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Romney denies managing Bain after 1999

Mitt Romney said Friday he ceased his management role at Bain Capital in 1999, although government documents for the next three years listed him as owner.

RFK daughter arrested on impaired driving charge

Kerry Kennedy was detained Friday morning after striking a tractor-trailer, but tests showed no drugs or alcohol in her system.

Defendants must prove need for free lawyer, SJC rules

People facing criminal charges have the burden of proving they cannot afford their own lawyer before getting a court-appointed one, the state’s highest court ruled.

Red Sox 3, Rays 1

Red Sox start 2d half of season with win

David Ortiz hit his 23rd homer of the year and Franklin Morales pitched five scoreless innings as the Red Sox defeated the Tampa Bay Rays.

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At Jacob’s Pillow, celebrating Ted Shawn’s Men Dancers

“The Men Dancers: From the Horse’s Mouth” is a gleeful, testosterone-spiked celebration of festival founder Ted Shawn’s modern dance legacy.

Christopher Duggan

"The Men Dancers" is part of Jacob's Pillow's "From the Horse's Mouth" series, in which dancers speak while their colleagues cavort nearby.

While veteran Chet Walker shared anecdotes, 17-year-old Tony winner Trent Kowalik, of

Christopher Duggan

While veteran Chet Walker shared anecdotes, 17-year-old Tony winner Trent Kowalik, of "Billy Elliott: The Musical," danced.

Pascal Rekoert is one of a rotating cast of 25 taking part in the tribute to modern dance pioneer and Jacob's Pillow founder Ted Shawn.

Taylor Crichton

Pascal Rekoert is one of a rotating cast of 25 taking part in the tribute to modern dance pioneer and Jacob's Pillow founder Ted Shawn.

When he took the microphone, Robert Swinston ruminated on the good luck that landed him a scholarship to the Pillow's summer school as a young student.

Christopher Duggan

When he took the stage, Robert Swinston ruminated on the luck that landed him a scholarship to the Pillow's summer school as a young student.

John Heginbotham danced as archival footage and still photographs of male stars were projected in the background.

Christopher Duggan

John Heginbotham danced as archival footage and still photographs of male stars were projected in the background.

Jamal Rashann Callender spoke during the program, a creation of Tina Croll and Jamie Cunningham.

Christopher Duggan

Jamal Rashann Callender spoke during the program, a creation of Tina Croll and Jamie Cunningham.

Tabitha Fitzsimmons puts on grease paint and then sets up in Harvard Square for her street performance as a marionette statue.

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It’s hot work and long hours, but this summer job yields cool cash

Tourists in Harvard Square often scream when 24-year-old MassArt student Tabitha Fitzsimmons, who transforms herself into a marionette each summer, starts to move.

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Sudbury teen joins ‘Annie’ for the fourth time

Lauren Weintraub, 13, has the title role in North Shore Music Theatre’s “Annie.” It’s her fourth time doing the play, and her third as the singing redhead.

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Iran’s network in a bottle

Forget censoring the World Wide Web. Why not just build a state-controlled internet of your own?

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Dubbed the “Coney Island of New England,” Revere Beach was established as the country’s first public beach in 1896, attracting people from all over the region.

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Seguin Island’s lighthouse is the second oldest in Maine and its highest above sea level.

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Travel to remote Seguin Island and its historic light station

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Hope in the wake of disaster

SCOT LEHIGH

Mitt Romney and his tax returns: Deja vu?
Runners, walkers, and cyclists walked along a path by a flock of geese at the Chesnut Hill Reservoir on Monday.

Photo gallery

Globe photos of the week, July 13, 2012
“Fantastic Monument” by Giovanni Battista Piranesi.

Art Review

‘The Invention of Fantasy’ captures romance, imagination

Plume Giant plays an Electric Earth concert at Cathedral of the Pines in Rindge, N.H.

Monadnock Music, Electric Earth try to get along
The Ninth Annual National Sand Sculpting Festival at Revere Beach started Thursday. Justin Gordon from Groveland worked on his entry.

Photo gallery

Masterpieces in sand at Revere Beach

Rose Art Museum names new director
An internal report sanctioned by Penn State said late football coach Joe Paterno was partly to blame as the school failed to protect victims before Jerry Sandusky was convicted of sexual abuse.

Dan Shaughnessy

Penn State should shut down football program
Work to rebuild the Whittier Memorial Bridge, along with four other major bridge projects, is expected to begin in the next few months.

Union-only labor for bridge project irks firms
Beth Rimas, an EMT whose son Sean is autistic, says it is critical for rescuers to know if someone in a house is disabled.

Boston special-needs list could aid emergency crews

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The team trap

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Chris Wilcox to return with Celtics

Expected to serve as a backup at forward and center, Wilcox agreed to a 1-year deal believed to be at the league's minimum.

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Alben named head of the Massachusetts State Police

Governor Deval Patrick named Timothy P. Alben to replace outgoing Colonel Marian McGovern.

Columnists

JOAN WICKERSHAM

Your identity, adrift

Boston Capital

Why the Libor scandal matters to everyone

joshua green

George W. Bush is the winner in tax cut duel
The Clam Shack in Kennebunkport, Maine.

Brian McGrory

Maine seafood shack owner claws to the top

SCOT LEHIGH

Mitt Romney and his tax returns: Deja vu?

Juliette Kayyem

BC case throws cold water on IRA, academia

Tech Lab

A most capable cable box
Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard during a game against the Knicks on March 28 in New York.

Bob Ryan

For NBA big men, LA is a big draw

edward l. glaeser

Public pension difficulties for Mass. towns

Yvonne Abraham

Boston school chief fails test

Scot Lehigh

The duel over tax breaks

Jeff Jacoby

Minimum wage laws are costly for the unemployed

Business

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Workers raised the corporate flag of JPMorgan Chase at the bank's headquarters in New York on Friday.

JPMorgan traders may have sought to conceal losses

The bank said that its traders may have tried to conceal the losses from a soured bet that cost almost $6 billion.

Politics

Mitt Romney’s campaign asked for a correction on Thursday’s Globe story, but did not dispute any facts in the article

Obama campaign says Romney has misled on Bain issue

Obama’s campaign accused Mitt Romney of lying about the length of his tenure at the helm of Bain Capital, while the Romney team called the charge “reckless.”

Nation & World

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Norwegian Major-General Robert Mood, head of the UN monitoring mission in Syria, said government forces attacked from the air and ground in ‘‘continuous violence.’’

UN chief urges action after new Syria attack

The UN secretary general and an international envoy stepped up pressure on the divided UN Security Council to promise “consequences” if the violence in Syria does not end.

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Television Review

Sigourney Weaver stars in “Political Animals.”

‘Political Animals’ offers Hillary Clinton-like story, with twist

The similarities make this flawed but addictive drama a lot more fun than it would have been otherwise.

Movies

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MOVIE REVIEW

Tomer Sisley (with Lizzie Brocheré) plays a flawed cop and father in the French crime thriller “Sleepless Night.’’

In ‘Sleepless Night,’ crime pays (or does it?) in Paris

Another one of those French crime thrillers that wants nothing more than to run its hero and its audience entertainingly ragged.

“Taxpayers are already beleaguered. The governor is piling on more construction costs so he can curry more favor with organized labor.’’

Ronald N. Cogliano,  president of Merit Construction Alliance

Magazine

The cover for the July 8 2012 issue

N.Y. vs. Boston: The endgame
The cover for the June 24 2012 issue

A West Falmouth home where sea meets sunset
The cover for the June 17 2012 issue

What if spanking works?
The cover for the June 10 2012 issue

5 casual feast recipes from Sam Jackson

Opinion

“Judging by this week’s headlines, Democrats would like to raise taxes on the rich — but can’t even seem to agree on a definition of the term.”

Joshua Green 

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