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Magistrates can’t free convicts linked to drug lab scandal

The state’s highest court ruled that special magistrates cannot free convicts who claim that their cases were tainted.

Angry words fly at Bulger trial

The brother of one of James “Whitey” Bulger’s alleged victims called Bulger’s partner, Stephen Flemmi, a liar.

A resident cries on her collapsed house in Hetuo township in Dingxi, northwest China's Gansu.

At least 75 dead in China earthquakes

A series of earthquakes in northwestern China set off landslides and building collapses.

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

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.

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

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.

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

Smartphone software helps blind see

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

The Rays are coming back to Fenway Park, where they split a two-game series with the Red Sox last month.

On Baseball

Surging Rays a big test for the Red Sox

Tampa has been the best team in baseball lately, and arrives in Boston for a four-game series Monday seeking to knock the Red Sox from first place.

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.

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

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How to live without air conditioning

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.

From the Sunday Globe

Package brings end to a long mystery

Monitoring social media to cut suicide rate
Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, far right, at a groundbreaking in Dorchester in 2011. Also pictured are University of Massachusetts President Jack Wilson, Victoria Reggie Kennedy, Paul G. Kirk, and Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick.

Builders hurry to win city approval
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
Open heart surgery in 1955.

Health

Hypothermia making a comeback
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
Justin Bieber on stage Saturday night at TD Garden.

Music Review

Bieber a barnstormer on autopilot
Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce are now in Brooklyn.

Sunday Basketball Notes

Pierce, Garnett offer Nets grit

Boston’s neighborhoods: the consensus map
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

Sports

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Red Sox Notebook

It has been more than six weeks since Clay Buchholz last pitched.

Clay Buchholz to see Dr. James Andrews

The Red Sox hope the distinguished sports orthopedist will be able to determine what is wrong with the All-Star pitcher.

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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A resident cries on her collapsed house in Hetuo township in Dingxi, northwest China's Gansu.

At least 75 dead in China earthquakes

A series of earthquakes in northwestern China set off landslides and building collapses.

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.

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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What happened at Deerfield
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Are big blue bins bad for recycling?
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Rethinking the golden years
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The bee keepers

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