Jobs report poses challenges for Obama

Republicans seized on the jobs report as evidence of the president’s failure to deliver on promises of fixing the broken economy.

Democratic National Convention | analysis

President’s goals rely more on resolve than specifics

President Obama tried to shift the conversation away from Republican Mitt Romney’s stinging rebukes over the economy.

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President Obama said the election will be a “choice between two fundamentally different visions for the future.”

Romney, Obama to visit tossup N.H. today

Dueling visits to New Hampshire by President Obama and Mitt Romney on Friday signify the importance of the state and its four electoral votes in November.

Elizabeth Warren disagrees with judge’s sex-change ruling

In a radio interview, the Senate candidate also defended her claims to Native American heritage.

Boston University‘s hockey team celebrated their Beanpot title after beating Northeastern University in 2009. The team later went on to win the national championship.

Globe File/2009

BU hockey report rife with sex, drinking

An investigation into the hockey team found reports of debauchery that included a party at Agganis Arena in which people went naked on the ice and had sex in the penalty box.

Martin’s Restaurant in Great Barrington favors ingredients from nearby farms. Dishes include scrambled tofu and vegetables with home fries.

Exclusive Sunday Preview | Globe Magazine

Where to eat in Great Barrington

If you’re visiting the Berkshires, try these Great Barrington attractions that emphasize local food.

Brian McGrory

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You can buy a tin of Skoal, a carton of Marlboros, and a package of Suzy-Q’s, all while scraping $10 instant game tickets in Concord. But soon enough, not a bottle of cold, crisp spring water.

Christopher L. Gasper

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Bobby Valentine’s radio rantings were yet another sign that the marriage of the manager and the Red Sox has become a dead-end relationship.

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From the Archives | Photo gallery

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The controversial trial and execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti in Massachusetts in the 1920’s caused much tension in the US and around the world.

Globe exclusives

Robert Kosilek, foreground, in 1993; and in 1990, background.

LAWRENCE HARMON

Judge goes too far in sex change ruling
Paul Klee’s “Agricultural Experimental Layout for Late Fall.’’

ART REVIEW

Paul Klee aimed to make invisible truths visible

Pawnbroker Michael Goldstein talks about his business
Valerie Simpson (shown here in 2011) is touring in tribute to her late husband, Nick Ashford.

On her own, Valerie Simpson still solid as a rock
Bill Clinton speech

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Stephen Jones is curating the “Hats: An Anthology” exhibit at the Peabody Essex Museum.

Stephen Jones brings hat collection to Salem

Chelsea ex-housing chief may have misused $1.5m

Scot Lehigh

Speech! Speech! Democrats make their case

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From left: Lily Ahern, Jess Newham, Daniel Rothschild, and Sara Pendleton during last year’s Fashion’s Night Out in Boston.

Highlights for this year’s Fashion’s Night Out Boston

Special Section

The Roads to Summer

Brian McGrory

A fatal dose of irony in Belmont

Sports

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Who will handle kickoffs for the Patriots this year, Julian Edelman, Matthew Slater, Danny Woodhead or Stevan Ridley?

Who will return kickoffs for Patriots?

Julian Edelman, Matthew Slater, Danny Woodhead, and Stevan Ridley seem in the mix to try and improve an area where the Patriots ranked 29th last year.

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Joseph P. Kennedy III , left, beat Rachel Brown and Herb Robinson, to win the Democratic primary and will face Republican Sean Bielat, right.

Bielat, Kennedy to vie for open House seat

The fight to fill Barney Frank’s House seat will pit Sean Bielat, a Republican who challenged Frank two years ago, against Democrat Joseph P. Kennedy III.

Columnists

SCOT LEHIGH

Clinton’s speech could be turning point

JOSHUA GREEN

Partisanship will have its limits

Brian McGrory

Concord bottled water ban is all wet
Robert Kosilek, foreground, in 1993; and in 1990, background.

LAWRENCE HARMON

Judge goes too far in sex change ruling

Tech Lab

Now is a terrible time to shop for gadgets
Horatio Alger, shown in 1852, rose to fame for his rags-to-riches stories.

juliette kayyem

The Horatio Alger immigrant experience

Edward L. Glaeser

Urban planning in Greater Boston needs to aim higher

Yvonne Abraham

Bravo for sex-change ruling
Bill Belichick is entering his 13th season as head coach of the Patriots.

Christopher L. Gasper

It’s OK to question Bill Belichick

Brian McGrory

A fatal dose of irony in Belmont

jeff jacoby

Mainstream media needs to accept its liberal bias
A case containing the remains of Pfc. Shane W. Cantu, of Corunna, Mich., sits on a loader during prayer at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Thursday.

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Afghan war still rages, yet soldiers get no play in Tampa

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Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com’s CEO, introduced the new Kindle Paperwhite in Santa Monica, Calif. It’s designed to look like print on paper.

Amazon unveils more powerful versions of Kindle Fire tablet

With an eye on affordability — and using the latest technology from E Ink in Cambridge — Amazon.com unveiled new Kindle tablets designed to challenge iPads.

Politics

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Mitt Romney was the first Republican nominee since 1952 to not mention war in his convention speech.

Romney defends commitment to armed forces

Mitt Romney on Thursday defended his decision not to discuss the Afghanistan war in his convention speech.

Nation & World

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On Thursday, French authorities were at the campsite where a British family was believed to be vacationing before they were attacked and three people were shot to death. The campsite is near Lake Annecy, an area in the Alps not far from France’s borders with Switzerland and Italy.

After shooting in France, girl, 4, hid beneath dead kin

Apparently frozen in terror, a 4-year-old girl crouched silently for eight hours beneath her dead mother and grandmother in the back of a BMW on a forest road in the French Alps.

Arts

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Television review

Contestants from around the country rehearse for the National High School Musical Theater Awards, documented in the TV show “Broadway or Bust.”

‘Broadway or Bust’ offers glimpse behind the scenes

This documentary of high school competition underscores the genre’s still powerful, often heartfelt lure.

Movies

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Movie Review

From left: Isla Fisher, Lizzy Caplan, and Kirsten Dunst in “Bachelorette.”

A ‘Bachelorette’ that’s brutally honest

Kirsten Dunst plays a woman who’s shocked that a friend is getting married before she is — and her rawness is both real and astounding.

“People were having sex in the penalty box.”

A former student told the Boston University task force about a hockey team party 

Magazine

The cover for the August 26 2012 issue

Did Beatrice Munyenyezi lie to get into this country?
The cover for the August 19 2012 issue

Can a Woburn company’s flying car someday be a fix for traffic?
The cover for the August 12 2012 issue

The man who nourished Boston’s literary scene
The cover for the August 5 2012 issue

Can GPS find you a mate?

Opinion

“[Michelle] Kosilek, a convicted killer, has been sentenced to prison to protect the public, not to reach her full potential as a woman.”

Lawrence Harmon 

Ideas

“In order to be a good friend, even a very young child must be not only fun to spend time with, but capable of being emotionally mature in ways that can be difficult even for grown-ups.”

—Leon Neyfakh on childhood friendship