Romney attacked on Bain exit date

Obama’s campaign accused Mitt Romney of lying about the length of his tenure at the helm of Bain Capital, while the Romney team called the charge “reckless.”

Mass. health coverage architects in demand in other states

There is a rush on to hire people who helped implement universal medical coverage in Massachusetts as states scramble to comply with President Obama’s health care law.

Advocates, families fight jail phone fees

Inmate advocates, public defenders, prisoners, and their families say outside vendors charge astronomical costs for calls, in some cases $10 for just a few minutes.

Work to rebuild the Whittier Memorial Bridge, along with four other major bridge projects, is expected to begin in the next few months.

Union-only labor for bridge project irks firms

Nonunion contractors said the Patrick administration’s decision to restrict work on a $285 million project over the Merrimack River is election-year pandering.

Brown’s staff walks back claims again

Senator Scott Brown said Tuesday that President Obama and other powerful Democrats regularly call him for help to pass legislation. But his campaign said otherwise.

Beth Rimas, an EMT whose son Sean is autistic, says it is critical for rescuers to know if someone in a house is disabled.

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Boston special-needs list could aid emergency crews

A proposed citywide registry would alert rescuers before they arrive if a child or an adult has a significant physical, mental, or developmental disability.

Brian McGrory

Maine seafood shack owner claws to the top

Steve Kingston, owner of the unassuming Clam Shack in Kennebunk, has taken to calling himself “The King of the Lobster Roll” after winning an event in New York.

Rose Art Museum names new director

Christopher Bedford would be the museum’s first permanent leader since Michael Rush left in protest over Brandeis University’s plan to sell its collection.

The athletes will stay in apartments like these in London, but tourists are likely to find hotel rates doubled during the Games.

Few Massachusetts spectators expected at London Olympics

The Olympic torch lands in London in two weeks, but Boston-area travel companies that sell packages have not found many takers.

Plume Giant plays an Electric Earth concert at Cathedral of the Pines in Rindge, N.H.

Monadnock Music, Electric Earth music festivals try to get along

As Monadnock Music emerges from controversy with new leadership, it faces the upstart classical series Electric Earth.

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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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An internal report sanctioned by Penn State said late football coach Joe Paterno was partly to blame as the school failed to protect victims before Jerry Sandusky was convicted of sexual abuse.

Dan Shaughnessy

Penn State should shut down football program
Robert Kraft and Ricki Noel Lander

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Robert Kraft and girlfriend Ricki Noel Lander go casual
LevelUp lets users make payments with their smartphones.

LevelUp ending merchant payment processing fees

Sunday Preview | Magazine

The team trap
“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.

MUSIC REVIEW

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.

style

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

Galleries

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

Sports

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Lenox Industrial Tools 301

Ryan Newman, who has won six poles and captured three Sprint Cup victories at NHMS, is back at Loudon this weekend.

Ryan Newman has excelled at NHMS

Newman, who has won six poles and captured three Sprint Cup victories at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, is back at Loudon this weekend.

Metro

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Veteran Tony Rukus says he will fight to maintain the right to display his flag outside his Wrentham home.

Flag fray stirs Wrentham’s patriotism

For a brief period, Tony Rukus and other residents of the Wrentham Housing Authority’s complex on Garden Lane were prohibited from displaying American flags outside.

Columnists

SCOT LEHIGH

Mitt Romney and his tax returns: Deja vu?

Boston Capital

Why the Libor scandal matters to everyone

joshua green

George W. Bush is the winner in tax cut duel

Brian McGrory

Maine seafood shack owner claws to the top

Juliette Kayyem

BC case throws cold water on IRA, academia

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

edward l. glaeser

Public pension difficulties for Mass. towns

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

Business

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The number of people seeking jobless aid plunged last week as automakers skipped their summer shutdowns.

Positive jobs report belies deeper concerns

The number of people seeking US unemployment benefits plunged last week. But a big reason is that automakers have skipped some of their usual summer shutdowns to keep up with demand, causing fewer temporary auto layoffs.

Politics

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Senator Susan Collins’s streak began in 1997 when she voted to confirm Madeleine Albright as secretary of state.

Biden urges NAACP to back Obama

Speaking at the NAACP conference in Houston, Vice President Joe Biden rebutted Mitt Romney’s claim that his policies would be better for black families.

Nation & World

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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton shared a toast with Pham Binh Minh, Vietnam’s minister of foreign affairs, at the ASEAN Gala Dinner in Phnom Penh on Thursday. During the meetings, Clinton warned that more confrontations over the South China Sea would occur if there was no cooperation.

Clinton seeks regional deal to South China Sea dispute

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned on Thursday of more confrontations in the South China Sea without a region-wide solution.

Arts

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Art Review

“Fantastic Monument” by Giovanni Battista Piranesi.

‘The Invention of Fantasy: Eighteenth-Century Venice’ captures romance, imagination

The Museum of Fine Arts exhibit is a casual collection of prints that capture 18th-century romance and imagination.

Movies

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MOVIE REVIEW

Tomer Sisley (with Lizzie Brocheré) plays a flawed cop and father in the French crime thriller “Sleepless Night.’’

In ‘Sleepless Night,’ crime pays (or does it?) in Paris

Another one of those French crime thrillers that wants nothing more than to run its hero and its audience entertainingly ragged.

“Taxpayers are already beleaguered. The governor is piling on more construction costs so he can curry more favor with organized labor.’’

Ronald N. Cogliano,  president of Merit Construction Alliance

Magazine

The cover for the July 8 2012 issue

N.Y. vs. Boston: The endgame
The cover for the June 24 2012 issue

A West Falmouth home where sea meets sunset
The cover for the June 17 2012 issue

What if spanking works?
The cover for the June 10 2012 issue

5 casual feast recipes from Sam Jackson

Opinion

“Judging by this week’s headlines, Democrats would like to raise taxes on the rich — but can’t even seem to agree on a definition of the term.”

Joshua Green 

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