Builders hurry to win city approval

Developers in Boston are lining up to seek key approvals for mega projects before the election of a new mayor, or a blip in the economy, can upend their plans.

Marla Levenson, a military contracting officer, said a 20 percent pay cut has been a struggle.

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Mass. feels pinch on federal workers

Employees are losing as much as 30 percent of their salaries to comply with a law aimed at reducing the federal deficit.

Efforts grow in Mass. to turn food waste into energy

An array of industrial plants from Bourne to Greenfield will convert hundreds of thousands of tons of food waste into energy.

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The Boston Survivors Accessibility Alliance is a volunteer network offering free home-accessibility modifications for victims.

Hunter Perry gets picked up near his office on Harrison Avenue by Lyft, whose vehicles sport a pink mustache.

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A post-taxi population opts for ride-sharing

As the cab industry seethes, tech-savvy drivers and passengers are embracing a burgeoning ride-sharing business model.

Engineers involved with the project say that the new State House system, which includes other lightning rods in addition to the pine cone, is essential to protect the building.

State House given protection from lightning

A lightning rod will crown the State House for the first time when capitol refurbishing is completed in the next few weeks.

At Carroll Center for the Blind, students tried a new smartphone.

Software helps the blind see — via smartphones

The Visus Visual Assist System provides visual and audio aids to blind people using the camera and other devices on a cellphone.

Mike Napoli was surrounded by his teammates at home plate after hitting a walkoff home run.

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Mike Napoli’s walkoff blast lifts Red Sox

Napoli’s second home run of the game was a walkoff in the 11th inning that gave the Red Sox an 8-7 win over the Yankees.

Opinion

JOHN E. SUNUNU

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The argument that “you only need to worry if you are doing something wrong” takes from us a sense of trust and shared responsibility.

Globe exclusives

Open heart surgery in 1955.

Health

Hypothermia making a comeback

Monitoring social media to cut suicide rate
Robert Sean Leonard plays Professor Higgins and Heather Lind is Eliza Doolittle in “Pygmalion.”

Stage Review

Shaw’s wit shines in ‘Pygmalion’
Bob Dylan (pictured in Los Angeles last year) deconstructed some of his songs Saturday night.

Music Review

Each act sounds Dylan notes
Do you think Robert Kraft or any owner cares if his players have two-a-days?

Sunday Football Notes

Now more than ever, we realize NFL owners won
Jana Coonan, shown with her younger brother, Brian, was one of four people who disappeared in a boating accident off Plymouth over Memorial Day weekend in 1976. Her family searched for her for years. Some of her remains were recently identified, after they were mailed to the Globe last fall.

Package brings end to a long mystery
Andris Nelsons, the music director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in Birmingham, England, (above) won a professional orchestral post at age 18.

Heading to Boston, conductor on the rise
Billie Jo Buskey, owner of Cuts & Curls hair salon in Plymouth, N.H., is one of 58,000 state residents who could benefit from Medicaid expansion under the new health care law.

N.H. GOP blocking Medicaid expansion

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How to live without air conditioning

Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce are now in Brooklyn.

Sunday Basketball Notes

Pierce, Garnett offer Nets grit

Boston’s neighborhoods: the consensus map
Justin Bieber on stage Saturday night at TD Garden.

Music Review

Bieber a barnstormer on autopilot

Sports

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After a long wait to win it, Phil Mickelson isn’t letting go of the claret jug immediately after winning the British Open.

Phil Mickelson wins first British Open

Mickelson won golf’s oldest championship with the lowest final round in his 80 majors.

Metro

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The partial closing of the Longfellow Bridge began Sunday, with traffic into Cambridge barred and Boston-bound vehicles shifted to the opposite lane. Work will take more than three years.

Longfellow Bridge project proves a puzzler for drivers

On the first day of the partial closure of the bridge, there was some confusion but no chaos.

Columnists

Adrian Walker

Give festival another go
Red Sox pitcher John Lackey got a hand from David Ortiz after getting pulled from the game in the seventh.

Christopher L. Gasper

Lackey is pitching like an ace

Yvonne Abraham

Good people, good fortune
Amar Bose, who founded Bose Corp. in 1964, died earlier this month. He used some profits to fund research into new areas, like auto suspension.

Innovation Economy

Dr. Bose’s greatest innovation may be his company
Senator Elizabeth Warren is on the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs committee.

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Lots of noise from Warren but little delivery

Beverly Beckham

Remembering my mentor: Bob Cormier
Nelson Mandela walked down Boylston Street on a 1990 visit to Boston.

JEFF JACOBY

Mandela’s undiminished legacy

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This exchange really captured Whitey’s attention

LAWRENCE HARMON

Recovering addicts stand behind Walsh

CARLO ROTELLA

Free play — it’s not just for kids

Kevin Cullen

Royals throw a curve ball

Yvonne Abraham

Rolling Stone cover image can’t hurt us

Nation & World

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Photographers gathered in front of the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital in London.

Palace officials say Duchess of Cambridge in labor

Prince William’s wife, Kate, was admitted to the hospital in the early stages of labor on Monday.

Politics

Congress “ought to be judged on how many laws we repeal,” House Speaker John Boehner said.

House GOP has no alternative to health care law

Republicans have yet to advance an alternative for the system they have voted more than three dozen times to abolish.

Business

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Alcresta cofounders Robert Gallotto (left), who is being named company president on Monday, and Alexey Margolin, the chief executive.

Newton firm raises $10m for calorie-loading product

Alcresta is for people whose bodies are incapable of absorbing the full caloric value of food and drink.

Arts

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Book Review

Crime writer John Dufresne’s characters are rich in quirky detail.

‘No Regrets, Coyote’ by John Dufresne

The Dania Beach-based author’s fifth novel is not a straightforward whodunit.

Health and wellness

In Practice

Intuition told her patient had Lyme disease

Given how common intuition is in medicine, it’s still quite hard to define.

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Globe Talks | July 22, 6 p.m.

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Ideas

“Using techniques from the past, ideas from hot-weather countries, and new findings from building design experts, we can see a surprising portrait emerge of what life might look like if we decided we could no longer afford our addiction to air conditioning.”

Leon Neyfakh,  on life without A/C