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Tierney faces questions about inlaws’ gambling ring

US Representative John Tierney said he didn’t know the gambling operation run by his brothers-in-law was illegal.

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The off-the-bench scoring guard would add offensive punch to the Celtics backcourt.

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Romney at rest

After campaigning hard for more than a year, Mitt Romney is spending time with his family in Wolfeboro, N.H., for a Fourth of July vacation.

Beef brisket sandwich from the M&M Ribs food truck.

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The local BBQ scene heats up

Take a tour of nine restaurants and food trucks that have opened recently, each hoping to out-smoke the area’s best.

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Celebrating, royal-free

Americans are apt to quarrel about everything. But one thing we never, ever debate is whether we’d be better off with a king.

The sausage and Vidalia pizza and the crunchy green salad (below) from Otto in Brookline.

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Otto opens with a flourish in Brookline

Owners Anthony Allen and Mike Keon have expanded to Harvard Square and now to Brookline from their three locations in Portland, Maine.

Nick Checchio, behind the bar at Grafton Street in Harvard Square. complains that many tourists “won’t leave you anything.”

For waitstaff, 20 percent is the new 15

Many waiters now say they expect closer to a 20 percent tip for satisfactory service, at a time when diners are trying to cut down on check costs.

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Barack Obama rode alongside daughter Malia during their 2011 vacation on Martha's Vineyard.

Obamas to skip Vineyard this summer
Bob Hewitt was a former Boston Lobsters star.

Tennis Hall to investigate Hewitt

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Fourth of July in Boston
Carla Tardif with her children Jesse, 13, and Drew, 10. “I do tell myself I’m going to work less, but I’m kidding myself,” Tardif said.

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Tweens, teens and needing mom
Paul Schwenk, senior vice president of engineering for the Web travel site Kayak, opened the door to the company’s offices in Concord, where visitors use a call button to get buzzed in.

The end of receptionists?

Romney, Obama in rare accord on court ruling
This doctored TV image last year showed the fireworks display directly behind Fenway Park.

CBS sticking to real fireworks this year

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Seaport development moving slow

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Tall ships come to Boston Harbor from June 30 to July 5
John Ossenmacher (left) and Larry Rudolph created ReDigi.com, which resells songs purchased from iTunes.

Digital used record store faces lawsuit
From left: Amy Spanger, Tyne Daly, and Marylouise Burke in “The Importance of Being Earnest,” directed by David Hyde Pierce.

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A mobbed-up ‘Earnest’
Roger Waters brought his revival of Pink Floyd’s “The Wall” to Boston.

Music Review

Waters creates an even cooler ‘Wall’ at Fenway

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Zack Hample caught a softball released from a helicopter at 300 feet at LeLacheur park in Lowell, setting a world record.

Catching baseballs is in Zack Hample’s blood

At 34, Hample is one of the world’s few professed ballhawks, and has caught more than 6,000 baseballs from major league parks.

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A juvenile offender received congratulations after completing a half-marathon in Boston in late May.

DYS program aims to get offenders back on track

The “Sole Train” running program has been a source of encouragement for detainees at the Judge Connelly Youth Center.

Columnists

Ma Ying-jeou, now president of Taiwan, rallied supporters in 2006.

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How a Harvard rivalry changed Taiwan

Boston Capital

Stock pickers need years to regain trust

Juliette Kayyem

The politics of disaster
Mitt Romney vowed to repeal the health care overhaul Thursday after it was upheld by the Supreme Court.

Joan Vennochi

On health care, it’s Romney vs. Romney

Jeff Jacoby

There’s no danger in a nuclear Iran? Really?

Joanna Weiss

PAC some life into the Brown-Warren Senate race

Bob Ryan

ABCD comes up with a ‘Dream’ pairing

Yvonne Abraham

Another last chance for English High
Brad McNamara (right) and Jon Friedman, cofounders of Freight Farms, are hoping to create greenhouses from shipping containers.

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Firms plant hopes on urban garden space

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Get that colonoscopy

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Health care ruling aids Obama in three ways

Brian McGrory

The tax man tries to devour a restaurant

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Barclays CEO Bob Diamond

Barclays CEO resigns amid scandal

Bob Diamond and two other top managers are leaving the British financial firm after it was fined $453 million for submitting false reports on borrowing rates.

Politics

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Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann, enjoyed a perfect summer day Monday on a jet ski on Lake Winnipesaukee in Wolfeboro, N.H., where the GOP’s presumptive presidential nominee has a vacation home.

Embattled banker drops out of Romney fund-raiser

The campaign says the embattled former CEO of Barclays bank will no longer co-host a London event for the presumptive GOP nominee.

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Janet Arnett sat in her apartment in Epiphany House, a low-income senior home in Baltimore, on Tuesday as she awaited return of electricity after last weekend's severe storms.

Frustrations grow as power remains out on East Coast

Power remained off for about 1.26 million customers, and authorities feared the death toll would grow from 24.

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The core of Suzanne Joinson’s novel is the link between two women: a 1920s adventurer and a think tank researcher.

‘A Lady Cyclist’s Guide to Kashgar’ by Suzanne Joinson

The core of Joinson’s novel is the link between two women: a 1920s adventurer and a think tank researcher.

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G Force

One-time SEAL now leads nonprofit benefiting elite Navy unit

The SEAL Foundation goes beyond what the Navy provides for members of the special forces unit, as well as their families and support staff.

“There’s going to be more of a push for us to perform, but unless there’s a corresponding push for more funding, I don’t think it’s right.”

Joseph LeBlanc,  Mass. Community College Council president

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A West Falmouth home where sea meets sunset
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5 casual feast recipes from Sam Jackson
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40 ideas for your New England summer weekends

Opinion

“The new, post-recession building boom is a thankless grind, marked by false starts and lowered ambitions.”

Paul McMorrow 

Ideas

“In a growing body of work, Timur Kuran argues that the blame for the Islamic world’s economic stagnation lies with a set of institutions that Islamic law created over centuries.”

Thanassis Cambanis,  on the economic toll of Islamic law