Ann Romney says Mitt is the ‘man America needs’

In Tuesday night’s address at the Republican National Convention, Mitt Romney’s wife Ann sought to portray a more personal view of her husband, who has struggled to connect with some voters.

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Mitt Romney's wife Ann stood in front of a large image of her and her husband earlier in their lives as she addressed delegates during the RNC.

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Mitt Romney's wife Ann greeted the crowd at the RNC.

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N.J. Governor Chris Christie delivered the keynote address Tuesday night.

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his wife watch the Republican National Convention from their hotel room.

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Former US Rep. Artur Davis, who delivered a nominating speech for President Obama at the Democratic National Convention in 2008, discussed his support of Mitt Romney.

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Former US Senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania addressed the Republican National Convention.

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Alan Philp, of Colorado, wore an elephant hat on the convention floor.

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US Senator Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire gave a thumbs down to the Obama administration as she addressed the Republican National Convention.

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Convention attendees cheered during the first full session of the Republican National Convention.

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Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum took a picture of his wife, Karen, during the RNC.

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Arizona Governor Jan Brewer walked through the crowd after speaking.

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Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker autographed a Mitt Romney sign for a delegate.

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House Speaker John Boehner addressed the Republican National Convention Tuesday night.

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Kerry Healey of Massachusetts, Romney's former lieutenant governor, pledged the state's delegates for his candidacy.

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Scott Romney stood with the Michigan delegation as representatives pledged their support for his brother.

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New Jersey put Romney "over the top" for the nomination.

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Delegates held posters for Romney during the roll call.

Convention attendees said the Pledge of Allegiance.

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Convention attendees said the Pledge of Allegiance.

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Protesters carried an effigy of Mitt Romney as they walked through the streets of Tampa, Florida on Tuesday.

Protesters slept in tents Tuesday in a camp in Tampa, Fla., that the demonstrators are calling

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Protesters slept in tents Tuesday in a camp in Tampa, Fla., that the demonstrators are calling "Romneyville."

Delegates celebrated after Mitt Romney was nominated for president.

Mitt Romney wins GOP nomination

Mitt Romney was formally nominated as the Republican presidential nominee, with his party quickly shifting toward reshaping the image the country has of him.

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie addressed the Republican National Convention Tuesday night.

Christie calls Democrats dishonest in RNC keynote

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie delivered an indictment of President Obama and his party as unwilling to be candid with Americans about the challenges ahead.

A motorist drove through a flooded street in Bay St. Louis, Miss.

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Isaac comes ashore, spawning floods, power outages

Hurricane Isaac hit the coast of Louisiana, sending floodwaters surging, unleashing fierce winds, and knocking out power to more than 200,000 homes and businesses.

Fidelity’s Abigail Johnson spoke earlier this year to the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce.

Fidelity promotes Abigail Johnson to No. 2 role

The promotion is the clearest sign yet that Johnson, 50, is firmly on target to take over the Boston investment giant from her father, Edward “Ned” C. Johnson 3d.

Boston Teachers Union to block new evaluation system

The move by the union is the latest flashpoint in the increasingly contentious negotiations with the city over a new contract.

Opinion | Scot Lehigh

A GOP critique based on false premises

Tuesday night’s events seemed to please the GOP faithful. And yet there was one inconvenient problem: The essence of the GOP’s critique was based on false premises.

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Last year, Chris Webster (left) tried to ride his bike on a flooded playground in Rutland, Vt. Residents have mostly rebuilt over the damage.

Gain, strains in Vermont a year after Irene
A sign showed the national debt total Monday inside the Tampa Bay Times Forum, site of the GOP convention.

Tea Party followers warm up to Romney
One DivcoWest executive said the firm intends to market its properties like 330 Congress St. to a range of companies.

Boston, Cambridge lure Silicon Valley investor
Tom Sommers of Wayland was pleased with his roommate from Chicago, who was assigned by Amherst College.

Many freshmen still let colleges pick roommates
China Altman and Carl Foster in one of the four rose beds at the Public Garden last week. Altman and her fellow volunteers are called the Rose Brigade.

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The rose maven of the Public Garden
John Douglas Thompson plays multiple roles, most importantly Louis Armstrong, in “Satchmo at the Waldorf” at Shakespeare and Company.

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‘Satchmo’ an impassioned bio-play about the jazz legend

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EL Putnam solicits, exhibits anonymous postcards of love and loss

IN PRACTICE

For physicians and patients, time is best medicine

Daily Dose

Why we lie and how we can become more honest
Men’s gymnast Kohei Uchimura vaults at the 2011 NHK Cup in Tokyo.

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Will men always be the swifter sex?
The cloth sling James Dichter was fitted with cost his insurer $83; it can be bought online for $7.

For $83, a sling and no simple answers
Environmental scientists Lucas Chapman and Emily Coumbassa got stormwater samples at a manhole in the Fenway last week. Finding pollution sources is a painstaking process.

New effort to curtail sewage in Boston

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Tight end Aaron Hernandez now stands at the precipice of becoming the favorite and most dangerous target for quarterback Tom Brady on a Super Bowl quest.

Aaron Hernandez’s $41.1m extension a great sign

Long chided nationally, the Patriots appear to have evolved from their iron-fisted ways of dealing with player contracts.

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Tisei, Tierney agree to debates

Representative John F. Tierney and his Republican challenger, Richard R. Tisei, have agreed to debate each other at least twice, the campaigns said.

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Ironwood awaits FDA decision on new drug

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Scott Brown and the near-extinct GOP moderate
Russian beach volleyball players Anastasiia Vasina and Anna Vozakova practice at the Olympic Village in London.

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London could show how to build a better Olympics

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‘Guardian Angels’ won’t fix a flawed Afghan war policy
When umpire Dan Bellino ruled Dustin Pedroia had been thrown out at first base in the fifth, manager Bobby Valentine argued and got thrown out, too.

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Will the Red Sox stick with Bobby Valentine?
Vercheesa Thompson (above left) of Dorchester, facilitator Candace Keshwar, Michelle Eunis, and Suheil Riveramet in Jamaica Plain last week while Sherina Hendrix (below) played with their children. The mothers’ group is creating its own child-care cooperative.

Yvonne Abraham

Program helps families create own solutions
Laila Ali is one of eight celebrities competing on the war-based reality show “Stars Earn Stripes.”

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Does ‘Stars Earn Stripes’ glorify war?

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Both parties are too extreme on abortion

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What happens when a trend never touches down
Jackie, Sue, and Lynn as seen in “49 Up,” a 2005 British film that is part of a decades-long series of documentaries.

Joan Wickersham

A study of class captures shape, sweep of real lives

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Mass. needs to update wiretap laws

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The GOP’s big tent collapses

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Both President Obama and his presumptive Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, are seeking to appeal to a broad swath of financially struggling voters who identify as middle class. Recent data show that America’s middle class has been shrinking.

Poll highlights income divide in US

A majority of Americans say the growing income gap between the rich and poor is bad for the country and believe that the wealthy are paying too little in taxes, according to a new survey.

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Alex Casetta of Denver held up a sign in support of Ron Paul in Tampa.

Ron Paul delegates try to strike down new GOP rules

Rep. Paul’s delegates are trying to mount a floor fight over rules designed to limit the ability of insurgent candidates to amass delegates to future conventions.

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A New Zealand study cited a mental decline among those who started regularly smoking marijuana before age 18.

Teen marijuana use linked to later declines in IQ

Teens who routinely smoke marijuana risk a long-term drop in their IQ, a new study suggests.

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Filmmaker Austin Chapman, 23, was born deaf.

Deaf filmmaker hears music — and can’t stop listening

Austin Chapman was never quite sure about the soundtracks of his award-winning short films, but state-of-the art hearing aids have changed his world forever.

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Jason Santos, owner and executive chef at Blue Inc., says the dog he adopted was the only one that didn’t bark at his blue hair.

Local chef, reality contestant adopts from MSPCA

Jason Santos, owner and executive chef at Blue Inc. in Boston, once owned an illegal African cat and recently adopted a dog from the MSPCA.

“You ask my wife. I’m lucky if I sleep two or three hours a night, especially when it rains.”

Louis Ross,  whose Vermont home was flooded during Tropical Storm Irene

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The man who nourished Boston’s literary scene
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Can GPS find you a mate?

Opinion

“From a voter’s standpoint, there’s an argument for having a voice, within the Republican Party, for moderate Massachusetts values.”

Joanna Weiss 

Ideas

“In decades of researching American political lobbies, we have found that there are huge gaps in who is represented in Washington.”

—Kay Schlozman, Sidney Verba, and Henry E. Brady