NEWS ANALYSIS

Romney strives to look presidential

He capped the Republicans’ big week with a message that carried an unlikely echo of the very president he is trying to unseat.

Opinion | Peter S. Canellos

Eastwood’s speech backfires on the GOP

Eastwood’s ridiculing tone undercut Mitt Romney’s effort to appear more sad than angry at President Obama’s “failure.”

Latest news

Bernanke pushes for further Fed action on economy

Calling high unemployment a “grave concern,” Chairman Ben Bernanke made clear the Federal Reserve will consider further steps to boost the economy.

Ipswich police charge priest with raping boy in early ’80s

A former leader of the Saleisan Brothers of Don Bosco is facing charges that he repeatedly raped a boy at an Ipswich camp in 1981 and 1982.

Three dead in N.J. supermarket shooting

At least three people have died, including a person believed to be the shooter, in a New Jersey supermarket early Friday.

Bobby Valentine and the Red Sox were swept by the Angels in Anaheim this week.

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Dan Shaughnessy

For Red Sox, a year of living dreadfully

It’s been quite a fall from being the “Best Team Ever.” Exactly a year ago, the Sox were still good. Since then, it’s been chaos.

Backers call Boston coach a mentor; police say he’s a predator

Jose Ortega, 41, was arrested in July on charges that he sent sexually suggestive Facebook messages to a 12-year-old on one of his teams.

Harvard accuses 125 of cheating

The undergraduates are accused of collaborating on a spring take-home final exam, in what could prove to be the largest Ivy League cheating scandal in recent memory.

Brian McGrory

Cape Cod rooster draws complaints

There’s a very fine line between sound and noise, and on the Cape, one neighborhood grapples with the question of whether a rooster high-steps over the boundary.

Zeke, the missing turtle, reunited with Beverly family

After 30 days on the lam, the box turtle, who has lived with the Young family 31 years, was found by a neighbor just 1,000 feet from home.

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Campaigns and conventions

The mad theater of campaigns, protests, rallies, and conventions that is our modern political process is not a recent phenomenon.

Globe exclusives

Ann Romney arrives on stage to deliver a speech Tuesday night.

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Ann Romney overstepped by playing poor

Jonathan Katz is one of several comedians who will take part in Kevin Allison’s “Risk!” during the Boston Comedy Arts Festival.

Boston Comedy Arts Festival takes a ‘Risk!’

Bill Belichick talked with referee Mike Shepherd before a preseason game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Aug. 24.

Christopher L. Gasper

NFL wrong to use replacement officials

Cathy Wolske (left) visited bargain grocery Johnnie’s Foodmaster, which is reportedly in talks with Whole Foods.

Neighborhood loyalty to Johnnie’s Foodmaster deep

Theo Epstein is seen near the ivy at Wrigley Field last October, just after being named president of baseball operations for the Chicago Cubs.

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Epstein’s clean getaway irks Red Sox owners

DEUTSCHE BANK CHAMPIONSHIP

Hole by hole at TPC Boston

Elena Palma (foreground) is among many residents at the David Barksdale Center in Tampa focused on Medicare.

Medicare arguments key for both parties

Hennigan says foe aims to ruin her good name.

A bare-knuckle fight for clerk job

Paula Townsend, 101, relived memories as she toured the Home For Little Wanderers in Jamaica Plain.

Yvonne Abraham

A final goodbye to a longtime refuge

Tech Lab

Simple steps to secure your smartphone

Justin Pomerleau with his traveling clothing shop in Somerville’s Union Square.

Style

‘Le Pants King and the Traveling Spectacular’ hits Boston

Thermos vehicle-shaped lunch boxes, $9.99 each at Target store locations.

Back-to-school cool: 4 trends for a stylish first semester

Sports

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On Football

The spots of Tom Brady and Vince Wilfork are secure, but who else will be joining them on the Patriots’ 53-man roster?

Final projection: Patriots’ 53-man roster

On cutdown day, Greg A. Bedard offers his best guess at the players the Patriots will take into the regular season.

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Former Massachusetts House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi is serving an eight-year sentence in federal prison for corruption.

State officials revoke former speaker DiMasi's pension

The State Board of Retirement revoked the $60,142 annual pension of Salvatore F. DiMasi, the imprisoned former House speaker.

Columnists

Dan Shaughnessy

For Red Sox, a year of living dreadfully

Scot Lehigh

Policy trumps personality in this election

Boston Capital

Steward still waiting to close R.I. medical center deal