Mass. borders are no barrier to guns sold nearby

Variation in guns laws from state to state may be complicating law enforcement efforts, especially in regions such as New England.

Lieutenant Colonel Jenns Robertson’s project is aiding efforts to spot unexploded bombs that still endanger civilians.

MEG MCKINNEY FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE

Bomb database useful for past, present wars

Lieutenant Colonel Jenns Robertson documented almost every bombing mission carried out by the US military and its allies over the last 100 years.

Students train to become video game designers

Eighteen students, mostly from Mass. colleges, have participated in a state-sponsored summer program aimed at developing the next generation of video game designers.

The group of delegates — originally supporters of Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul — were elected in April caucuses at which they unexpectedly defeated many of Mitt Romney’s chosen delegates, but they have been since disqualified by state party officials.

Ron Paul delegates fight GOP on ouster

Sixteen Republicans elected to represent Mass. at the national convention say they were unfairly disqualified based on state GOP leaders’ concerns about their fealty to Mitt Romney.

“We’re trying to change biomedical research globally,” said Jose-Carlos “J.C.” Gutierrez-Ramos.

Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff

Pfizer picks Boston for innovation HQ

Pfizer Inc.’s Centers for Therapeutic Innovation has established its base in Boston, hoping to bring more treatments to market by working with academic researchers.

Adrian Walker

Mashpee Wampanoag possibly gave too much

The tribe may have made so many concessions with the state for a casino in Taunton that it will struggle to win approval from the federal Department of the Interior.

Reigning world titlist Jordyn Wieber (left) walks off after failing to qualify for Thursday’s all-around. But she can still help the US win team gold.

ON GYMNASTICS

Gymnastics can be a tricky balancing act

Reigning world titlist Jordyn Wieber failed to qualify for Thursday’s all-around, but she can still help the US women win team gold.

Ryan Lochte says he’ll continue swimming as long as he enjoys it, and it doesn’t get much more enjoyable than a gold medal in the 400-meter IM.

Amid pressure, Ryan Lochte focuses on the fun

Lochte, who has won a gold medal in the 400-meter IM and a silver in the 4 x 100 freestyle relay at the London Games, says he’ll continue swimming as long as he enjoys it.

Lebron James and the US went on an 11-0 run to open the second quarter, and things never got better for the French.

Bob Ryan

France no match for US in men’s basketball

If the team exists that is going to deny the USA a gold medal in men’s basketball at the Olympics, it’s not going to be France.

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The completion of the Charles River Dam Bridge on June 30, 1910, created the Charles River Basin and gave Boston the waterway that is now integral to our urban experience.

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Chris Martin and Guy Berryman of Coldplay in Los Angeles in February. Stage tricks the group offered Sunday night, including remote-activated flashing wristbands for the audience, didn’t detract from the music.

MUSIC REVIEW

Coldplay rocks the house at TD Garden

opinion | john e. sununu

Party conventions are coming! (woot! woot!)
From left: Meghan Hukowicz, her son, Brady Zoll, and friend Diane Kieras-Ciolkos, who acted as gestational carrier.

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Friendship as the foundation of surrogacy
With their guitars, fiddle, washboard, and banjo, the Spirit Family Reunion captured the essence of the early days of the Newport Folk Festival.

Music Review

Newport Folk Festival returns to its roots
“I thought a lot about whether I should reinvent Joe for the 21st century . . . [but] I didn’t hear a whole lot that I wanted to be like,” said Joe Walsh.

Joe Walsh is keeping his mojo alive

G Force

As the human species continues to evolve
“Most of our animal contact is more a people problem than an animal problem,” says Major Wilton Gray III.

First Person

The man who gave the order to knock down the Brookline bear
Eryn Maynard, a graduate student at MIT, was one of the lucky ones: Google gets 40,000 internship applications a year.

Coolest internships

At Google, interns are ‘superstars’
Jacob Sattelmair and his partners, interns at Highland Capital, worked on a mobile application that helps heart attack victims navigate and monitor their recoveries.

Coolest internships

Highland Capital Partners helps interns start their own companies

opinion | TOM KEANE

Rejecting Chick-fil-A is a good power play for mayor

ideas

Boston’s lost island neighborhood

In Vergennes, moorings on Otter Creek, near where Thomas Macdonough built a fleet for a War of 1812 battle.

History looms large in Vermont’s smallest city

Sports

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Red Sox 3, Yankees 2

Swinging at the first pitch he saw in the 10th inning, Pedro Ciriaco drops a single into right to drive in what would be the winning run.

Red Sox beat Yankees on Pedro Ciriaco blooper

Swinging at the first pitch he saw in the 10th inning, Ciriaco dropped a single into right to drive in what would be the game-winning run.

Metro

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Genevieve King earned respect through her quiet but firm leadership style, one colleague recalls.

Void at top as female Boston detective retires

The retirement of Genevieve King, 55, the first female captain detective in the city, means the department has no female captains in its command staff.

Columnists

Dan Shaughnessy

Hunting for signs of hope with the Red Sox

JULIETTE KAYYEM

In Galapagos, influx prompts harsh migration policy

Adrian Walker

Mashpee Wampanoag possibly gave too much
Lebron James and the US went on an 11-0 run to open the second quarter, and things never got better for the French.

Bob Ryan

France no match for US in men’s basketball
A 2-year-old girl looks up at the statue of Joe Paterno outside Beaver Stadium on Penn State’s campus in November 2011. School officials removed the 900-pound bronze statue and surrounding tribute last Sunday and moved it to an undisclosed location.

opinion | JOAN VENNOCHI

A teachable moment for Penn State

JOANNA WEISS

The mysteries of a high-deductible health plan

Yvonne Abraham

Eritrean soccer players hanging on to a dream
Jon Lester, looking to break a three-game losing streak, gestures to his infielders during a scoreless first inning. Lester went six innings against the Yankees, allowing four runs.

Dan Shaughnessy

Red Sox’ Valentine has to be careful managing Carl Crawford

The men’s 155-mile road race, won by Alexander Vinokourov of Kazakhstan, cycles through London’s Richmond Park.

Bob Ryan

Britain’s couldn’t keep up the pace in men’s road race

Dan Shaughnessy

The Red Sox are done

lawrence harmon

Privatization of Brighton field would set bad precedent

Christopher L. Gasper

Rob Gronkowski focusing on football, not fame

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Mario Draghi faces the complicated task of delivering on a promise to do ‘‘whatever it takes to preserve the euro.’’

Vow to rescue the euro raises pressure to act

Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank, is tasked with delivering on last week’s promise to do ‘‘whatever it takes to preserve the euro.’’

Politics

Mitt Romney visited Jerusalem’s Western Wall.

In Jerusalem, Romney vows strong support

Mitt Romney declared the city the capital of Israel and said that blocking Iran’s quest for nuclear weapons is “our highest national security priority.”

Nation & World

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A Free Syrian Army member aimed his weapon after hearing shelling at Aleppo’s district of al-Sukkari on Saturday. More and more civilians are leaving the area.

Syria’s rebels hold Aleppo neighborhoods

Syria accused Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Turkey of trying to destroy the country as regime troops fought to retake control of strategic Aleppo from insurgents.

Arts

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Music Review

Charles Dutoit conducting Berlioz’s “The Damnation of Faust” Saturday night at Tanglewood in Lenox.

Faust’s journey to hell, in orchestral Technicolor

Charles Dutoit returned to the podium at Tanglewood on Saturday to lead a rousing and stylish performance of Berlioz’s “The Damnation of Faust.”

Health and wellness

Daily Dose

Are Olympic athletes really genetically superior?

As the Olympic Games begin in London, so too will debates focusing on the medical implications of becoming a world-class athlete.

“The national gun lobby has put a lot of effort at chipping away at state gun laws, and it’s affecting New England.”

Lindsay Nichols,  of the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence

Magazine

The cover for the July 29 2012 issue

Connected, powerful 21st-century moms
The cover for the July 22 2012 issue

25 best burgers around Boston
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

Opinion

“Putting it under wraps does not relieve Penn State of its duty to confront the good, the bad, and the ugly of Paterno’s legacy and learn from it.”

Joan Vennochi, on Joe Paterno’s statue

Ideas

“It might seem surprising that something as dramatic as a floating neighborhood would ever be proposed in Boston, but the city had a long history of building outward to the water.”

Courtney Humphries,   on Boston’s lost island neighborhood