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Mayor Menino vetoes City Council redistricting plan

Opponents of the plan, which passed two weeks ago, said the redrawn map diluted the political influence of the city’s people of color.

Stocks soar on bond-buying program in Europe

The Dow Jones industrial average hit its highest mark since December 2007 on a plan in Europe to support struggling countries.

Clinton ad-libbed much of speech

Former President Bill Clinton’s 49-minute speech at the Democratic National Convention included more than 2,000 words that were not in his prepared remarks.

Primary election underway in Mass.

Primary voting is underway across Massachusetts, where 52 percent of registered voters do not align themselves with any political party.

“The Words’’ stars Bradley Cooper (with Zoe Saldana) as an author who didn’t write his blockbuster novel.

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Stories just don’t add up in ‘The Words’

That story is a story within a story, which also contains a third tale. It’s confusing. Worse than that, it’s dull.

Amazon reveals new Kindle

The online retailer unveiled a new Kindle Paperwhite and Kindle Fire, its latest contributions to the heated tablet market.

Crown jewels on display

Milliner Stephen Jones brings his star-studded hat retrospective to the Peabody Essex Museum.

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Sacco and Vanzetti

The controversial trial and execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti in Massachusetts in the 1920’s caused much tension in the US and around the world.

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Chelsea ex-housing chief may have misused $1.5m

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Speech! Speech! Democrats make their case

From left: Lily Ahern, Jess Newham, Daniel Rothschild, and Sara Pendleton during last year’s Fashion’s Night Out in Boston.

Highlights for this year’s Fashion’s Night Out Boston

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Affiliation of registered Mass. voters

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The Roads to Summer

Brian McGrory

A fatal dose of irony in Belmont

Opinion | Colin S. Diver

Students will show academic integrity — if colleges support it

Kosilek in 1993, left, and in 1990, right.

Judge orders Mass. to pay for inmate’s sex-change surgery

Salt and pepper calamari at Empire Asian.

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A new Empire rises on the Waterfront

The centerpiece of Shanghai-based artist Jin Shan’s installation “My Dad Is Li Gang!’’ at Brown University.

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Chinese power as spectacle in installation by Jin Shan

Jenny Giang and Ian So, serve meals from the new Chicken & Rice Guys food truck.

Chicken and rice truck gets rolling

At Clear Flour Bread in Brookline, the bread options vary greatly, from “Miller’s Bread” to German Rye to loaves of whole wheat and multigrain varieties.

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Where has the white bread gone?

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Bobby Valentine watched the Red Sox finish 1-8 on their road trip on Wednesday.

Outburst shows strain on Bobby Valentine

In a radio appearance, the Sox manager jokingly threatened to punch host Glenn Ordway and called the team’s season miserable.

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BU task force faults hockey team’s star culture

A Boston University report concluded that a “culture of sexual entitlement” exists among some men’s hockey players and contributed to two alleged sexual assaults during the past season.

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Now is a terrible time to shop for gadgets

Horatio Alger, shown in 1852, rose to fame for his rags-to-riches stories.

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The Horatio Alger immigrant experience

Edward L. Glaeser

Urban planning in Greater Boston needs to aim higher

Yvonne Abraham

Bravo for sex-change ruling

Bill Belichick is entering his 13th season as head coach of the Patriots.