Mitt Romney, Barack Obama spend big in Mass.

The campaigns of Romney and Obama have paid a combined $45 million to businesses and consultants from the Bay State.

Patricia Donahue, widow of an alleged Whitey Bulger victim, addressed the media Tuesday.

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Relatives of those slain unleash wrath on Greig

The families of James “Whitey’’ Bulger's alleged victims blasted Catherine Greig at her sentencing, holding her accountable for helping the gangster evade justice.

Kevin Cullen

A lesson in civics and justice

Judge Douglas Woodlock tried for a teaching moment at Catherine Greig’s sentencing, but his classroom was hard to control, writes Kevin Cullen.

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Voices line up for Red Sox announcer job

The death of Carl Beane, at 59, has left the Red Sox with an empty space in their hearts, and also with a silence to fill at Fenway Park.

Middleborough profanity ban touches a nerve

The town voted to give police the power to hand out $20 tickets for using profanity in public, a move that has riled some residents and free speech advocates.

Brian McGrory

View from the top at Liberty Mutual

Columnist Brian McGrory took a tour of the executive floor of the company’s Boston headquarters, home to some of the highest paid insurance officers in America.

Jenny Weymouth of Boston says she would still shop on Amazon even if it were to charge for Massachusetts sales taxes.

If Amazon taxes in Mass., will buyers bolt?

Despite local retailers’ hopes, many residents say they would still shop on Amazon even if it were to start collecting sales tax on purchases made from the state.

Founder Jordan Tobins is on indefinite leave.

Court filings reveal deep split at Upper Crust

The owners of the embattled pizza chain and the company’s founder exchanged accusations of misusing funds in claims filed in Suffolk Superior court.

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Larry Hagman as patriarch J.R. Ewing and Josh Henderson as his son John Ross.

Television Review

‘Dallas’ digs deep to relive glory days
Slimming yogurt summer salad.

Food

Make your own Greek yogurt
“Lime-Stone” by Paul Stopforth.

Galleries

Art explores legacy of apartheid at Spoke Gallery
Novella Brady (left) of Beltsville, Md., and her sister Lexus, of Boston, sample from Cupcake Mojo.

Crowd devours samples at Food Truck Festival
 

Frame by Frame

Hero worship, with nerve in ‘Raphael and the Fornarina’
Theologians issued statements supporting Sister Margaret Farley.

Sanctions against nuns spark backlash

Opinion

The health care debate

“We’re not just missing the boat, we could be missing the bomb. . . . Detonating a nuclear bomb in the [US] is at the very top of Al Qaeda’s terrorist targets,” said Representative Edward Markey.

US to miss target for tighter port security

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Insights on being a father with Gregory Slayton
Betsy Myers, right, director of Bentley University’s Center for Women and Business, and Bentley student Maggy Reynolds.

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The unsinkable Betsy Myers
Since 1986, Joe Henry has made a dozen albums. “Reverie’’ was released in 2011.

music preview

As a singer, producer Joe Henry’s sound is his own
Prisoners at Dachau cheer US troops who liberated the concentration camp in May 1945.

G Cover

Recognizing delayed PTSD in Holocaust survivors

Sports

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Clay Buchholz threw seven innings, giving up one run on five hits and helping Boston break a four-game losing streak.

Red Sox win on Buchholz pitching gem

Clay Buchholz threw seven innings of one-run ball against the Marlins, helping the Red Sox snap a four-game losing streak.

Metro

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The raids Tuesday, which capped a yearlong investigation, caught many suspects off guard.

20 arrested in crackdown targeting area drug trade

Police arrested 20 ­alleged dealers and gang members early Tuesday following a year-long investigation in parts of Charlestown, Everett, and ­Jamaica Plain.

Columnists

Former Florida governor Jeb Bush.

scot lehigh

Moments of GOP truth

Jeff Jacoby

Health care system needs more freedom, not less

Kevin Cullen

A lesson in civics and justice

Brian McGrory

View from the top at Liberty Mutual

joanna weiss

Warren and the deep waters of ethnic identity
Sister Mary Othelia operates a tractor at the Mount Asissi Convent in Illinois in 1942. The nuns did all of the planting and harvesting on the 100-acre farm.

Opinion | Farah Stockman

In singling out nuns, Catholic Church overlooks its history
Graduates walked through Harvard Yard.

Boston Capital

The real cost of higher education
A soldier scans across the border at houses in Pakistan during a June patrol in Afghanistan.

JULIETTE KAYYEM

Suicide is the biggest foe for US troops

Innovation Economy

E Ink founder has nuclear ambitions

Adrian Walker

In search of transparency at Brookline High

opinion | jeff jacoby

The end is near for public-sector unions

joan vennochi

Politicians still seek the labor vote

Business

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A view of last year’s Independence Day festivities from Memorial Drive.

Liberty Mutual renews Fourth of July role

The Boston insurance giant said it will renew its sponsorship of the Boston Pops Fourth of July fireworks display and concert through 2015.

Politics

Political Notebook

Gabrielle Giffords resigned a year after she was shot in the head while meeting with constituents at a Tucson shopping center.

Giffords’s aide wins special election to fill seat

Democrat Ron Barber won a special House election in southern Arizona on Tuesday night to finish the term of former representative Gabrielle Giffords.

Nation & World

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Tens of thousands of protesters rallied in Moscow Tuesday against President Vladimir Putin and a new law that levies a $9,000 fine for those in demonstrations that harm people or property.

Moscow protesters defy rally fines, march against Putin

Protesters rallied in Moscow against President Vladimir Putin and a new law that levies a $9,000 fine for those in demonstrations that harm people or property.

Arts

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Book Review

Alan Furst sets his latest novel in Paris during the years just before World War II.

‘Mission to Paris’ by Alan Furst

Furst shows why he is a grandmaster of the historical espionage genre.

Food & dining

Dining Out

From top: salt cod fritters with baked beans; seared loup de mer, a sea bass fillet served over rice flavored with crab, with grilled frisee and crab aioli.

Nix’s Mate brings creativity to Hilton menu

In Boston’s Financial District, Nix’s Mate, named for one of the Harbor Islands, does not feel like a hotel restaurant.

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Head to head

Can Boston compete with Silicon Valley?

Shawn Harris of Nyopoly.com and Niraj Shah of Wayfair, who have been building businesses in the region for more than a decade, talk about running start-ups.

“You are here only because you were caught. You are as much of a criminal as Whitey and should be handled as such.”

Tim Connors,  the son of an alleged victim of James “Whitey” Bulger, at Catherine Greig’s sentencing

Magazine

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5 casual feast recipes from Sam Jackson
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40 ideas for your New England summer weekends
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What does it take to become a Disney star?
The cover for the May 20 2012 issue

Best beaches guide for New England

Opinion

“The orthodox view is that to shield people with serious medical needs from undue financial hardship, we must suppress the normal workings of a free market.”

Jeff Jacoby 

Ideas

“With two presidents in the White House, our leaders would be forced to spend their time building on all the things they have in common, instead of pretending they have fundamentally opposed visions for the country.”

Leon Neyfakh  on the case for two presidents