Smoke rose as a result of Israeli airstrike from a northern Gaza Strip neighborhood Monday.

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Israel accepts Egyptian cease-fire proposal, official says

An Israeli delegation will head to Egypt for talks meant to work out a long-term truce in the next three days.

Lobsterman Brandon Demmons tossed a lobster back into the water while fishing off Monhegan Island, Maine, last week.

Scientists worry lobster conservation is faltering

V-notching, practiced for nearly 100 years, requires lobstermen to mark the tail of any egg-bearing lobster they catch and let it go.

James Brady was shot in the head and became permanently disabled during the assassination attempt on former president Ronald Reagan in 1981.

Ex-White House press secretary James Brady dies at 73

Mr. Brady survived a devastating head wound in the 1981 assassination attempt on President Reagan.

BEN VOLIN | PRACTICE REPORT

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The teams were full-contact through the majority of Monday?s practice.

Opinion

Opinion | JAMES CARROLL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/08/04/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/james_carroll_150px-1749.png The next nuclear age is too close

The world?s precarious balance is threatened above all by the new belligerence of Russia?s president.

Ideas

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/08/04/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/Corporations_FnlArt-026[1].jpg Is ?shareholder value? bad for business?

It sounds like great management philosophy ? but critics say we need to get back to a broader vision of the purpose of corporations.