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Scott Brown calls GOP abortion stance ‘a mistake’

Brown urged the party to reconsider after it approved a platform that calls for a ban on abortion, without mention of exceptions for victims of rape or incest.

Romney says Akin should exit Missouri Senate race

Mitt Romney on Tuesday pointed to a statement from a group of current and former Missouri legislators who urged Todd Akin to drop his Senate bid.

Scott Brown ahead of Elizabeth Warren in new poll

The new poll shows Brown leading Warren by five points, 49 percent to 44 percent, a change from recent polls in which the candidates were virtually tied.

MGM to unveil Springfield casino plan

Casino giant MGM Resorts International is set to unveil plans for a resort casino in Springfield Wednesday.

John Williams (second from left) celebrates his 80th birthday tribute with (from left) Jessye Norman, Steven Spielberg, Yo-Yo Ma, Keith Lockhart, James Taylor Saturday at Tanglewood.

Hilary Scott

Music Review

Boston Pops toasts John Williams at 80

The birthday tribute at Tanglewood last weekend was a lavish homage to the man that helped define the ideal romantic film score.

Cellist Paul Katz.

Flying with cello is one traveler’s nightmare

The downside of being an internationally renowned cellist? Traveling with an enormous, fragile, and priceless instrument.

Opinion | The Podium

Free meals for Boston children

As part of the YMCA’s Summer Food Program, Boston children can receive meals and participate in activities to keep their bodies and minds active.

“I was taking all my pain and my negativity and singing about it,” says Mary J. Blige of her original “My Life” album. “You can take your life and turn it around.”

Mary J. Blige living her ‘Life’ out loud

Blige reflects on the 20 years of hits and Grammys that began when she burst onto the scene with “What’s the 411?” and claimed the throne of the “queen of hip-hop soul.”

Frame by Frame

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“The Greek Girl” by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot is one of the most lyrical examples of 19th-century art in America.

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A video series where Globe journalists tell the stories behind their stories. Exclusively on BostonGlobe.com, it is hosted by multimedia journalist Dina Rudick.

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Opinion

The Podium: Voices of New England
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.

Haverhill Music Centre closing after nearly 60 years
Paul Ryan and Mitt Romney greeted supporters at a rally Monday in Manchester, N.H.

Mitt Romney showing his Mormon faith

G Force

Amy Sohn explores parenting and infidelity through her fiction
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
Tony Scott, who died at 68 on Sunday.

Appreciation

Tony Scott, signature ’80s filmmaker

Special Section

Tanglewood & the Berkshires Experience
Taking the Transition for a spin in driving mode.

From Sunday’s Globe | Globe magazine

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

G Cover

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.

Sports

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

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.

Metro

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Police released a surveillance photo of a “person of interest” in the stabbing death last weke of Rashad Lesley-Barnes.

Police release photo of suspect in Roxbury stabbing

Boston police released a surveillance photo taken when Rashad Lesley-Barnes was fatally stabbed on a Roxbury street last week.

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.

JOANNA WEISS

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

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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.

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.

Nation & World

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Meles Zenawi

Meles Zenawi, Ethiopian leader, dies abroad

Zenawi was once hailed as a US ally against terrorism, but his 21-year rule was tarnished by oppression of protesters.

Arts

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Book Review

Neal Stephenson

‘Some Remarks’ By Neal Stephenson

His latest book is a rather haphazard but consistently intriguing collection of essays, short fiction, interviews, and ephemera.

Lifestyle

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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.

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.”

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