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How Bain Capital is trying — reluctantly — to clean up its name

Bain Capital, with $65 billion in assets, has been squarely in the political limelight ever since Mitt Romney’s Republican primary rivals began knocking his private-sector background as “vulture capitalism.”

William Duke

Mitt Romney’s political foes are going to great lengths to make Bain the boogeyman of the 2012 race. The Boston private equity firm is fighting back — but only to a point.

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The Revolving Museum comes to a stop

The museum, which moved to Lowell 10 years ago with great fanfare, is closing its doors on a colorful past.

Brian McGrory

Troopers reunite mother, missing daughter

For a mother, it was a miracle at Logan last week when State Police reunited a family that had lost all hope. For the troopers, it was all in a day’s work.

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Brown demands Warren repay taxpayers for mailings

Senator Scott Brown wants Elizabeth Warren to pay the state the $276,000 spent to mail thousands of voter registration forms to welfare recipients.

Opinion | scot lehigh

Who’s a better leader?

Breaking down the bipartisan efforts, outspokenness, independence, and productivity of Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren.

Exeter Hospital cited in hepatitis outbreak

Government investigators have cited the New Hampshire hospital for violations in infection control that may have contributed to the spread of hepatitis C.

Construction of NorthPoint mini-city to resume

A new team plans to resume construction on the long-stalled Cambridge development, which would include a retail plaza and office towers.

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Cape Cod Canal and bridges

The Cape Cod Canal was opened with much fanfare on July 29, 1914. It bore only a slight resemblance to the canal we know today.

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Boston Municipal Court Judge Raymond Dougan.

Judges cannot be forced to explain rulings, SJC says

The aftermath of the crash involving bus driver Lataria Milton.

MBTA driver hits parking officer with bus

Quarterback Tom Brady only saw action on the game’s first two series but he had plenty to say to his receiving corps.

Christopher L. Gasper

Change of seasons is welcome

Carter Schultz and David van Mering make up the duo Aer. They will celebrate the release of their debut album, “Bright Side,” Saturday at the Paradise.

Scene & Heard

Boston duo Aer’s mellow sound meets the fast track

Making new dance overnight in the 24 Hour ChoreoFest

A blue shark photographed off the coast of Rhode Island in July has a fish hook in its mouth.

Opinion | THE PODIUM

Time to move past ‘Jaws’

Since the July 2 low of $3.36, the average price of a gallon of gas in Massachusetts has risen 6.5 percent to $3.58, according to AAA Southern New England.

Bucking industry analysts’ predictions, gasoline prices are on the rise this summer

Iva Dochi helped her 14-month-old son, Arber, practice walking at Red Rock Park in Lynn.

Lynn’s sin label outdated, residents insist

Joe Corey, of Billerica, wore a Kansas City Monarchs uniform at the “media day” event preceding the Oldtime Baseball Game charity event in Cambridge.

Oldtime Baseball Game brings uniforms out of mothballs

American Bruce Jenner won the decathlon — and the unofficial title as world’s greatest athlete — at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal.

In decathlon, ‘world’s greatest athlete’ without fame

Brown criticizes voter registration mailing

(From left) Super PAC App cofounder Dan Siegel, Sosolimited cofounder Eric Gunther, and Nimblebot.com chief executive Nadeem Mazen are all working on free digital tools to help voters evaluate truthfulness in this fall’s political campaigns.

Cambridge firms develop software to check campaign facts

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US relay teams hoping for flawless baton passes

The US 4 x 100 meter relay teams have struggled in recent years with baton passing.

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John Meaney, Boston’s director of Environmental Services, looked over the trash storage area in an alley behind Hemenway Street in the Fenway on Thursday.

Boston gets aggressive about Fenway rat infestation

City inspectors discovered more than 100 rats and 50 burrows near two properties in an area heavily populated with students.

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Opinion | scot lehigh

Who’s a better leader: Brown or Warren?

JOSHUA GREEN

On Romney’s vice presidential pick, think dull