Romney paid 14.1% tax rate in 2011

Mitt Romney paid an effective federal tax rate of 14.1 percent last year on $13.7 million in income, and is also releasing a 20-year snapshot of returns.

Elizabeth Warren and Mayor Thomas M. Menino appeared together Friday at a rally in Roslindale.

Menino says Warren ‘would have my back, and so I have hers’

At a Roslindale rally attended by several hundred supporters, Mayor Thomas Menino said he had withheld his backing earlier until he got to know Elizabeth Warren better.

Scott Brown

Brown rips Warren on asbestos case

Senator Scott Brown defended his aggressive performance in last night’s debate and again hit Elizabeth Warren for representing a company in an asbestos lawsuit.

A protester gestured Friday near the burning headquarters of the hardline Islamist militia group Ansar al-Shariah in Benghazi, Libya.

Libyans storm militia compound

Hundreds of protesters set fire to the compound of one of Libya’s Islamic extremist groups Friday, in an apparent reaction against last week’s attack on the US Consulate.

Sylvester Stallone famously takes no guff in the 2008 film “Rambo.”

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US foreign policy needs less Rambo, more Kissinger

Both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney should recognize that our success in dealing with the world depends not just on strength but on sagacity, writes Edward L. Glaeser.

Boston Capital

Eric Rosengren a key figure in debate over economic stimulus

The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston said buying $40 billion of mortgage-backed bonds every month could boost a real estate recovery and combat unemployment.

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Thinking about renovating this important room? Designers share the latest news in cabinets, appliances, and more.

Jon Lester pitched during the first inning, when plenty of empty seats could be seen at Fenway Park.

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Red Sox dropped by Orioles

After posting a 14-0 mark in his first 20 career starts against the Baltimore Orioles, Jon Lester picked up his first loss against them.

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The record-breaking storm that hit New England on Sept. 21, 1938 hit hard, killing approximately 600 people in the area.

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Joel Gill and other members of the Boston Comics Roundtable create promotional cartoons for this year’s Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo.

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How to change a culture
Doc Rivers is entering his ninth season as head coach of the Celtics.

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Doc Rivers refreshed ahead of milestone
Jerry Padilla documented the placing of the Rocky Marciano statue at Brockton High School’s stadium, which bears the legendary Brockton heavyweight champion’s name.

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President Obama has detailed how he would limit personal tax deductions but not offered enough specifics about what he would do on the corporate side, according to specialists.

Obama, Romney leave much unsaid on tax plans
Senate candidates Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren participated in their first debate on Thursday night.

Brian McGrory

Clash of the titans
Olives reopened in April after an extended closure because of a grease fire.

Todd English sued for $723,000 in back rent
Steve Sabol died of brain cancer on Tuesday.

Christopher L. Gasper

NFL has lost a giant in Steve Sabol
Nancy E. Carroll, Johanna Day, and Karen MacDonald are friends in David Lindsay-Abaire’s compelling ‘Good People.’

Stage Review

‘Good People’ blends characters in sharp way

‘InspiRAYtion’ pays tribute to legacy of Ray Charles
Attorney David Meier, a former district attorney, and Governor Deval Patrick spoke at a press conference Thursday.

Patrick picks investigator in drug-evidence scandal
Dustin Pedroia and Bobby Valentine never seemed to be able to outrun negative vibes around the Red Sox in 2012.

Timeline

How the 2012 Red Sox unraveled

Sports

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Gordon captures Sylvania 300 pole in N.H.

Jeff Gordon captured the pole position for Sunday's Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, beating Kyle Busch's qualifying time.

Metro

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Police officers and relatives gathered in the House gallery for the ceremony, which is in its 26th year.

Names of fallen officers added to memorial

In a solemn State House ceremony, the names of four Boston police officers were added Friday to the Mass. Law Enforcement Memorial in Ashburton Park.

Columnists

Senator Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren held their first debate Thursday night.

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Warren hits her stride, while Brown stumbles
Elizabeth Warren greets supporters as she arrives for the debate.

opinion | JOAN VENNOCHI

A night of smirks and verbal jabs

Joan Wickersham

A pragmatic labor of love at North Bennet Street School
Senate candidates Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren participated in their first debate on Thursday night.

Brian McGrory

Clash of the titans

Boston Capital

Eric Rosengren a key figure in debate over economic stimulus
Steve Sabol died of brain cancer on Tuesday.

Christopher L. Gasper

NFL has lost a giant in Steve Sabol
A so-called post-Panamax container ship at the Balboa Port in Panama on Friday.

juliette kayyem

Panama Canal’s future depends on accommodating wider loads

Joan Vennochi

Why do Mass. politicians wither on national stage?

joshua green

An insult to Reagan’s tax credits

Tech Lab

In the app era, radio has gone Wi-Fi and 3G

Christopher L. Gasper

Wes Welker strategy is unfathomable

derrick z. jackson

The battle over food labeling

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Customers many of whom camped out over night, waited for the opening of the Apple store on Boylston Street on Friday.

iPhone 5 launch draws Apple fans worldwide

In a now familiar global ritual, Apple fans jammed shops from Sydney to Paris to pick up the tech juggernaut’s latest device.

Politics

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President Obama spoke with Jorge Ramos (left) and Maria Elena Salinas of Univision, Spanish-language television.

Obama bemoans failure on immigration reform

President Obama addressed a large Latino television audience and spoke of his immigration efforts.

Nation & World

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Pakistani demonstrators vandalised machinery during a protest against an anti-Islam film in Peshawar on Friday.

Pakistani protests of anti-Muslim film turn deadly

At least 19 people were killed and dozens were injured as protests over an anti-Muslim film turned violent on Friday.

Arts

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Caleb Daniloff and the long run to sobriety

In his new memoir, Caleb Daniloff reruns scenes from his life as an alcoholic and drug abuser before turning to distance running.

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Movie Review

Paul Thomas Anderson’s superb “The Master,” about the deranging power of faith, is a Cause to celebrate.

‘The Master’ is a cult classic

This ambitious, powerfully acted achievement has much to say about the limits of belief — and the power of talented actors.

“The bigger the change in poverty that you got through a move, the bigger the improvement in well-being and health.”

Lawrence Katz,  an economics professor at Harvard

Magazine

The cover for the September 16 2012 issue

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

“Freedom of speech is precious precisely because Americans struggled so long for it. Other countries must do the same.”

Globe editorial 

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