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Holder slams stand-your-ground laws

“It’s time to question laws that senselessly expand the concept of self-defense and sow dangerous conflict in our neighborhoods,’’ Attorney General Eric Holder said.

Ex-banker accused of bilking relatives of $2m

The Wilmington woman, who is accused of carrying off a Ponzi-like scheme for nearly 12 years, pleaded not guilty.

Liz Cheney to run for Congress

Former Vice President Dick Cheney’s daughter says she will run against Wyoming’s senior US senator in next year’s Republican primary.

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A man being investigated for selling drugs in South Boston allegedly opened fire on Boston police officers today, prompting police to return fire.

Exclusive Wednesday Preview | dining out

North remixes flavors deliriously

“Maybe once a year, if I’m lucky, I get to eat somewhere that blows my mind. I just got my taste for 2013,” writes critic Devra First.

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North's spicy, bright, crunchy, savory dishes are worth the drive to Providence. Pictured, noodles in green chow mein version 2.0.

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Dishes mess with your expectations in delirious fashion. Crab rolls are spirals of egg in a tomato-based sauce topped with crisp potato chips.

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The menu is concise, the food loaded with fresh herbs and chilies, tamarind, and anchovies. Pictured, Sichuan-style rock crabs.

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Bar program manager John Toon Chester’s orange drink with white rum.

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Miniature biscuits sandwiched Virginia ham and ginger-scallion mustard.

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The Luongo Square restaurant is a project from cooks James Mark, Tim Shulga, and John Toon Chester, who all met at Johnson & Wales.

‘Glee’ actor Monteith died of overdose, coroner says

‘‘Glee’’ actor Cory Monteith died of an overdose of heroin and alcohol, the British Columbia coroner’s office said Tuesday.

Injuries have caused Clay Buchholz (center) to miss pitching in both All-Star Games (2010, ’13) he has been selected to.

On Baseball

When will Clay Buchholz finally be healthy?

At some point the Red Sox ace may have to alter his cautious approach and pitch through discomfort. But that will be up to him.

Carmen Luciano cooled off in the waters of Forest Lake in Methuen on Tuesday.

Region’s power grid operator asks for conservation

As a weeklong heat wave continues for much of the region, New England’s power grid operator asked customers to conserve electricity.

Opinion

Opinion | Ellen Goodman

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Perhaps there is one final lesson from Nelson Mandela: Let those saddened by the leader’s imminent demise tell each other how they want to die.

Globe exclusives

Sheriff Thomas M. Hodgson in a unit similar to the one where Aaron Hernandez is being held.

Life inside jail for Hernandez

Opinion | TOM KEANE

Family businesses are better survivors
Lynn Cooper, owner of Stroller Spa Boston, repairs and details baby strollers at locations in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

Baby strollers in the spotlight

Frame by Frame

Bowl tells tale of rich, rigid China Trade
Richard Fields, Suffolk Downs’s largest shareholder, is focused on garnering a resort casino license for the site.

The man behind Suffolk Downs casino bid
The Medicaid-fraud case against Dr. Punyamurtula Kishore (center) prompted the ruling.

SJC upholds e-mail searches

ALBUM REVIEW | INDIE ROCK

David Lynch, ‘The Big Dream’
In early July, Egyptian soldiers guarded a border area beset by violence after the Islamist president, Mohammed Morsi, was ousted.

Unrest pushes gas cost higher
Male soprano Michael Maniaci sang arias as Gil Rose led the Monadnock Festival Orchestra in Sunday’s all-Mozart program.

Music Review

Traditional opening to unusual season
Dr. Alvaro Pascual-Leone (near right) and Dr. Mo Shafi use magnetic stimulation technology to observe brain function on a study participant at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

Health

A gym for the mind
MIT grad student Kael Greco demonstrated stress monitoring devices on his wrist and hand as he drove in Boston and Cambridge traffic.

MIT studies aim to ease stress of driving
Laurie Bent (left) dressed in light clothing to avoid tick bites during a walk with Emily Hutcheson and Bent’s dog.

BITTEN BY UNCERTAINTY

Public awareness of Lyme lags

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All-Star David Ortiz embraced Athletics slugger Yoenis Cespedes during the Home Run Derby. Cespedes went on to win the event.

All-Star David Ortiz feeling comfortable at break

At 37, the Red Sox DH is making his ninth All-Star Game appearance and having one of the best seasons of his career.

Metro

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Massachusetts and New York State Police dive teams headed out on Greenwater Pond to search for the body of James

Divers search for remains of Jamie Lusher

State Police divers searched a pond in Becket where serial killer Lewis S. Lent Jr. recently admitted he hid the remains of the teen in 1992.

Columnists

Yvonne Abraham

Evil knows no social bounds

Kevin Cullen

Trying our patience
John Farrell argues with Todd Tichenor after the umpire awarded Yoenis Cespedes second base in the 10th.

Dan Shaughnessy

John Farrell the right man for the job
Electronic cigarettes are gaining popularity amid a big push by tobacco companies, but their long-term health effects are still unknown.

derrick z. jackson

E-cigarettes: the new fracking
Marissa Alexander of Florida received a 20-year prison sentence for firing a warning shot at her abusive ex-husband.

Farah Stockman

Florida’s unjust gun laws

Adrian Walker

A Market Basket of discontent
Representative William Keating (right) at a hearing in early May on the Marathon bombings.

JOAN VENNOCHI

Frustration rises with FBI on bombings
The University Paris-Saclay is an effort to create an education, research, and innovation cluster about half an hour outside of Paris. Today, much of the area is still farmland.

Innovation Economy

Can France create its own Kendall Square?
The remote controls in Beverly Beckham’s house.

Beverly Beckham

For many, remotes are out of control
John Lackey has been the poster boy for Red Sox rehabilitation.

Dan Shaughnessy

Red Sox have rebounded from 2012
Pat Donahue arrived arrive At Moakley Courthouse with her sons, Shawn, Michael, and Tommy, for the trial of James “Whitey” Bulger on June 12.

Kevin Cullen

A widow’s dignity
Former Red Sox infielder Jed Lowrie hit a home run against his former team on Friday as the Athletics lost to the Red Sox, 4-2.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

A’s roster peppered with former Red Sox

Nation & World

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George Zimmerman smiled after a not guilty verdict was handed down in his trial.

Zimmerman jury was initially split on guilt, juror says

Before they started looking at the law, half of the jurors wanted to convict George Zimmerman of either murder or manslaughter, a juror said.

Politics

Democrats have fared well under Walsh’s leadership.

State Democratic party chairman to step down

John Walsh will take over leadership of Deval Patrick’s political action committee as Patrick moves into the final stage of his governorship.

Business

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Congress Street is located in the heart of what has been named Boston's innovation District.

Boston’s office market in midst of a resurgence

Rents are rising swiftly as local companies add employees and move forward on construction of new buildings in the city and nearby suburbs.

Arts

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Bill Janovitz in his home studio, which he has dubbed “The Bomb Shelter,” in Lexington. Janovitz has a new solo album coming out, his band, Buffalo Tom, plays Boston Common this week, and he has written a book on the Rolling Stones.

Rolling Stones book is latest effort for rocker

For a guy who has dubbed himself “Part-Time Man of Rock,” Bill Janovitz is awfully busy.

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Magazine

The cover for the July 14 2013 issue

Are big blue bins bad for recycling?
The cover for the June 30 2013 issue

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

Ideas

“Somewhere in America, a chimpanzee is about to have its day in court. Its lawyers hope to have the animal declared a ‘person’ in a court of law.”

Chris Berdik,  on the “animal personhood” movement