Can battery maker A123 avoid Solyndra’s fate?
David Vieau with Paul Sylvia, a company director, at A123’s Westborough facility. The company is still far from profitability.

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As market conditions changed, A123 found new ways to succeed. The Waltham company is hoping CEO David Vieau will once again find his magic touch.

Fishermen in Sao Vicente in Cape Verde pulled in nets. Leaders see schools as the base of their economy.

Bridgewater State helping educate Cape Verde’s youth

Though the school sits an ocean and 3,400 miles away, Bridgewater State has become a vital partner to the West African island nation, which sees its future in learning.

The MBTA’s preventive maintenance and life-extending repairs have been key to keeping things going.

MBTA mechanics keep old subway cars rolling

A team of 57 employees works around the clock to keep some of the T’s oldest cars in service, meeting the demands of growing ridership.

The Rangers have been the most balanced team in the game, with starting pitching, bullpen, hitting, power, and defense.

Sunday Baseball Notes

Handing out MLB’s midseason bests, worsts

The first half of the baseball season is over and its time to hand out some accolades and demerits.

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State Rep. Carlos Henriquez arrested on domestic assault charges

The Dorchester state representative was arrested this morning after an altercation with a woman inside his vehicle in the South End, police said.

Victor Watch observes his son using an iPad. A phone may come soon.

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How young is too young for a cellphone?

The debate continues over when a child can have a cellphone, especially one that can now be used for video messaging and unfettered access to the Internet.

After headmaster’s arrest, Johnson failed to act

Boston School Superintendent Carol Johnson is facing fire for backing and not suspending one of her headmasters who was arrested and briefly jailed on a domestic assault charge.

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“Widow’’ (2012) by Janice Wright Cheney. The 7-foot-10-inch-tall work is made of wool, cochineal dye, velvet, taxidermy form, pins, and wood.

Art Review

Mass MoCA show shines light on Canadian artists
Recently planted trees in Copley Square replaced a grove consumed by a lethal fungus, but now sport dead leaves. Urban trees are subject to pollution, road salt, and acidic soil.

Boston struggles with goal to plant 100,000 trees
In the primaries alone, one Romney super PAC spent over $57 million on advertising.

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Citizens United critics take a dim view of the electorate
Zach Parise was the captain in New Jersey, but left that behind to go home to Minnesota.

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Kenscoff is a farm town in the mountains southeast of Port-au-Prince, scarred by the country’s poverty and the 2010 earthquake.

Travel

Haiti pitches tourism as a pillar of its redevelopment
BU student Tim Larew (above) is one of three people behind the “12 for 12” project that’s bringing the city’s rap community together.

‘12 for 12’ brings diverse rappers together

Regina Peterson (top) and Andrew Leonard (left) view a White Walls Boston art installation in a U-Haul truck.

Arts

Boston art truck launches summer series
Championship rowers outside the Riverside Park boathouse in Hartford.

Travel

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Seth Meyers in line to replace Regis Philbin?

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When computers listen to music, what do they hear?

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‘A Hologram for the King’ by Dave Eggers
Suns mascot Ray danced between innings Monday at west-facing Wahconah Park in Pittsfield, where fans shielded their eyes from the sun. Delays are occasionally called for the safety of hitters.

The Roads to Summer

In Pittsfield, baseball tradition takes fans way back

Sports

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Yankees 6, Sox 1; Sox 9, Yankees 5

Nick Punto legs out a double in Saturday’s Game 2 victory against the Yankees, which broke the Sox’ five-game skid.

Red Sox earn doubleheader split with Yankees

The Yankees hit four home runs and won the first game, but the Sox came alive behind some of their unheralded backups to win Game 2.

Metro

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Egyptian comedian Bassem Youssef (left) ate lunch with political satirist Jimmy Tingle in Brookline. They talked extensively about Egyptian politics and the media.

Egyptian comic Bassem Youssef uses laughs, education

Bassem Youssef, often called the Jon Stewart of Egypt, met with local comedian Jimmy Tingle in Brookline Saturday to discuss satire and politics.

Columnists

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‘The Newsroom’ and the news: There’s too much of both
US citizenship candidates wait at a naturalization ceremony in Los Angeles last month.

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Time to rethink notion of immigration quotas

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When Mitt Romney’s campaign struggles, don’t blame the ‘Boston boys’
Despite high hopes, Konarka’s products never took off.

Innovation Economy

Why did solar cell company Konarka fail?
The T’s economic troubles may have consequences for the economic development of Boston.

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MBTA’s troubles bode ill for region

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Carl Crawford stands by allegation of racial slur

Adrian Walker

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Avoiding risk with the Romney Fog Machine

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Former hitchhiker recalls a more trusting past

CARLO ROTELLA

Put down the phone; real life abounds

Boston Capital

Time to cut off Boston Beer’s investors

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Brenan McGarrigle says she has helped to facilitate more than 600 marriages in 29 years as a matchmaker.

Can a matchmaker help you find ‘the one’?

As a professional matchmaker for eLove dating service, Brenan McGarrigle says she has helped facilitate more than 600 marriages in 29 years on the job.

Politics

Barney Frank and Jim Ready’s ceremony Saturday at the Marriott Newton was officiated by Governor Deval Patrick.

Barney Frank marries longtime partner Jim Ready

The congressman’s ceremony Saturday at the Marriott Newton was officiated by Governor Deval Patrick.

Nation & World

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An election official showed a man how to fill out a ballot at a polling station in Tripoli, and a demonstrator for greater

Libyans brave risk of violence to vote

Defying expectations and in some places bullets, people voted in their first election after more than four decades of totalitarianism under Moammar Khadafy.

Arts

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Joe Strummer of The Clash at the Palladium in New York City on March 30, 1980.

New rock films document Neil Young solo, Clash breakup

Rock ’n’ roll artists, as we all know, can take dramatically different paths. Two new rock movies open this week, illustrating just how strangely divergent these paths can be.

Books

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The Tower Bridge over the river Thames in London has been adorned with the Olympic rings, part of the preparations for the Summer games.

8 books about London

Capsule reviews of books about London.

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Peckham Space shows work by local artists and engages with community groups.

Young art talent in South London

To find young talent in London, you have to look to the unloved areas south of the River Thames.

“I often tell parents that cellphones are inanimate. It is their responsibility to make sure their children are using them the right way.”

Chet Thacker,  CEO of Code9 ­Mobile

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Opinion

“The problem with America’s immigration system isn’t that too many people are breaking the rules. It’s that the rules themselves are irrational, illiberal, and counterproductive.”

Jeff Jacoby 

Ideas

“By taking massive numbers of songs, symphonies, and sonatas, turning them into cold, hard data, and analyzing them with computers, we can learn things about music that would have previously been impossible to uncover.”

Leon Neyfakh,  on what computers are teaching us about music