Obama camp rallies base in red states

President Obama’s campaign is trying to build the party apparatus in states that have been traditionally Republican in an effort to make them eventually winnable for Democrats.

Mitt Romney’s leave from Bain Capital sparked a nasty political fight this month after President Obama's campaign blamed the Republican for outsourcing and layoffs at companies owned by Bain Capital a decade ago.

Few rules govern leaves like Mitt Romney’s

Romney, who left Bain Capital in 1999 to oversee the Winter Olympics, was not the first top executive to take a leave of absence and almost certainly won’t be the last.

Senator Scott Brown, a Republican, has been pointing to his homegrown fundraising to draw a contrast with ­Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat and a Harvard Law School professor.

Brown raises more large gifts from Mass. than Warren

In contrast to challenger Elizabeth Warren, Senator Scott Brown is collecting most of his high-dollar donations in Massachusetts, according to a Globe analysis.

Brian McGrory

There’s no way to avoid political ads on TV

From early September through the first week of November, ­Labor Day to Election Day, there will be an unprecedented onslaught of political advertising on Boston TV.

Nurse Nicole Akisanye (left) prepared to adminster a chemotherapy treatment to a breast cancer patient in the new cancer ward at the Butaro Hospital in Rwanda.

PARTNERS IN HEALTH

A boost from Boston in Rwanda’s cancer fight

Butaro Hospital, the first cancer ward in rural East Africa, opened last week with a big helping of Boston medical know-how.

Red Sox lefthander Jon Lester’s season-long struggles — he’s 5-7 — continued with a loss to the White Sox.

Dan Shaughnessy

No excuse for Jon Lester’s frustrating season

The Red Sox lefthander’s season-long struggles — he’s 5-7 — continued with a loss to the White Sox, where he was lit up for six runs in only four innings.

Chris Webster of Hookset, N.H., looked over a huge selection of Boston Red Sox shirts one day recently at the Yawkey Way Store.

As Red Sox struggle, restaurants thrive

While sales of Red Sox merchandise have declined, restaurants and bars say customers are spending less time in the park and more time inside their venues.

Marissa Mayer, who is pregnant with her first child, is the new head of Yahoo.

New Yahoo chief takes on position amid pregnancy

Marissa Mayer, 37, a highly respected former Google executive, is pregnant — and the Yahoo board knew all about it when it appointed her.

A flying leap from the dock at Castle Island was one way to contend with the humidity and 97-degree heat on Tuesday. Many others found respite in air-conditioning on what turned out to be the 110th anniversary of the cooling technology.

Amid blistering heat, quest for air conditioning

With the humidity and 97-degree heat on Tuesday, many found respite in air-conditioning on what turned out to be the 110th anniversary of the cooling technology.

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Steven Tyler and his bandmates played before a soldout crowd Tuesday night.

Music Review

Everything balances out just right for Aerosmith
KO at the Shipyard offers a diverse menu, with Aussie pies a highlight.

Cheap Eats

KO at the Shipyard opens in East Boston
Ryan Overberg plays the Presley-esque singer who thrills the girls in Reagle Music Theatre’s “Bye Bye Birdie.”

STAGE REVIEW

‘Bye Bye Birdie’ sizzles in its 50s
Megan Porter, a college fellow, picks beans with intern Sophie Burnieka.

Cambridge students grow it and cook it
MITT ROMNEY

Romney’s potential running mates
“Double Time” author Jane Roper and her husband, Alastair Moock, with their now 5-year-old twins, Clio (in yellow) and Elsa, at their Medford home.

G cover

Mother of twins chronicles terror, joy of first three years

The parking garage in front of the New England Aquarium as seen from the Greenway in this June 2, 2010 file photo.

Paul McMorrow

How to make parking garages in Boston obsolete
Mass. General Hospital plans to celebrate its top ranking on Tuesday with Mayor Thomas Menino and a rolling rally

Mass. General named best hospital in US
Sean Cote as Guildenstern and Ron Lacey as Rosencrantz.

Stage Review

Apollinaire’s ‘Rosencrantz and Guildenstern’ is very much alive
Massachusetts-born painter Eric Aho depicts a collision of ice blocks on black water in “Ice Field.”

Art Review

Contemporary painters bring dynamism, drama to N.E. landscapes
Kevin Youkilis, left, caught up with ex-teammate David Ortiz before Monday’s game.

Bob Ryan

Kevin Youkilis deserves his comfortable spot

CD review | R&B

Frank Ocean, ‘Channel Orange’

Sports

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White Sox 7, Red Sox 5

The White Sox’ Kevin Youkilis rounds first after belting a three-run homer in the fourth off old friend Jon Lester.

Kevin Youkilis’s 3-run blast rips the Red Sox

Youkilis clobbered his first homer at Fenway Park as a visitor, as the White Sox held off a late rally to beat the Red Sox, 7-5.

Metro

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John O’Brien faces federal racketeering, conspiracy and mail fraud charges that could result in up to 20 years in prison and $250,000 fines for his role in allegedly administering a rigged hiring process.

Former aides get immunity in probation probe

Two aides to ex-probation chief John J. O’Brien have been granted immunity from prosecution in exchange for testifying against him, a state prosecutor disclosed in court.

Columnists

Jeff Jacoby

A book lover’s lament

scot lehigh

Echoes of the Ryan budget
Red Sox lefthander Jon Lester’s season-long struggles — he’s 5-7 — continued with a loss to the White Sox.

Dan Shaughnessy

No excuse for Jon Lester’s frustrating season

Brian McGrory

There’s no way to avoid political ads on TV
The halo over the late Joe Paterno was removed on July 14 by artist Michael Pilato.

Joanna Weiss

Paterno supporters show human tendency to defend the indefensible

farah stockman

Uncertainty on taxes has a high cost for US economy
Kevin Youkilis, left, caught up with ex-teammate David Ortiz before Monday’s game.

Bob Ryan

Kevin Youkilis deserves his comfortable spot

Boston Capital

A struggle for straight answers from Romney

Tech Lab Plus

Local app helps you navigate selling sites

JULIETTE KAYYEM

Women in combat are not a cause of sexual assault, but could be the cure
MIT’s Bill Aulet talked about CloudTop’s plans.

Innovation Economy

Entrepreneurs offer key factors to win investors
(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

Business

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Scott Savitz is Data Point’s only general partner.

Shoebuy founder turns to investing

Scott Savitz, founder of Web retailer Shoebuy.com, has launched a new venture capital firm with a starting fund of $50 million and an advisory board of Internet veterans.

Politics

Political Notebook

“Politically, I think that would help him,” Ron Paul — technically still a Republican presidential candidate — told Politico. “In the scheme of things politically, you know, it looks like releasing tax returns is what the people want.”

Paul, Perry call on Romney to release more tax returns

Rep. Ron Paul and Texas Governor Rick Perry added their voices to the chorus of conservatives advising Mitt Romney to release additional tax returns.

Nation & World

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had sought a system that would gradually draft growing numbers of ­ultra-Orthodox over several years and continue the exemptions for a smaller number of them.

Draft dispute roils Israeli government

The moderate Kadima Party pulled out of Israel’s government, leaving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with a coalition opposed to most Mideast peace overtures.

Arts

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BOOK REVIEW

‘A Million Heavens’ by John Brandon

The story details interwoven tales of a bunch of “vigilers” keeping watch in the parking lot of a hospital where a young coma victim resides.

Food & dining

Chef Todd English prepared food at Olives in Charlestown.

Chef Todd English reopens Charlestown restaurant Olives

The renovated restaurant’s menu is dotted with works in progress.

“It takes awhile, but look at North Carolina. No one could have said eight years ago it would be a swing state.”

Sebastian Wygoda,  an Obama campaign volunteer in Alabama

Magazine

The cover for the July 15 2012 issue

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

“I suppose it’s time I faced reality: I’ll never catch up on my must-read list. How can I, when they keep publishing books I’m so impatient to read?”

Jeff Jacoby 

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