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Colorado gunman kills 12, wounds 59 in movie theater massacre

Tom Sullivan embraced family outside the high school where he had been waiting for word about his son, Alex.

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A man dressed in full body armor and carrying three weapons opened fire in a crowded theater at a midnight showing of the new Batman movie early Friday, officials said.

DERRICK Z. JACKSON

Wake up, Capitol Hill

Another shooting tragedy erupts, and few have the courage to talk gun control.

Moviegoers describe scenes of horror, chaos

One survivor said that when a man appeared at the front of the theater clad in dark clothing looking like a SWAT team member, the audience ‘‘thought it was a joke, a hoax.’’

Christopher L. Gasper

NBA’s Olympic age-limit proposal isn’t golden

Kobe Bryant is right. NBA commissioner David Stern’s proposal to limit the NBA players in the 2016 Olympics to those 23 and under (with three age-limit exceptions) is “stupid.”

Boston school chief announces full review of top staff

Following recent questions over her leadership, Carol R. Johnson said a full review of her leadership team would probably lead to a major shakeup and possibly some departures.

VP speculation marks latest stage of Kelly Ayotte’s ascent

The New Hampshire senator, less than two years into her first term, is being considered as a serious contender to join Mitt Romney’s Republican ticket.

The Saucony marketing team prepared to ship running shoes to London for athletes competing in the Olympics.

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Mass. firms sponsor Olympians for chance at global exposure

With 4 billion people expected to watch the Olympics, endorsements can boost sales for companies such as Saucony, New Balance, and Gillette.

Adrian Walker

Lowell teens fight for right to vote

The Legislature should do the right thing and give 17-year-olds the right to vote in city elections.

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The New England Aquarium

The aquarium opened in the summer of 1969 and was part of the waterfront urban renewal plan that transformed Central Wharf.

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The line at Dresser Hill’s ordering windows did not deter customers from buying ice cream at the popular destination.

The Roads to Summer

Dresser Hill ice cream offers a summer boost

Members of the Hong Kong Ballet perform “Symphony in Three Movements,” the most successful of the three pieces on the Jacob’s Pillow program.

Dance Review

Hong Kong Ballet crosses cultures with the universal language of dance

Jim Graczyk battles a fish with guide D.J. Shinduke ready with a net. Graczyk’s late son, Jeremy, had loved fishing.

Sunday Preview | Travel

Fishing, remembering on an island off British Columbia

Above: Dr. Larry Cohan has access to his computer while he talks with patient Isaac Brown.

Living with screens

Clicking with your doctor

Jerenso Figueroa, 5, cooled off in the water fountains in Cordero Park in Chelsea.

Photo Gallery

Globe photos of the week

Strip T’s Burger.

Exclusive Sunday Preview | Globe Magazine

25 best burgers around Boston

Cody Ross won Thursday night’s game with a walkoff, three-run homer against the White Sox.

Dan Shaughnessy

Cody Ross loves the pressure

Gino Cappelletti is on all-time All-AFL team.

sports media

Gino Cappelletti retiring from Patriots’ radio booth

At Middlesex Truck & Coach, Mitt Romney suggested that businesses do not owe their success to the government.

In Roxbury, Romney hits Obama’s business message

Boston musician Brian Evans outside Fenway Park. His song was selected to be Fenway's 100th anniversary song.

Singing Fenway’s praises

Kelli O’Hara, as Cathy, and Brandon Victor Dixon, as Raymond, rehearse a scene from “Far From Heaven,’’ a new musical adapted from the 2002 film.

‘Far From Heaven’ becomes a musical at Williamstown

Jackie Reeves rediscovers her art just as gallery discovers her

Sports

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Josh Beckett, accompanied to the dugout by Kelly Shoppach, allowed five runs and seven hits in his six-inning stint.

Josh Beckett struggles as Red Sox fall to Jays

Beckett gave up a pair of runs in each of the first two innings and another run in the fifth.

Metro

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Carina Shane of Sweden was floating in an innertube tied to a boat off of Truro near a humpback whale on Saturday, July 14.

Woman has close encounter with whales off Truro

A woman relaxing on an inner tube off the coast of Truro got quite a surprise when she was joined by three humpback whales last weekend.

Columnists

DERRICK Z. JACKSON

Time to wake up on gun control

opinion | LAWRENCE HARMON

Schools need justice, not kindness

Adrian Walker

Lowell teens fight for right to vote

Christopher L. Gasper

NBA’s Olympic age-limit proposal isn’t golden

scot lehigh

Romney and Kerry’s seesawing political fortunes

CARLO ROTELLA

Creative impulses help shape our neighborhoods

Steven Syre

A word of caution on Mass. health cost reform

Dan Shaughnessy

Pedroia says he and Valentine get along fine

Juliette Kayyem

Bachmann’s anti-Muslim paranoia

Yvonne Abraham

Boston superintendent controversy not a race matter

Tech Lab

Photo sites worth seeing

The Rev. Michel Louis, (seated left), Lissa Alphonse, and Egyptian tour guide Hithem Mohamed rested at a police station after they were released by their kidnappers in Egypt.

joan vennochi

Kerry, Brown compete for credit after hostage release

Business

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Kayak sold 3.5 million shares at $26 almost two years after the company first filed paperwork to go public.

Online travel firm Kayak rises in Wall Street debut

Shares rose 28 percent on Friday, the company’s first day of trading in the only initial public offering for a consumer Internet company since Facebook’s disappointing debut.

Politics

Campaigns take somber tone after shootings

In separate appearances Thursday, President Obama and Mitt Romney muted expected attacks on each other to instead deliver somber tributes to the victims.

Nation & World

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Syrian troops celebrated a rout of rebels in the Damascus neighborhood of Mida on Friday. Nearly 450 people were reported killed Thursday and Friday.

UN approves extension of mission to Syria

The 15-0 vote came only a few hours before the 300-member mission’s authorization was to expire.

Arts

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Stage Review

Lauren Weintraub (left, with Elena Carmichael) in the lead role of North Shore Music Theatre’s production of “Annie.”

On the North Shore, an ‘Annie’ for hard times

Despite the down economy, there’s nothing like hearing “Tomorrow” to make you think that financial security is just around the corner.

Magazine

The cover for the July 15 2012 issue

Jul 15, 2012

12 Bostonians Changing the World

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