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Storms bring flooding, outages

More than 23,000 people have lost power, including thousands on the North Shore, according to National Grid. Officials are also urging motorists to use caution and avoid flooded roadways.

Top Syrian officials killed in bombing

The rebel bombing killed three top regime officials, including President Bashar Assad’s brother-in-law and the country’s defense minister.

Region’s economy continues to grow moderately

A Federal Reserve report found that companies are hiring cautiously as the New England economy has fared better than some other parts of the US.

Opinion | Making Health Care Affordable

State health cost reform must address migration to PPOs

The shift of many employers from HMOs to PPOs continues the unfair practice of paying hospitals wildly different prices, writes Eric Beyer of Tufts Medical Center.

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.

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

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While sales of jerseys for all of baseball are up nearly 40 percent this seasons, sales of Red Sox jerseys are declining.

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Restaurants near Fenway Park, however, have noticed a strange and unexpected phenomenon: Business is up.

Baseball fans were hanging out in front of the Cask ’n Flagon during the first inning of the game between the Red Sox and White Sox on Monday.

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Baseball fans were hanging out in front of the Cask ’n Flagon during the first inning of a recent home game.

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Brothers Nareg and Varag Gharibjanian enjoyed a beer on the roof deck at Jerry Remy's Sports Bar & Grill.

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The Red Sox still remain among the top five teams of merchandise sold by Majestic Athletic.

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What’s up in Boston-area art galleries

The Barbara Krakow Gallery frames “Arise,” its summer group show, as an exhibition about polarities.

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Epic ‘Dark Knight Rises’ is majestic

Christopher Nolan brings his Batman trilogy to a close with an almost completely satisfying crash.

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Only about one-third of the candlepins lanes that were available in the late 1980s are still available today.

Candlepin bowling lovers aim for a comeback

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

W. D. Foster, a disabled Iraq War veteran, called voters from the Obama Alabama headquarters in Birmingham.

Obama camp rallies base in red states

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

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.

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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

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David Ortiz was hurt on this home run by Adrian Gonzalez on Monday.

David Ortiz headed to 15-day disabled list

The Red Sox will have to make do without their All-Star DH because of the Achilles’ injury he suffered on Monday.

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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.