Obama to blast rivals’ Medicare plan in N.H.

When President Obama visits Windham and Rochester on Saturday, he will raise the specter of radical Medicare change proposed by US Representative Paul D. Ryan.

During Ramadan, the month of fasting, Muslims gathered at the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center.

Ramadan offers Muslims time for reflection

Ramadan, ending Sunday, is an inward, austere, demanding season, a special challenge for young Muslims living in the age of Facebook.

Colleges boosting financial aid to students

Many colleges in the Boston area and beyond are trying to help offset rising ­tuition costs this fall, building on efforts that have accelerated since the recession.

Bankruptcies wane as US relearns how to save

Personal bankruptcy filings fell 13 percent in the first half of the year and are down nearly 20 percent over the past two years nationwide.

Cailin Currie used an iPad at a grocery to translate bar codes into product information.

At ‘app camp,’ visually impaired teens get tech lessons

Students at the Newton-based Carroll Center learned how to use features for the blind on Apple’s iPhone and iPad.

Red Sox owner John Henry, left, and team president Larry Lucchino before a game at Fenway Park.

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Red Sox are hard to believe

The events of the past few days have shown, once again, that the Red Sox brass simply cannot just tell the truth.

Red Sox Notebook

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David Ortiz defended Bobby Valentine, saying he should not be fired. That some of his teammates may not support Valentine is incidental, according to Ortiz.

The Roads to Summer

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A place where history runs deep and the mind takes flight, Walden draws residents and tourists through much of the year, and the park regularly reaches its capacity during the summer.

Boston hair stylist Kelly Francoeur’s cellphone number has a Connecticut area code, though she lives in Revere.

Phone area codes say increasingly less about where people live

Several factors have combined to create a growing mismatch between where people live and their area codes.

G cover

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Later this month, ESPN will choose 10 finalists for the inaugural class of its Hall of Fans. Here are seven local fanatics who ought to make the cut.

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DERRICK Z. JACKSON

Boston killings a game-changer?
Demolition of the New York Streets in progress in 1956. From left to right, Troy Street, Rochester Street, Genesee Street, Oswego Street, Oneida Street, and Seneca Street.

Sunday Preview | Ideas

Boston’s vanished New York Streets
Cigar rollers at the Gonzalez y Martinez Cigar Factory in Ybor City, Tampa’s historic Cuban district.

sunday preview | travel

In Tampa, Cuban influences mix with beach

Opinion

The Podium: Voices of New England
Lewis Ware (left) leads the Lenox Hotel employees walking club on a short walk. The group takes a midday jaunt a couple times a week. “We all come back happy,” Ware says.

Exclusive Sunday Preview | Living Longer, Living Better

14 ways to make walking part of your day

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23 expert tips that can change your life

Crossword

Complete the daily puzzle online
Trent Theroux trained in Narragansett Bay for a swim from Point Judith to Block Island in September to raise money for a group that advocates for spinal injury patients.

Photo gallery

Globe photos of the week, Aug. 17, 2012

Comics

The funny pages
An “ I Will” screen in New York’s Times Square captured attention with submissions for 9/11 Day.

Cambridge tech firm powers Times Square 9/11 project
You’re not special speech

‘You’re Not Special’ speech lands teacher book deal

Sports

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Patriots notebook

Several weeks into training camp, quarterback Tom Brady (12) and receiver Wes Welker (right) still have some spring in their step.

Patriots sign Olympian Jeff Demps

The running back and kickoff returner drew interest from several teams after he was part of the United States’ silver medal-winning 4 x 100-meter relay team.

Metro

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Before James Bulger went on the lam, he supported Teresa Stanley.

Teresa Stanley, Bulger’s other longtime mate, dead at 71

She was the other woman in “Whitey” Bulger’s life, the one who spent nearly 30 years with the gangster but refused to leave her family to stay with him on the run.

Columnists

Os Gemeos’ mural on the Greenway of a boy with a shirt on his head reminds some viewers of a terrorist.

opinion | lawrence harmon

In the eye of the beholder
Red Sox owner John Henry, left, and team president Larry Lucchino before a game at Fenway Park.

dan shaughnessy

Red Sox are hard to believe

DERRICK Z. JACKSON

Boston killings a game-changer?

Carlo Rotella

Advice for the college freshman
Dwight Howard joined the Lakers after a trade from the Magic.

Christopher L. Gasper

NBA stars just say no to Boston
Syrian residents inspect houses in Homs destroyed by what they said was heavy shelling from Bashar al-Assad forces.

Juliette Kayyem

US would own the war in Syria

Yvonne Abraham

Killings strike fear in parents

opinion | Joshua Green

The benefits of a nasty presidential campaign

joan vennochi

Should Bulger judge recuse himself?

Tech Lab

New e-mail tools manage the chaos
Bobby Valentine’s first season as Red Sox manager has been marred by an apparent lack of respect from players.

Christopher L. Gasper

It’s time to fire Bobby Valentine

Jamaica's Usain Bolt celebrates after winning the men's 100m final in London.

Opinion | Jeff Jacoby

After the Olympics: Where’s the humility?

Business

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Vertex Pharmaceuticals is expected to benefit from a new recommendation.

Hepatitis C testing may lift Vertex’s market

A new federal guideline recommending all baby boomers be tested could expand the market for treatments made by Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. and other drug makers by up to 80 percent.

Politics

Political Notebook

Paul Ryan spoke during a campaign event Friday in Virginia.

Ryan tax rates revealed in two years of returns

Paul Ryan and his wife paid an effective tax rate of 20 percent in 2011 and 15.9 percent in 2010, according to tax returns released late Friday afternoon.

Nation & World

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There have now been at least 31 attacks on coalition forces by Afghan allies this year, including 21 that were fatal.

Afghan police recruit kills 2 Special Forces

The two US service members who died were part of a Special Operations team working with the local police in Farah province in the west of Afghanistan.

Arts

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Stage Review

A scene from “All Shook Up,” a celebration of Elvis Presley music.

Elvis lives on in high-energy, goofy musical theater tribute

This celebration of Elvis Presley music wrapped in a goofy fairy tale gets a high-energy production at the North Shore Music Theatre.

“We certainly have too much debt, and the way to reduce debt is to reduce services. But you don’t cut out services to the elderly and the poor.”

Tom Case,  78, a retired engineer

Magazine

The cover for the August 12 2012 issue

How Bain Capital is trying — reluctantly — to clean up its name
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

Opinion

“Bostonians may lack knowledge of the vernacular of Brazilian street art. But the artists from Brazil may be a little fuzzy on Boston sensibilities, too.”

Lawrence Harmon, on a mural in Dewey Square

Ideas

“The changing ways we’ve seen summer reading — first as an indulgence, then as a vice, and now, somewhat surprisingly, as a source of pride — says a lot about our changing attitudes toward just what leisure should be.”

Craig Fehrman