Judges cannot be forced to explain rulings, SJC says

The state’s highest court, responding to a complaint on the rulings of a Boston judge, ruled that judges cannot be forced to explain their inner thinking to anyone.

Exeter Hospital cited in hepatitis outbreak

Government investigators have cited the New Hampshire hospital for violations in infection control that may have contributed to the spread of hepatitis C.

Republicans assail Waltham battery maker’s deal with China

A Chinese company’s preliminary agreement to invest in A123 Systems has ignited concerns that China could take control of the struggling Waltham battery maker’s advanced technology.

Only Mass. sent out voter registrations after lawsuit

Massachusetts is the only state that has agreed to send mass mailings to register welfare recipients to vote, following lawsuits brought by the liberal group Demos.

The aftermath of the crash involving bus driver Lataria Milton.

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MBTA driver allegedly hit parking officer with bus

The driver, who struck an official and two vehicles near Kenmore Square, was arrested on charges of assault and battery with a vehicle and operating to endanger.

Shannon Boxx (top), Hope Solo, and Christie Rampone celebrated with teammates after the US women beat Japan, 2-1, Thursday to capture the gold medal in soccer for the third straight Olympics.

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For the US, women’s soccer team golden again

The US women’s soccer team knocked off world champion Japan 2-1 to win its third straight Olympic title at Wembley Stadium.

Quarterback Tom Brady only saw action on the game’s first two series but he had plenty to say to his receiving corps.

Christopher L. Gasper

Change of seasons is welcome

The Patriots and Red Sox have spent much of the millennium jockeying for top billing on the Boston sports marquee, but right now football is king.

Chandler Jones produced five quarterback pressures in 14 dropbacks Thursday night against the Saints.

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Chandler Jones makes quite a first impression for Patriots

New England’s top draft pick at 21st overall, had about as good a debut as you can have in the Patriots’ 7-6 victory over the Saints at in the exhibition opener.

Brian McGrory

Mother, missing daughter reunited by troopers

For a mother, it was a miracle at Logan last week when State Police reunited a family that had lost all hope. For the troopers, it was all in a day’s work.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2012/08/08/BostonGlobe.com/Special/Images/fromthearchivecanal008-001--90x90.jpg Cape Cod Canal and bridges

The Cape Cod Canal was opened with much fanfare on July 29, 1914. It bore only a slight resemblance to the canal we know today.

Globe exclusives

The first step when construction resumes on 45 acres if former railyards will be building a 19-floor residential and retail tower.

NorthPoint in Cambridge to resume with residential tower
Carter Schultz and David van Mering make up the duo Aer. They will celebrate the release of their debut album, “Bright Side,” Saturday at the Paradise.

Scene & Heard

Boston duo Aer’s mellow sound meets the fast track

Making new dance overnight in the 24 Hour ChoreoFest
Sonny Smith and his band are touring behind his third release, the ’70s country rock-tinged “Longtime Companion.”

Sonny Smith answers a breakup with a changeup
A blue shark photographed off the coast of Rhode Island in July has a fish hook in its mouth.

Opinion | THE PODIUM

Time to move past ‘Jaws’
Iva Dochi helped her 14-month-old son, Arber, practice walking at Red Rock Park in Lynn.

Lynn’s sin label outdated, residents insist
Joe Corey, of Billerica, wore a Kansas City Monarchs uniform at the “media day” event preceding the Oldtime Baseball Game charity event in Cambridge.

Oldtime Baseball Game brings uniforms out of mothballs
American Bruce Jenner won the decathlon — and the unofficial title as world’s greatest athlete — at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal.

In decathlon, ‘world’s greatest athlete’ without fame
(From left) Super PAC App cofounder Dan Siegel, Sosolimited cofounder Eric Gunther, and Nimblebot.com chief executive Nadeem Mazen are all working on free digital tools to help voters evaluate truthfulness in this fall’s political campaigns.

Cambridge firms develop software to check campaign facts

Brown criticizes voter registration mailing
Sarah Attar is one of two women to represent Saudi Arabia, which had never before sent females to the Games.

Female Muslim Olympians try to bring more progress
Since the July 2 low of $3.36, the average price of a gallon of gas in Massachusetts has risen 6.5 percent to $3.58, according to AAA Southern New England.

Bucking industry analysts’ predictions, gasoline prices are on the rise this summer

Sports

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Indians 5, Red Sox 3

Red Sox starting pitcher Felix Doubront reacted in the fifth inning before being pulled from the game.

Red Sox take a beating from lowly Indians

A fifth-inning meltdown by Felix Doubront led to the Sox losing Thursday night to the Indians.

Metro

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John Meaney, Boston’s director of Environmental Services, looked over the trash storage area in an alley behind Hemenway Street in the Fenway on Thursday.

Boston gets aggressive about Fenway rat infestation

City inspectors discovered more than 100 rats and 50 burrows near two properties in an area heavily populated with students.

Columnists

scot lehigh

Who’s a better leader: Brown or Warren?

JOSHUA GREEN

On Mitt Romney’s VP pick, think dull

Brian McGrory

Mother, missing daughter reunited by troopers
Quarterback Tom Brady only saw action on the game’s first two series but he had plenty to say to his receiving corps.

Christopher L. Gasper

Change of seasons is welcome
Fishing boats in Gloucester in April 1933.

Derrick Z. Jackson

Gloucester 2.0

Yvonne Abraham

Teen Empowerment chasing a miracle in Boston

opinion | Joan Vennochi

Joe Kennedy III sails on, amid a storm of family troubles

Juliette Kayyem

Ebola outbreak is quelled — this time

Tech Lab

Latest, greatest technology may be overkill for most students
The Zakim bridge in 2002.

Brian McGrory

A bright idea for the Zakim Bridge

Kevin Cullen

Bulger wants to do it his way

Bob Ryan

NBA proposal to change Olympics isn’t moving

Business

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Goldman Sachs cleared in subprime mortgage inquiry

Goldman Sachs has disclosed that it was cleared of wrongdoing after an investigation into a $1.3 billion subprime mortgage deal, a surprising victory for the bank.

Politics

Mitt Romney’s campaign praised the Tax Policy Center when it took aim at Rick Perry’s policies last year, but called it “liberal” last week after it criticized Romney’s tax plan.

Nonpartisan groups defend neutrality in harsh climate

When a nonpartisan group publishes a harsh critique of a candidate, its independence can often be the first thing under siege.

Nation & World

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US POSTAL SERVICE

Postal Service edges closer to bankruptcy

The mail agency said it is being hurt significantly by mounting expenses for future retiree health benefits, which were mandated by Congress in 2006.

Arts

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MOVIE REVIEW

Zach Galifianakis (left) and Will Ferrell play political opponents in “The Campaign.”

Vote is split on ‘The Campaign’

The time is ripe for a good, nasty political comedy, but this isn’t it.

Style

Style

Kirsten Amann says at first she was reluctant to write a book about racy cocktails, but then remembered that cocktails are supposed to be about having fun.

X-rated cocktails show the saucier side of getting sauced

These are not your mama’s cocktails. Kirsten Amann’s new book is a trip through an array of sexy tipples, including the “Hanky Panky” and the “Walk of Shame/March of Glory.”

“Everyone in government, includ­ing judges, must be account­able to someone.”

Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley 

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

“His whole strategy has been a kind of pathological risk-avoidance premised on the belief that the economy is in such dire shape that he’ll win so long as he doesn’t screw anything up.”

Joshua Green, on Mitt Romney

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