Mass. teacher rating systems are lagging

All but a few districts will probably miss a state deadline to implement a new teacher evaluation system that would put a major emphasis on student achievement, according to officials.

Paul Ryan and Mitt Romney greeted supporters at a rally Monday in Manchester, N.H.

Mitt Romney showing his Mormon faith

The GOP candidate’s decision to open up his church visit to the press on Sunday was the most notable in a series of recent efforts to reveal more about his faith.

Republican candidate Mitt Romney and running mate Paul Ryan at their forum on Monday at St. Anselm College.

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Romney, Ryan blast Obama’s health care law

Campaigning in New Hampshire, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan also said the GOP ticket would be more likely to put Medicare on sounder financial footing.

Akin refuses to quit Senate race after rape comments

Missouri Republican Todd Akin apologized for declaring that women’s bodies are able to prevent pregnancies after ‘‘a legitimate rape,’’ but won’t exit the race.

Bobby Valentine (second right) with coach Bob McClure. They were at odds before McClure was fired Monday.

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Communication gaps bedeviling the Red Sox

What was once a model organization is now marked by distrust and the inability of team executives, coaches, and players to work cohesively.

Trainers tend to Eagles quarterback Michael Vick, who took a shot to the ribs in the first quarter and didn’t return to action. X-rays were negative.

Christoper L. Gasper

Patriots defense answers few questions against Eagles

With Eagles quarterback Michael Vick leaving the game early because of an injury, we lost an opportunity to see how far the Patriots have come.

Handyman extraordinaire JP Davis is indispensible.

Brockton handyman makes his mark at competition

This year, JP Davis locked wrenches with 3,000 of America’s top tinkerers and made the final 20 of an event that is something like the Handyman Olympics.

Jason Santos, chef and owner of Blue Inc. in Boston, discussed Restaurant Week preparation with his sous chef, Brad Shannon.

Restaurant Week a balance of cost, quality

Rising food prices make offering bargains during Restaurant Week difficult, but restaurants and chefs participating in the promotional event say it’s still worth it.

A TSA agent checked a passenger who chose not to go through a scanner at Logan Airport in 2010.

TSA to expand training at Logan Airport

Transportation Security Administration agents at Logan will be given further training following internal complaints of racial profiling of passengers.

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Tony Scott, who died at 68 on Sunday.

Appreciation

Tony Scott, signature ’80s filmmaker
Cellist Paul Katz.

Flying with a cello is one traveler’s nightmare

Frame by Frame

A portrait of simple loveliness pierced by hidden depths
A TSA agent checked a passenger who chose not to go through a scanner at Logan Airport in 2010.

TSA to expand training at Logan Airport
Taking the Transition for a spin in driving mode.

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Can a Woburn company’s flying car someday be a fix for traffic?

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Who owns you after you die?
Carl Crawford backpedals to the warning track to haul in a ball hit by Eric Chavez to end the first.

Dan Shaughnessy

It’s time for Red Sox to look to future
Before returning to treatment, former Army bomb technician Brian Sullivan used a smartphone app to cope with PTSD.

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Using technology to battle PTSD
Laya Lesley-Barnes, whose brother Rashad was among five people killed in the city last week, wept during a gathering at Franklin Field in Dorchester on Sunday as participants urged residents to unite for neighborhood safety.

Calls for change at Dorchester antiviolence rally
Rabbi Barry Silver, who leads a reform synagogue in Lake Worth, Fla., says he has noticed less support for the president.

Obama’s vital Jewish backing slips in Fla.
Kevin Kit Parker, a veteran of the war in Afghanistan and a professor at Harvard, chatted with Springfield police Lieutenant Rupert Daniel.

Counterinsurgency lessons used in Springfield
The USS Constitution, the world’s oldest commissioned warship still afloat, sailed under its own power Sunday to commemorate its victory in the War of 1812.

Stately under sail, Constitution evokes awe

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Red Sox pitching coach Bob McClure (center) was relieved of duty after a disappointing season from Boston’s starters.

Red Sox fire pitching coach Bob McClure

In what can be interpreted as a show of support for manager Bobby Valentine, the Red Sox on Monday fired their pitching coach.

Metro

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A lone violin hung on the wall of the Haverhill Music Centre that will close at the end of the month after nearly 60 years. In its heyday, hundreds of instruments adorned the walls.

Iconic Haverhill Music Centre closing after nearly 60 years

There used to be hundreds, but now the only instruments left in the once-thriving landmark in downtown Haverill are a flute, clarinet, and a conga drum.

Columnists

Joanna Weiss

Todd Akin should read more Cosmopolitan
Trainers tend to Eagles quarterback Michael Vick, who took a shot to the ribs in the first quarter and didn’t return to action. X-rays were negative.

Christoper L. Gasper

Patriots defense answers few questions
Beantown Bedding cofounders Kirsten Lambert and Joan Ripple.

Innovation Economy

Start-up creates disposable sheets for dorm beds

james carroll

Bridging the science gap

Adrian Walker

Desperate for answers after shocking murders
Carl Crawford backpedals to the warning track to haul in a ball hit by Eric Chavez to end the first.

Dan Shaughnessy

It’s time for Red Sox to look to future
Ayn Rand, Russian-born American novelist, is shown in Manhattan with the Grand Central Terminal building in the background in 1962.

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Sex and the conservatives’ matriarch

Jeff Jacoby

Immigration reform key to economic revival

JOAN VENNOCHI

Ray Flynn’s pitch to Catholics

Yvonne Abraham

Daly Field in Brighton is not our land

Dan Shaughnessy

Jon Lester is a keeper for Red Sox
The Rest Devices Infant Monitor can track an infant’s breathing, temperature, and movement and update parents wirelessly.

A new generation of tech entrepreneurs seeks to reinvent health care

Business

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Walmart, the nation’s biggest retailer, had stopped layaway from 2006 to 2010, when the economy was much stronger and shoppers did not seem to need to delay paying for holiday gifts.

Walmart bringing back holiday layaway plan

For the second year in a row, Walmart Stores, the nation’s biggest retailer, will offer a layaway program for holiday purchases.

Politics

Scott Brown was among the first Republicans to call on Todd Akin to quit.

Brown condemns Rep. Akin’s rape comments

Senator Brown called on Rep. Todd Akin to withdraw from the US Senate race in Missouri, after Akin suggested that women’s bodies can somehow prevent pregnancy in cases of rape.

Nation & World

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Philip Covington is using a voucher to help send his son Giovanni to a private school in Indianopolis.

Indiana public schools try to stem impact of vouchers

Struggling Indiana public school districts are campaigning to persuade parents not to move their children to private schools as the nation’s largest voucher program doubles in size.

Arts

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Book Review

Neal Stephenson

‘Some Remarks’ By Neal Stephenson

The latest book from the “Snow Crash” author is a rather haphazard but consistently intriguing collection of essays, short fiction, interviews, and ephemera.

Lifestyle

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Amy Sohn explores parenting and infidelity through her fiction

The former New York Magazine “Mating” columnist, and author of “Prospect Park West” spoke about parenthood, marriage, and of staying out of your children’s dramas.

Living Longer, Living Better

Health

JoyceMor, a sleep technologist at Sleep Health Centers in Weymouth, prepares Talia Yourell of Weymouth for a sleep study.

For aging baby boomers, sleep gets harder to come by

As we age, medical conditions can make a good night’s rest elusive. But there are steps we can take.

“After a while, I just figured that was the way it was going to be. If I needed information, I found a way to get it.”

Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine,  on dealing with his coaches

Magazine

The cover for the August 19 2012 issue

Can a Woburn company’s flying car someday be a fix for traffic?
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

Opinion

“In a country where ideas about women and sex clearly cover a broad continuum, Cosmo remains a trusted source of advice about women’s bodies.”

Joanna Weiss 

Ideas

“If the bill becomes law, the identities of people who die in Massachusetts--notably those who, like Bill Cosby, have built up bankable personas over the course of their lives--will become pieces of property that continue to exist long after they do.”

 Leon Neyfakh