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Jennifer Graham on how a perfectly useful car met an unnecessary and wasteful end.

The Clemens trial, though he was acquitted, was a reminder of the Mitchell Report’s impact since Roger Clemens was mentioned prominently in the report that became the official document of steroids in baseball.

Sunday Baseball Notes

Mitchell Report laid groundwork for major strides

The effects of the report and naming big names has helped clean up Major League Baseball, increasing testing as well as penalties for infractions.

It was barely two years ago that Kyle Arrington was overjoyed at making a roster out of Patriots training camp.

Sunday Football Notes

Kyle Arrington won’t pick this time to slack off

The cornerback won’t be anonymous this fall as teams prepare to face the Patriots. When you’re one of the reigning leaders in interceptions, it’s a bit tougher to hide.

Latest news

 

Obama, Romney keep sparring over Bain, tax returns

President Obama’s campaign continued Sunday to hammer Mitt Romney on the length of his tenure at Bain Capital.

Near-record heat forecast for Tuesday

The hot weather will continue in New England early this week after showers tonight, with the highest temperatures forecast for Tuesday.

Church prays for pastor abducted in Egypt

Family and church members prayed Sunday for the 61-year-old Boston Pentecostal pastor kidnapped with two others in Egypt.

Kasey Kahne holds off Hamlin at Loudon

Kahne won his second Sprint Cup race of the season by holding off Denny Hamlin at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

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Federal prosecutors are focusing on legislators who may have benefited from the Probation Department’s allegedly rigged hiring system.

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BostonGlobe.com exclusives

Opinion | Linda J. Bilmes

Afghanistan is missing from the campaign
“To make more progress in the education of leaders, we have to get better at translating knowing into doing,’’ says Nitin Nohria, the 10th dean of Harvard Business School.

Modernizing the Harvard MBA program
Houses in Kampong Phluk, Cambodia, are built on stilts to withstand the ebb and flow of the monsoon seasons.

A Cambodia shaped by water, history and resilience

Clues sought for cause of 1942 Cocoanut Grove fire
Adam Morrison (right) hasn’t played in the NBA in two years and it’s been more than three since he scored at least 10 points in a game.

Sunday Basketball Notes

Adam Morrison looks for one final chance in NBA
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Ideas | The Word

Higgs boson metaphors as clear as molasses

opinion | tom keane

In the dumps with the American Dream
The house at the left was built in 1867 and is listed at $2.35 million. It includes a three-family house on a separate parcel.

South Boston’s storied mansions up for sale
“The addictive lure is believing that if you just play long enough you will win,” said Deborah Greenslit.

Jackpot fueled therapist’s gambling addiction

Ideas

Just what’s wrong with doping?

Linda Mason.

12 Bostonians Changing the World

movies

‘Knight’ time is the right time

Sports

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Red Sox 7, Rays 3

Josh Beckett gave up three runs to the Rays in the first inning, but he shut them out in his next five frames.

Beckett and Sox rally in win over Rays

Josh Beckett persevered after a rough first inning, going six innings and not allowing another run as the Red Sox rallied to beat the Rays Sunday, 7-3.

Metro

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Investigators and rescue personnel worked at the scene of a multi-vehicle crash on Route 24 North in West bridgewater early Sunday.

Two killed in ‘horrific’ crash in West Bridgewater

A driver heading the wrong way on Route 24 caused a three-car crash early this morning that claimed the lives of a teenage girl and a man in his 40s, State Police said.

Columnists

(From left) John Stockton, Chris Mullin, and Charles Barkley had a golden experience in Barcelona in 1992.

Bob Ryan

‘Dream Team’ book a must read for fans
MIT’s Rehmi Post, Thad Starner, and Steve Mann with professor Alex Pentland, part of the Perceptual Computing Group.

INNOVATION ECONOMY

MIT ‘borgs’ still back wearable technology

Jeff Jacoby

Life sentence not ‘unusual’ for minors

Yvonne Abraham

East Boston shipyard has an ugly beauty
Boston school superintendent Carol Johnson mishandled the discipline of a former headmaster.

LAWRENCE HARMON

Carol Johnson’s mind-boggling blunders
Joe Paterno was pictured in this Sept. 30, 2008 file photo.

Christopher L. Gasper

Joe Paterno chose his legacy over integrity

Adrian Walker

Mothers united by enduring pain of senseless death
The Clam Shack in Kennebunkport, Maine.

Brian McGrory

Maine seafood shack owner claws to the top

Boston Capital

Why the Libor scandal matters to everyone

joshua green

George W. Bush is the winner in tax cut duel

JOAN WICKERSHAM

Your identity, adrift

SCOT LEHIGH

Mitt Romney and his tax returns: Deja vu?

Business

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On the Job

Iris Matos carves fruit into bouquets and other creations as the production manager at at Edible Arrangements.

‘Fruit artist’ puts her skills on display

Iris Matos prides herself on beautifully arranged bouquets and arrangements of sculpted fresh fruit that she creates for Edible Arrangements in Methuen.

Politics

POLITICAL NOTEBOOK

Republicans are nervous about what some see as the Romney campaign’s relative passivity in the face of the onslaught by the Obama team.

Wisconsin governor offers Mitt Romney advice

Governor Scott Walker, who survived a tough recall election last month, has some advice for Romney: Get on offense and stay on offense.

Nation & World

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Adnan Hawash (right), a former Syrian army officer staying in Antakya, Turkey, learned that his son had been killed in fighting Thursday.

Reports of Syrian massacre challenged

New details emerging about what activists called a massacre of civilians near Hama indicated that it was more likely an uneven clash between the military and local fighters.

Arts

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Which TV shows belong in the canon, like ‘Great Books’ of the past?

As the best TV grows in consistency, depth, and prestige, it’s a familiar leap to apply the metaphor of literature to the most acclaimed shows. What should last?

Travel

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Seguin Island’s lighthouse is the second oldest in Maine and its highest above sea level.

Travel to remote Seguin Island and its historic light station

The 64-acre Maine island can be reached seasonally by boat or, for the experienced and adventurous, sea kayak.

Books

book review

‘When we were the Kennedys’ by Monica Wood

Shattering loss darkens a sun-drenched life in Monica Wood’s memoir of the early ’60s.

“Every kid in Southie loved those houses. I would hate for them to tear it down.”

Joanne Sweeney,  a lifelong South Boston resident

Magazine

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12 Bostonians Changing the World
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?

Opinion

“The American-led intervention in Libya may have given Al Qaeda one of its greatest triumphs since 9/11.”

Stephen Kinzer 

Ideas

“Iran’s so-called halal Internet will be a kind of anti-Internet—a self-contained loop within Iran’s borders featuring only regime-approved sites, and cut off from the World Wide Web.”

Abraham Riesman,  on bottled, national Internets