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Swartz not ‘targeted’ by MIT, according to review

A review found no wrongdoing in the case of the Internet activist, who committed suicide in January, but raised concerns about university policies.

Mourners attended Amy Lord’s wake in Springfield on Monday.

Funeral services being held for Amy Lord

Mourners are gathered at the St. Cecilia Catholic Church in Wilbraham where services are being held for the murder victim.

Judge rejects Bulger request to sequester jurors

Judge Casper said a sequestration order without advance notice could interfere with any plans jurors may have made.

Mass. foreclosure activity ‘plummets again’

Foreclosure petitions, the first step in the foreclosure process, were down 84 percent in June compared to a year ago.

Mary McCluskey, 89, a former secretary, gets some help navigating Facebook from Natalie Billings, in a class at Jewish Community Housing for the Elderly in Brighton.

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Learning Facebook in retirement age

Classes in social media offer older adults options for keeping in touch with grandchildren and reconnecting with friends.

John Stoddard transported produce at Higher Ground Farm, on the roof of the Boston Design Center. The farm aims to supply neighborhood restaurants and markets such as Tavern Road.

South Boston rooftop farm raising its first crops

The rooftop farm in the Innovation District has the potential to be the second-largest undertaking of its type in the nation.

Tim Tebow dropped back to pass during Monday’s workout.

Analysis

Tim Tebow will play QB, not receiver, Patriots say

Tebow, despite catching some passes in practice, will be strictly a quarterback, coordinator Josh McDaniels said.

From the Hyannis Transportation Center, many CapeFlyer passengers switch to buses — or to bicycles — to reach their destinations on Cape Cod.

Appeal of weekend train to Cape growing

Since service began on Memorial Day weekend, the CapeFlyer train has transported nearly 9,000 passengers between Boston and Hyannis.

Opinion

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/07/30/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/stockman-1671.jpg ‘Getting to Yes’ in the Middle East

The famous book “Getting to Yes,” written more than 30 years ago, still has lessons for negotiations in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Globe exclusives

Frame by Frame

Romanticism wafts over the timeless fog of war

Composer Krzysztof Penderecki kisses the hand of Marcy Rosen on Sunday, with Daniel Kim (left) and Anthony McGill.

Music Review

Polish composer stirs up the mix at Marlboro
With 255 teen apprentices working out of its building, Artists for Humanity is at capacity. It expects to expand onto the adjacent lot.

Gillette gives land to Artists for Humanity
Nancy E. Carroll plays Arlyne, a longtime worker at a processing plant, in Gloucester Stage Company’s “North Shore Fish.’’

Stage REview

Fighting for scraps of dignity in ‘North Shore Fish’

Interactive graphic

Geographic advantages in Boston mayoral race
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.

Device gives viewers control over TV ads
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

Sports

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Daniel Nava threw his helmet in frustration after being called out at the plate in the 8th inning.

Red Sox lose after blown call

The Rays re-took first place after Daniel Nava was called out at the plate in the 8th, a call that umpire Jerry Meals admitted he got wrong.

Metro

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A Connecticut State Police officer searched Pine Lake in Bristol, Conn., for evidence Monday.

Police search Conn. lake for evidence in homicide

Connecticut State Police divers looked for evidence that may connect former Patriot Aaron Hernandez to the slaying of Odin L. Lloyd.

Columnists

Adrian Walker

Bold stands hard to come by

Kevin Cullen

Don’t believe the hyperbole

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
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?
Huma Abedin listened as her husband spoke at a press conference Tuesday.

JOANNA WEISS

Kate and Huma, the image-makers

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.

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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

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Traces of the old Southie

Nation & World

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The National Cathedra in Washington, D.C.

Woman arrested in DC cathedral vandalism

Jiamei Tian, 58, was arrested Monday inside the National Cathedral and charged with defacing property.

Politics

President Obama plans to use a trip to an Amazon.com distribution center in Chattanooga, Tenn., on Tuesday to propose a ‘‘grand bargain for middle-class jobs.’’

Obama proposes ‘grand bargain’ for jobs

President Obama plans to offer to cut corporate tax rates in exchange for job investments.

Business

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Saks Fifth Avenue in Manhattan is the landmark store of Hudson’s Bay Co.’s acquisition.

$2.4b deal combines Lord & Taylor, Saks

The parent company of Lord & Taylor bought Saks Inc. in a deal that creates a North American behemoth of upscale shopping.

Arts

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ALBUM REVIEW | POP

Robin Thicke, ‘Blurred Lines’

On this eleven-track set of poppy funk, the blue-eyed soul seducer has morphed into a leering Lothario.

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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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Walter Willett’s food fight
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What happened at Deerfield
The cover for the July 14 2013 issue

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