EEE risk called worst in decades

State health officials announced that planes will again take to the skies to spray six communities against Eastern equine enchephalitis-carrying mosquitoes.

A new seven-story learning center for the New England Conservatory on Huntington Avenue and Gainsborough Street would include 60 practice rooms and a public jazz cafe.

New England Conservatory to expand campus

For its first major expansion in five decades, the prestigious conservatory plans to erect a pair of modern glass buildings that will shake up a dated section of Huntington Avenue.

Gambling board to take casino applications

A $400,000, nonrefundable application fee will earn developers the right to compete for one of the state’s commercial casino licenses.

The numbers problem Obama has is writ large in Johnstown, Pa., and across the 12 Congressional District.

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Race still a factor for Pa. voters

Four years after the late John Murtha called his district in western Pennsylvania a haven of racists, black and white voters say a post-racial society is still a long way away.

Jeremy Renner stars in “The Bourne Legacy,” the fourth movie of the action-packed series.

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‘Bourne Legacy’ can’t revive the franchise without Matt Damon

If you’re going to make a “Bourne” movie without Matt Damon, Jeremy Renner isn’t a bad second choice. But even the star’s runty determination can’t wake the dormant series.

Warren backs off demand that Brown release more tax returns

Senator Scott Brown has already released six years of tax returns while Elizabeth Warren has refused to release more than four years of her filings.

Aly Raisman won the floor exercises, a first for an American gymnast, after taking the bronze on the balance beam.

For Needham’s Raisman, individual gold is worth the wait

In the final day of artistic gymnastics, Aly Raisman put in the best floor routine of her life to earn an individual gold medal, and added a bronze on the balance beam as well.

Bob Ryan

Stern’s under-23 proposal for Olympic basketball going nowhere

If David Stern’s really testing the waters for a possible switch to an under-23 men’s basketball tournament at the Olympics, he’s sure to find them unseasonably cold.

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Globe exclusives

Tommy Lee Jones and Meryl Streep in the comedy/drama “Hope Springs,” directed by David Frankel.

Movie Review

Getting older, not necessarily better in ‘Hope Springs’
Organic cucumbers being readied for fermenting in a drum.

food

Locavores turn to fermenting crock to preserve their veggies
“Biking in Berlin 23” by Nancy Murphy Spicer.

Galleries

Reimagining an urban landscape

Margaret Dunbar Cutright, one of the authors that researched the mysteries of the Bobby Dunbar case in Lousiana.

Book Review

‘A Case for Solomon’ by Tal McThenia and Margaret Dunbar Cutright
Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine chatted with Red Sox Scholar Ben St. Fort at the Dimock Center in January.

Red Sox top charitable giving list
Maryanne O’Hara at the Quabbin Reservoir in Belchertown.

Author revisits a long-submerged piece of Central Mass.
“Hull” by Hyman Bloom

Frame by Frame

From an eviscerated body, spiritualism emerges
Staff at the Children’s Museum in Dover, N.H., helped youngsters and parents create sculptures from cardboard tubes.

BC student’s site taps Amazon sales to help charities
David Byrne of Talking Heads

14 songs in which artists take on television
“We don’t get to pick the timing of a global slowdown,” Eric Rosengren said. “If there’s a slowdown and you have an independent central bank, the appropriate response is to act. I think that’s exactly what we should do.”

In rare public plea, Boston Fed chief urges action
Following a car accident involving the band’s original bassist, Deftones are touring again and will release a new album in October.

Deftones bounce back after tragedy strikes
Dianne Reeves performing on Saturday at Newport.

Music Review

Diversity in style, substance at Newport jazz fest

Sports

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Rangers 6, Red Sox 3

Dustin Pedroia appears to check his swing in the eighth inning (above left), then reacts after he is called out (above right). Pedroia is still yelling at first-base umpire Paul Nauert, who made the ruling, as he returns to the dugout (right), with manager Bobby Valentine joining the chorus. Nauert ejected the Red Sox second baseman in the top of the ninth.

Pedroia, Red Sox check out in angry loss

A Will Middlebrooks three-run homer notwithstanding, Boston followed the same old script as the Rangers took advantage of poor pitching and missed opportunities at Fenway Park.

Metro

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Bulger had no license to kill, analysts say

Even if he had an official deal with prosecutors, James “Whitey” Bulger could never have received such a complete blanket of protection that it would have allowed him to commit murder, legal analysts said.

Columnists

Bob Ryan

Stern’s under-23 proposal for Olympic basketball going nowhere

Brian McGrory

Bright idea brings new lights to Zakim Bridge

scot lehigh

Romney’s fanciful tax plan

Jeff Jacoby

Rich Americans pay their fair share in taxes — and then some

Farah Stockman

Tea Partiers see UN plot to take over America
Bobby Valentine watched batting practice before Monday’s game.

Dan Shaughnessy

Are the Red Sox really backing Valentine?
The Bulls were not happy that injury-prone Luol Deng (center) played for Britain. “I have no regrets,’’ Deng said.

Bob Ryan

Not all is lost for Great Britain basketball

JULIETTE KAYYEM

The $600,000 budget thorn

james carroll

Dark fantasy in action

Adrian Walker

Alarm bells in Roxbury health center
Usain Bolt leans at the line, crossing in an Olympic-record 9.63 seconds to win the gold ahead of Yohan Blake (5, silver) and Justin Gatlin (6, bronze).

Bob Ryan

Usain Bolt again makes fast work of the 100
First lady Michelle Obama campaigns in Manchester, N.H., Thursday.

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This time, Mass. gives Obama little help in N.H.

Business

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Talbots was acquired Monday by Sycamore Partners, a buyout firm. The Hingham retailer is trying to reconnect with core customers.

After buyout, former Vitamin Shoppe president to lead Talbots

A day after Sycamore Partners acquired the struggling Hingham women’s clothing retailer, the private equity firm said it has tapped Michael Archbold to serve as CEO and CFO.

Politics

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Michael Jordan will headline a celebrity basketball game in New York that will double as an Obama fund-raiser.

Michael Jordan recruits a dream team for Obama fund-raiser

The Hall of Famer will headline a New York celebrity basketball game to raise money for the president. Celtics Rajon Rondo and Paul Pierce are expected to attend.

Nation & World

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Residents waded across a flooded area north of Manila. Seasonal rains followed last week’s drenching by Typhoon Saola.

Heavy rains submerge Philippine capital, killing 9

Relentless rains submerged half of Manila, triggered a landslide that killed nine people, and sent emergency crews scrambling to rescue tens of thousands.

Arts

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Television review

Matthew Perry plays sports-radio personality Ryan King on NBC’s “Go On.’’

Promising ‘Go On’ helps Matthew Perry help himself

Since “Friends” ended in 2004, Matthew Perry hasn’t had a lot of series success.

Lifestyle

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The little-known Egyptian walking onion.

Egyptian walking onions, almost extinct, now on a chef’s menu

Call it the little onion that could.

“When everybody’s broke, racism takes a second seat.”

Alan Cashaw, Johnstown, Pa., NAACP

Magazine

The cover for the August 5 2012 issue

Can GPS find you a mate?
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

Opinion

“Romney is teetering on the brink of a credibility chasm created by his party’s irreconcilable ideological demands.”

 Scot Lehigh

Ideas

“If Willen is right, then the finger-pointing that’s occurred since the financial meltdown is all beside the point. Instead, we need to accept the frightening fact that when an economic delusion takes hold, none of us may be able to tell.”

Leon Neyfakh, on a Federal Reserve economist bearing very bad news