was rushed to Boston Medical Center.

Attacks spur some changes at hospitals

Adrian Walker

Bold stands hard to come by
Mayoral candidates’ signs shout for attention from streets in such contested neighborhoods as Roxbury (above).

Mayoral hopefuls lean hard on neighborhoods

Child in Mind

Sleep and childhood behavior
Angelique Kidjo performing Saturday’s closing set.

Music review

Summer Arts show revels in diversity
Indie rocker Beck had the crowd on their feet and dancing in his festival-closing set on Sunday.

MUSIC REVIEW

Beck ends Newport festival in style

Sports

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Red Sox Notebook

Red Sox manager John Farrell

Red Sox ramp up as trade deadline approaches

The conversations between Red Sox manager John Farrell and GM Ben Cherington have picked up.

Metro

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Helen and Joseph McDonough (right) delayed their wedding for six months so that James Michael Curley (left, alongside his wife, Gertrude) could attend. Curley was in prison in 1947.

James Michael Curley’s ardent defender dies at 95

Helen McDonough was a maid and cook for the storied governor and mayor and stayed loyal despite his transgressions.

Columnists

Yvonne Abraham

Pier 4 a savior for Albanians
Celtics executive vice president Dave Gavitt consoles Dee Brown (left) and Rick Fox (right) during a news conference following the death of team captain Reggie Lewis in 1993.

Dan Shaughnessy

Reggie Lewis’s death still hurts, 20 years later
Huma Abedin listened as her husband spoke at a press conference Tuesday.

JOANNA WEISS

Kate and Huma, the image-makers
Fareed Mosavat, Chas Wagner, and Jason Jacobs looked at support tickets at RunKeeper, which is jockeying for position in the digital fitness universe.

Innovation Economy

Can more Boston tech firms open up?

Adrian Walker

Bold stands hard to come by

JOAN VENNOCHI

Can state GOP find a winner?

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

Nation & World

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Cannes diamond robbery $136 million

Estimate of French diamond heist raised to $136m

A lone man sneaked into a diamond show in a luxury Cannes hotel and made off with the loot, authorities said.

Politics

Anthony Weiner is being pushed to quit over sex scandals.

Anthony Weiner stays in race; top aide quits

Weiner is being pushed to quit the race for New York City mayor over sex scandals.

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App Smart

Foldify

Apps jammed with arts-and-crafts ideas

Instead of occupying children with a TV or handing them an iPad and sending them on their way, try using technology more creatively.

Arts

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Book Review

Jennifer Kaufman (left) and Karen Mack fictionalized an affair between Sigmund Freud and his wife’s sister.

‘Freud’s Mistress’ by Jennifer Kaufman and Karen Mack

Kaufman and Mack fictionalized an affair between Sigmund Freud and his wife’s sister.

Health and wellness

BOSTON MEDICAL MYSTERIES

MRI similar to Wendy’s, which shows white lesions in the brain.

Why was Wendy suddenly paralyzed?

One Monday morning, 42-year-old Wendy woke up and found she couldn’t walk.

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Magazine

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Walter Willett’s food fight
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What happened at Deerfield
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Kitchen overhaul
The cover for the June 30 2013 issue

Rethinking the golden years

Ideas

“Alfred Barr’s Wellesley class, small as it was, launched a generation of students into prominent roles in the art world, helping to spread the gospel of contemporary art as curators, journalists, and critics.”

Christopher Shea,  on how a young professor helped invent contemporary art in America