Can Boston get hip?

Carissa Rossi, Abigail Jansen-Lohnnquist, Mike Monestime, and Gio Chiu at the Future Boston Alliance launch party at Tico restaurant.

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The Future Boston Alliance says yes — and it won’t shy away from controversy or a protracted campaign to make it happen.

Taunton to vote on tribal casino plans Saturday

Talk in recent weeks has revolved around a single question: Is the struggling mill city ready to embrace Las Vegas-style casino gambling?

editorial

Olivia Culpo’s Miss USA win a tribute to sensitivity

Boston University student Culpo’s victory in Sunday’s pageant may prompt some New Englanders to give beauty contests another look.

Bob Ryan

Heat’s Erik Spoelstra in no-win situation

The Miami head coach likely wouldn’t get credit if the Heat were to win, but will get lots of blame if the Celtics win the series.

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Romney outraised Obama in May

Mitt Romney’s campaign raised $76.8 million in May, nearly double his April total and almost 30 percent more than President Obama’s $60 million haul.

Judge delays murder trial after two witnesses stabbed

The trial of two Dorchester men who are accused in a fatal shooting was put on hold after two potential witnesses were stabbed Wednesday.

Fed chief signals no immediate steps to aid economy

While Ben Bernanke said the Federal Reserve is prepared to take further steps if the US economy weakens, he gave no hints that action was imminent.

Big Dig pavement crumbles early; repairs to cost $1m

Sections of the Central Artery that were supposed to last 30 years are failing in less than a decade.

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I'll Have Another has been working out at Belmont Park since May 20 in preparation for Saturday’s Belmont Stakes.

I’ll Have Another looks to buck odds in Triple Crown

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Graphic: Sizing up the TV dating shows

Norman Rockwell paintings inspired many scenes in “Moonrise Kingdom,” which stars (from top) Jason Schwartzman, Jared Gilman and Bruce Willis, and Kara Hayward.

Setting perfectly fit for a ‘Kingdom’

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Olivia Culpo’s Miss USA victory is a tribute to sensitivity

An LG 3D video wall at SID Display Week. TV makers have tried spurring sales and boosting prices with new technology.

TV makers try new tricks to restore market’s prices

Photos

The transit of Venus

Lauren Kalman’s inkjet print “Hard Wear, Tongue Gilding,’’ up at the BCA’s Mills Gallery.

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Saliva flows, mud thrown in ‘Pretty Ugly’

MBTA to quiz rail car maker on delays

Malcolm X moved into this house in Roxbury as a teenager in 1941. It was owned by his half-sister.

A house of Malcolm X added to endangered list

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Dave Matthews offers predictable yet fiery mix

Chef and restaurateur Michael Leviton of Lumiere and Area Four in his Newton restaurant.

Food

10 things every cook should know

Sports

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Orioles 2, Red Sox 1

David Oritz and the Red Sox lost for the fifth time in five games this year against the Orioles at Fenway Park.

Red Sox held down by Orioles again

Despite eight strong innings from Josh Beckett, David Ortiz and the Red Sox remained winless at home against the Orioles.

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Stiff sentence in fatal texting-while-driving case may not deter some

After a judge imposed the maximum sentence on a local teen convicted of causing a fatal crash while texting, it is still not clear the message is sinking in.

Columnists

Joan Vennochi

All of Boston should vote on a Suffolk Downs casino

Juliette Kayyem

The Pentagon is stopped from going green

Might Erik Spoelstra’s job be in jeopardy if the Heat are eliminated?

Bob Ryan

Heat’s Erik Spoelstra in no-win situation