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Lawmakers reach compromise on plan to control health spending

The plan would make Massachusetts the first state to try to limit how much providers and insurers could spend on medical care.

Legislature rejects Patrick’s changes to ‘three-strikes’ bill

The move by lawmakers 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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Red Sox start homestand with a win

Clay Buchholz pitched eight strong innings and Dustin Pedroia had three RBIs as Boston moved back above .500 to start a 10-game homestand.

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.

Ariad seeks quick approval of leukemia drug

The Cambridge company filed a long-awaited new drug application, asking the FDA for priority review and accelerated approval of a treatment for chronic myeloid leukemia.

Casey (center) in the 2011 Ride 2 Recovery from Liberty Park, N.J., to Shanksville, Pa., to Washington, D.C., on the 10th anniversary of 9/11. Casey will speak at the Pan-Mass Challenge on Friday and join the ride on Saturday morning.

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From leading the US Army to the Pan-Mass Challenge

In 2007, General George W. Casey Jr. was named Army chief of staff. In 2011, he retired to Scituate. On Friday, he will deliver the PMC keynote, and on Saturday, he’ll ride the event.

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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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.

Elizabeth Warren won’t give keynote at DNC

Instead of giving the keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention, Warren will speak immediately before former President Bill Clinton on the second-to-last night.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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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 means the department has no female captains in its command staff.

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