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• On the Malden River’s shore, an industrial wasteland is reborn (By Travis Andersen, Globe Correspondent)

• Popular literature making its way onto summer reading lists west of Boston (By Lisa Kocian, Globe Staff)

• Despite bad economy, July Fourth celebrations south of Boston go on, mostly (By Rich Fahey, Globe Correspondent)

• Roy Norden, 83, veteran of WWII, longtime high school football coach (By Marvin Pave, Globe Correspondent)
• Jonathan O. Cole, at 83; pioneered use of drugs in psychiatry (By Gloria Negri, Globe Staff)
• George K. Fraenkel, chemist and former Columbia dean (By Dennis Hevesi, New York Times)
• Betty Allen, opera singer, recitalist, and teacher; at 82 (By Margalit Fox, New York Times)

• Obama taps supporters for help with healthcare overhaul (By Sasha Issenberg, Globe Correspondent)
• Political shifts on gay rights lag behind popular culture (By Adam Nagourney, New York Times)
• Political Notebook White House presses senators to pass emissions bill (Boston Globe)
• The Nation Today Man sentenced in PlayStation killing (Boston Globe)
• Family orders private autopsy on Michael Jackson’s body (By Andrew Blankstein and Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times)
• Firefighters’ case among last facing justices (By Mark Sherman, Associated Press)
• Buried truths in the bowels of Brooklyn (By Tina Susman, Los Angeles Times)
• Hemingway's 'A Moveable Feast' goes back into oven (By Motoko Rich, New York Times)
• Geologists dig for earthquake history (By Jia-Rui Chong, Los Angeles Times)
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• Iraq ready to take over security from US troops, Maliki says (By Patrick Quinn, Associated Press)
• Pro-West leader will be Lebanon’s prime minister (By Zeina Karam, Associated Press)
• Iran vows ‘crushing’ response to US critiques (By Michael Weissenstein, Associated Press)
• US, Russia disagree on cyberspace treaty (By John Markoff and Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times)
• NATO, Russia work to mend ties (By James G. Neuger, Bloomberg News)
• Protestant outlaws in Northern Ireland embrace disarmament (By Shawn Pogatchnik, Associated Press)
• Europeans mark anniversary of fall of Iron Curtain (By Pablo Gorondi, Associated Press)
• US ending funding for eradication of Afghan opium crop (By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)
• China targets rights lawyers (By Ariana Eunjung Cha, Washington Post)
• The World Today N. Korea threatens Japanese airplanes (Boston Globe)
• Displaced Pakistanis long to return to their homes (By Mark Magnier, Los Angeles Times)

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• Menino envisions nonprofit aid for school sports (By Bob Hohler, Globe Staff)
• Dan Shaughnessy Fractured fairy tale (By Dan Shaughnessy, Globe Columnist)
• Red Sox 1, Braves 0 Wakefield on top of it all in beating Braves (By Amalie Benjamin, Globe Staff)
• Tony Massarotti Penny has earned his keep (By Tony Massarotti, Globe Columnist)
• NASCAR crew chief is a one-man steering committee (By Fluto Shinzawa, Globe Staff)
• US Track and Field Championships Merritt, Richards cruise at US track championships (By Pat Graham, Associated Press)
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• Ramirez homers in Single A rehab game (Boston Globe)
• Football Notes Spagnuolo taking Rams by the horns (By Mike Reiss, Boston Globe)
• Jankovic shocked by Oudin (By Howard Fendrich, Associated Press)
• Travelers Championship Goydos leads Travelers by one (By Michael Whitmer, Globe Staff)
• Travelers Notebook Garrigus discusses it at length (By Michael Whitmer, Globe Staff)
• Golf Roundup Shin (67) shows how it’s done (Associated Press)
• On hockey Bruins hoping kids turn out all right (By Kevin Paul Dupont, Boston Globe)
• NHL Notebook It’s a family of Penguins (By Kevin Paul Dupont, Globe Staff)
• Basketball Notes What is next Baby step? (By Marc J. Spears, Boston Globe)
• It's something to remember (By Fluto Shinzawa, Globe Staff)
• NASCAR NOTEBOOK Hamlin growing into new role with Gibbs team (By Julian Benbow, Globe Staff)
• Nationwide Camping World 200 Kyle Busch enjoys reversal of fortune (By Julian Benbow, Globe Staff)
• Montoya had too many chiefs (By Fluto Shinzawa, Globe Staff)
• MLB Roundup Burnett, bullpen stifle Mets (Associated Press)
• Baseball Notes A plug for Mets utilityman Cora (By Nick Cafardo, Boston Globe)
• Red Sox Notebook Lugo’s time remaining may be short (By Amalie Benjamin, Globe Staff)
• Sox may not wait long on Bay (Boston Globe)

• Vermont farmers struggle as demand sours for organic milk (By Jenn Abelson, Globe Staff)
• New ATMs promise consumer convenience, savings for banks (By Todd Wallack, Globe Staff)
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• Innovation Economy Desks, PCs, patents up for grabs as more businesses close down (By Scott Kirsner, Globe Columnist)
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• Etiquette at Work ‘Business casual’ is in the eye of the business’s boss (By Peter Post, Boston Globe)
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• Business letters Mass. pricing law is behind the times (Boston Globe)
• Regulators shutter 5 more banks, bringing total to 45 (By Stephen Bernard and Marcy Gordon, Associated Press)
• The Color of Money Sometimes, people just need to be pointed in the right direction financially (By Michelle Singletary, Washington Post)
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• New generation's Indie sound is grounded in folk roots (By James Reed, Globe Staff)
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• Chester Theatre Company opts for a season on the edge (By Joel Brown, Globe Correspondent)
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• Judith Light continues to enjoy life on stage (By Christopher Wallenberg, Globe Correspondent)
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• First Person Local producer Andrea Ajemian, 33, has high hopes that her fourth indie film, We Got the Beat, will open wide (By Tina Sutton, Boston Globe)
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• Cooking There's nothing quite like the sophisticated taste of cherries with chocolate (By Adam Reid, Boston Globe)
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• Parenting Traps Can a clothing-optional policy teach her young girls to be comfortable as women? (By Jennifer Mattern, Boston Globe)
• The Food Issue 50 tasty, satisfying, fun, yummy, surprising, finger-licking, scrumptious, enticing finds (By Lylah M. Alphonse, John Burgess, Scott Haas, Nancy Heiser, Stephen Jermanok, Marni Elyse Katz, Jenna Pelletier, Rachel Travers, and Lisa Zwirn, Boston Globe)
• The Food Issue The new breed of Boston restaurant has nothing to do with status and everything to do with what's growing in our backyard (By Alexandra Hall, Boston Globe)
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• Italy Bellissimo! (By Bella English, Globe Staff)
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• ‘And Then There’s This’ explores chaotic, democratizing power of Internet (By Steve Weinberg, Globe Correspondent)
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• The Interview With Caroline Moorehead An interview with Caroline Moorehead, author of ‘Dancing to the Precipice’ (By Anna Mundow, Globe Correspondent)
• A Reading Life ‘Niki: The Story of a Dog’ recounts fragile ties of love, loyalty in post-war Hungary (By Katherine A. Powers, Globe Correspondent)
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• Shelf Life ‘The Last of His Kind’ captures Bradford Washburn’s single-mindedness, fearlessness (By Jan Gardner, Globe Correspondent)
• The Find ‘The Whatchamacallit’ provides names, histories of odd things we should, but don’t know (Boston Globe)
• Author readings and discussions in Greater Boston (By Judith Maas, Boston Globe)
• ‘Evolution of God’ makes case for cooperative monotheism (By Dan Cryer, Globe Correspondent)
• In ‘The Last Supper,’ author sweeps her family off to adventure in Italy (By Amanda Heller, Globe Correspondent)
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