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Murray questioned in Chelsea housing scandal

Authorities are investigating potentially criminal fund-raising for Lieutenant Governor Timothy P. Murray by the disgraced former head of the Chelsea Housing Authority.

Obama, Romney give dueling visions on economy

President Obama and Mitt Romney set down starkly contrasting visions for economic growth Thursday.

Danielle DeCarlo worked with 7-month-old Alex Filandrianos and 4-month-old Davis Wiser at a Little Sprouts day-care center in Brighton. An influx of new students has put teachers back in demand at the company, which has 16 Boston locations.

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Mass. daycare centers rebound as parents return to work

Enrollment and hiring at day care businesses are among the indicators of an improving economy.

Teen pushed Brookline bylaw raising tobacco-buying age

Eric Dumas, 18, persuaded Brookline’s Town Meeting to raise the legal age for buying tobacco products from 18 to 19.

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Boston looks to transform parking spots into small parks

The program turns spaces into “parklets’’ — petite, three-season patios, with benches and planters atop platforms built flush with the sidewalk.

Critics: Brown-Warren race lacks substance

Political veterans from both sides of the ideological divide are bemoaning what they see as the lack of an elevated policy debate in the Mass. US Senate campaign.

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Scott Brown stuck in neutral

Senator Brown, somewhat surprisingly, seems to be shrinking before the electorate’s eyes.

Photography review

Exhibition reveals the more fluid side of Ansel Adams

The photography of Ansel Adams is so sturdily composed, so enduringly right that it can feel like the aesthetic equivalent of granite.

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Nik Wallenda walks a cable to practice for his walk over Niagara Falls Friday.

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Going over the top at Niagara Falls

“We get up there, we do the best we can . . . we love the audience and in return the audience loves us,” says Starr.

Ringo in good company with his All Starr band

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Sean McDonough diagnosed with head issue

Rob McLean and Matt Kahler in the Hypocrites’ “Pirates of Penzance,” an update of the Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera — with a nod to “Lord of the Flies.”

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Rollicking pirates redux

From the Archives | Photos

Brookline hosts the US Open

Yvonne Abraham

In Wellesley High’s you’re-not-special speech, larger truths

Curt Schilling sued for $2.4 million by bank

A woman used an iPhone at a Verizon store in California.

Tech Lab

Pay full price for iPhone, avoid contract

While attending a twice-yearly gathering of bishops in Atlanta Wednesday, Cardinal Sean O’Malley (center left) spoke for the first time about a Vatican rebuke to a US nuns’ group.

Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley laments discord on nuns

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More researchers study themselves

Students worked out to Dance Dance Revolution at the Games for Health conference at the Hyatt Harborside Hotel in Boston. About 400 developers and health professionals participated.

New video games can help people recover from injuries

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Veteran outfielder Scott Podsednik (.373 average) has provided an offensive lift since making his Red Sox debut May 22.

Scott Podsednik sparkling with Red Sox

In 16 games with Boston, the 36-year-old is hitting .373 with an .868 OPS. He has 4 extra-base hits, 6 RBIs, and 4 stolen bases.

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A woman walked along Wollaston Beach, one of 10 beaches closed to swimming because of high bacteria counts on Thursday.

Bacteria counts close 10 Massachusetts beaches

Beaches, from Quincy stretching down the South Shore, were closed Thursday due to high bacteria counts.

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