Inspector says Mass. lottery knew of WinFall schemes

Lottery officials did nothing about a small group of gambling syndicates who had taken over Cash WinFall until the Globe began investigating, according to state IG Gregory Sullivan.

Governor Patrick said he thinks there are circumstances in which judges should have some flexibility in sentencing third-time felons.

Patrick rebuffed on amendment to 3-strikes bill

Lawmakers sent the controversial crime bill back to Governor Patrick after rejecting an amendment he had proposed that would have given judges some flexibility in sentencing.

Bill aims to curb health spending in Massachusetts

Legislative leaders announced a compromise that sets the stage for Mass. to become the first state to establish a target limiting how much providers and insurers spend on medical care.

Mitt Romney’s event in Jerusalem was termed an Israeli “love-fest.’’

Mitt Romney provokes Palestinian outrage

The presumptive GOP nominee told a group of top-level donors in Jerusalem that Israelis’ culture had helped them become more economically successful than the Palestinians.

Needham flips for Olympian Aly Raisman

The 18-year-old gymnast’s hometown is blanketed with congratulatory signs — and with media looking for anecdotes on the world’s newest Olympic star.

Enthusiasm for Aly Raisman has been building since she earned a spot on the American team in June.

Enthusiasm for Aly Raisman has been building since she earned a spot on the American team in June.

Needham has embraced its local Olympian, with signs of support adorning buildings throughout the town.

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Needham has embraced its local Olympian, with signs of support adorning buildings throughout the town.

Rashawn Harrison assisted 6-year-old Eloise Barriault in training at Brestyan’s American Gymnastics in Burlington.

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Rashawn Harrison assisted 6-year-old Eloise Barriault in training at Brestyan’s American Gymnastics in Burlington.

Around Needham, friends and acquaintances said they are not surprised at Raisman’s success at the Olympics.

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Around Needham, friends and acquaintances said they are not surprised at Raisman’s success at the Olympics.

Raisman edged defending world champion Jordyn Wieber for one of the US team’s two spots in the women’s all-around finals.

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Raisman edged defending world champion Jordyn Wieber for one of the US team’s two spots in the women’s all-around finals.

A surge of smartphone use by fans lining the route of cycling races on Saturday jammed signals from GPS locators attached to the bikes. When TV commentators couldn’t get real-time information, fans took to Twitter to criticize the coverage.

Olympic-level social media growing pains

Heavy smartphone use at the London Games has caused technical glitches and Twitter has become a worldwide platform for complaints about everything.

Olympic Games chief Sebastian Coe, 55, sees the 17-day event in grand, inspiring, legacy-leaving terms.

Sebastian Coe sees hard work rewarded at Olympics

As the chairman of the London Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games, Lord Sebastian Coe, a two-time gold medalist, embraces the challenge of it all.

Retiree James Spriggs, 65, likes that he can walk just about anywhere he wants to go from his South End home.

Boston named good place to grow old

A national study gave Metropolitan Boston high ranks as a place for seniors to live, with medical care a major consideration.

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

Globe exclusives

Olympia Dukakis as Prospera in Shakespeare & Company’s production of “The Tempest.”

Stage Review

In ‘The Tempest,’ the calm following the storm
When Casey retired as Army chief of staff in 2011, Defense Secretary Robert Gates presented him the Defense Distinguished Service Medal and his wife, Sheila, the Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Medal.

G Cover

General rallying the troops of Pan-Mass riders
Frank Ocean (pictured in New York last week) brought “An Evening With Frank Ocean” to a sold-out Paradise Rock Club Saturday.

Music Review

Frank Ocean fills, then thrills the room
Chris Leon in the title role in the Company One production of “The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity,’’ set in the world of professional wrestling.

Stage Review

‘The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity’ lands telling blows

From Sunday’s Globe

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 fills TD Garden, rocks out
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

opinion | john e. sununu

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

Sports

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Red Sox 7, Tigers 3

Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia gets full extension as he rips a two-run home run off the Tigers’ Max Scherzer in the sixth inning. It was Pedroia’s ninth home run of the year.

Red Sox power past the Tigers

The Red Sox had 10 hits, including two-run homers by Dustin Pedroia and Will Middlebrooks, to open their 10-game homestand with a 7-3 victory over Detroit.

Metro

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Marie Renelique (left) and Oralee Canada applauded news Monday that the Urban College of Boston will open as planned in September.

Urban College covers $250,000 shortfall

Officials announced that the school serving low-income and immigrant women has received enough donations and pledges from individuals and foundations to reduce its financial peril.

Columnists

joanna weiss

‘Jeffersons’ showed Americans how to speak frankly about race

farah stockman

Can we judge leaders by how much they give?
US shooter Matt Emmons is married to Czech Olympic shooter Katie Emmons.

Bob Ryan

For US shooter Matt Emmons, triumph and heartbreak

Boston Capital

Stocks, bonds paint different economic pictures

Dan Shaughnessy

Hunting for signs of hope with the Red Sox
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

Adrian Walker

Did the Mashpee tribe give up too much?

Innovation Economy

High-tech dress shirts

JULIETTE KAYYEM

In Galapagos, influx prompts harsh migration policy

JOANNA WEISS

The mysteries of a high-deductible health plan

Yvonne Abraham

Eritrean soccer players hanging on to a dream
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

Business

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Ponatinib is displayed on a computer at Ariad. Ponatinib works by blocking the genetic abnormality found to cause chronic myeloid leukemia.

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.

Politics

Political Notebook

Democrats’ platform drafting committee, which includes Rep. Barney Frank, met in Minneapolis over the weekend and agreed on draft language that would put a major political party officially onboard with legal same-sex marriage for the first time in US history.

Democrats back gay marriage in preliminary platform

Support for gay marriage is part of the Democratic Party’s preliminary platform for the fall, Rep. Barney Frank’s office confirmed to the Globe.

Nation & World

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Victims were assisted by an advocate (left) as they arrived for arraignment of suspected theater shooter James E. Holmes in district court in Centennial, Colo., on Monday.

Suspect faces 142 counts in Colorado shootings

James E. Holmes was formally charged with 24 counts of murder and 116 counts of attempted murder — two for each of the 12 people killed and 58 wounded.

Arts

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OPERA Review

Aaron Engebreth sings Dominick Argento’s monodrama “A Water Bird Talk” on Sunday.

At Monadnock, two comic operas based on Chekhov’s fiction

Anton Chekhov was not an operatic sort of fellow, but adventurous American composer Dominick Argento has fashioned the Russian author’s work into two one-act operas.

Lifestyle

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When Casey retired as Army chief of staff in 2011, Defense Secretary Robert Gates presented him the Defense Distinguished Service Medal and his wife, Sheila, the Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Medal.

From leading the US Army to leading off 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.

“This is just her hard work paying off. Now it’s just so surreal to go into a restaurant and hear people talking about your friend.”

Kristi Carlson,  on friend and Olympian Aly Raisman

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

“There’s a lot to be said for color-blindness, but ignoring race closes off avenues of discussion. And we still have plenty to discuss.”

Joanna Weiss 

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