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The long, hard road
to nuclear safety

A Globe reporter and photographer are allowed to witness a painstaking and costly process to protect weapons-grade uranium, part of an effort to secure nuclear material around the world. President Obama this week is expected to sign a joint declaration with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev setting forth a framework to complete the removal of highly enriched uranium from 15 other countries within four years. (By Bryan Bender, Globe Staff)

Battered by budget cuts,
Pepperell rallies around flag

In Pepperell, where tough times have closed a school, nearly shuttered the library, and brought a painful Town Meeting vote to slash funding for July Fourth fireworks, refused to scale back its annual celebration, a daylong, community-wide gathering that embodies a can-do, embrace-your-neighbor ambience that is nearly the stuff of myth in 21st-century America. (By Brian MacQuarrie, Globe Staff)

Horrific night on Mass.
roads: 4 crashes, 8 dead

Four separate car crashes killed eight people yesterday, casting a pall over a sparkling Fourth of July holiday. (By Maria Cramer, Globe Staff)

The word is their bond

For two lively hours every Tuesday morning, in a church meeting room with old oil portraits, these men are book club members first and homeless people second. The club began with a stunningly unlikely friendship, between two men from different worlds: Peter Resnik, a high-powered lawyer on his way to work, and Rob, a homeless man guarding a friend’s shopping cart on Boston Common. (By Jenna Russell, Globe Staff)

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