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Tech sector powerless to stop new software tax

The tax covers a range of software and related services and is expected to be enacted after the tech industry was virtually absent during discussions on Beacon Hill.

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The National Weather Service issued an excessive heat warning and said the weather will “create a dangerous situation in which heat illnesses are likely.”

Dr. Jeanne Lawrence, a professor at UMass Medical School, has discovered a way to silence the extra chromosome in Down Syndrome.

Researchers report key findings on Down syndrome

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Medical School shut down the extra chromosome that causes developmental problem in people with Down syndrome.

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Michael E. McLaughlin, who admitted to hiding his inflated $360,000 salary from regulators, was sentenced to three years in federal prison.

Students were transfixed as Harris Hogu dropped an egg in a parachute at Dragon Camp.

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Boston schools try to stem ‘summer slide’

A growing number of Boston-area schools are expanding opportunities to help children maintain their academic progress.

New England economy grows at moderate pace

Many businesses in the region expect slow improvement in the second half of the year, according to the Federal Reserve.

A proposed 33-story tower at the site of the former John Hancock Hotel & Conference Center would be simpler and more slender than its predecessor.

Developers pitch new design for Back Bay tower

A Boston development team is pitching a revised design for a proposed 33-story tower at the site of the former John Hancock Hotel & Conference Center.

The cover of the Aug. 1 issue of Rolling Stone.

editorial

Rolling Stone controversy: Not every image is a celebration

The magazine should be judged not on its cover image but on the information that it brings to the public record.

Opinion

Derrick Z. Jackson

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Paranoia, irresponsible lawmakers, and gun owners’ entitled attitudes add up to more tragedy ahead.

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An artist’s rendering of a collision between two neutron stars, which generates heavy elements such as gold.

Gold born in collisions between two stars, researchers say
President Obama played the links with his longtime Chicago friend, Eric Whitaker, at Mink Meadows Golf Club.

For Obamas, Vineyard has attraction
Craft beer maker Harpoon has installed a custom-made production line that can produce 250 cans a minute at its South Boston brewery.

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The comeback can
Sen. Edward Markey was sworn in by Vice President Joe Biden in the Old Senate Chamber at the Capitol in Washington Tuesday.

Markey not on climate committee
Beth Boggs (right), her son, Christopher, and her mother, Anne Thompson, are among the longtime customers sad to see the last Brigham’s ice cream parlors closing.

Last call for Brigham’s shops
US Attorney General Eric Holder spoke during a naturalization ceremony at the Department of Justice in May.

Immigration judges push for independence
A rendering of The Point in the Fenway. The tower would include 320 residences and retail.

BRA OK’s more than 1,100 homes
07/16/2013 QUINCY, MA Alex Bradley (cq) leaves Quincy District Court (cq) after a pre-trial hearing for a OUI. (Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe)

Hernandez associate tries to avoid media
Noodles in green chow mein ver2.0 (above) have the bracing, herbal qualities of a Southeast Asian salad; North’s lobster (below) and crab rolls are served in a tomato-based sauce.

Dining out

North remixes flavors deliriously

Paola M. Ferrer as the Singer (left) and Courtland Jones as Grusha in “The Caucasian Chalk Circle.”

Stage Review

A moving story of motherhood

Boston public schools athletics department is based at White Stadium in Jamaica Plain.

Schools’ athletics spending probed

Sports

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Keith Olbermann

ESPN re-hires Keith Olbermann

Once the face of the network, Olbermann will return to the place he left in a nasty split 16 years ago to host a current affairs show on ESPN2.

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Neighbors roped off from the crime scene on Old Colony Avenue in South Boston after police shot and wounded a man.

Man shot by Boston officer opened fire first, police say

A man being investigated for selling drugs in South Boston allegedly opened fire on Boston police officers Tuesday, prompting police to return fire.

Columnists

Adrian Walker

Support, just not in Newton
Governor Patrick is critical of efforts to rein in some of his sweeping proposals.

SCOT LEHIGH

Governor Patrick is on his high horse

Yvonne Abraham

Evil knows no social bounds

Kevin Cullen

Trying our patience
John Farrell argues with Todd Tichenor after the umpire awarded Yoenis Cespedes second base in the 10th.

Dan Shaughnessy

John Farrell the right man for the job
Electronic cigarettes are gaining popularity amid a big push by tobacco companies, but their long-term health effects are still unknown.

derrick z. jackson

E-cigarettes: the new fracking
Marissa Alexander of Florida received a 20-year prison sentence for firing a warning shot at her abusive ex-husband.

Farah Stockman

Florida’s unjust gun laws

Adrian Walker

A Market Basket of discontent
Representative William Keating (right) at a hearing in early May on the Marathon bombings.

JOAN VENNOCHI

Frustration rises with FBI on bombings
The University Paris-Saclay is an effort to create an education, research, and innovation cluster about half an hour outside of Paris. Today, much of the area is still farmland.

Innovation Economy

Can France create its own Kendall Square?
The remote controls in Beverly Beckham’s house.

Beverly Beckham

For many, remotes are out of control
John Lackey has been the poster boy for Red Sox rehabilitation.

Dan Shaughnessy

Red Sox have rebounded from 2012

Nation & World

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Asha Devi sat in a hospital next to her sick daughter Savita, right, who consumed spurious meals at a school on Tuesday.

In India, 22 die after eating school lunches

The children started falling violently ill soon after they ate the free school lunch of rice, lentils, soybeans and potatoes.

Politics

Richard Cordray was confirmed as head of the new US consumer bureau.

Faced with rules change, GOP relents on Obama nominees

Senate Democrats used the threat of rule changes to force Republicans to withdraw their opposition to several White House nominees.

Business

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The Federal Reserve is not locked into a timetable for scaling back keeping long-term interest rates low, Chairman Ben Bernanke said.

Bernanke shows flexibility on rates

The Federal Reserve is not locked into a timetable for scaling back keeping long-term interest rates low, Chairman Ben Bernanke said.

Arts

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Book Review

Chris Bohjalian.

‘The Light in the Ruins’ by Chris Bohjalian

The tumultuous period of 1943’s Italy serves as the historical backdrop for Bohjalian’s newest literary thriller.

Food & dining

Sunday Supper

Spicy Korean chicken with cabbage salad.

Beat heat with Korean chicken, Japanese salad

Sunday supper and leftovers to help you think, and keep, cool.

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Magazine

The cover for the July 14 2013 issue

Are big blue bins bad for recycling?
The cover for the June 30 2013 issue

Rethinking the golden years
The cover for the June 23 2013 issue

The bee keepers
The cover for the June 16 2013 issue

Last of their kind

Ideas

“Somewhere in America, a chimpanzee is about to have its day in court. Its lawyers hope to have the animal declared a ‘person’ in a court of law.”

Chris Berdik,  on the “animal personhood” movement