Mitt Romney stayed at Bain 3 years longer than he stated
Nine SEC filings submitted by four different business entities after February 1999 describe Romney as Bain boss.

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Mitt Romney has asserted he left the firm in 1999, but records show Bain listed him on government filings as the man in charge through 2002.

Brown raises his most in a quarter

Senator Scott Brown raised about $5 million between April and June. Democratic rival Elizabeth Warren collected $8.67 million.

Mass. ballot to include marijuana, end-of-life questions

Voters this fall will be asked whether to allow terminally ill patients to end their lives, and to legalize marijuana for medicinal purposes.

Yvonne Abraham

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Carol Johnson has put herself in an impossible position by mishandling a headmaster’s domestic assault arrest.

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Jerry Sandusky was convicted on multiple counts of sexual abuse last month.

Report blames Penn State for failing sexual abuse victims

An internal investigation said ex-head coach Joe Paterno and other school officials were motivated by a desire to avoid “bad publicity.”

“The article I read this morning was so ... scientific. I didn’t really get all of it,” said Brian Connor, a math teacher.

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Higgs boson particle stirs some, perplexes many

It took thousands of physicists and a $10 billion particle accelerator to find it. But it’s the laypeople struggling to understand its significance who have to do the real heavy lifting.

The Red Sox have been without Jacoby Ellsbury since April 13, when he suffered a right shoulder injury.

On baseball

Red Sox have what it takes to contend

The most injured team in baseball needs elite players like Jacoby Ellsbury to step up. If they do, a playoff spot is still possible.

Tech Lab

TiVo Premiere is in the running

TiVo’s Premiere is an impressive set-top box, delivering cable, Internet entertainment, and more in one package.

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“Frame by Frame,” the popular column from Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic Sebastian Smee, is now available as a unique e-book for subscribers to download.

BostonGlobe.com exclusives

Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard during a game against the Knicks on March 28 in New York.

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For NBA big men, LA is a big draw
Senator Scott Brown and his wife, Gail Huff.

Warren and Brown share July 12 anniversary date
Christopher Wilkins conducted as Robert Honeysucker sang with the Boston Landmarks Orchestra at the Hatch Shell on Wednesday.

MUSIC REVIEW

With Landmarks Orchestra, Copland under cloudless skies
The gala will be held under a massive tent made to resemble a 1930s nightclub. The event will be lit by crystal chandeliers.

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Behind the scenes of Tanglewood’s 75th Anniversary Gala
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.

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Art galleries at the Clark and Ningyo

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Driving Forces | Third of Three Parts

Members of the 88 pit crew practice their race day technique at the Hendrick Motorsports facility.

For NASCAR pit crews, training is contact sport

On pit road, it isn’t as important to hire car experts as it is to recruit superior athletes who can become car experts.

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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)

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.

Columnists

Juliette Kayyem

BC case throws cold water on IRA, academia

edward l. glaeser

Public pension difficulties for Mass. towns

Tech Lab

A most capable cable box
Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard during a game against the Knicks on March 28 in New York.

Bob Ryan

For NBA big men, LA is a big draw

Yvonne Abraham

Boston school chief fails test

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?
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

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Samsung serves up a worthy iPhone rival

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Tristan Jehan, cofounder and chief scientific officer of The Echo Nest, worked in his office on Wednesday.

Somerville online music pioneers get $17.3 million in funding

About 30 music-obsessed computer engineers who work for The Echo Nest determine what listeners of Spotify hear once they log on and start listening.

Politics

Speaker John Boehner of Ohio after the Republican-controlled House voted 244 to 185 for repeal. The bill passed Wednesday has no chance of approval in the Senate.

House passes bill to repeal health care law

The bill has no chance of approval in the Senate and would face a veto from Obama if it ever got to him

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Judge continues to block Mississippi abortion law

A federal judge on Wednesday continued to block a state law that threatens to shut down Mississippi’s only abortion clinic.

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Book Review

‘The Nightmare’ by Lars Kepler

The story gives US fans of Lars Kepler’s Scandinavian mysteries a second look at Joona Linna.

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Before sitting down to their meal, guests found their way to the bar to mix their own cocktails. They also snacked on oysters and crudites.

How to host the perfect summer garden party

Chef Tiffani Faison and Dominick Doyle team up to create a relaxed garden party. So can you.

“It’s a very confusing topic. If you really press physicists, it’s a confusing for them, too.”

Jorge Cham,  on the Higgs boson particle

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

“Closure of this historic struggle, or any other, is not advanced through some perceived and self-appointed academic privilege invoked by American researchers.”

Juliette Kayyem 

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