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Gunman kills 12 in Colo. shooting

Police arrested 24-year-old James Holmes in connection with one of the deadliest mass shootings in recent US history.

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James Holmes, a 24-year-old doctoral student, was raised in a well-tended San Diego, Calif., neighborhood.

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Tragedy must lead to deeper cultural conversation

It might be time to talk about an entertainment culture that excels at selling violent power fantasies to people who feel powerless.

Sox right fielder Cody Ross can’t catch up to Colby Rasmus’s triple in the first, which got the Blue Jays off and running.

blue jays 6, red sox 1

Red Sox come up empty

The Red Sox, which entered the game leading the majors in runs, had won four out of their last five games.

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Schools need justice, not kindness

Public institutions run best on a strict accountability model, not one that emphasizes loving kindness, writes Lawrence Harmon.

Carina Shane of Sweden was floating in an innertube tied to a boat off of Truro near a humpback whale on Saturday, July 14.

Woman has close encounter with whales off Truro

A woman relaxing on an inner tube off the coast of Truro got quite a surprise when she was joined by three humpback whales last weekend.

Mitt Romney’s leverage resulted in a generous Bain retirement package.

Romney bargained hard on severance during Bain absence

Mitt Romney was not merely an absentee owner of Bain Capital during his leave of absence, interviews and public records show.

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The aquarium opened in the summer of 1969 and was part of the waterfront urban renewal plan that transformed Central Wharf.

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Members of the Hong Kong Ballet perform “Symphony in Three Movements,” the most successful of the three pieces on the Jacob’s Pillow program.

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Hong Kong Ballet crosses cultures with the universal language of dance
Jim Graczyk battles a fish with guide D.J. Shinduke ready with a net. Graczyk’s late son, Jeremy, had loved fishing.

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Fishing, remembering on an island off British Columbia
Above: Dr. Larry Cohan has access to his computer while he talks with patient Isaac Brown.

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Clicking with your doctor
Jerenso Figueroa, 5, cooled off in the water fountains in Cordero Park in Chelsea.

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Strip T’s Burger.

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25 best burgers around Boston
Cody Ross won Thursday night’s game with a walkoff, three-run homer against the White Sox.

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Cody Ross loves the pressure
Gino Cappelletti is on all-time All-AFL team.

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Gino Cappelletti retiring from Patriots’ radio booth
At Middlesex Truck & Coach, Mitt Romney suggested that businesses do not owe their success to the government.

In Roxbury, Romney hits Obama’s business message
Boston musician Brian Evans outside Fenway Park. His song was selected to be Fenway's 100th anniversary song.

Singing Fenway’s praises
Kelli O’Hara, as Cathy, and Brandon Victor Dixon, as Raymond, rehearse a scene from “Far From Heaven,’’ a new musical adapted from the 2002 film.

‘Far From Heaven’ becomes a musical at Williamstown

Jackie Reeves rediscovers her art just as gallery discovers her
Off! is (from left) drummer Mario Rubalcaba, singer Keith Morris, guitarist Dimitri Coats, bassist Steven Shane McDonald.

Classic LA punk lives on in Off!

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British Open

Tiger Woods celebrated with his caddie Joe Lacava after chipping in a bunker shot on No. 18.

Snedeker leads at British Open, but Tiger charges

Brandt Snedeker shot a 6-under 64 and had a one-shot lead through two rounds, while Tiger Woods delivered a dramatic finish by holing out from the bunker on 18.

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This undated Massachusetts driver license file photo shows Rezwan Ferdaus of Ashland, Mass.

Ashland man pleads guilty to terror charges

Under a plea deal filed earlier this month, Rezwan Ferdaus will serve 17 years in prison for plotting to fly remote-controlled airplanes into Washington, D.C., landmarks.

Columnists

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Romney and Kerry’s seesawing political fortunes

CARLO ROTELLA

Creative impulses help shape our neighborhoods

Steven Syre

A word of caution on Mass. health cost reform

Dan Shaughnessy

Pedroia says he and Valentine get along fine

Juliette Kayyem

Bachmann’s anti-Muslim paranoia

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The Rev. Michel Louis, (seated left), Lissa Alphonse, and Egyptian tour guide Hithem Mohamed rested at a police station after they were released by their kidnappers in Egypt.

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Kerry, Brown compete for credit after hostage release

Yvonne Abraham

Boston superintendent controversy not a race matter

Bob Ryan

Penn State should discuss ending football

Jeff Jacoby

A book lover’s lament

scot lehigh

Echoes of the Ryan budget

Brian McGrory

There’s no way to avoid political ads on TV

Business

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Massachusetts foreclosure activity slows in June

The number of foreclosure petitions dropped to 1,254 in June, representing a nearly 30 percent drop compared to a month before and the lowest number this year.

Politics

Brown calls for closing of STOCK law loophole

Senator Scott Brown called for the removal of a loophole in the law meant to ban insider trading by federal employees.

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Thousands of Iraqis flee Syria

As fighting in the country has intensified, officials said about 1,000 Iraqis flew from Damascus, while thousands more poured through a land crossing.

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Emmy nominations, starring ‘Mad Men,’ ‘Breaking Bad,’ ‘Homeland’

There were treats in this year’s nominations, but the omissions were glaring.

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Movie Review

André Dussollier plays a writer who begins to doubt the fidelity of his wife (Carole Bouquet).

‘Unforgivable’: An elegantly rambling affair

The latest from France’s André Téchiné is an elegantly rambling affair, set in Venice, about the ways spouses, lovers, parents, and children never quite connect.

“The elephant in the room was not whether Mitt was involved in investment decisions but Mitt’s retention of control of the firm and therefore his ability to extract a huge economic benefit by delaying his giving up of that control.”

A former associate of Mitt Romney 

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12 Bostonians Changing the World
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N.Y. vs. Boston: The endgame
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A West Falmouth home where sea meets sunset
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What if spanking works?

Opinion

“The noise-to-impact ratio of current issues is just the latest reminder that what matters intensely to Washington consultants and columnists doesn’t necessarily sway voters.”

Joshua Green 

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