Romney kept reins on Bain during absence

Interviews with a half-dozen of his former partners and associates, as well as public records, show that Mitt Romney was not merely an absentee owner of Bain Capital during his leave of absence.

At Middlesex Truck & Coach, Mitt Romney suggested that businesses do not owe their success to the government.

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In Roxbury, Romney hits Obama’s business message

On a visit to a Roxbury truck company, Mitt Romney slammed President Obama for suggesting profitable businesses owe their success to government.

Former N.H. hospital worker held in hepatitis outbreak

Prosecutors allege David Kwiatkowski fed his drug habit by injecting himself with medication intended for patients and returned contaminated needles to hospital carts.

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Police: 14 dead in shooting during Batman movie

A gunman opened fire, injuring at least 50 early Friday during a showing of the movie ‘‘The Dark Knight Rises’’ at a suburban Denver theater, police said.

Boston musician Brian Evans outside Fenway Park. His song was selected to be Fenway's 100th anniversary song.

Brian Evans feels redemption in hit Red Sox song

Brian Evans – “The Croonerman” – has followed his career from Haverhill to Hollywood to Hawaii, but “At Fenway” has him sliding triumphantly into home.

Gino Cappelletti is on all-time All-AFL team.

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Gino Cappelletti announces retirement from Patriots’ radio broadcasts

Cappelletti, known affectionately as “Mr. Patriot,” was a popular color analyst for 32 years. Scott Zolak is expected to succeed him on 98.5 The Sports Hub’s coverage.

Carl Stanley McGee quit as executive director of the panel.

Gaming pick reaction misjudged, emails say

The state commission underestimated reaction to the fact that Carl ­Stanley McGee, the man tapped to be executive director of the panel, had been ­arrested in a sexual ­assault on a boy.

Fallen light prompts inspection on Tobin Bridge

Highway workers moved quickly Thursday night to inspect light fixtures on the Tobin Bridge after one fell onto the highway earlier in the day.

William Fuentes, 20, found his beloved Buddy’s diner shut down by the state Department of Revenue.

State closes Buddy’s diner in Somerville for taxes

During the lunch rush Wednesday, the state Department of Revenue shuttered the no-frills restaurant for failure to pay more than $24,000 in meals taxes.

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The aquarium opened in the summer of 1969 and was part of the waterfront urban renewal plan that transformed Central Wharf.

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Pedroia says he and Valentine get along fine
Cast members Steven Pasquale and Kelli O'Hara are seen as they rehearse a scene from Far From Heaven in Manhattan, NY.

‘Far From Heaven’ becomes a musical at Williamstown

Jackie Reeves rediscovers her art just as gallery discovers her
Off! is (from left) drummer Mario Rubalcaba, singer Keith Morris, guitarist Dimitri Coats, bassist Steven Shane McDonald.

Classic LA punk lives on in Off!
Democratic US Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren talked during a forum at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston on Tuesday.

Warren being considered for DNC keynote

Bob Ryan

Penn State should discuss ending football
Brenda Delgado (center) participated in a class at Urban College, which may have to cancel its fall courses.

College faces closure over $250,000 deficit
Gloucester Mayor Carolyn Kirk pointed to marine railways at a stop along the city’s new harborwalk.

Gloucester hopes to lure tourists with high-tech harbor walk
Weymouth in a yellow hi-lo top from Forever21 ($12.50) and red jeans from MadeWell ($88).

Kara Weymouth pursues fashion as blogger TheBostonista

Postal stamp revives the Williams-DiMaggio rivalry
SHIFTBoston ran a competition for ideas to illuminate Copley Square. Here, “Crystal Sun,” a sketch of one the three finalists.

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SHIFTBoston attempts to light up Copley Square
Only about one-third of the candlepins lanes that were available in the late 1980s are still available today.

Candlepin bowling lovers aim for a comeback

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Red-hot Red Sox Cody Ross got a little cooling off from his teammates after his three-run walkoff home run.

Red Sox win on Cody Ross’s walkoff homer

Cody Ross clobbered a three-run blast, lifting the Red Sox to a dramatic 3-1 victory over the White Sox on Thursday.

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Keith Derochers was lowered Thursday to remove a branch that broke through a roof in Arlington. More than 100 trees in the town were damaged by Wednesday’s storm.

Trees damaged by winds in Arlington

Arlington residents sifted through the damage after high winds churned by Wednesday’s storm ripped out power lines and sent trees crashing.

Columnists

scot lehigh

Romney and Kerry’s seesawing political fortunes

CARLO ROTELLA

Creative impulses help shape our neighborhoods

Steven Syre

A word of caution on Mass. health cost reform

Dan Shaughnessy

Pedroia says he and Valentine get along fine

Juliette Kayyem

Bachmann’s anti-Muslim paranoia

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The Rev. Michel Louis, (seated left), Lissa Alphonse, and Egyptian tour guide Hithem Mohamed rested at a police station after they were released by their kidnappers in Egypt.

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Kerry, Brown compete for credit after hostage release

Yvonne Abraham

Boston superintendent controversy not a race matter

Bob Ryan

Penn State should discuss ending football

Jeff Jacoby

A book lover’s lament

scot lehigh

Echoes of the Ryan budget

Brian McGrory

There’s no way to avoid political ads on TV

Business

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Ikea says its store in Stoughton is enough for Massachusetts and it intends to sell its land at the Assembly Square site.

Ikea pulls plan for Somerville store

The furniture giant decided against building a store at Assembly Square following more than a decade of discussions and planning.

Politics

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In Florida, Obama casts Romney as bad choice for seniors

President Obama assailed Republican plans to repeal his health care law and transform Medicare into a voucher program.

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Syria rebels gain ground in Damascus fighting

The rebels claimed to control a small section of Damascus for the first time after intense street fighting there.

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Emmy nominations, starring ‘Mad Men,’ ‘Breaking Bad,’ ‘Homeland’

There were treats in this year’s nominations, but the omissions were glaring.

Movies

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Movie Review

André Dussollier plays a writer who begins to doubt the fidelity of his wife (Carole Bouquet).

‘Unforgivable’: An elegantly rambling affair

The latest from France’s André Téchiné is an elegantly rambling affair, set in Venice, about the ways spouses, lovers, parents, and children never quite connect.

“The elephant in the room was not whether Mitt was involved in investment decisions but Mitt’s retention of control of the firm and therefore his ability to extract a huge economic benefit by delaying his giving up of that control.”

A former associate of Mitt Romney 

Magazine

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12 Bostonians Changing the World
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N.Y. vs. Boston: The endgame
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A West Falmouth home where sea meets sunset
The cover for the June 17 2012 issue

What if spanking works?

Opinion

“The noise-to-impact ratio of current issues is just the latest reminder that what matters intensely to Washington consultants and columnists doesn’t necessarily sway voters.”

Joshua Green 

Ideas

“Iran’s so-called halal Internet will be a kind of anti-Internet—a self-contained loop within Iran’s borders featuring only regime-approved sites, and cut off from the World Wide Web.”

Abraham Riesman,  on bottled, national Internets