Contract bidder called on Markey for favor

Edward J. Markey’s call to UMass president Robert Caret on behalf of a former aide offers a window into the access and influence of lobbyists.

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Trial of ‘Whitey’ Bulger

Victim’s daughter says father wanted to sell business

Pam Wheeler said her father, Roger Wheeler, wanted to sell all or parts of the business, a legalized gambling sport.

Dzhohkar Tsarnaev on cover of Rolling Stone

The cover story of Tsarnaev, “Jahar’s World,” profiles the one-time UMass Dartmouth student turned Boston Marathon bombing suspect.

Six great white sharks spotted near Chatham

The area of Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge near where the sharks were spotted is usually only accessible by boat.

A rendering of The Point in the Fenway. The tower would include 320 residences and retail.

ARQUITECTONICA

BRA approves building more than 1,100 homes

The new homes, mostly upscale apartments, will be spread among four different city neighborhoods.

Noodles in green chow mein ver2.0 (above) have the bracing, herbal qualities of a Southeast Asian salad; North’s lobster (below) and crab rolls are served in a tomato-based sauce.

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.

President Obama played the links with his longtime Chicago friend, Eric Whitaker, at Mink Meadows Golf Club.

For Obamas, Vineyard has enduring attraction

President Obama’s nearly annual sojourns on Martha’s Vineyard have coincided with his growth as a politician.

Immigration judges pushing for independence

The bid for independence from the Department of Justice could eventually open immigration court records to the public for the first time in US history.

Opinion

Derrick Z. Jackson

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Paranoia, irresponsible lawmakers, and gun owners’ entitled attitudes add up to more tragedy ahead.

Globe exclusives

07/16/2013 QUINCY, MA Alex Bradley (cq) leaves Quincy District Court (cq) after a pre-trial hearing for a OUI. (Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe)

Hernandez associate tries to avoid media
Boston public schools athletics department is based at White Stadium in Jamaica Plain.

Schools’ athletics spending probed
Michael McLaughlin resigned in 2011.

US says funds paid forMcLaughlin’s trips
Craft beer maker Harpoon has installed a custom-made production line that can produce 250 cans a minute at its South Boston brewery.

G cover

The comeback can
The title character (voiced by Ryan Reynolds) in a scene from “Turbo,” directed by David Soren.

Movie Review

‘Turbo’ gets up to speed
Noodles in green chow mein ver2.0 (above) have the bracing, herbal qualities of a Southeast Asian salad; North’s lobster (below) and crab rolls are served in a tomato-based sauce.

Dining out

North remixes flavors deliriously

Paola M. Ferrer as the Singer (left) and Courtland Jones as Grusha in “The Caucasian Chalk Circle.”

Stage Review

A moving story of motherhood

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

Life inside jail for Hernandez
Lynn Cooper, owner of Stroller Spa Boston, repairs and details baby strollers at locations in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

Baby strollers in the spotlight

Opinion | TOM KEANE

Family businesses are better survivors

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

Sports

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All-Star Game: AL 3, NL 0

The Yankees’ Mariano Rivera won the Ted Williams Award as the game’s most valuable player.

Mariano Rivera named MVP as AL blanks NL

The Yankees closer’s perfect eighth inning was part of a nearly flawless performance by 10 AL pitchers.

Metro

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Students were transfixed as Harris Hogu dropped an egg in a parachute at Dragon Camp.

Boston schools try to stem ‘summer slide’

A growing number of Boston-area schools are expanding opportunities to help children maintain their academic progress.

Columnists

Adrian Walker

Support, just not in Newton
Governor Patrick is critical of efforts to rein in some of his sweeping proposals.

SCOT LEHIGH

Governor Patrick is on his high horse

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

Nation & World

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Queen Elizabeth II

Same-sex marriage legal in Britain

Britain legalized gay marriage after Queen Elizabeth II approved it, clearing the way for the first same-sex weddings next summer.

Politics

Richard Cordray was confirmed as head of the new US consumer bureau.

Faced with rules change, GOP relents on Obama nominees

Senate Democrats used the threat of rule changes to force Republicans to withdraw their opposition to several White House nominees.

Business

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Beth Boggs (right), her son, Christopher, and her mother, Anne Thompson, are among the longtime customers sad to see the last Brigham’s ice cream parlors closing.

Last two Brigham’s stores must change name

Just a year shy of Brigham’s 100th anniversary, the Boston ice cream institution will cease to exist anywhere but in grocery aisles.

Arts

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Book Review

Chris Bohjalian.

‘The Light in the Ruins’ by Chris Bohjalian

The tumultuous period of 1943’s Italy serves as the historical backdrop for Bohjalian’s newest literary thriller.

Food & dining

Sunday Supper

Spicy Korean chicken with cabbage salad.

Beat heat with Korean chicken, Japanese salad

Sunday supper and leftovers to help you think, and keep, cool.

Globe Insiders

Globe Talks | July 22, 6 p.m.

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All proceeds will go to The Greater Boston Food Bank.

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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