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Education group to back Connolly with heavy spending

The group is poised to make the largest outside expenditure yet in the Boston mayor’s race, throwing upward of $500,000 behind City Councilor John R. Connolly’s campaign.

Coakley seeks review of domestic violence laws

In the wake of the murder of Jennifer Martel, Attorney General Martha Coakley said she would work “to determine if there are changes that can better protect victims.”

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.

Brotherhood’s leader detained in Egypt, officials say

Mohammed Badie, leader of the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood, was captured early Tuesday in an apartment in Cairo, security officials said.

Tom McNichol is captain of the nonprofit Charles River Clean Up Boat, which has been pulling trash from the water for a decade.

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Devoted to cleaning the Charles River

Tom McNichol and volunteers have helped make the river as clean as it’s been in years.

Susan Wornick with her dog Sammy at home in Needham. She announced in June that she will be retiring in March 2014 after more than 30 years in television news.

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Anchor Susan Wornick is changing channels

Longtime anchor and reporter Susan Wornick will retire from WCVB-TV, but not from the public eye.

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.

Supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi protested at the Republican Guard building in Nasr City, Cairo.

ideas | The Internationalist

The secret history of democratic thought in the Middle East

Reassessments of well-known figures and incidents show a long, deep, indigenous history of democracy, justice, and constitutionalism in the region.

Opinion

JOHN E. SUNUNU

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

Globe exclusives

Michael Sullivan does not want to leave the Shipyard Quarters Marina in Charlestown or his house boat.

Boat residents fear eviction looms
Kate Abra Frederick with son Devon in Conway, N.H.

A mother’s fight to breast-feed
Sunday night’s game started ominously for Alex Rodriguez, who was hit by a Ryan Dempster pitch in his first at-bat.

On Baseball

Hitting A-Rod didn’t make sense
Lisa Conn, a nurse at St. Andrew’s Hospital for more than 19 years, praised efforts to save the 105-year-old facility.

Village upset over hospital conversion
Melissa Moore, a lawyer who was laid off, was unsuccessful after attempts to file for benefits online and by phone.

Benefits claim system snarled

Adrian Walker

Brown running for spotlight
“I’m a change agent. You know you’re going to take a hit,” said President Evan Dobelle, who is paid $240,920 to oversee Westfield State University.

Westfield State chief scrutinized for lavish charges
SNCF, Keolis’s parent company, has been criticized for late arrivals and delays on the Greater Paris commuter rail.

Bidder for rail job has much to prove

Telling the difference between smirks, smiles
The iKnow Concierge app can recommend restaurants and tourism destinations.

App lets visitors bypass concierge
John Mayer performing Saturday at the Comcast Center, where he covered a wide range of musical styles with ease.

Music Review

Mayer’s latest phase a pleasing one
Myke Wilkerson and Brandon Allison, pictured on Revere Beach, moved their families here from Texas to start a new church.

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On a mission to save godless Massachusetts

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Tom Brady spoke with reporters after practice in Foxborough on Monday.

Tom Brady downplays knee injury but wears brace

The Patriots quarterback wore the knee brace today at the behest of Robert Kraft, although he said the injury he sustained last week wasn’t serious.

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Norfollk County DA Michael Morrissey made a statement outside the district courthouse in Quincy on Monday.

Norfolk DA won’t face criminal charges for Milton crash

Michael Morrissey said in July that he had a medical episode and lost consciousness, leading to a multi-vehicle crash.

Columnists

Ho Van Lang, 41, in plaid shorts, and his 81-year-old father Ho Van Thanh, in hammock, are helped out of a forest in Vietnam where they’ve hidden since 1973.

JAMES CARROLL

A nation’s PTSD

Adrian Walker

Brown running for spotlight
David Ortiz got a hand from Jarrod Saltalamacchia after he hit his 24th homer this season.

Dan Shaughnessy

Proving the doubters wrong again

Yvonne Abraham

Wes was worth the wait
Florida Governor Rick Scott.

JEFF JACOBY

The Sunshine State means business

JOANNA WEISS

For a longer school day, who sacrifices?
Tony Conigliaro sat in Sancta Maria Hospital after being hit by a pitch in 1967.

Bob Ryan

Tony Conigliaro would have been an all-time great

Innovation Economy

HubSpot looks to its second act

Beverly Beckham

I was the sun, the kids my planets

Opinion | 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

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David Miranda (left) and Glenn Greenwald at Rio de Janeiro's Tom Jobim international airport upon Miranda’s arrival on Monday

Reporter promises more leaks after partner detained

Glenn Greenwald promised ‘‘to write much more aggressively” about government snooping after his partner was held for 9 hours at a London airport.

Politics

Caroline Kennedy

Caroline Kennedy’s personal fortune as high as $275m

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

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg

Unemployed programmer hacks Zuckerberg’s Facebook page

The Palestinian man discovered a privacy bug on Facebook and used it to post on CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s personal page.

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Book Review

Clinical psychologist Catherine Steiner-Adair details the threats of technology on children from infancy to young adulthood.

‘The Big Disconnect’ by Catherine Steiner-Adair

The clinical psychologist details the threats of technology on children from infancy to young adulthood.

Health and wellness

Nutrition And You!

Count calories but also watch the clock

The secret may lie in the body’s circadian rhythms, which can influence hormone release and other bodily functions.

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Walter Willett’s food fight

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“Becoming overly reliant on GPS and letting our natural skills at mental mapping atrophy, new neuroscience research suggests, might actually be bad for our cognitive health.”

Leon Neyfakh,  on what GPS does to your brain