Romney releases 2011 tax returns

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

Jayme Rose sends a text message in her mother’s Hyannis shop.

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Cellphone overcharges putting a strain on many families

Nearly half of Americans with mobile phones pay $100 or more per month, and more than 1 in 10 spend at least $200 a month.

Customers in Tokyo cheered as Apple began selling its iPhone 5 on Friday morning. For the debut, Apple’s fans jammed the tech juggernaut’s shops across the Pacific region.

Tech Lab

iPhone 5 is almost totally irresistible

It’s larger and yet lighter than its excellent predecessor. And at last Apple has built a phone that works on 4G LTE data networks, so you can download music and video extremely fast.

Mayor Thomas M. Menino endorsed Elizabeth Warren (left) at a rally in Roslindale Friday. Scott Brown (right) discussed Elizabeth Warren’s work with Travelers Insurance.

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Brown sharpens attacks as Warren woos voters

A day after their first debate, Senator Scott Brown intensified his attacks, while Elizabeth Warren rallied voters after receiving the backing of Mayor Thomas M. Menino.

On Yom Kippur, atonement via Twitter

Congregants at Harvard Hillel have been asked to submit their own sins via Twitter with the hashtag ­#AlChetHarvard for the ­Jewish Day of Atonement.

Unraveling long-term effects of early adversity

Scientists have begun to tease apart how stress, social isolation, and deprivation early in life can harm children’s brains and lead to behavior and mental health problems later in life.

Adrian Walker

Mother fights to keep son’s memory alive

One year ago this week, 19-month-old Gabriel Josh-Pierre ­Cazir died. He had been left in the back of a school bus that was supposed to deliver him to day care.

Substitute officials have been put in a difficult position, but they have to regroup after a disastrous Week 2.

Flags raised on NFL replacement referees

Nearly every game last weekend featured a mistake by substitute officials, some with the outcome on the line.

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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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“Jessica, Rabieh, Lebanon” from Rania Matar’s series “A Girl and Her Room.”

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Photographing the transition from girl to woman

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9 hot trends in kitchen design
Sam Breslin Wright, shown with Nina Hellman, plays Le Pere Duchene, a character personifying the goading views of a rabble-rousing pamphlet of the period.

Stage Review

A passionate ‘Paris Commune’ at ArtsEmerson

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Stoneham comedian is paid to talk to strangers
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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At Boston comics convention, indie artists talk shop

Sunday Preview | Ideas

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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Globe photos of the week
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
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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Tom Brady has targeted Brandon Lloyd 21 times in two games, but they have not been in complete synch.

Lloyd, Brady still trying to connect for Patriots

Tom Brady has targeted Brandon Lloyd 21 times in two games, but they have not been in complete synch.

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Harvard’s president, Drew Faust, presented the new MIT president, L. Rafael Reif, with a picture of the statue of John Harvard in MIT garb during his inauguration Friday as the 17th president of MIT at Killian Court on the MIT campus.

New MIT president tells of vision for future

L. Rafael Reif, the school’s 17th president, laid out a vision that further embraces online education, bolsters investment in ­research, and makes education more accessible.

Columnists

lawrence harmon

‘Ragtime’ could help revive Dorchester

Adrian Walker

Mother fights to keep son’s memory alive
Customers in Tokyo cheered as Apple began selling its iPhone 5 on Friday morning. For the debut, Apple’s fans jammed the tech juggernaut’s shops across the Pacific region.

Tech Lab

iPhone 5 is almost totally irresistible
Senator Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren held their first debate Thursday night.

opinion | scot lehigh

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

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Representative Maxine Waters

US ethics panel clears Maxine Waters of allegations

The US House Ethics Committee cleared the representative of accusations she improperly arranged a meeting between Treasury officials and executives at OneUnited.

Politics

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Paul Ryan spoke at the AARP convention Friday, while President Obama addressed the issue in a Virginia rally.

Ryan, Obama offer competing Medicare visions

Paul Ryan’s plan to overhaul Medicare returned to the political spotlight Friday as both presidential campaigns jabbed each other during a summit of the AARP.

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Members of the House of Representives leave the Capitol building on Friday; they plan to return after Election Day.

Congress departs Washington to hit campaign trail

The most partisan, least productive Congress in memory is bolting Washington for the campaign trail, leaving a pile of unfinished business.

Arts

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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.

At Boston comics convention, indie artists talk shop, nurture novices

Next Saturday’s Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo, with its emphasis on innovative, independent art, marks a departure from the big business of behemoth comic book conventions.

“People put cellphone bills right up there with paying the rent.”

Jay Gonsalves,  president of the Action Collection Agency of Boston

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

“If there are more ordinary Americans engaged with the economies of the Middle East and China, Americans will seem less like remote devils.”

Edward L. Glaeser 

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