Senator Brown sought to loosen bank rules

Records show that after Scott Brown voted for the 2010 Wall Street overhaul, he worked to shield banks and other financial institutions from some of its tough provisions.

Utah is Mitt Romney’s key to Western contests

While Utah may be the safest state on Romney’s electoral map, its population and location are turning it into a vital piece of his political strategy.

The Celtics now stand two victories from what would be the most unexpected trip to the Finals in the team’s 66-year history.

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Bob Ryan | Celtics 93, Heat 91 (OT)

Celtics didn’t make it easy in Game 4 win

After scoring 61 points in the first 24 minutes, the Celtics scored only 32 in the final 29, capping it off by winning in OT by a 4-2 score to beat the Heat and even the series.

Rob DeRosa, Boston’s superintendent of waste reduction, at the site of the tainted compost in Mattapan.

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High lead content ruins Boston’s cherished compost

The thousands of tons of compost massed in the woods off American Legion Highway are now off-limits to Boston residents due to lead findings that puzzle scientists.

Developers lining up for Mass. wind farm project

Ten developers are interested in building wind farms off the coast that together could generate nearly 10 times the amount of energy of the Cape Wind project.

Justin Colamaria with his mom, Tina Foye, and the breathing machine that helps his sleep apnea.

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Overcoming sleep disorders in children

Nearly one-third of kids experience sleep issues at some point in their lives, but about 2 to 4 percent have structural defects that cause breathing difficulties during sleep.

Teen girl shot to death in Cambridge

One teenage girl was killed and another wounded in a double shooting on Willow Street in Cambridge on Sunday night, authorities said.

A bicycle display shows heart rate and speed.

E Ink hunting for the next big thing

The Cambridge company is searching hard for new inventions that use its unique technology, before tablet computers like the iPad render it obsolete.

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Rapper Rick Ross, shown performing last year in East Rutherford, N.J., played a 30-minute set Saturday in Mansfield.

Music Review

Strong sets with softer swagger at Summer Jam

opinion | John E. Sununu

Private-sector propulsion
Steve Winwood, shown performing in Chicago in 2010, played a 100-minute set in Boston.

Music Review

Winwood riffs on classics from genre-busting career

Daily Dose

Five sun safety mistakes to avoid
A self-portrait Arnold Schoenberg painted in 1910.

‘Ears of the Future’: Schoenberg’s ‘Pierrot Lunaire’ at 100
The transit of Venus — which will be visible from 6:03 p.m. until the sun sets in the Boston area — is an exceedingly rare event.

Scientists prepare to observe rare alignment of Venus

Perspective

Losing the real soul of Fenway Park

Globe wins 7 regional Emmy Awards
Sometime this month, either the Kings or Devils will win the Stanley Cup.

Sunday hockey notes

How to combat that Stanley Cup hangover
In 2007, then-Southern Cal coach Pete Carroll (now with the Seahawks) and then-NFL Players Association executive director Gene Upshaw combined forces in an attempt to keep agents off the backs of talented underclassmen.

Sunday football notes

Insightful book rewrites rules on football recruiting ills

2012 weekend fun guide

40 ideas for your New England summer weekends
New Orleans Hornets owner Tom Benson.

Sunday basketball notes

In this lottery game, Stern just can’t win

Sports

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Blue Jays 5, Red Sox 1

FFor the first time since he became a starter in spring training after spending three seasons as one of the best setup relievers in the game, Daniel Bard admitted he’s not the same pitcher.

Daniel Bard struggles in loss to Blue Jays

The Red Sox starter walked six batters and hit two others, coming out of the game with two outs in the second inning in the 5-1 loss to the Blue Jays.

Metro

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Margaret Catyb was a volunteer at her church.

Billerica woman killed in Florida crash

Margaret Catyb, 77, died when a vehicle driven by a 15-year-old pulled into the path of the car she was riding in, setting off a three-car accident.

Columnists

JULIETTE KAYYEM

Advice to women writers on the fifth ‘F’

Derrick Z. Jackson

Confident Wis. GOP looks ahead to Nov.
The Celtics now stand two victories from what would be the most unexpected trip to the Finals in the team’s 66-year history.

Bob Ryan | Celtics 93, Heat 91 (OT)

Celtics didn’t make it easy in Game 4 win

JEFF JACOBY

Tax-avoidance emigration is logical, lawful

Joanna Weiss

Fifty Shades of Obamacare

Scot lehigh

Brown should accept debate challenge

Bob Ryan

Kevin Garnett’s greatness always worth notice

JOAN VENNOCHI

The persistence of politics as usual
Instead of eating his school fund-raising prize, Francis Shea parlayed it into a money-maker for another charity.

Yvonne Abraham

A giant candy bar, and a bigger heart

Beverly Beckham

Loving them still, despite the gifts
After IBM’s Watson computer beat “Jeopardy’’ contestants, Nuance said it would partner with IBM.

INNOVATION ECONOMY

Nuance fights to maintain edge in speech recognition

Joan Vennochi

Democrats played hardball with DeFranco

Business

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Stephen Quake is at Stanford.

Multifaceted inventor gets MIT prize

Dr. Stephen Quake, founder of a Cambridge biotechnology firm and a Stanford University professor, won a $500,000 award from the Lemelson-MIT Program.

Politics

Political Notebook

Statistics show that Massachusetts’ job growth ranking improved dramatically from Mitt Romney’s first year in office to his last, but its cumulative ranking during Romney’s four-year term was markedly lower than it was under his predecessor.

Obama, Romney camps battle over Mass. job growth figures

The sparring is over what is the most repeated statistic of the political moment: Mass. ranked 47th out of 50 states in job growth when Mitt Romney was governor.

Nation & World

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Nigerian airplane crashes, killing all 153 on board

The cause of the Dana Air crash remained unknown Sunday night, as firefighters and police struggled to put out the flames around the wreckage.

Arts

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Book Review

“Island Practice” by Pam Belluck.

‘Island Practice’ by Pam Belluck

The book weaves together tales of Dr. Tim Lepore’s almost 30 years of residence and medical practice on Nantucket Island.

Health and wellness

G Force

“Soldiers who need the help the most are least likely to seek help, because they’ve been trained to be so independent and not weak in any way,” Dr. John A. Parrish said.

Finding the way home

Dr. John A. Parrish has just written a book about the traumatic legacy of his service in a military field hospital in Vietnam.

“Even during the primary days [Utah] was a big asset for us. It was one of the number one states in the country for phone banking.”

Sarah Nelson,  the Romney campaign’s political director for the West Coast

Magazine

The cover for the June 3 2012 issue

40 ideas for your New England summer weekends
The cover for the May 27 2012 issue

What does it take to become a Disney star?
The cover for the May 20 2012 issue

Best beaches guide for New England
The cover for the May 13 2012 issue

At a tiny Provincetown house, a sweet terrace

Opinion

“The John Deere tractor has yet to be feminized, and should not be, out of simple compassion.”

Jennifer Graham 

Ideas

“To screen soldiers for PTSD, some experts believe, is to pretend war is something it’s not.”

Paul Kix