Superintendents circumvent state pension law

By getting salary ­increases, school chiefs have maneuvered around a closed loophole that had allowed employees to boost pensions by counting fringe benefits as part of their salary.

Boston colleges give back, but to what degree?

As tuitions rise and the economy drags, there is a desire to measure higher education’s return on investment. Two new reports give the task a try.

Among Facebook users, President Obama is far more popular than Mitt Romney.

Headstart for Democrats in the digital campaign

The expanding digital frontier has emerged as another battle line in the campaign for the White House.

Weak jobs report may hurt Obama’s campaign

US employers added only 80,000 jobs in June, the third straight month of weak hiring and a potential setback for the campaign to reelect President Obama.

Jarrod Saltalamacchia walked off after striking out in the ninth inning Friday night at Fenway Park.

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Yankees 10, Red Sox 8

Red Sox pitching belted by Yankees

After a terrible start by Josh Beckett, the bulllpen faltered, and the Sox lost their fourth straight. They now trail the first-place Yankees by 8½ games.

Christopher L. Gasper

Carl Crawford stands by allegation of racial slur

We are forced to contemplate the same old tired story of African-American ballplayers and Boston after a fan directed a racial comment toward Crawford during a Double A game.

The Celtics’ Big Three of Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen, and Paul Pierce captured the 2008 NBA title in their first season together.

Ray Allen leaving Celtics to sign with Heat

The Big Three is officially a memory because Allen is headed to South Beach.

Nancy Mantilla says business has boomed at her Flores Mantilla flower shop in Marblehead since a movie crew arrived.

Massachusetts towns get boost from Hollywood movies

This summer, film crews are deployed across the suburbs, with three major projects currently filming.

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The first of three underwater crossings beneath Boston Harbor, the Sumner Tunnel opened on June 30, 1934.

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Suns mascot Ray danced between innings Monday at west-facing Wahconah Park in Pittsfield, where fans shielded their eyes from the sun. Delays are occasionally called for the safety of hitters.

The Roads to Summer

In Pittsfield, baseball tradition takes fans way back

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Seth Meyers in line to replace Regis Philbin?

Sunday Preview | Ideas

When computers listen to music, what do they hear?
Norris Campbell wound up to make a throw.

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Cricketers get their wicket fix in Dorchester
Navy SEAL Parachute Team Chief Brad Woodard sprayed smoke while parachuting down to the Boston Common.

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Globe photos of the week, July 6, 2012
Farms across the state are stepping up their efforts to attract customers for their roadside stands, including (clockwise from up- per left) a strawberry festival and hayrides at Wilson Farm in Lexington and arrays of produce at Volante Farms in Needham.

Globe West

Farm stands and farmers markets offer much more
Women’s professional soccer is still coming to grips with two failed leagues and being labeled a niche sport.

Is there a future for women’s pro soccer?
A knife sharpener was a common sight of the streets of Boston in the decade leading up to the 1940 Census.

Census records bring 1940s Boston to life
Tourists on the Fort Independence on Thursday viewed tall ships berthed at Fish Pier for Navy Week festivities.

Boston business boomed during holiday week
Efforts to provide an ideal environment for the birds led to the nest building and egg laying, a zoo official said.

Hummingbird lays egg at Franklin Park Zoo
“Beasts of the Southern Wild” stars Quvenzhané Wallis as a girl living in a small hamlet on the coast of Louisiana in the days before and after Katrina.

Movie Review

‘Beasts’ a four-star fable
“In the Still of the Night” by Carmen Cicero.

Art Review

Harrison and Cicero on exhibit in Provincetown

Sports

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Pedroia out at least 3 weeks with thumb injury

Dustin Pedroia had his right thumb in a cast after injuring it Tuesday when he tried to make a diving catch in shallow right field.

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Mug shot of Myles Connor.

Famed art thief arrested in R.I. cellphone heist

Myles Connor, 69, who at one time was suspected of having information on the Gardner Museum theft, was arrested for allegedly robbing two women outside a store.

Columnists

The T’s economic troubles may have consequences for the economic development of Boston.

opinion | Derrick Z. Jackson

MBTA’s troubles bode ill for region

lawrence harmon

Our zero tolerance for moderation regarding drinking

Christopher L. Gasper

Carl Crawford stands by allegation of racial slur

Adrian Walker

From Boston to Tanzania, with a
MITT ROMNEY

opinion | Joshua green

Avoiding risk with the Romney Fog Machine

Opinion | SCOT LEHIGH

Former hitchhiker recalls a more trusting past

CARLO ROTELLA

Put down the phone; real life abounds

Boston Capital

Time to cut off Boston Beer’s investors

Juliette Kayyem

Immigrants, native-born see eye to eye
Mitt Romney and his wife Ann Romney took to a jet ski on Lake Winnipesaukee in Wolfeboro, N.H., on Monday.

Joan Vennochi

Romney on a jet ski — his Kerry moment?

Scot Lehigh

We need more statues

Jeff Jacoby

Celebrating, royal-free

Business

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Curt Schilling, wife defend 38 Studios over auditor report

The former Red Sox pitcher and his wife, Shonda, are disputing a report that said Rhode Island auditors were blocked from accessing the failed company’s records.

Politics

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750,000 in Pa. may be forced to sit out election

More than 750,000 Pennsylvanians may be denied a chance to vote in November unless they can come up with an acceptable form of identification.

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Oppressive heat in the Midwest breaks records

St. Louis, Milwaukee, Chicago, and several other Midwest cities have broken heat records this week, affecting residents day and night.

Arts

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Howard Jones brings double the memories to Foxborough

Jones is performing two whole albums, his mid-’80s classics “Human’s Lib” and “Dream Into Action,” in their entirety.

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Taylor Kitsch (left) and Aaron Johnson in Oliver Stone’s “Savages.”

Oliver Stone rolls with brute force in ‘Savages’

Despite a lousy ending, the film is Stone’s strongest work in years — a propulsive ultra-violent thriller with a mean streak and a devilish sense of humor.

“People used to just buy into the notion that higher ed has positive spillover effects. But now they’re saying: ‘Show me. Tell me what the effects are.’ ”

Richard Vedder,  an Ohio economist

Magazine

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

Opinion

“If Massachusetts were a giant classroom, it would be suffering from extremely low expectations regarding the ability of its residents to assimilate drinking sensibly into their daily lives.”

Lawrence Harmon 

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