Ex-headmaster’s staff say problems were known

Rodney Peterson, the Boston headmaster allowed to keep his job after assaulting his wife, was chronically absent from work and struggling with personal bankruptcy.

Convention center authority to buy site for hotel

The deal is the first step toward a massive expansion of the sprawling convention complex, according to a person with knowledge of the deal.

South Boston priest arrested on child porn charges

A 39-year-old Roman Catholic priest was arrested for allegedly having pornographic images of children on his computer.

Siri’s limits leave room for competitors

Apple’s iOS 6 upgrade, due this fall, will include a substantial Siri overhaul. But in the meantime, there’s competition for the once-ballyhooed service.

The “Big Party” event at Eastern Standard.

How Graham Wright turned networking into art

Opus Affair finds success bringing together young Boston arts lovers.

Parents root, agonize on the sidelines at Olympics

Competition can be just as stressful for parents as it is for athletes. Just ask the parents of Needham gold medalist Aly Raisman.

NBC’s roving parent cam captured the angst of Needham residents Lynn and Rick Raisman as they watched daughter Aly on Sunday.

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NBC’s roving parent cam captured the angst of Needham residents Lynn and Rick Raisman as they watched daughter Aly on Sunday.

The Raismans continued to shift in their seats while Aly competed.

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The Raismans continued to shift in their seats while Aly competed.

The tense couple's synchronized squirming mimicked their daughter's moves on the floor.

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The tense couple's synchronized squirming mimicked their daughter's moves on the floor.

On Sunday, US gymnast Jordyn Wieber’s mother, Rita, cheered her on.

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On Sunday, US gymnast Jordyn Wieber’s mother, Rita, cheered her on.

Clutching a South African flag, Bert Le Clos watched his son, Chad, win the gold in the 200-meter butterfly.

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Clutching a South African flag, Bert Le Clos watched his son, Chad, win the gold in the 200-meter butterfly.

An official spoke with players from China and South Korea before the teams were disqualified from the badminton doubles competition.

Outcry over badminton teams trying to throw matches

In a highly unusual move, four Olympic badminton teams were disqualified in an episode that drew outrage from fans and was widely seen as an insult to the Olympic spirit.

Bob Ryan

Times have changed for US men’s boxing

Once, America sent heavyweights such as Cassius Clay, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, and Evander Holyfield. Now we just hope to win a bout or two.

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Sandy Machado, with her bounty of egg cups.

Vintage collector finds success on Etsy
Farrell as Doug Quaid with Jessica Biel as his freedom-fighter girlfriend.

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Mind Games
A seminar on Pisco pitted a Peruvian historian against a Chilean Pisco producer to try to determine the roots of the grape brandy. Pictured: Pisco sour.

5 new cocktail ideas from New Orleans
Karin Fossum focuses on human drama.

Book Review

‘The Caller’ by Karin Fossum
Mayor Jon Mitchell walks on New Bedford’s hurricane dike near the proposed location (in background) of a wind-energy staging facility.

New Bedford sees opportunity in wind farms
In 2000, Les Gosule reached out to lawmakers, trying to interest them in a bill that would eliminate the option of parole for certain serial offenders. “This took a lot of door walking,” he recalled Tuesday.

For father of slain woman, 13-year fight finally ends

From Sunday’s Globe

Photo led to child porn network
Pulled pork sandwich with baked beans and mac and cheese.

Bob Ryan | Travel

A Connecticut smokehouse and more for the 99 percent
Josh Beckett hands the ball to manager Bobby Valentine after summoning medical personnel to the mound in the third inning. Beckett was forced to leave with a back spasm.

Dan Shaughnessy

Why the boos for the injured Josh Beckett?
Copies of “Imagine: How Creativity Works” at Harvard Book Store.

Jonah Lehrer’s bestseller is withdrawn
“It’s not a perfect bill, it’s not a comprehensive bill, but it does some good,” Governor Patrick told reporters after he toured a ­Roxbury nonprofit group that seeks to reduce youth violence.

Patrick to sign crime bill, calls it imperfect
Michael Phelps kisses his record-setting gold medal won in the 4x200 freestyle relay, giving him 19 in his Olympic career.

Bob Ryan

Phelps shows mettle, earns Olympic glory

Sports

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Tigers 7, Red Sox 5

Red Sox pitcher Aaron Cook left the game after giving up five runs to the Tigers during the fifth inning.

Red Sox allow 3 homers to Tigers, can’t finish sweep

Aaron Cook allowed five runs in the fifth inning as a close game got away from the Sox and snapped their four-game win streak.

Metro

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Rabbi admits abusing students at Brookline school during 1970s

Rabbi Stanley Z. Levitt admitted to charges of sexually assaulting children in his care more than 30 years ago, Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

Columnists

An Indian man walked past cables and exposed wires at an electricity substation in New Delhi, India, Wednesday.

Juliette Kayyem

India’s outages show that infrastructure reflects a nation’s power

Joan Vennochi

Patrick backed down on crime bill

Siri’s limits leave room for competitors

Bob Ryan

Times have changed for US men’s boxing
Lane Kiffin’s Trojans have rebounded after two years of penalties that kept them out of bowl eligibility.

Derrick Z. Jackson

Devastating penalties for Penn State? Just ask USC

Michael Phelps kisses his record-setting gold medal won in the 4x200 freestyle relay, giving him 19 in his Olympic career.

Bob Ryan

Phelps shows mettle, earns Olympic glory

joanna weiss

‘Jeffersons’ showed Americans how to speak frankly about race

farah stockman

Can we judge leaders by how much they give?
Josh Beckett hands the ball to manager Bobby Valentine after summoning medical personnel to the mound in the third inning. Beckett was forced to leave with a back spasm.

Dan Shaughnessy

Why the boos for the injured Josh Beckett?

Brian McGrory

Banking on kindness at the MBTA
US shooter Matt Emmons is married to Czech Olympic shooter Katie Emmons.

Bob Ryan

For US shooter Emmons, triumph and heartbreak

Boston Capital

Stocks, bonds paint different economic pictures

Business

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The owners of 59 Temple plan to file formal plans with the BRA.

Downtown Crossing hotel is planned

A Chicago developer is planning to build a 240-room hotel, one of several projects on the drawing board that will help revitalize the Boston shopping district.

Politics

Senate candidate Ted Cruz, a Tea Party star, and his wife, Heidi, after he defeated Texas lieutenant governor David Dewhurst in a runoff for the GOP nomination on Tuesday.

Cruz, a Tea Party favorite, wins Texas Senate primary

Ted Cruz, 41, earned the nomination Tuesday in a runoff election after more than a year of sweaty street campaigning.

Nation & World

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A man carried belongings from his shop destroyed by shelling in Aleppo.

In Syria, battle for Aleppo intensifies

UN observers in the city reported that jets fired rockets into neighborhoods and rebels commandeered tanks and other heavy weapons.

Arts

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Kristen Stewart apologized for her affair with director Rupert Sanders.

Coming clean ASAP

In an age of instant news, crisis management teams are telling their celebrity clients they no longer have the luxury of crafting the perfect response to a scandal.

Style

Bargain Bin

Long’s to host summer wedding band event

Ami Albernaz’s roundup of fashion bargains in the area in the coming days and weeks.

“You’re watching [the Raismans] thinking ‘don’t have a hernia.’ I can’t even imagine that pressure.”

Amy Nobile,  Hingham

Magazine

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Connected, powerful 21st-century moms
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25 best burgers around Boston
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12 Bostonians Changing the World
The cover for the July 8 2012 issue

N.Y. vs. Boston: The endgame

Opinion

“[Penn State’s] ability to talk its way out of a shutdown symbolizes college football’s never-ending cycle of arrogance.”

Derrick Z. Jackson 

Ideas

“It might seem surprising that something as dramatic as a floating neighborhood would ever be proposed in Boston, but the city had a long history of building outward to the water.”

Courtney Humphries,   on Boston’s lost island neighborhood