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opinion | tom keane

In the dumps with the American Dream

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We used to be ambitious and enthusiastic; now the new normal is malaise. Shouldn’t we strive for more?

movies

‘Knight’ time is the right time

Few if any franchise characters are more vital to their corporate parent’s bottom line than Batman is to Time Warner’s. But where can the character go from here?

Olympia Dukakis posed with some props used in the Shakespeare and Company production of “The Tempest.’’

theater & art

Olympia Dukakis channels the storm within

At 81, Olympia Dukakis seems to be having the time of her life as she explores the violent undercurrents of Shakespeare’s last play as Prospera in “The Tempest.”

Latest news

 

Mary Kennedy reburied away from Kennedy family

Mary Richardson Kennedy was reburied in a Cape Cod cemetery 700 feet from her original grave, which was located near relatives of Robert Kennedy Jr.

Parishioners pray for kidnapped Boston-area residents

About 70 people gathered Saturday in a Mattapan church to pray for the safe return of the Rev. Michel Louis and Lisa Alphonse, both kidnapped in Egypt.

200 rally to support Carol Johnson

The rally at Bethel A.M.E. Church in Jamaica Plain came a day after a group of public school parents called for the superintendent to resign.

rays 5, red sox 3

Price outduels Buchholz in Tampa Bay

Clay Buchholz pitched well Saturday night in his first start in more than three weeks, but David Price and the Rays rallied for the win.

Ainge gives view on Allen’s departure

Danny Ainge said Saturday that he was “not surprised” by Ray Allen’s decision to sign with the Miami Heat.

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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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Movie reviews

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opinion | Kenny Wiley

Stop pretending racism is over
The members of Aerosmith (including, from left, Tom Hamilton, Brad Whitford, Steven Tyler, and Joe Perry) say their fans are a big part of the band’s new energy.

music

Aerosmith puts the ‘function’ in ‘dysfunction’
Monitors let every “student’’ see chefs’ techniques up close.

Travel

At Maine cooking school, classes are as varied
Ernest Borgnine in a scene from “Marty”; his performance in the 1955 film earned him an Academy Award for best actor.

Appreciation

Ernest Borgnine: the heavy as hero (however briefly)

Globe Magazine | Soundtrack

A Red Sox street party on Yawkey Way
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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Human statue makes cool cash during hot summer
Alexis Medeiros (left) and Nathan Vieira played a round of miniature golf at Oceans 18, which has a glow-in-the-dark course.

The Roads of Summer

Indoor miniature golf beckons

Van Halen performs. From left, Michael Anthony, David Lee Roth, and Eddie Van Halen.

Ideas | Q&A

Van Halen: Monsters of philosophy
Raffi Berberian carried Sebastien Escobar and walked with Isabella and Raul Escobar across North Bank Bridge.

Bridge connecting Cambridge and Charlestown opens

Olympia Dukakis posed with some props used in the Shakespeare and Company production of “The Tempest.’’

theater & art

Olympia Dukakis channels the storm within
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

Sports

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Penn State Coach Joe Paterno stood with his players in this Nov. 7, 2009, file photo.

Report: Paterno deal reached amid scandal

Joe Paterno and Penn State agreed on an amended contract that eventually totaled $5.5 million in August, months before charges were filed against Jerry Sandusky.

Metro

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4-alarm blaze guts Quincy dry cleaners

A four-alarm fire destroyed a commercial building in Quincy Saturday afternoon, sending four firefighters to the hospital with minor injuries.

Columnists

Boston school superintendent Carol Johnson mishandled the discipline of a former headmaster.

LAWRENCE HARMON

Carol Johnson’s mind-boggling blunders
Joe Paterno was pictured in this Sept. 30, 2008 file photo.

Christopher L. Gasper

Joe Paterno chose his legacy over integrity

Adrian Walker

Mothers united by enduring pain of senseless death
The Clam Shack in Kennebunkport, Maine.

Brian McGrory

Maine seafood shack owner claws to the top

Boston Capital

Why the Libor scandal matters to everyone

joshua green

George W. Bush is the winner in tax cut duel

JOAN WICKERSHAM

Your identity, adrift

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

Business

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A floor official monitored JPMorgan trades at the NYSE.

JPMorgan Chase loss could reach $7 billion

The bank’s traders may have intentionally tried to obscure the full extent of losses on its botched credit bet.

Politics

On the day after Romney took over the Winter Olympics, the Boston Herald reported that “Romney said he will stay on as a part-timer with Bain, providing input on investment and key personnel decisions.”

Account of Romney’s Bain departure has evolved

Until his run for governor in 2002, Mitt Romney had characterized his departure from Bain Capital more as a “leave of absence” in which he would be a “part-timer.”

Nation & World

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US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (left) met with Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, right, at the presidential palace in Cairo on Saturday.

Clinton holds first meeting with Egypt’s new president

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton used the meeting to steer Mohammed Morsi toward opening a dialogue with the military that could end the country’s political crisis.

Arts

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Olivia Culpo was happy to be home in Rhode Island for a short while this month after being crowned Miss USA in June.

Olivia Culpo entered pageants on a lark, came home Miss USA

The Boston University sophomore returned home briefly one month after becoming the first contestant from Rhode Island to be crowned Miss USA.

“I left on the basis of a leave of absence, indicating that I, by virtue of that title, would return at the end of the Olympics to my employment at Bain Capital.”

Mitt Romney,  before the state Ballot Law Commission in 2002

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

“New York won’t always have a disaffected Medford native as mayor, but Boston will always have to work around a much larger neighbor not far to the southwest.”

Globe editorial 

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