Scott Brown raised $5m in 2d quarter

Brown’s fund-raising during the April-through-June quarter was his best to date, but short of rival Elizabeth Warren’s $8.67 million over the same period.

Blue Cross plan reduces spending, study finds

The insurer’s “global payment” plan, which is the largest private-sector effort to tame medical costs in Massachusetts, reduced health care spending by 3.3 percent.

Finding boosts prospects for Alzheimer’s drugs

Scientists have found a mutation that prevents the devastating brain disorder, raising hopes for companies developing drugs aimed at reversing the disease’s course.

Study shows Native Americans migrated in three waves

The study, led by Harvard researchers, shows people arrived in waves more than 15,000 years ago, not all at once.

Earl Thibeault powers a machine as he demolishes the Comet roller coaster at the defunct Lincoln Park amusement park in Dartmouth, Mass., Wednesday July 11, 2012. The crumbling roller coaster is being cleared for a development that will include single-family homes, apartments and commercial space. (AP Photo/The Standard-Times, Peter Pereira)

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Wooden roller coaster in Dartmouth demolished

The Comet roller coaster, which operated from the 1940s to the 1980s at the former Lincoln Park amusement park, had its last run in 1987.

Katherine Gonsalves held a press conference with her lawyer, Rick Brody, about her claims of assault by state Rep. Carlos Henriquez of Dorchester.

Woman speaks about alleged assault by state representative

A Somerville woman insisted she was telling the truth in her claims that she was beaten, choked, and held against her will by state Representative Carlos Henriquez.

Ray Allen, with Miami Heat president Pat Riley, left, and head coach Erik Spoelstra, officially joined the Heat on Wednesday.

Joining Heat, Ray Allen says ‘I’ll always be a Celtic’

The former Celtics guard officially joined the Miami Heat today, but he reflected on his five years in Boston.

Jeff Jacoby

Minimum wage laws are costly for the unemployed

A minimum wage that is set too high makes it too expensive for employers to hire people with few skills — the very people who need work experience.

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Vinny Ross (right) of Somerville says making ends meet with his college loans has been a stretch.

Opinion | The Podium

Will student loans be the next mortgage crisis?

Opinion | Rose Moss

Socializing can mend Washington’s ways
Jessica Reinhard, a graphic designer, took notes at the JavaScript boot camp.

Software company wants all workers to know code
Richard DesLauriers, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Boston division, spoke during a press conference announcing the takedown of an alleged multimillion-dollar drug ring.

Suspects’ affluent ways helped spur drug inquiry
Judge Christine McEvoy spoke to jurors in the Mattapan case.

Transcript reflects tension in Mattapan trial
Maine residents Izzy Labbe, Julia Bluhm, and Maya Brown are in SPARK.

Teens confront sexualization of girls in media
Above: “Bowl of Fruit With Flame Orange Tissue, Week #7’’ by James Aponovich.

Galleries

Art galleries at the Clark and Ningyo

This Fudgsicle-like snack plated with avocado whipped cream is a creation of Tryst pastry chef Anne Moynihan.

Anne Moynihan makes desserts just like her favorite snacks
Salvadoran Carne asada, a mar-inated skirt steak.

Cheap Eats

In Somerville, Latino cuisine meets American diner
Shrimp grilled on rosemary branches with zucchini wedges and corn.

Food

Grilled shrimp on rosemary branches — then a tasty chowder

Frame by Frame

‘The Death and the Assumption of the Virgin’ by Fra Angelico

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Globe investigations

Sports

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Robert Kraft appeared at a Celtics game last month with Ricki Noel Lander.

Robert Kraft expresses regret over video

The Patriots owner said he never expected a video of him using foul language in a movie audition clip to become public and turn into a viral sensation.

Metro

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Carol R. Johnson spoke with Mayor Thomas M. Menino and expressed remorse.

Boston school chief hit with new criticism

Several city councilors questioned the leadership of Superintendent Carol Johnson for her actions after one of her headmasters was arrested, but Mayor Menino is steadfast in his support.

Columnists

Scot Lehigh

The duel over tax breaks

Jeff Jacoby

Minimum wage laws are costly for the unemployed
Pakistani-made clothes were on display in India. Pakistan is one of the largest producers of textiles.

opinion | Farah Stockman

Trade vs. aid with Pakistan

Boston Capital

More angst over the European economy
Jon Lester’s record fell to 5-6 after he surrendered four earned runs in 4 1/3 innings in a loss to the Yankees last week.

Dan Shaughnessy

What happened to the Red Sox?
A downed tree took out power lines last week in Washington, D.C.

Juliette kayyem

Pulling the plug on nation’s security
Ray Allen looked for the pass in Game 5 of the Celtics’ Eastern Conference Finals playoff series against Miami.

Bob Ryan

Bashing Ray Allen for leaving is just wrong

Tech Lab Plus

Samsung serves up a worthy iPhone rival

joan vennochi

When Mitt Romney’s campaign struggles, don’t blame the ‘Boston boys’
Fashion Project is Boston-based.

Innovation Economy

New site peddles high-end apparel to benefit charities

joanna weiss

‘The Newsroom’ and the news: There’s too much of both
US citizenship candidates wait at a naturalization ceremony in Los Angeles last month.

jeff jacoby

Time to rethink notion of immigration quotas

Business

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A traffic jam in Boston near the Leverett Circle area (pictured) in this June 7, 2012, file photo.

Boston ranks 19th worst in traffic gridlock study

According to GPS device maker TomTom, Boston is the 19th most congested city in North America, behind such cities as Vancouver and Miami.

Politics

Elizabeth Warren has proposed spending programs for transportation and energy. Senator Scott Brown has decried spending in Washington and the inability of the two parties to find common ground.

Brown, Warren offer different ideas on deficit

The Senate rivals each answered questions from the Globe on how to reduce the nation’s $1.2 trillion deficit.

Nation & World

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People watched the flames shoot up from a derailed freight train. Norfolk Southern said it appeared about 11 cars of a southbound train derailed around 2 a.m. near Interstate 71, southeast of the Ohio State University campus.

Ohio freight train derails, causing fiery blast

Part of a freight train derailed and caught fire in Columbus, Ohio, early Wednesday, shooting flames skyward into the darkness and prompting the evacuation of a mile-wide area.

Arts

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Book Review

Author Robin Shulman has organized “Eat the City’’ in seven chapters ordered like the courses of a meal.

‘Eat the City’ by Robin Shulman

Robin Shulman looks at New York’s food heritage through history into the present day.

Food & dining

Ziskin’s cicchetti can include fried sage leaves with anchovy.

Cicchetti have become popular little plates

Some of the trendiest new restaurants have menus favoring small plates. While everyone knows about Spanish tapas, cicchetti are less universal. They’re found in only one place: Venice, Italy.

“It’s not enough these days to tell girls these images are Photoshopped. We need to empower them to do something about it.”

Megan Williams,  of the group SPARK

Magazine

The cover for the July 8 2012 issue

N.Y. vs. Boston: The endgame
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

Opinion

“Minimum-wage laws are typically thought of as a mandate on employers. In reality they constrain employees.”

Jeff Jacoby 

Ideas

“By taking massive numbers of songs, symphonies, and sonatas, turning them into cold, hard data, and analyzing them with computers, we can learn things about music that would have previously been impossible to uncover.”

Leon Neyfakh,  on what computers are teaching us about music