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A police vehicle is pushed off of a bridge in Cairo by protesters close to the largest sit-in by supporters of ousted president Mohammed Morsi.

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Morsi supporters clashed with security forces in Cairo.

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Bricks form the Arabic words "There is no god but Allah."

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Reporters run for cover during clashes between Morsi supporters and police in Cairo.

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A Morsi supporter in Cairo's Nasr City district.

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Supporters of ousted Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi ran from Egyptian security forces.

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Morsi supporters walked through their sit-in camp up near Cairo University as security forces cleared it.

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An Egyptian security force member escorted a woman with a child as the forces cleared a sit-in camp.

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A supporter of the Egypt's ousted president Mohammed Morsi threw a water container onto a fire.

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Riot police opened fire at members of the Muslim Brotherhood.

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Egyptian security forces uncovered a box of ammunition, which they claimed to have found in one of the two pro-Morsi sit-in sites.

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A supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood in Cairo.

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A riot police officer walked at the entrance of Cairo University and Nahdet Misr Square.

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A ripped poster depicting ousted Egyptian president Morsi hangs on the jaw of a bulldozer.

At least 278 dead in Egypt

Riot police backed by armored vehicles, bulldozers and helicopters swept away two encampments of supporters of ousted president Mohammed Morsi.

Shirley Leung

Business establishment, meet start-ups

The downtown business crowd and Kendall Square’s start-ups never mixed well. But now their worlds are colliding.

Businesswoman used valet spot for herself

Lisa Saunders, part of the family that owned the Park Plaza Hotel for decades, parked her car in a valet spot outside 20 Park Plaza for hours at a time.

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New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady grabbed his left kneeduring a joint workout with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at NFL training camp in Foxborough Wednesday.

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Brady clutches leg, leaves practice

Tom Brady walked off the field under his own power after suffering an apparent injury in practice Wednesday afternoon.

GOP convenes in Boston

Republican leaders gathered Wednesday in Boston as the party continued its post-election soul-searching.

Jesse Jackson Jr. sentenced to 30 months

The former representative was sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to scheming to spend $750,000 in campaign funds on costly personal items.

Woman dies when SUV crashes into pool

A 58-year-old Randolph woman died today when she crashed her car into a Randolph swimming pool, police said.

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Fort Hood victims deserve Purple Hearts

To deny the victims of the attack the medal they earned with their lives or blood is no way to pay tribute. They deserve better.

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Cambridge restaurateur Jason Bond and sous chef Rachel Miller at the future site of a second Bondir, in Concord.

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The year of the second restaurant

“At the end of the day it was good to get this guy in jail,” said former State Police colonel Thomas Folery. “But you’d like to see processes put in place so it doesn’t happen again.”

DA may try Bulger, allies

On January 15, 1919, 21 people died when a tank at the Purity Distilling Co. in the North End burst, spewing molasses everywhere.

The science behind 1919 molasses disaster

R.I.P.D, filmed in Boston, Raynham, and Providence, accounted for more than 70 percent of film tax credits issued by the state last year.

After big tax break, cop film was a flop

At Pho Le in Dorchester, you can try noodle soup with shredded vegetables on the side.

A primer on Vietnamese cuisine

(From left) Triston Champagnie, Kamal Williams, and Jakieh Blevins at a Camp Harbor View race.

Seeing hope at Harbor View

Light brings in bids of up to $738,000

Filene’s project may get tax break

From left: Augustine Mercante, Evan Hughes, Lauren Snouffer, and composer-conductor George Benjamin at Monday’s performance of “Written on Skin.”

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‘Written on Skin’ receives US premiere

At left, the South Boston waterfront; On the right, James “Whitey” Bulger, center, walking on Castle Island with associates Stephen “Rifleman” Flemmi, left, and Kevin Weeks, right, in an undated photo.

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Everything has passed Whitey by

Mayor Menino welcomed his “second father,” John F. Kinnaly, to a surprise birthday party for Kinnaly, who died in 2011.

For mayor, old friend’s gift proves thorny

James “Whitey” Bulger stood between his lawyers as the verdicts on 32 counts were read in US District Court in Boston Monday.

An end to ‘Whitey’ Bulger saga

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Cornerback Darrelle Revis’s health is central to the Bucs’ season.

Darrelle Revis, Patriots on friendlier terms

The former Jet and current Buccaneer will be welcomed into the Patriots world at Gillette all week, no matter what was said in the past.

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Edwin Alemany was arraigned on charges of two non-fatal attacks today.

Edwin Alemany held on $3 million bail

The man who allegedly murdered Amy Lord of South Boston was arraigned in two non-fatal attacks.

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Forum, photographed shortly after Boylston Street was re-opened to the public just over a week after the Marathon bombings. The restaurant is set to re-open Thursday.

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The GOP’s Obamacare whale hunt