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Romney defends statement on many being dependent

In an interview on Fox News, Mitt Romney refused to back down amid criticism that he disparaged nearly half of the electorate by saying they don’t pay taxes.

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Karen L. King

Some early Christians believed Jesus had wife, discovery shows

A Harvard professor has identified what appears to be a scrap of fourth-century papyrus that, while not evidence Jesus was married, shows that some early Christians believed he had a wife.

A scene from “Detropia” of the city that was the world’s fastest growing in 1930 and today is the country’s fastest shrinking.

TONY HARDMON

Wednesday Preview | Movie Review

Documenting Detroit’s decline — and comeback?

Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady’s loose yet assured documentary, “Detropia,” looks at Detroit as urban dystopia.

A soldier looking at a Union soldier’s grave with the body of a Confederate soldier seemingly tossed aside at Antietam in 1862.

Documentary Review

How the Civil War redefined death for Americans

Ric Burns’s “Death and the Civil War,” which airs tonight on WGBH, shows that America’s bloodiest conflict stands apart from other wars.

Tufts, Vanguard in talks to team up on hospital deals

The proposed alliance, while not a merger, would give Tufts and Vanguard more clout to compete with the fast-growing Steward Health Care System.

Boston Capital

Wellington’s Ed Owens going out on top

Owens and his fund, the giant Vanguard Health Care Fund, have been the very best-performing US stock fund over a very long haul.

A judge will weigh whether to allow Hurd’s testimony.

Survivor of Mattapan killings to be questioned in court

Marcus Hurd, who survived the 2010 shootings that left four people dead, is expected to be questioned next week about his claim that he can now identify one of the killers.

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Frame by Frame

At the MFA, comfort in the arms of an angel
Boston Phoenix owner and publisher Stephen Mindich (left) and the debut issue of The Phoenix, featuring Taylor Mac, creator of “The Lily’s Revenge.’’

A hybrid rises from the old Phoenix

Dan Shaughnessy

Patriots have more questions than answers
Team Israel practices in Jupiter, Fla., in preparation for its first World Baseball Classic qualifying game Wednesday against South Africa.

Israeli baseball team hoping to make it in WBC
Customers lined up outside the Apple store on Fifth Avenue in New York City Monday to await the arrival of the iPhone 5.

Consumers give iPhone 5 a ringing endorsement
Tim Wakefield in “Knuckleball!” The Red Sox pitcher retired with 200 major league victories.

Movie Review

‘Knuckleball!’ documentary is pitch-perfect
“Cruel Summer,” the new collaboration album by Kanye West (above), includes contributions from Pusha T, Kid Cudi, Big Sean, John Legend, Common, and 2 Chainz.

‘Cruel Summer’ and the comeback of the crew record
The Romney campaign won’t say why it has declined to reveal names, despite pressure to do so from advocacy groups and the Obama camp.

Romney won’t release names of donation bundlers
Maureen Berry commutes from Roslindale to work in South Boston with Nicholas, her 13-year-old Yorkshire terrier, in his stroller.

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Strollers for dogs: The latest in pet pampering

Martha Tuff, who is enrolled in a two-year master’s degree program to become a physician assistant, conferred with a patient at Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates in Cambridge.

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New law expands physician assistant role
Dr. Arvind Agnihotri

Steward hires away top surgeon from Mass. General

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The Most Stylish Bostonians

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Josh McDaniels: Wes Welker ‘played a big role for us’

The Patriots offensive coordinator became the latest Patriots stakeholder to share little about the confusing status of the Pro Bowl receiver.

Metro

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Earlier this year, John O’Brien and two aides were indicted by a federal grand jury, charged with racketeering and fraud.

Probation Department is ordered to reopen 10 jobs

An arbitrator ordered the reopening of 10 long-filled jobs after concluding that they had been filled by politically connected candidates.

Columnists

farah stockman

The blame generation

joanna weiss

‘Honey Boo Boo’ and the real America

Boston Capital

Wellington’s Ed Owens going out on top
Glen Doherty of Winchester, a former Navy Seal, was slain last week in the attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya.

Juliette Kayyem

In remembrance, a Civil War legacy

Dan Shaughnessy

Patriots have more questions than answers
cellCONTROL Safe Driving Systemfor Cell Phones

Tech Lab Plus

Device deactivates phones in car
WiTricity plans to sell a kit that shows how electricity can be sent wirelessly.

Innovation Economy

Site’s reviews of city blocks may stir controversy

Adrian Walker

Debates loom large in Brown-Warren race
Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez is injured when his ankle is rolled by Julian Edelman (11) after a catch by Edelman in the first quarter.

Christopher L. Gasper

Aaron Hernandez’s loss is crucial

JOAN VENNOCHI

Getting kids to day care safely
Chicago teachers went on strike last week.

JEFF JACOBY

Just as intended, teacher strikes hurt families

Yvonne Abraham

Death masks put a face on history

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Chinese protesters shouted anti-Japan slogans outside the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Monday.

China-Japan dispute risks trade relationship

China and Japan’s worst diplomatic crisis since 2005 is putting at risk a trade relationship that has tripled in the past decade to more than $340 billion.

Politics

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Mitt Romney greeted supporters after an event in Los Angeles on Monday.

Romney camp aims to attack on more than economy

With just 49 days to go in the presidential race, Mitt Romney’s campaign is attempting to broaden his approach.

Nation & World

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Afghanistan police and officials walked around the site of the suicide attack in Kabul.

Blast kills 12 in Kabul

A suicide bomber rammed a car packed with explosives into a mini-bus carrying foreign aviation workers to the airport.

Arts

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Frame by Frame

At the MFA, comfort in the arms of an angel

“Saint Francis Supported by an Angel,” is a sweet and mystical picture painted by a notoriously crabby artist.

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G Force

Why did they live next to massive, active nuclear warheads?

A visit to South Dakota inspired Brookline author and professor Gretchen Heefner to write “The Missile Next Door: The Minuteman in the American Heartland.”

“My job is not to worry about those people. I’ll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives.”

Mitt Romney,  talking about 47% of the electorate

Magazine

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The self-promoting, fan-financed, go-it-alone star
The cover for the September 9 2012 issue

Things to do in the Berkshires
The cover for the August 26 2012 issue

Did Beatrice Munyenyezi lie to get into this country?
The cover for the August 19 2012 issue

Can a Woburn company’s flying car someday be a fix for traffic?

Opinion

“Unless we private citizens start taking responsibility for that American greatness we talk so much about, we’re not going to enjoy it much longer.”

Farah Stockman 

Ideas

“Those who design tests understand them as a guess about the future. We’re probing for certain qualities that tell us a student is ready to move ahead, or an employee will be an asset to the firm.”

Leon Neyfakh,  on what we should really test