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Lawmakers reject Patrick’s amendment to ‘three-strikes’ bill

The move by the state House and Senate sets up a showdown with Governor Deval Patrick over changes to the law that would have given judges leeway in sentencing certain repeat offenders.

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US Representative Barney Frank joins Globe subscribers for a discussion on politics.

Romney’s remarks draw ire of Palestinians

Speaking at a Jerusalem fund-raiser, Mitt Romney said Israeli culture helped them become more economically successful than Palestinians.

Democrats move to formally back gay marriage

The party’s platform drafting committee voted to include language backing gay marriage during a weekend meeting, a Democratic official said.

Timothy Cahill seeks delay in trial on corruption charges

Lawyers for the former state treasurer want a delay so they can review thousands of pages of material that prosecutors are expected to turn over.

US Swimming

Missy Franklin, Matt Grevers shine while Ryan Lochte falters

Lochte failed to medal in the men’s 200-meter freestyle, but Franklin and Grevers won gold in the women’s and men’s 100-meter backstroke.

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Missy Franklin celebrated after winning gold in the women's 100-meter backstroke.

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Matt Grevers (right) and Nick Thoman celebrated after Grevers won gold and Thoman won silver in the men's 100-meter backstroke.

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Ryan Lochte reacted after coming in fourth in the men's 200-meter freestyle final.

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US gymnast Danell Leyva fell off the pommel horse during the men's team final. The team finished fifth.

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Michael Phelps exploded out of the water in his heat in the Men's 200m Butterfly.

BG.COM OLYMPIC DAY 4 SLIDER Australia's Elizabeth Cambage, left, reaches back as she tries to block a shot by Isabelle Yacoubou during a women's basketball game at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 30, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

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Australia's Elizabeth Cambage, left, reached back as she tried to block a shot by Isabelle Yacoubou during a women's basketball game.

BG.COM OLYMPIC DAY 4 SLIDER USA's Maya Lawrence faces Italy's Mara Navarria during a women's individual epee fencing round of 32 match at the 2012 Summer Olympics,

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USA's Maya Lawrence faced Italy's Mara Navarria during a women's individual epee fencing round of 32 match.

BG.COM OLYMPIC DAY 4 SLIDER China's Ding Ning serves to Hong Kong's Jiang Huajun in their women's singles fourth round table tennis match at the ExCel venue during the London 2012 Olympic Games July 30, 2012. REUTERS/Grigory Dukor (BRITAIN - Tags: SPORT OLYMPICS SPORT TABLE TENNIS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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China's Ding Ning served to Hong Kong's Jiang Huajun in their women's singles fourth round table tennis match.

BG.COM OLYMPIC DAY 4 SLIDER Australia's Kieran Govers, left, shoots towards the goal as South Africa's Andrew Cronje defends during a men's field hockey preliminary match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 30, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

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Australia's Kieran Govers, left, shot toward the goal as South Africa's Andrew Cronje defends during a men's field hockey preliminary match.

BG.COM OLYMPIC DAY 4 SLIDER Marcelina Kiala of Angola, left, is challenged by Croatia's Andrea Penezic during their women's handball preliminary match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 30, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

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Marcelina Kiala of Angola, left, is challenged by Croatia's Andrea Penezic during their women's handball preliminary match.

BG.COM OLYMPIC DAY 4 SLIDER South Korea's Ki-Chun Wang (white) competes with Russia's Mansur Isaev (blue) during their men's -73kg judo contest semi-final match of the London 2012 Olympic Games on July 30, 2012 at the ExCel arena in London. AFP PHOTO / JOHANNES EISELEJOHANNES EISELE/AFP/GettyImages

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South Korea's Ki-Chun Wang (white) competed with Russia's Mansur Isaev (blue) during their men's 73kg judo contest semi-final match.

BG.COM OLYMPIC DAY 4 SLIDER Micronesia's Manuel Minginfel drops weights on the men's 62Kg Group B weightlifting competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games July 30, 2012. REUTERS/Dominic Ebenbichler (BRITAIN - Tags: SPORT OLYMPICS SPORT WEIGHTLIFTING)

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Micronesia's Manuel Minginfel dropped his weights in the men's 62Kg Group B weightlifting competition.

Exclusive Tuesday Preview | Bob Ryan

For US shooter Matt Emmons, triumph and heartbreak

Emmons, a gold medal winner in 2004 and cancer survivor, is trying to overcome some strategic mistakes that have kept him off the podium since his last medal.

Patrick, Mashpee tribe defend casino compact as fair

The casino agreement with the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe, which Governor Patrick signed today, will be submitted to the US Department of Interior for approval.

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We’re in this together

For centuries, writers used the male form of neutral pronouns, but a rule of grammar that slights half the population cannot last forever.

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Photo led to child porn network

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

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

Petty Officer First Class Thomas Kinn parachuted into Fenway Park in early July.

WHAT THEY WERE THINKING

What They Were Thinking: Flying into Fenway Park

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

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Party conventions are coming! (woot! woot!)

G Force

As the human species continues to evolve

“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

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

Mitt Romney visited Jerusalem’s Western Wall.

In Jerusalem, Romney vows strong support

“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’

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Amid trade rumors, Red Sox say Josh Beckett staying

GM Ben Cherington flatly denied that the team is considering dealing the starting pitcher before Tuesday’s deadline.

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Kelleen Plantier Benway is the mother of the two children shot by their father in Oxford Friday night.

Father in Oxford shootings was beset

The man who authorities say killed his daughter and critically wounded his son before killing himself had come under considerable stress, a family friend said.

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