Report faults Medicaid managed care costs

The plans pay higher fees to many hospitals and doctors than the traditional Medicaid program. In the 2011 fiscal year, the higher payments cost taxpayers $328 million.

Romney’s culture remark offers peek at worldview

Mitt Romney triggered a firestorm this week when he said that some economies are more vibrant than their neighbors because of their cultures.

Brown, Warren split on environmental policies

US Senator Scott Brown, who says he regrets having supported the region’s effort to cut greenhouse gases, has dismayed environmental advocates, who have turned to Elizabeth Warren.

Joanne Ly, a Curry College student, and her sister Amy Ly, 11, searched for backpack at shopping at L.L. Bean in Dedham.

Mass. retailers look for lift over tax-free weekend

Even as the state’s economy continues to outperform the US overall, merchants say the sales tax holiday is an important edge to get back-to-school shoppers offline and into stores.

Folk remedy linked to baby’s high lead levels

An unusual case at Boston Children’s Hospital is prompting an alert about heavy metal poisoning from remedies found in many immigrant cultures.

Kayla Harrison cried on the podium after her victory Thursday. The win resounded with friends in Massachusetts.

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Kayla Harrison overcomes abuse, wins gold in judo

Winning gold wasn’t the biggest challenge for the Marblehead 22-year-old, who had been devastated after years of sexual abuse by a former coach.

Bob Ryan

Tiebreaker that cost Raisman bronze hard to figure

Fourth place in the Olympics is tough for anyone at any time. But fourth place when you think you’re at least tied for third is exponentially worse.

Avoiding Olympics spoilers is an event all its own

Suspense is an integral part of the Olympics, but between the increased use of social media and the half-day delay for the telecasts, dodging results requires a Herculean effort.

Brian McGrory

Children’s Hospital progress may mark end for Prouty Garden

Boston Children’s Hospital will get state-of-the-art space to conquer unimaginable diseases, while ­patients and parents could lose the garden where they faced their fears and nurtured hope.

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On July 31, 1973, a Delta Airlines DC-9 crashed after hitting a seawall while landing at Logan Airport, killing 89 people.

Globe exclusives

“When we chose which songs went on the record, we only chose the ones we thought turned out the best, whether they worked together or not,” says Brandi Carlile.

Brandi Carlile refines her sound on ‘Bear Creek’

Howie Good on intersection of poetry, journalism

opinion | Rob Anderson

Are gay adults doing enough to help gay teens?
“Inspirare” rises from a well head in a courtyard at Mount Holyoke College.

Art Review

‘Inspirare’ is a column of light in a center of learning
The “Big Party” event at Eastern Standard.

Turning networking into an art
The Brea, Calif. Chick-fil-A restaurant was mobbed at lunch time Wednesday.

Burlington Chick-fil-A swamped by supporters
Mitt Romney spoke in Jerusalem.

Opinion | Nicholas Burns

Mitt Romney flunks his foreign-policy tryout

editorial

Ease up on ‘Meatless Mondays’

Convention center authority to buy site for hotel

Photos

Best images from the London Olympics
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
Sandy Machado, with her bounty of egg cups.

Vintage collector finds success on Etsy

Sports

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twins 5, red sox 0

Jon Lester appeared dejected as the Red Sox trailed in the seventh inning.

Red Sox shut out by 4th-place Twins

The Red Sox fell back to .500 Thursday night as they came up with just two hits in a shutout loss to the Twins.

Metro

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Rabbi Stanley Z. Levitt gets 10 years’ probation for abusing three boys

The sentence for the one-time instructor for a Brookline school, who pleaded guilty to four counts of ­indecent assault and battery on a child, stunned and angered the victims.

Columnists

Joshua Green

White male Democrats fading in Congress

Boston Capital

It’s not perfect, but new health law is a start

CARLO ROTELLA

Clear the clutter; get rid of unneeded toys

Bob Ryan

Tiebreaker that cost Raisman bronze hard to figure
An Indian man walked past cables and exposed wires at an electricity substation in New Delhi, India, Wednesday.

Juliette Kayyem

India’s blackout a cautionary tale

Joan Vennochi

Patrick backed down on crime bill

Tech Lab

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?

Business

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Dr. Joseph Grocela made devices at home.

Judge rules against doctor in home inventions case

A judge dismissed a lawsuit by Massachusetts General Hospital urologist Joseph A. Grocela seeking rights to inventions he devised on his own time.

Politics

Political notebook

On stump in N.H., Michelle Obama plays to strengths

The first lady sought to rally New Hampshire supporters Thursday by emphasizing the administration’s accomplishments and the president’s working-class origins.

Nation & World

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Campers at Lake Seliger, which is funded by the government, are directed this year by a blogger and sometime activist.

Kremlin camp invites critics this year

Organizers of this year’s Kremlin-funded Seliger youth camp encouraged opposition activists to join, but skeptics wondered if they are being co-opted.

Arts

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Classical Notes

Sean Shepherd, recipient of the Kravis Emerging Composer award from the New York Philharmonic, has three works to be performed this month on Cape Cod and at Tanglewood.

Composer Sean Shepherd has works performed this summer

It’s always difficult to pinpoint where a composer moves from “emerging” to “emerged.”

Movies

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friday preview | Movie Review

Farrell as Doug Quaid with Jessica Biel as his freedom-fighter girlfriend.

Total mind games

This remake of “Total Recall,” the 1990 science-fiction movie, has excellent production design and starts well before it works its way toward average.

“I used everything as my fuel. I was able to push it toward something and have a goal and have a dream and I was able to accomplish it.”

Kayla Harrison,  Olympic gold medalist in judo

Magazine

The cover for the July 29 2012 issue

Connected, powerful 21st-century moms
The cover for the July 22 2012 issue

25 best burgers around Boston
The cover for the July 15 2012 issue

12 Bostonians Changing the World
The cover for the July 8 2012 issue

N.Y. vs. Boston: The endgame

Opinion

“The issue of race (and to a lesser extent gender) lies beneath many of the current flash points in state and national politics.”

Joshua Green 

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