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Lyme disease more common than previously thought

About 300,000 people get the disease each year from deer ticks, 10 times more than earlier estimates, the CDC said.

Caroline Kennedy

Caroline Kennedy discloses personal fortune of up to $275m

Kennedy was forced to disclose her financial holdings now that President Obama has nominated her to become the US ambassador to Japan.

After Remy case, Coakley seeks review of domestic violence laws

It is time “to determine if there are changes that can better protect victims” of domestic violence, Attorney General Martha Coakley said.

Elizabeth Aspenlieder as Maureen (left), David Sedgwick as Pato, and Tina Packer as Mag in “The Beauty Queen of Leenane.’’

ENRICO SPADA

Stage Review

Bonds of family stretched thin in ‘Leenane’

Home is where the hate is in Shakespeare & Company’s production of Martin McDonagh’s “The Beauty Queen of Leenane.”

A potato and sheep farm in Qaqortoq, Greenland.

Sea level could rise by 3 feet by century’s end, panel finds

A team of scientists said they were 95 to 100 percent confident that human activity is the primary influence on global warming.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/08/19/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/2013-08-19T105438Z_1953812921_GM1E98J1GDT01_RTRMADP_3_EGYPT-PROTESTS-MUBARAK-LAWYER.jpg Mubarak could be released later this week, officials say

Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, who was overthrown in 2011 and faces a variety of charges, may soon be released.

Tim Tebow saw significant action for the Patriots on Friday.

Bill Belichick sees improvement in Tim Tebow

Belichick said it’s not accurate to judge Tebow solely off his uninspiring performance in Friday’s preseason game.

Opinion

JOHN E. SUNUNU

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/08/19/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/jsununu-1941.jpg Wasting time defining ‘journalist’

The usefulness of a “shield law” for journalists is suspect — particularly when the First Amendment already offers unequivocal protection.

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