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Albert DeSalvo’s body exhumed
Officials worked to exhume the casket of Albert DeSalvo from the Puritan Memorial Park in Peabody on Friday.

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Investigators exhumed the body of the self-confessed “Boston Strangler” today to obtain a DNA sample to determine whether it matches evidence in a 1964 murder.

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Leaders of the House and Senate plan to override the vetoes that slashed $240 million in transportation funding and $177 million in local aid.

June 25, 1978: Red Sox pitcher Dennis Eckersley signed autographs before the Sox game with the Baltimore Orioles. Not to worry, he wasn’t wearing out his pitching arm as Luis Tiant was the starter and got the 8-3 win over the Birds.

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From the Archives | Photo gallery

For the love of baseball

With the all-star break upon us, here is a look at some of baseball’s most dedicated followers.

Photo gallery

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Daylilies bobbed in the breeze along Carson Beach, children cooled off in an inflatable pool in Boston, and more of the week’s best images.

President Barack Obama rode a bicycle alongside his daughter, Malia, during a vacation in 2011.

Obama returning to Martha’s Vineyard for August vacation

President Obama will arrive on the Vineyard on August 10, and plans to stay until August 18, the White House said.

Exclusive Sunday Preview | Ideas

Should chimpanzees have legal rights?

The “animal personhood” movement believes dolphins, great apes, and elephants deserve to be able to sue — and now it has a plaintiff.

James “Whitey” Bulger has been charged with 19 killings.

Trial of ‘Whitey’ Bulger

Former drug dealers detail payments to Bulger

Anthony Attardo testified that Bulger showed up at his house the day after Attardo’s brother was shot and said “you’re next” if he did not pay $100,000.

Opinion

SCOT LEHIGH

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John Barros is not necessarily a front-runner in Boston’s mayoral race, but this smart, substantive community leader is a very impressive guy.

Globe exclusives

Paul Pierce, left, and Kevin Garnett are trading Celtics’ green jerseys for Nets’ black ones.

Celtics finalize trade with Nets

Exclusive Sunday Magazine preview

Are big blue bins bad for recycling?
Patriots coach Bill Belichick talked with Aaron Hernandez, left, at a training camp practice last year.

Christopher L. Gasper

Patriots’ risky decisions haunting them now
Arthur S. Demoulas (right) is trying to oust his cousin, Arthur T. Demoulas, as CEO of the Market Basket grocery chain.

Market Basket CEO faces revolt led by his cousin
Four assaults on women have occurred in the Beacon Hill area in less than two months.

Beacon Hill on alert after assaults
An old surveillance photo showed reputed mobster James

Boston mysteries coming to a close

“We can take off in any one of a number of directions and do it wholeheartedly,” says Los Lobos’ Steve Berlin (far right), on the wide range of the band’s music.

Los Lobos fit in at Outside the Box
Nicole and Mike Condon of Jamaica Plain shopped for produce inside the food bus at City Hall Plaza.

Mobile Start-up

Food bus offers a fresh take on fruits, veggies

Anthony Gideika was charged with fatally beating 3-month-old Chase Gideika, who died on Tuesday.

Patrick backs DCF after baby’s death

Zombie proves unstoppable

Album review

Jay-Z’s grand gestures don’t elevate ‘Magna’
From left: David Spade, Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, and Kevin James in “Grown Ups 2.’’

Movie Review

Growing up is hard to do

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Patrice Bergeron’s new contract could keep him in Boston through 2022.

Bruins lock up Patrice Bergeron in 8-year deal

Bergeron will continue to be the heart and soul of the Bruins after agreeing to a $52 million extension through 2022.

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Kirk Merricks pleaded not guilty to 11 counts of illegal possession of explosives, including four grenades.

Boston Police officer charged with stealing explosives

Police found military-grade explosives stored on the grounds of the officer’s former home in Plymouth.

Columnists

kevin cullen

The end of ‘a hidden life’

JOAN WICKERSHAM

A tale of two supermarkets

Tech Lab

Recording the saga of your life

Yvonne Abraham

Change now, pay later
Eliot Spitzer spoke to reporters at a campaign event in New York on Monday.

JOANNA WEISS

Authenticity and scandals
German TV presenter Tina Kaiser sat in a cage wearing a bikini and a fur coat and with her legs and arms painted red in Munich, Germany.

alex beam

The PETA enthusiast

Kevin Cullen

Bulger’s defense wins a Pyrrhic victory
Opponents of Mohammed Morsi danced during a rally outside the Presidential palace in Cairo on Sunday.

Farah Stockman

How does this movie end?

JOSHUA GREEN

A GOP case against immigration reform

JEFF JACOBY

Life tenure no longer serves Supreme Court

Adrian Walker

Tying the knot after 62 years

Kevin Cullen

The mentor and his muscle

Nation & World

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Supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi protested near the Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque in Cairo on Friday.

Morsi supporters protest in Egypt

Tens of thousands of supporters of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood massed in main squares in several cities on Friday.

Politics

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano.

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to resign

Napolitano told senior staff she is resigning to take a post in the University of California system.

Business

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A billboard advertised the Boeing 787 Dreamliner plane in 2010.

Dreamliner catches fire at London airport

More than six months after a Boeing 787 caught fire in Boston, a fire on an empty Dreamliner forced Heathrow Airport to close both its runways.

Arts

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Stage review

Ellen Adair onstage as Silvia in the Commonwealth Shakespeare Company’s production of “The Two Gentlemen of Verona.”

‘Two Gentlemen,’ Sinatra-style

The swaggering ghost of Frank Sinatra hovers over the enjoyably jazzed-up production.

Movies

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Movie Review

From left: Rinko Kikuchi, Idris Elba, and Charlie Hunnam are project members tasked with stopping monsters from the deep called Kaiju.

‘Pacific Rim’ a rock-’em, sock-’em revelation

“Pacific Rim” is, hands down, the blockbuster event of the summer — a titanic sci-fi action fantasy with a heart, a brain, and something like a soul.

Globe Insiders

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Full Globe coverage of the gangster’s ongoing trial, life on the run, and notorious legacy in Boston.

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Rethinking the golden years
The cover for the June 23 2013 issue

The bee keepers
The cover for the June 16 2013 issue

Last of their kind
The cover for the June 9 2013 issue

Seaside haven

Ideas

“Advocates of a regional visa program say millions of people around the world want to move to the United States, and many parts of the country would love to welcome motivated new residents.”

Leon Neyfakh,  on regional immigration