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Heat, humidity blanket region

A heat advisory is in effect from 1 p.m. until 7 p.m. today as soaring heat and suffocating humidity will make it feel hotter than 100 degrees.

State Street to buy Goldman Sachs unit for $550m

The Boston financial services company will buy Goldman Sachs Administration Services, a hedge fund unit that manages around $200 billion in assets.

Romney, Obama drum up donations overseas

Mitt Romney and President Obama are stepping up efforts to raise funds from Americans living half a world away.

Boston Capital

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2012/07/17/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/syre-1259.jpg Struggle for straight answers from Mitt Romney

Every aspect of the furious political back and forth over Romney’s departure from Boston private equity firm Bain Capital can make your head spin.

The parking garage in front of the New England Aquarium as seen from the Greenway in this June 2, 2010 file photo.

Yoon S. Byun/Globe Staff/File

Paul McMorrow

How to make parking garages in Boston obsolete

The best way of speeding Boston garages’ downfall, and putting valuable land back into active use, is by living up to the deal that was supposed to underpin the Big Dig.

Joanna Weiss

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Joe Paterno’s stubbornest defenders are part of a long chain of luminaries who have rushed to defend friends and colleagues who could surely do no wrong.

“We caught so many right away,” said Rockport lobsterman Nathan Bolcome, resulting in a lower return in price.

Lobster prices plunge, to fishermen’s chagrin

This summer, as lobster prices have plunged in a saturated market, the succulent treat has increasingly become a bargain.

Kevin Youkilis, left, caught up with ex-teammate David Ortiz before Monday’s game.

Bob Ryan

Youkilis deserves his comfortable spot

Kevin Youkilis has been a sparkplug since joining the White Sox, and said he’s happy to be on a team with “less drama” than Boston.

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BostonGlobe.com exclusives

Mass. General Hospital plans to celebrate its top ranking on Tuesday with Mayor Thomas Menino and a rolling rally

Mass. General named best hospital in US
“Double Time” author Jane Roper and her husband, Alastair Moock, with their now 5-year-old twins, Clio (in yellow) and Elsa, at their Medford home.

G cover

Mother of twins chronicles terror, joy of first three years

Massachusetts-born painter Eric Aho depicts a collision of ice blocks on black water in “Ice Field.”

Art Review

Contemporary painters bring dynamism, drama to N.E. landscapes

CD review | R&B

Frank Ocean, ‘Channel Orange’

G Force

TV veteran now portrays Dr. Ruth in Pittsfield

Adrian Walker

Revising Mitt Romney’s career at Bain

G Cover

Finding healing for the healers
Afjal Wahidi and other Northeastern students took part in a session last week on how to pitch an idea to business investors.

First 6 start-ups nurtured by Northeastern take flight
Senator Christopher Dodd (center), and Representative Barney Frank (second from right) celebrated their bill in 2010.

2 years later, Dodd-Frank law is largely stalled
From left: Miller Gaffney, John Bruno, Bob Richter, and Kevin Bruneau visit flea markets across the nation in search of the perfect find on “Market Warriors.’’

Television Review

‘Market Warriors’ adds flash to ‘Roadshow’ formula
“We have to create different models of how we care for older patients. Delirium is a symptom of how we don’t give good hospital care to older people,” said Dr. Sharon Inouye.

G Force

Focusing on delirium in the elderly
Susie Essman plays one of the three women pursued by Brooks Ashmanskas’s Barney Cashman in Neil Simon’s “Last of the Red Hot Lovers.”

Stage Review

Going for broke in Williamstown’s ‘Lovers’

Sports

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RED SOX NOTEBOOK

David Ortiz works an eighth-inning walk Monday; he hurt his Achilles’ running the bases later in the inning.

David Ortiz injures Achilles’ tendon

Ortiz said the Red Sox were “cursed” after his injury, and the early prognosis is that he may have to sit out a few days.

Metro

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The Rev. Michel Louis and Lissa Alphonse rested at a police station in Al-Arish, Egypt, after their release.

Families rejoice at local pair’s release in Egypt

A Dorchester pastor and an Everett woman were released by their Egyptian captor Monday after a diplomatic flurry by American and Egyptian officials.

Columnists

The halo over the late Joe Paterno was removed on July 14 by artist Michael Pilato.

Joanna Weiss

Paterno supporters show human tendency to defend the indefensible

farah stockman

Uncertainty on taxes has a high cost for US economy
Kevin Youkilis, left, caught up with ex-teammate David Ortiz before Monday’s game.

Bob Ryan

Kevin Youkilis deserves his comfortable spot

Boston Capital

A struggle for straight answers from Romney

Tech Lab Plus

Local app helps you navigate selling sites

JULIETTE KAYYEM

Women in combat are not a cause of sexual assault, but could be the cure
MIT’s Bill Aulet talked about CloudTop’s plans.

Innovation Economy

Entrepreneurs offer key factors to win investors
(From left) John Stockton, Chris Mullin, and Charles Barkley had a golden experience in Barcelona in 1992.

Bob Ryan

‘Dream Team’ book a must read for fans

Adrian Walker

Revising Mitt Romney’s career at Bain

Jeff Jacoby

Life sentence not ‘unusual’ for minors

Yvonne Abraham

East Boston shipyard has an ugly beauty
MIT’s Rehmi Post, Thad Starner, and Steve Mann with professor Alex Pentland, part of the Perceptual Computing Group.

INNOVATION ECONOMY

MIT ‘borgs’ still back wearable technology

Business

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“I’ll have people with smartphones who will search online for prices as I’m talking to them,” said George Toma, president of George Washington Toma in Weymouth. “If a customer shows me a different price, at least we can talk about it. I can’t have that conversation if they leave and do it at home.”

Small electronics retailers stay focused on service

By putting an emphasis on service, rather than the lowest prices, independent electronic stores are appealing to consumers overwhelmed by the number of choices.

Politics

POLITICAL NOTEBOOK

“We’re not here seeking a limitation on spending; we ought to be, but we’re not,” Senator John Kerry, a Massachusetts Democrat, said in a floor speech before the vote.

GOP blocks political-ad disclosure bill

Senate Republicans again foiled Democrats in their efforts to pass a bill expanding disclosures of donors to independent political groups.

Nation & World

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It is not known if the abuse claims will be used in the case against Zimmerman.

George Zimmerman accused of molestation

A Florida woman accused Zimmerman, the man charged in the killing of Trayvon Martin, of molesting her for more than a decade.

Arts

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MUSIC REVIEW

Conductor Andris Nelsons leading the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Tanglewood Festival Chorus on Sunday.

Tanglewood hits crescendo with anniversary gala, Latvian conductor’s debut

After a rather modest opening to its 75th season, Tanglewood shifted into high gear with a pair of concerts that stood out from the pack.

Lifestyle

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Daily Dose

Can you really live longer by being less sedentary?

New research suggests that sitting fewer than three hours a day is associated with a gain of two years in life.

“It’s too much of a good thing The harvest has been great. We just didn’t need it six weeks early.”

Dane Somers,  director of the Maine Lobster Council

Magazine

The cover for the July 15 2012 issue

12 Bostonians Changing the World
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?

Opinion

“Could someone please grab the shoulders of each of these folks, the politicians and painters and cultural leaders, and tell them just to wait?”

Joanna Weiss 

Ideas

“Iran’s so-called halal Internet will be a kind of anti-Internet—a self-contained loop within Iran’s borders featuring only regime-approved sites, and cut off from the World Wide Web.”

Abraham Riesman,  on bottled, national Internets