Control of costs a test for health overhaul

The Mass. health care overhaul is seen by many as a model and a caution for the necessary sequel to much broader insurance coverage: cost control.

Ayla and Arianna are more visible in this campaign. They joined their parents on LawDay in Wrentham.

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The Senate Race | Lives and Times

For Brown, campaign an all-out family affair

Senator Brown is no longer the candidate who defined himself as a guy with a truck and a barn jacket. He is Scott Brown, suburban family man.

Vinicius Quirino, 26, said he is happy for his friends who can remain in the United States. But he’s sad that because he was 17 when he immigrated from Brazil, he doesn’t qualify.

Immigrants who missed deadline for Obama reprieve lament

For these young people, unlucky timing means that they will remain in limbo, fearful of deportation and frustrated by their inability to seek legal employment.

Suffering fromamigraine, Natasha Young-Alicea relaxes on the couch with her golden retriever Josh.

JOANNE RATHE/GLOBE STAFF

Dogs provide source of healing for veterans

Thanks to a program called Patriot Rovers, service dogs named for fallen soldiers are giving help and solace to veterans beset by war trauma.

Artifacts from the USS Constitution include a locket from Captain Hull, which he gave to his wife with a lock of hair.

USS Constitution’s forgotten, brave crew honored

Stories are finally being told about the sailors who served aboard Old Ironsides, perhaps the nation’s most famous warship, during the War of 1812.

Ling Chai, a leader of the Tiananmen Square protests who is now a business leader in Boston, has been accused in a lawsuit of trying to force a former employee to pray at work.

Chinese rights activist sued for bias

Ling Chai, a leader of the Tiananmen Square protests who is now a business leader in Boston, has been accused of trying to force a former employee to pray at work.

Yvonne Abraham

Another last chance for English High

If Boston’s English High fails again, we will have to face a harsh truth: Some schools are truly beyond repair, columnist Yvonne Abraham writes.

London’s new Olympic Stadium (foreground) came with a price tag of $764 million. The Aquatics Center (background) cost $423 million.

London hopes Olympics worth hefty price

With a final price tag expected to reach $15 billion-$20 billion, London’s legacy could depend on what happens to the venues and redeveloped areas after the crowds depart.

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On June 28, 1978, five bodies were found in the basement of the Blackfriars Pub on Summer Street in Boston. The gangland-style killing would be known as the “Blackfriars Massacre.”

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The injury situation with Kevin Youkilis was certainly real. But the Red Sox put him out there for everyone to see, and his health seemed to get better and better.

Sunday Baseball Notes

Why did teams stay away from Kevin Youkilis?
George Fifield, Boston Cyberarts founder, with an electronic display at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center in May.

Boston Cyberarts is powering up year-round
Pittsburgh GM Ray Shero (above) made a splash with the Jordan Staal deal, and now may go after Ryan Suter.

Sunday Hockey Notes

Penguins aim to be players in free agency

special section

Tall ships come to Boston Harbor from June 30 to July 5

opinion | Tom Keane

Massachusetts should do away with price stickers
From left: At the Cutler Majestic Theatre, Mike Daisey, Nilaja Sun, Emily Mann, Ping Chong, KJ Sanchez, and Steve Cosson participated in a panel discussion as part of the Theatre Communications Group conference.

critic’s notebook

Rethinking theater, and ways to make it, in the digital age

OpSail an excuse to explore waterfront

Seven hit Hollywood reboots
Annie Leibovitz looks at her photograph “May Alcott’s drawing on her bedroom wall, Orchard House, Concord, Massachusetts, 2010” on display in the exhibit “Pilgrimage” at the Concord Museum.

Annie Leibovitz brings exhibition to Concord
A sign at a Transportation Security Administration checkpoint instructed passengers about the use of the full-body scanner at O’Hare International Airport.

How to get through airport security more quickly

Nora Ephron was a writer, director, and women’s advocate.

movies

Nora Ephron: onscreen and off, a life lived by words
Walter Cronkite.

book review

‘Cronkite’ by Douglas Brinkley

Sports

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Mariners 3, Red Sox 2

Seattle’s Chone Figgins was mobbed by teammates after he hit a sacrifice fly in the 11th inning to beat the Red Sox.

Mariners outlast the Red Sox

Chone Figgins had a sacrifice fly off Alfredo Aceves to win the game for the Mariners in the 11th inning, as the Red Sox stumbled to a 3-2 loss.

Metro

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The tall ships arrived Saturday morning in Boston Harbor and docked at the Fish Pier.

OpSail Boston opens with a bang

Thousands of people gathered as tall ships from around the world arrived.

Columnists

Jeff Jacoby

There’s no danger in a nuclear Iran? Really?

Joanna Weiss

PAC some life into the Brown-Warren Senate race

Bob Ryan

ABCD comes up with a ‘Dream’ pairing
Mitt Romney vowed to repeal the health care overhaul Thursday after it was upheld by the Supreme Court.

Joan Vennochi

On health care, it’s Romney vs. Romney

Yvonne Abraham

Another last chance for English High
Brad McNamara (right) and Jon Friedman, cofounders of Freight Farms, are hoping to create greenhouses from shipping containers.

INNOVATION ECONOMY

Firms plant hopes on urban garden space

opinion | Joan Wickersham

Get that colonoscopy

Opinion | JOSHUA GREEN

Health care ruling aids Obama in three ways

Brian McGrory

The tax man tries to devour a restaurant

Boston Capital | Steven Syre

Investors take health care ruling in stride

Yvonne Abraham

Sal DiMasi sentenced to neglect

Tech Lab

Vigilance will help keep your computer safe

Business

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Tiffany V.C. Montague, manages space initiatives and Lunar X Prize Google Inc.

For Google, getting to space is not out of this world

Tiffany V.C. Montague manages Google’s s Lunar X Prize, the company’s competition that will award $30 million in prizes to teams that land and operate a robot on the moon.

Politics

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President Barack Obama talked with firefighters as he toured the Mountain Shadow neighborhood devastated by wildfires in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Obama hails response to Colorado wildfires

President Obama has praised the coordinated response to Colorado’s wildfires and said trying times bring Americans together.

Nation & World

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A tree fell on Capitol Hill in Washington Saturday as storms swept into the eastern United States.

Storms kill at least 13 in eastern US

Powerful storms swept through the mid-Atlantic, killing at least 13 people and leaving millions without power during a triple-digit heat wave.

Arts

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third ear

Dmitri Shostakovich (circa 1966) once said that request inspired him to compose the song cycle “Seven Romances on Verses by Alexander Blok.” The work will get a rare performance July 7 at Yellow Barn in Putney, Vt.

Shostakovich’s voice, distilled in song

A close look at Shostakovich’s “Seven Romances on Verses by Alexander Blok.”

Travel

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Globe reporter Bobby Caina Calvan dangled Extremo Tarzan swing.

Volcano, cloud forest, and all sorts of wild things

For a week, Costa Rica was the author’s playground. He zip-lined, rappelled down waterfalls, rafted rapids, and traversed rain-muddied trails by horseback.

Books

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4 novels by Clarice Lispector

New translations of four novels by the innovative and beguiling Brazilian writer Clarice Lispector offer a fresh opportunity to assess her talents.

“It is a healing mission of course for the dogs and the soldiers, but also for the soldiers’ families.”

David Cantara,  founder of Patriot Rovers

Magazine

The cover for the June 24 2012 issue

A West Falmouth home where sea meets sunset
The cover for the June 17 2012 issue

What if spanking works?
The cover for the June 10 2012 issue

5 casual feast recipes from Sam Jackson
The cover for the June 3 2012 issue

40 ideas for your New England summer weekends

Opinion

“In the world view of consumer advocates, retailers are rapacious villains, while Bay State consumers are witless patsies.”

Tom Keane, on mandatory price stickers

Ideas

“In a growing body of work, Timur Kuran argues that the blame for the Islamic world’s economic stagnation lies with a set of institutions that Islamic law created over centuries.”

Thanassis Cambanis,  on the economic toll of Islamic law