Brown to miss most of GOP convention

Former lieutenant governor Kerry Healey said Sunday that Senator Scott Brown was doing several days of Army National Guard duty this week.

Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann, attended church services Sunday in Wolfeboro, N.H.

Mitt Romney to stress family-man qualities

A key question over the next two months is whether voters will embrace this pancake-flipping, Costco-shopping version of Romney.

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A growing Isaac menaces Gulf Coast

Amid warnings it could become a Category 2 hurricane, Tropical Storm Isaac lashed the Florida Keys and could hit the mainland anywhere from Florida to New Orleans

Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine argued with umpire Dan Bellino after Dustin Pedroia was called out at first. Valentine was eventually tossed from the game.

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Red Sox 8, Royals 6

Dustin Pedroia, Pedro Ciriaco power new-look Red Sox over Royals

Manager Bobby Valentine was ejected in the fifth inning while James Loney, fresh from the Dodgers, drove in the tying run.

The new Dodgers, including Josh Beckett and Adrian Gonzalez, arrived before Saturday night’s game against the Miami Marlins, ferried to Los Angeles in a private plane.

Dodgers seem stunned to pull off trade with Red Sox

The Dodgers, who had targeted Adrian Gonzalez since April, appeared surprised that a deal this big was completed during the waiver period.

From left: Lauren Miller, Ari Graynor, and Katie Anne Naylon.

Ari Graynor has a lot on the line

For Boston native Ari Graynor, “For a Good Time, Call . . .” is a rare chance to be a leading lady. And it’s a first try at producing.

Ideas

The people with no lobby in Washington

New research points to a disturbing fact: While some Americans are well represented in the multibillion-dollar influence game, others have no place at the table at all.

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Actor David Greenspan and director Rebecca Taichman work on a scene from “Marie Antoinette,” in rehearsal in Cambridge.

Rumblings of the 99% in ‘Marie Antoinette’
“For what we got paid, that job was crazy,” said Jesse Carter, who worked on the renovation of the Copley Place Marriott.

A story of hope, and a lopsided deal
Mike Birbiglia (left) and Ira Glass at a New York screening of “Sleepwalk With Me.’’

Mike Birbiglia and mentor Ira Glass go from radio to big screen
This ad, which appeared in Fortune in 1969, made clear that gender equality at the office still had a way to go.

Ideas | Q&A

What happened when women joined the office
This Tang dynasty earthen­­-ware figure is from “Unearth-ed,” one of three China-centric exhibits at the Clark Art Institute.

Art Review

A century on, a return to China in ‘Through Shen-kan’
According to a team source, Tyler Seguin probably will sign an extension before there is a labor agreement.

Sunday Hockey Notes

Bruins’ Tyler Seguin expected to get extension
The fit between the ever-detailed, maniacally disciplined, and flat-lined Greg Schiano, and the young and talented Buccaneers couldn’t be more perfect.

Sunday Football Notes

Greg Schiano and Buccaneers are a perfect fit
A footpath winds along the shoreline of Curtis Island.

4 Maine island adventures close to shore

Opinion | Ellen Goodman

The Equal Rites Awards
From left: Lauren Miller, Ari Graynor, and Katie Anne Naylon.

Ari Graynor has a lot on the line

The Word

What is YOLO? Only teenagers know for sure
Beatrice Munyenyezi.

Did Beatrice Munyenyezi lie to get into this country?

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There’s a chance New England center Dan Koppen, seen here working with quarterback Tom Brady and offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels, might not make the team’s 75-man roster, which will be finalized Monday.

As Patriots roster cuts loom, keep an eye on veterans

The Patriots have to trim 10 players by 4 p.m. Monday. There’s a chance a few respected veterans will be among them, as the team looks to give them a head start on finding another job.

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Mourners entered Jubilee Christian Church in Mattapan for the funeral of Kristen Lartey, one of three friends killed Aug. 12 while in a car in Dorchester. A fourth was injured.

Mourners say Dorchester death has to matter

Clergy members and family pledged that Kristen Lartey’s death would be a galvanizing force that would help unify the city in common cause.

Columnists

Vercheesa Thompson (above left) of Dorchester, facilitator Candace Keshwar, Michelle Eunis, and Suheil Riveramet in Jamaica Plain last week while Sherina Hendrix (below) played with their children. The mothers’ group is creating its own child-care cooperative.

Yvonne Abraham

Program helps families create own solutions
Laila Ali is one of eight celebrities competing on the war-based reality show “Stars Earn Stripes.”

JOANNA WEISS

Does ‘Stars Earn Stripes’ glorify war?

JEFF JACOBY

Both parties are too extreme on abortion

INNOVATION ECONOMY

What happens when a trend never touches down
Jackie, Sue, and Lynn as seen in “49 Up,” a 2005 British film that is part of a decades-long series of documentaries.

Joan Wickersham

A study of class captures shape, sweep of real lives

Lawrence Harmon

Mass. needs to update wiretap laws

SCOT LEHIGH

The GOP’s big tent collapses

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Big-box stores are in big trouble
Carl Crawford, Josh Beckett, and Adrian Gonzalez have underachieved and are on the verge of being traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Dan Shaughnessy

Blockbuster Red Sox trade signifies end of failed era

Joan Vennochi

Romney made Mass. his stepping stone

Dan Shaughnessy

Red Sox left picking up the pieces
Chinese police stand guard at an anti-Japanese protest outside the Japanese consulate in Shanghai last week.

Edward L. Glaeser

Putting China at ease

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Some of the contemporary items that are using specially-tuned fonts from Massachusetts type designers include e-readers.

Boston companies push type design into future

Digital devices are redefining how we read, and Boston foundries are at the forefront of creating the actual letterforms they use.

Politics

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Belmont resident Elizabeth Mahoney campaigned for local candidates on Saturday. This week, she will be one of Massachusetts’ delegates to the Republican National Convention.

Mass. delegates to GOP convention enjoy special perks

As the delegation from the nominee’s home state, they’ll share a hotel with Mitt Romney and sit directly beneath the podium when he accepts the nomination.

Nation & World

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Neil Armstrong was all smiles after spending more than two hours on the moon’s surface in 1969.

Neil Armstrong, first man to set foot on moon, dies at 82

As commander of Apollo 11 in 1969, Armstrong became a symbol of America’s resolve and ingenuity.

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Actor David Greenspan and director Rebecca Taichman work on a scene from “Marie Antoinette,” in rehearsal in Cambridge.

Rumblings of the 99% in ‘Marie Antoinette’

The topic of income inequality is very much in the air these days at the American Repertory Theater, where David Adjmi’s “Marie Antoinette” is in rehearsals for its world premiere.

Books

‘The Zenith’ by Duong Thu Huong

“Zenith” bravely imagines the final months of Ho Chi Minh’s life.

Travel

Lake Keurusselkä, in central Finland, covers 45.3 square miles.

Taking the Finnish rest cure

Summer in Finland is a brief perfect moment made of a mild soothing sun that shines well into the night, and scudding white and purple clouds.

“For what we got paid, that job was crazy.”

Jesse Carter,  who worked on the renovation of the Copley Place Marriott

Magazine

The cover for the August 26 2012 issue

Did Beatrice Munyenyezi lie to get into this country?
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

The man who nourished Boston’s literary scene
The cover for the August 5 2012 issue

Can GPS find you a mate?

Opinion

“There is a way to view ‘Stars Earn Stripes’ not as a glorification of war but as a denigration of celebrities.”

Joanna Weiss 

Ideas

“In decades of researching American political lobbies, we have found that there are huge gaps in who is represented in Washington.”

—Kay Schlozman, Sidney Verba, and Henry E. Brady