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Obama tries again to put economy on center stage

President Obama is restarting an effort this week to focus attention on the US economy, a strategy aimed at giving him credit for the improving job market.

More than 500 escape Abu Ghraib

Inmates and Al Qaeda militants broke out of the prison in Iraq after insurgents fired mortar shells and detonated suicide and car bombs.

Frenzied crowds greet Pope Francis in Brazil

Francis returned to his home continent for the first time as pontiff; ectastic fans and anti-government protesters met him in Rio de Janeiro.

Tampa Bay 3, Boston 0

Rays’ Matt Moore two-hits Red Sox

The Rays have won six straight. They now sit only a half-game behind the Red Sox with three games left in the series.

In a family photo of the Walshes before they discovered the siblings shared a potentially fatal gene, are (from left) Steve Walsh, his sister Beth Lambert, brother Mike, sister Kathy Flores, brother Dave, and their mother, Mary Walsh.

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Cutting out risk

When these siblings tested positive for a lethal cancer gene, they opted to have their stomachs removed.

Gubernatorial hopeful Berwick stakes out progressive ground

“We should use the tax system to help people of greater means contribute more to the well being of the Commonwealth,” said Donald M. Berwick.

Duchess of Cambridge gives birth to baby boy

Prince William’s wife Kate has given birth to a baby boy, born this afternoon at 8 pounds and 6 ounces.

5 spots for a romantic dinner on the Cape

At these spots on Cape Cod, the right table can set the mood for an evening before the first course even arrives.

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Needed: Latinas to help change lives

There’s a particular lack of Big Sisters of color, and just 5 percent of the approximately 2,400 Boston-area volunteers are Latina.

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This courtroom sketch depicts Steve Davis, right, brother of homicide victim Debra Davis, allegedly killed by James

Bulger strangled Deborah Hussey, Flemmi says

Health

Hypothermia making a comeback

Nelsons, 34, was hit by a door over the weekend at his residence in Bayreuth, Germany, where he was conducting at the annual Wagner festival.

New BSO director Andris Nelsons suffers concussion, withdraws from Tanglewood

Actor Dennis Farina as police detective Joe Fontana on NBC's

Actor Dennis Farina dies at 69

Tasha Garland, 2, of West Falmouth, hunts for shells in the tide at Chapoquoit Beach.

Travel

Cape’s west coast less traveled

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

Trips for post-taxi population

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

In Practice

Intuition told her patient had Lyme

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.

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Package brings end to a long mystery

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How to live without air conditioning

Monitoring social media to cut the military suicide rate

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

Software helps the blind see

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Buchholz threw from 100 feet on Sunday with some intensity and will throw again on Wednesday once he returns to Boston.

Doctor clears Clay Buchholz to pitch

Dr. James Andrews said Buchholz has only inflammation in his shoulder and can pitch without fear of further injury, but he may not start until mid-August.