‘He went back and finished the job’

“If they had kept him, maybe my daughter would be alive today,” said Patty Martel, whose daughter was allegedly killed Thursday by Jared Remy.

Attorney Peter Bella (left) conferred with Jared Remy during Friday’s arraignment in Waltham District Court.

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Jared Remy’s life: Few high points, years of trouble

The son of Red Sox broadcaster and former player Jerry Remy had been charged in at least 13 cases since 1998, according to court records.

Benjamin Ray said he tried to get Jared Remy to stop allegedly assaulting Jennifer Martel in the patio of their Waltham residence.

‘I did what I could to stop it,’ neighbor says

A neighbor who tried to help Jennifer Martel as she was allegedly being attacked by Jared Remy said he regrets not being able to save her.

A wounded demonstrator was aided by fellow supporters of Mohammed Morsi, the ousted president of Egypt.

At least 82 killed in Egyptian protests

Cairo descended into chaos as vigilantes battled Muslim Brotherhood-led protesters denouncing the ouster of President Mohammed Morsi and a deadly crackdown.

Kevin Velasquez (left), Manley Paul, Jeffrey Stephens, and Andrew McCall learned animation.

In tech program, teens find their inner Geek

The Best Buy-sponsored program looks to increase the technical literacy of students and expose them to possible careers in technology.

Trial of James ‘Whitey’ Bulger

Bulger jurors focused on victims, foreman says

“Collectively we did the best we could to deliver them a verdict,” said Terry Fife, 49, of Scituate.

Dan Shaughnessy

Alex Rodriguez in state of denial

The Yankees third baseman said he doesn’t know why he inspires such animosity. “It gets old,’’ he said.

Tom Brady looked to pass against the Buccaneers during the first quarter.

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Patriots 25, Buccaneers 21

Tom Brady turns in strong outing

Brady played two stellar series in another successful preseason night for the Patriots.

After rape in unlicensed taxi, call for increased regulations

The incident called into question city oversight of livery vehicles operating outside the regulation of the Boston police hackney unit.

Harvard law professor Charles Ogletree admired a striped bass he caught Thursday.

The big fish he wants to land is the president

Harvard law professor and angler Charles Ogletree has several times asked former student President Obama to join him on the water.

Opinion

opinion | Don Gillis and Andy Sum

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Boston’s next mayor must work with communities to identify how to increase families’ social and economic capital.

Globe exclusives

It all started with the Howard Johnson’s ice cream stand on Wollaston Beach in Quincy

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Memories of Hojo’s
Men carried the statue of the Madonna del Soccorso for a procession around the North End during the Fisherman’s Feast.

Tradition runs deep at Fisherman’s Feast
Wendy Whelan and Joshua Beamish perform his “Waltz Epoca” during the “Restless Creature’’ program at Jacob’s Pillow.

Dance Review

Whelan is a ‘creature’ beautifully transformed
Shailene Woodley and Miles Teller play high school classmates who fall in love in “The Spectacular Now.”

Movie Review

Young love in ‘The Spectacular Now’
Great white shark.

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How I survived a shark attack
Seaport Boulevard is seen during rush hour traffic on Thursday.

Shirley Leung

A snarl in Seaport District’s success story
A typical Civil-War era Union ration coffee.

Is drinking too much coffee really harmful?
A lone eastern tiger swallowtail fed on a butterfly bush at Mass Audubon’s Boston Nature Center. The usually abundant monarch butterflies are absent this summer.

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Globe photos of the week, Aug. 16, 2013
John Lackey is against Alex Rodriguez remaining in the Yankees’ lineup until his suspension appeal is heard. “I’ve got a problem with it. You bet I do. How is he still playing?”

John Lackey says Red Sox should not have to face A-Rod
Yemeni security forces stood behind barriers blocking the access to the US Embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, Sunday.

opinion | robert pape and david schneyer

Why we shouldn’t be afraid of Al Qaeda in Yemen

KEVIN CULLEN

One of the good guys
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie displayed some of his famous in-your-face pugnacity.

Chris Christie addresses RNC in Boston

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Patriots 25, Buccaneers 21

Tom Brady looked to pass against the Buccaneers during the first quarter.

Tom Brady turns in strong outing

Brady played two stellar series in another successful preseason night for the Patriots.

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Annie Dookhan, shown at her Jan. 9 arraignment, tested more than 60,000 samples, authorities say.

Former state chemist gets January trial date

Annie Dookhan of Franklin previously pleaded not guilty to charges including obstruction of justice and perjury stemming from cases in six counties.

Columnists

donald k. stern

Plea deals: A necessary evil

SCOT LEHIGH

Mayoral lab debate takeaways
Jeffrey Dubuisson specializes in literature, history, and derivatives.

LAWRENCE HARMON

Translate ‘national champions’ into Latin

Yvonne Abraham

Raynham track owner riding on luck
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.

Adrian Walker

Getting back to business

SCOT LEHIGH

The GOP’s Obamacare whale hunt
Dan Wolf waits for passengers and baggage to be loaded on his plane before taking off from Provincetown Memorial Airport for Boston in 2007.

JOAN VENNOCHI

There’s not a Dan Wolf ethics exemption

Derrick Z. Jackson

Easing the drug laws

Adrian Walker

Mayor’s race hits its stride
A member of a team from the military’s Human Terrain System conducts an interview in Afghanistan in late 2009.

Farah Stockman

Is social science our silver bullet around the world?
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.

Kevin Cullen

Everything has passed Whitey by
The FBI is accused of enabling Whitey Bulger, seen in this mug shot taken in 1955 in Miami Beach.

JEFF JACOBY

Federal overreach — then and now

Nation & World

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The National Security Agency building at Fort Meade, Md.

NSA broke privacy rules, audit reveals

The National Security Agency has broken privacy rules or overstepped its authority thousands of times each year since 2008, the audit found.

Politics

Gov. Deval Patrick introduced President Barack Obama during a fundraiser stop in Boston in 2011.

Patrick had dinner with vacationing president

President and Michelle Obama took time from their Vineyard vacation Wednesday to share a meal with Governor Deval Patrick.

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Developer Roy MacDowell Jr.’s 28-room mansion in Wayland was up for auction Friday, but bids only reached $5.6 million — short of the $8.3 million needed to satisfy a debt MacDowell owed to Suffolk Construction chief executive John Fish.

Mansion auction bids not high enough

Bids for the 28-room Wayland estate only reached $5.6 million, short of the $8.3 million needed to satisfy a debt by its former owner.

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Adam Bright plays a genie in Double Edge Theatre’s outdoor production of “Shahrazad.”

A magical tale unfolds in the hills of Ashfield

Double Edge Theatre’s outdoor production of “Shahrazad, a tale of love and magic,” features exotic beauty, poetry, mystery, and romance.

Movies

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Shailene Woodley and Miles Teller play high school classmates who fall in love in “The Spectacular Now.”

Young love, told in ‘Spectacular’ fashion

“The Spectacular Now” is a clear-eyed, disarmingly tender teenage romance that bears comparison with the best of its genre.

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Ideas

“The enduring appeal of the books tells us something about how deep the romance with self-reliance runs through American history, and the gaps between the Little House narrative and Wilder’s real life say a lot about the government help and interdependence that we sometimes find more convenient to leave out of that tale.”

Christine Woodside,  on the Little House books as Libertarian fables