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A happy school life lost to unseen tormentors

Isabella Hankey says in a $2 million lawsuit that bullying at Concord-Carlisle High School caused her to transfer to a different school and led to her being hospitalized.

No verdict on first day of Bulger deliberations

Jurors will return tomorrow to weigh the evidence against James “Whitey” Bulger.

Business leaders seek to repeal new computer tax

A coalition of business leaders from some of Massachusetts’s biggest companies is mounting a ballot initiative to repeal the newly imposed sales tax on computer software services.

Obesity rates drop in children from poorer families

The news gives public health officials reason for optimism because obesity has soared over the past two decades among children from lower-income families.

Brad Stevens smiled while being introduced as the Celtics’ head coach July 5.

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National interest in Celtics falls

The Celtics’ 2013-2014 schedule was released, showing the team won’t play on Christmas Day and won’t appear on the TNT television network.

Patriots quarterback Ryan Mallett (15) passed to receiver Quentin Sims (84) as Eagles cornerback Brandon Boykin defended during training camp in Philadelphia. Tom Brady, right, looked on.

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Patriots’ intensity is up in joint practice with Eagles

The Patriots had their most physical practice of training camp Tuesday when they squared off against the Eagles in a full-contact workout in Philadelphia.

Items from the “light entrees” menu at Hit Wicket in Inman Square include potato sliders (pictured) and South African bunny chow with chicken.

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Hit Wicket menu calls to cricket fans

The Inman Square sports bar serves street and finger foods from New Zealand, Australia, Sri Lanka, South Africa, England, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and India.

Deviled eggs with tuna and black olives added to the creamy yolk at Oleana.

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At Oleana, adventurous spices and iconic dishes

Far-flung flavors and New England ingredients keep chef Ana Sortun’s Oleana relevant.

Opinion

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Do US legislators want to negotiate with Iran — or see a war begin?

Globe exclusives

The tower will be the first major office building in Seaport Square.

PwC signs lease for Seaport offices
Mayor Thomas M. Menino attended a ceremony at the closed Marshall Elementary in Dorchester.

Is Thomas Menino backing a candidate?
Esperanza Spalding performing Sunday night at Tanglewood. She played both electric and acoutic basses.

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Spalding lights up Tanglewood

Book Review

‘The Measures Between Us’ by Ethan Hauser
Entrepreneur Sarah Cherry Rice described her curriculum-mapping tool for teachers at a recent Waltham event.

Start-ups take on education’s tangles
Maria Vasquez was able to keep her home in Revere after a Suffolk Superior Court ruled that the mortgage holder was misidentified in foreclosure proceedings.

Banks accused of rules violation
Prospective Boston Globe owner John W. Henry (left) talked with graphic designer David Butler on Monday during a newsroom tour.

In Globe visit, Henry plays role of observer

Album Review | FOLK/COUNTRY

Tension, grace on ‘The Civil Wars’
Runners compete in the 2012 Boston Marathon.

Health

How much exercise is too much?
John Henry, center, whose bid for the Globe was accepted by the Times Co., spent Sunday evening watching the Boston Red Sox play Arizona from the EMC Level at Fenway Park.

3 groups say they topped Henry’s bid
Geralda Figueroa, a Boston health inspector, told Kim Crocker and Robert MacClean how to avoid violations.

Food truck popularity outrunning hygiene
Archeologists Rosemary Pinales and Scott McGaughey worked at a site undisturbed by centuries of nearby development.

North End dig hits pay dirt

Sports

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Alex Rodriguez held a press conference before the game Monday night in Chicago.

MLB makes statement with PED suspensions

“Today is a sad day for MLB,” the Rays’ Evan Longoria said as the league issued major suspensions in the Biogenesis scandal.

Metro

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Mother and baby Black-and-white ruffed lemurs.

The evolution of day care — in lemurs

In the animal kingdom, day care is rare. But black-and-white ruffed lemurs will nest their young in communal nests.

Columnists

A picture taken from inside a car shows Iranians waiting at a bus station in downtown Tehran in June.

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Tehran calculations
Steve Davis (white hair, in front of microphones), the brother of alleged Bulger victim Debra Davis, spoke to the reporters outside the Moakley federal courthouse as joggers passed by Monday.

Kevin Cullen

The theater of Whitey
Pope Francis waved from his popemobile on the Copacabana beachfront in Brazil.

JAMES CARROLL

The pope’s ‘culture of solidarity’

JOHN E. SUNUNU

‘Grand bargain’ is a grand head fake
Shane Victorino held a little impromptu meet-and-greet with some of the 37,611 Fenway Faithful in Sunday’s game.

Christopher L. Gasper

These Red Sox are Dirt Dogs again
Danny Ainge entrusted the Celtics’ head coaching job to 36-year-old Brad Stevens.

Bob Ryan

Stevens has a tough road ahead in NBA

JOAN VENNOCHI

Mayor’s race looms over Suffolk casino
Dockyard, a small Boston-based company, could be facing a significant cost increase, says principal Brian Cardarella.

Innovation Economy

Tech firms learning a costly lesson
Lucy loves to share online songs and videos with her grandmother.

Beverly Beckham

Would a ‘cure’ change the love?

Christopher L. Gasper

Drawing up a safer way to practice

Kevin Cullen

Once a bully, always a coward

Dan Shaughnessy

Picking up the pieces

Nation & World

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This courtroom sketch shows military prosecutor Lt. Col. Steve Henricks, right, speaking as Nidal Malik Hasan, center, and presiding judge Col. Tara Osborn look on during his court martial Tuesday.

Accused Fort Hood shooter says evidence points to him

The Army psychiatrist is facing charges in a 2009 shooting rampage, which targeted fellow soldiers in a meticulously planned attack.

Politics

President Obama will also renew his calls for sweeping mortgage refinancing legislation when he travels to Phoenix on Tuesday.

President Obama to focus on housing market

President Obama will urge Congress this week to back bipartisan efforts to shutter mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Business

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The Washington Post, like most newspapers, has been losing readers and advertisers to the Internet while watching its value plummet.

Washington Post to be sold to founder of Amazon

Jeff Bezos stunned the media industry by announcing plans to acquire another pillar of mainstream media: The Washington Post.

Arts

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Lil Wayne (pictured performing in New Jersey in June) teamed with T.I. Sunday night at the Comcast Center.

T.I., Lil Wayne dig into name-making hits

Both rappers staked a claim to their illustrious pasts and looked ahead to the future in their concert at the Comcast Center.

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Magazine

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The cover for the July 28 2013 issue

Walter Willett’s food fight
The cover for the July 21 2013 issue

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

Kitchen overhaul

Ideas

“There hasn’t been a meaningful rethinking of who should appear on our paper money since 1928, when early versions of the bills we still use today entered circulation.”

Leon Neyfakh,  on American currency