Filings on Romney raise questions over Bain tenure

Mitt Romney has asserted he left the firm in 1999, but records show Bain listed him on government filings as the man in charge through 2002.

Obama, Romney camps swap accusations

A new Romney ad accuses Obama of misleading attacks, while the Obama campaign accused Romney of lying following a Globe report on his tenure at Bain Capital.

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SJC rules state can use Mass Pike tolls for Big Dig

The state’s highest court threw out a lawsuit by commuters who objected to tolls being used to pay for the Big Dig.

In the fourth installment of “Ice Age,’’ Denis Leary, John Leguizamo, and Ray Romano, respectively, are back as the voices of prehistoric pals (from left) Diego, Sid, and Manny.

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Shivering their timbers in ‘Ice Age’

For their fourth outing, prehistoric pals are dropped into a pirate tale that couldn’t feel any more arbitrarily conceived.

Youngsters in the Dominican Republic vie for the attention of Major League Baseball and team scouts, behind whom stand the prospect of fame and wealth.

Friday Preview | MOVIE REVIEW

‘Ballplayer: Pelotero’ a well-crafted, revealing film

The documentary, produced by Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine, is essential education for baseball fans. It’s a bonus that it’s so entertaining.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2012/07/12/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/shaughnessy.png After today’s scathing report, Penn State should shut down football program

Playing football this fall would be just another demonstration that the vaunted football program is more important to Penn State than protecting children.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2012/07/09/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/mag0715%20essay%20A1.jpg ‘Team player’ principle worsened Penn State scandal

At what point does a sense of loyalty to an organization above all else lead us to overlook obvious wrongdoing?

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Dubbed the “Coney Island of New England,” Revere Beach was established as the country’s first public beach in 1896, attracting people from all over the region.

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“The article I read this morning was so ... scientific. I didn’t really get all of it,” said Brian Connor, a math teacher.

Higgs boson particle stirs some, perplexes many

Yvonne Abraham

Boston school chief fails test
Stevie Nicks performed in New York City July 2.

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Stevie Nicks seamlessly weaves old and new
Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard during a game against the Knicks on March 28 in New York.

Bob Ryan

For NBA big men, LA is a big draw
The gala will be held under a massive tent made to resemble a 1930s nightclub. The event will be lit by crystal chandeliers.

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Behind the scenes of Tanglewood’s 75th Anniversary Gala
Above: “Bowl of Fruit With Flame Orange Tissue, Week #7’’ by James Aponovich.

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Art galleries at the Clark and Ningyo

Vinny Ross (right) of Somerville says making ends meet with his college loans has been a stretch.

Opinion | The Podium

Will student loans be the next mortgage crisis?

Opinion | Rose Moss

Socializing can mend Washington’s ways
Christopher Wilkins conducted as Robert Honeysucker sang with the Boston Landmarks Orchestra at the Hatch Shell on Wednesday.

MUSIC REVIEW

With Landmarks Orchestra, Copland under cloudless skies
Jessica Reinhard, a graphic designer, took notes at the JavaScript boot camp.

Software company wants all workers to know code
Richard DesLauriers, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Boston division, spoke during a press conference announcing the takedown of an alleged multimillion-dollar drug ring.

Suspects’ affluent ways helped spur drug inquiry

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The Red Sox have been without Jacoby Ellsbury since April 13, when he suffered a right shoulder injury.

Red Sox have what it takes to contend

The most injured team in baseball needs elite players like Jacoby Ellsbury to step up. If they do, a playoff spot is still possible.

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Embry says the memories drove him to depression. “I have made progress but am not the man I used to be,” he said.

Man files sexual abuse lawsuit against Harvard

Stephen Embry alleges he was repeatedly molested by a swimming coach at the campus from 1969 to 1972, beginning when he was barely 12.

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Juliette Kayyem

BC case throws cold water on IRA, academia

edward l. glaeser

Public pension difficulties for Mass. towns

Tech Lab

A most capable cable box
Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard during a game against the Knicks on March 28 in New York.

Bob Ryan

For NBA big men, LA is a big draw

Yvonne Abraham

Boston school chief fails test

Scot Lehigh

The duel over tax breaks

Jeff Jacoby

Minimum wage laws are costly for the unemployed
Pakistani-made clothes were on display in India. Pakistan is one of the largest producers of textiles.

opinion | Farah Stockman

Trade vs. aid with Pakistan

Boston Capital

More angst over the European economy
Jon Lester’s record fell to 5-6 after he surrendered four earned runs in 4 1/3 innings in a loss to the Yankees last week.

Dan Shaughnessy

What happened to the Red Sox?
Ray Allen looked for the pass in Game 5 of the Celtics’ Eastern Conference Finals playoff series against Miami.

Bob Ryan

Bashing Ray Allen for leaving is just wrong

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Samsung serves up a worthy iPhone rival

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Tristan Jehan, cofounder and chief scientific officer of The Echo Nest, worked in his office on Wednesday.

Somerville online music pioneers get $17.3 million in funding

About 30 music-obsessed computer engineers who work for The Echo Nest determine what listeners of Spotify hear once they log on and start listening.

Politics

Speaker John Boehner of Ohio after the Republican-controlled House voted 244 to 185 for repeal. The bill passed Wednesday has no chance of approval in the Senate.

House passes bill to repeal health care law

The bill has no chance of approval in the Senate and would face a veto from Obama if it ever got to him

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Judge continues to block Mississippi abortion law

A federal judge on Wednesday continued to block a state law that threatens to shut down Mississippi’s only abortion clinic.

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Book Review

‘The Nightmare’ by Lars Kepler

The story gives US fans of Lars Kepler’s Scandinavian mysteries a second look at Joona Linna.

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Before sitting down to their meal, guests found their way to the bar to mix their own cocktails. They also snacked on oysters and crudites.

How to host the perfect summer garden party

Chef Tiffani Faison and Dominick Doyle team up to create a relaxed garden party. So can you.

“I thought I’d wake up floating above my bed.”

7-year-old Ivan Paus on the discovery of the Higgs boson

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The cover for the July 8 2012 issue

N.Y. vs. Boston: The endgame
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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

Opinion

“Closure of this historic struggle, or any other, is not advanced through some perceived and self-appointed academic privilege invoked by American researchers.”

Juliette Kayyem 

Ideas

“By taking massive numbers of songs, symphonies, and sonatas, turning them into cold, hard data, and analyzing them with computers, we can learn things about music that would have previously been impossible to uncover.”

Leon Neyfakh,  on what computers are teaching us about music