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In June, US again adds fewer jobs than expected

Employers hired only 80,000 workers in June, fewer than projected, while the unemployment rate remained at 8.2 percent.

Diplomats pressure Syria as top general defects

The US and its international partners called for global sanctions against Syria as a top-ranking general defected from the regime.

Episcopalians review a new rite for gay unions

Episcopalians are expected to overwhelmingly approve trial use of a new liturgy for blessing same-sex unions.

Thousands in Mass. still forgo health insurance

Policy advocates say the state’s law lays out a finan­cial and moral incentive to get coverage. But it is not clear the approach can be effectively replicated nationally.

16 teachers fired in Lawrence overhaul

Nearly 50 teachers in the state-run schools have been identified as “teachers of concern” by a team of evaluators, and 16 have been fired.

Boston business boomed during holiday week

Early estimates suggest a $60 million to $75 million increase in tourist spending over a typical Fourth of July week.

The BAE Guayas (front) and The ARC Gloria were docked at Fish Pier on Thursday. The tall ships were preparing to leave Boston.

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The tall ships were preparing to leave Boston on Thursday. The BAE Guayas (front) and the ARC Gloria were docked at Fish Pier.

Visitors aboard the Full Moon passed by the BAE Gloria to get a last look.

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Visitors aboard the Full Moon passed by the BAE Gloria to get a last look.

The Fort Independence also swung by to get a look at the tall ships before they left.

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The Fort Independence also swung by to get a look at the tall ships before they left.

A kayaker rowed past the bow of the KRI Dewarugi on Thursday.

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A kayaker rowed past the bow of the KRI Dewarugi on Thursday.

Tall ships were in Boston from June 30 to July 5. Preliminary data suggests that the city had a 4.5% increase in visitors over a typical July Fourth week.

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Tall ships were in Boston from June 30 to July 5. Preliminary data suggests that the city had a 4.5 percent increase in visitors over a typical July Fourth week.

The US Coast Guard Cutter Eagle left Boston on Thursday. Several crew members aboard the Eagle hail from Massachusetts.

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The US Coast Guard Cutter Eagle left Boston on Thursday. Several crew members aboard the Eagle hail from Massachusetts.

Opinion | SCOT LEHIGH

Former hitchhiker recalls a more trusting past

Three decades ago, I would have picked up a hitchhiker almost automatically. If you hitchhiked yourself, you stopped for others, writes Scott Lehigh.

A knife sharpener was a common sight of the streets of Boston in the decade leading up to the 1940 Census.

Census records bring 1940s Boston to life

The city was dominated by machinists and mechanics, laborers and craftsmen, the census shows.

David Oritz and the Red Sox need a strong series against Mark Teixeira the Yankees ti jump start their contention in the AL East race.

Red Sox, Yankees clash as crunch time approaches

New York, with a 7 1/2-game lead over Boston, arrives in town for a four-game series. The teams will play 16 times down the stretch.

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Efforts to provide an ideal environment for the birds led to the nest building and egg laying, a zoo official said.

Hummingbird lays egg at Franklin Park Zoo
“Beasts of the Southern Wild” stars Quvenzhané Wallis as a girl living in a small hamlet on the coast of Louisiana in the days before and after Katrina.

Movie Review

‘Beasts’ a four-star fable
Homes like this one in Wellesley are putting an end to the idea that prefabs are boxy, cheaply made structures.

Prefab homes go upscale, with prices to match
“In the Still of the Night” by Carmen Cicero.

Art Review

Harrison and Cicero on exhibit in Provincetown
Women’s professional soccer is still coming to grips with two failed leagues and being labeled a niche sport.

Is there a future for women’s pro soccer?
Chandler Studios Boston, a 12-room property in the South End, will be Boston’s newest hotel when it opens in August.

Hundreds of hotel rooms planned for Boston
Lupone kicked off the “Broad­­way at the Art House’’ series.

Stage Review

Patti LuPone delivers vocal fireworks in Provincetown
In the East Boston tunnel, a worker on April 10, 1932 ties in the reinforcing rods of the curved ceiling that will be buried in the concrete.

From the Archives

The Sumner Tunnel
Tasty Burger’s cheeseburgers.

Boston swept up by burger boom
Garo, Scott McNeff, and Joshua Steele.

Boston’s male exotic dancers talk ‘Magic Mike’

The new Nexus 7 tablet.

Tech Lab

Google Nexus tablet comes out on top

Catholic hospital reaches out to Orthodox Jews

Sports

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Roger Federer is looking to win a record-tying seventh Wimbledon title.

Roger Federer cruises into record 8th Wimbledon final

Federer ousted defending champion Novak Djokovic in four sets. He will aim for a record-tying seventh Wimbledon title on Sunday.

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Emergency responders aided the injured couple watching fireworks on Dorchester Heights.

Couple in Boston hit by lightning are recovering

Lightning struck Jerome and Megan Gale Hranka as they took in the pyrotechnic panorama atop Dorchester Heights.

Columnists

MITT ROMNEY

Joshua green

Avoiding risk with the Romney Fog Machine

Opinion | SCOT LEHIGH

Former hitchhiker recalls a more trusting past

CARLO ROTELLA

Put down the phone; real life abounds

Boston Capital

Time to cut off Boston Beer’s investors

Juliette Kayyem

Immigrants, native-born see eye to eye
Mitt Romney and his wife Ann Romney took to a jet ski on Lake Winnipesaukee in Wolfeboro, N.H., on Monday.

Joan Vennochi

Romney on a jet ski — his Kerry moment?

Scot Lehigh

We need more statues

Jeff Jacoby

Celebrating, royal-free

Yvonne Abraham

Nonprofit came to family’s aid

Boston Capital

Stock pickers need years to regain trust
Ma Ying-jeou, now president of Taiwan, rallied supporters in 2006.

Farah stockman

How a Harvard rivalry changed Taiwan

Juliette Kayyem

The politics of disaster

Business

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Curt Schilling blocked access to records, R.I. auditors say

Auditors tried unsuccessfully for days to examine the financial records of former Boston Red Sox pitcher Schilling’s video gaming company as it teetered on the edge of bankruptcy.

Politics

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and top adviser Eric Fehrnstrom (left) seemed at times not to be on the same page on the Supreme Court’s health care decision.

Mitt Romney’s team taking fire from right

Prominent conservatives excoriated Romney’s campaign, ridiculing his advisers and suggesting they are bungling the presidential race.

Nation & World

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Journalists in protective gear toured the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in February. Nuclear power returned to Japan’s energy mix for the first time in months Thursday, as an investigative panel issued a report on the 2011 disaster.

Panel blames Japan nuclear disaster on errors

The nuclear accident at Fukushima was a preventable disaster, a parliamentary inquiry concluded Thursday.

Arts

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Howard Jones brings double the memories to Foxborough

Jones is performing two whole albums, his mid-’80s classics “Human’s Lib” and “Dream Into Action,” in their entirety.

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Movie Review

Taylor Kitsch (left) and Aaron Johnson in Oliver Stone’s “Savages.”

Oliver Stone rolls with brute force in ‘Savages’

Despite a lousy ending, the film is Stone’s strongest work in years — a propulsive ultra-violent thriller with a mean streak and a devilish sense of humor.

“The labor market isn’t making the grade.”

Jonathan Basile,  director of US economics at Credit Suisse

Magazine

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A West Falmouth home where sea meets sunset
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What if spanking works?
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5 casual feast recipes from Sam Jackson
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40 ideas for your New England summer weekends

Opinion

“At stake in even the most minor everyday episode is how you connect to other people and the world around you.”

Carlo Rotella 

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