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99 dead in southern Russia floods

Torrential rains dropped nearly a foot of water on a Black Sea region overnight, setting off intense flooding, officials said.

A Libyan man showed his ink-stained finger as he flashed the sign for victory after voting at a polling station in Tripoli.

Libyans cast ballots in first parliamentary election

Today’s election marks a major step toward democracy after decades of rule by Moammar Khadafy.

Man shot in overnight Billerica home invasion

Police responded to reports of an armed home invasion at a Boston Road home around 3:50 a.m., officials said.

Boston colleges give back, but to what degree?

As tuitions rise and the economy drags, there is a desire to measure higher education’s return on investment. Two new reports give the task a try.

Serena Williams during Saturday’s Wimbledon match.

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Serena Williams wins fifth Wimbledon title

Williams won her fifth Wimbledon title, and 14th major championship, by beating Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland 6-1, 5-7, 6-2 Saturday.

Carl Crawford.

Christopher L. Gasper

Carl Crawford stands by allegation of racial slur

We are forced to contemplate the same old tired story of African-American ballplayers and Boston after a fan directed a racial comment toward Crawford during a Double A game.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2012/07/07/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/cahmpsionhip-1869--90x90.jpg Ray Allen leaving Celtics to sign with Heat

The Big Three era is officially a memory because Allen is headed to South Beach.

Suns mascot Ray danced between innings Monday at west-facing Wahconah Park in Pittsfield, where fans shielded their eyes from the sun. Delays are occasionally called for the safety of hitters.

The Roads to Summer

In Pittsfield, baseball tradition takes fans way back

The site of baseball games for 120 years, Wahconah Park offers an experience far from the luxury boxes of Fenway Park.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2012/07/04/BostonGlobe.com/Enterprise/Advance/Images/sumner004-603--90x90.jpg The Sumner Tunnel

The first of three underwater crossings beneath Boston Harbor, the Sumner Tunnel opened on June 30, 1934.

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Bring the Family

Searching for the best picnic spot on South Shore

names

Seth Meyers in line to replace Regis Philbin?

Sunday Preview | Ideas

When computers listen to music, what do they hear?
Norris Campbell wound up to make a throw.

G cover

Cricketers get their wicket fix in Dorchester
Navy SEAL Parachute Team Chief Brad Woodard sprayed smoke while parachuting down to the Boston Common.

Photo gallery

Globe photos of the week, July 6, 2012
Farms across the state are stepping up their efforts to attract customers for their roadside stands, including (clockwise from up- per left) a strawberry festival and hayrides at Wilson Farm in Lexington and arrays of produce at Volante Farms in Needham.

Globe West

Farm stands and farmers markets offer much more
Women’s professional soccer is still coming to grips with two failed leagues and being labeled a niche sport.

Is there a future for women’s pro soccer?
A knife sharpener was a common sight of the streets of Boston in the decade leading up to the 1940 Census.

Census records bring 1940s Boston to life
Tourists on the Fort Independence on Thursday viewed tall ships berthed at Fish Pier for Navy Week festivities.

Boston business boomed during holiday week
Efforts to provide an ideal environment for the birds led to the nest building and egg laying, a zoo official said.

Hummingbird lays egg at Franklin Park Zoo
“Beasts of the Southern Wild” stars Quvenzhané Wallis as a girl living in a small hamlet on the coast of Louisiana in the days before and after Katrina.

Movie Review

‘Beasts’ a four-star fable
“In the Still of the Night” by Carmen Cicero.

Art Review

Harrison and Cicero on exhibit in Provincetown

Sports

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Yankees 10, Red Sox 8

Jarrod Saltalamacchia walked off after striking out in the ninth inning Friday night at Fenway Park.

Red Sox pitching belted by Yankees

After a terrible start by Josh Beckett, the bulllpen faltered, and the Sox lost their fourth straight. They now trail the first-place Yankees by 8½ games.

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Thomas Daigle paid his last mortgage payment in pennies.

Milford man pays off mortgage in pennies

Thomas Daigle, 60, has finally fulfilled the goal he set for himself decades ago: Paying off his final mortgage payment with more than 62,000 pennies.

Columnists

The T’s economic troubles may have consequences for the economic development of Boston.

opinion | Derrick Z. Jackson

MBTA’s troubles bode ill for region

lawrence harmon

Our zero tolerance for moderation regarding drinking
Carl Crawford.

Christopher L. Gasper

Carl Crawford stands by allegation of racial slur

Adrian Walker

From Boston to Tanzania, with a
MITT ROMNEY

opinion | Joshua green

Avoiding risk with the Romney Fog Machine

Opinion | SCOT LEHIGH

Former hitchhiker recalls a more trusting past

CARLO ROTELLA

Put down the phone; real life abounds

Boston Capital

Time to cut off Boston Beer’s investors

Juliette Kayyem

Immigrants, native-born see eye to eye
Mitt Romney and his wife Ann Romney took to a jet ski on Lake Winnipesaukee in Wolfeboro, N.H., on Monday.

Joan Vennochi

Romney on a jet ski — his Kerry moment?

Scot Lehigh

We need more statues

Jeff Jacoby

Celebrating, royal-free

Business

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Curt Schilling, wife defend 38 Studios over auditor report

The former Red Sox pitcher and his wife, Shonda, are disputing a report that said Rhode Island auditors were blocked from accessing the failed company’s records.

Politics

Among Facebook users, President Obama is far more popular than Mitt Romney.

Headstart for Democrats in the digital campaign

The expanding digital frontier has emerged as another battle line in the campaign for the White House.

Nation & World

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Oppressive heat in the Midwest breaks records

St. Louis, Milwaukee, Chicago, and several other Midwest cities have broken heat records this week, affecting residents day and night.

Arts

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Edward Kleban won a Tony Award for writing the lyrics to “A Chorus Line.” It was the only produced show he worked on before he died of cancer in 1987.

This summer in the Berkshires, Edward Kleban calls the tune

The Berkshire Theatre Group remembers Kleban with his 1975 Broadway smash “A Chorus Line” and a biographical musical written by his longtime companion.

“People used to just buy into the notion that higher ed has positive spillover effects. But now they’re saying: ‘Show me. Tell me what the effects are.’ ”

Richard Vedder,  an Ohio economist

Magazine

The cover for the June 24 2012 issue

A West Falmouth home where sea meets sunset
The cover for the June 17 2012 issue

What if spanking works?
The cover for the June 10 2012 issue

5 casual feast recipes from Sam Jackson
The cover for the June 3 2012 issue

40 ideas for your New England summer weekends

Opinion

“If Massachusetts were a giant classroom, it would be suffering from extremely low expectations regarding the ability of its residents to assimilate drinking sensibly into their daily lives.”

Lawrence Harmon 

Ideas

“In a growing body of work, Timur Kuran argues that the blame for the Islamic world’s economic stagnation lies with a set of institutions that Islamic law created over centuries.”

Thanassis Cambanis,  on the economic toll of Islamic law