Romney pledges to stand with Israel

Speaking in Jerusalem, Mitt Romney declared the city the capital of Israel and said that blocking Iran’s quest for nuclear weapons is “our highest national security priority.”

Elizabeth Warren’s fearless image helped propel her effort to win a Senate seat.

Warren’s star rose in D.C. battles

Elizabeth Warren earned a bold reputation that helped catapult her into the nation’s most high-profile Senate race, but also laid the groundwork for attacks against her.

Photo e-mailed from Mass. led to child porn network

The image of a toddler clutching a stuffed rabbit was the beginning of a case that led to a Milford man to a serial abuser in the Netherlands, and to traffickers in seven countries and counting.

opinion | TOM KEANE

Rejecting Chick-fil-A is good power play for mayor

The dust-up over the fast-food chain is really about Mayor Menino’s ability to make the city in his own vision.

Michael Phelps and the US men won silver Sunday in the 4x100-meter freestyle relay final.

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France wins 4x100 freestyle relay over US

The French caught the US team on the final lap for the win, exacting revenge after losing to the Americans in Beijing four years ago.

US gymnast Jordyn Wieber was in tears after she failed to qualify for the women's all-around finals.

In a stunner, Wieber doesn’t qualify for all-around final

Jordyn Wieber, the current world champion and a favorite to win the gold in all-around gymnastics, didn’t earn a trip to the final, and was ousted by Needham’s Aly Raisman.

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Boston’s lost island neighborhood

How a never-built floating wonderland could spark ambitions for the city’s future.

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The completion of the Charles River Dam Bridge on June 30, 1910, created the Charles River Basin and gave Boston the waterway that is now integral to our urban experience.

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In Vergennes, moorings on Otter Creek, near where Thomas Macdonough built a fleet for a War of 1812 battle.

History looms large in Vermont’s smallest city

Hubway, turning 1, is about to expand
Jon Lester, looking to break a three-game losing streak, gestures to his infielders during a scoreless first inning. Lester went six innings against the Yankees, allowing four runs.

Dan Shaughnessy

Red Sox’ Valentine has to be careful managing Carl Crawford

Bob Higson of Framingham was paying $300 a month for arthritis medication. A coupon could lower his copayment.

New Mass. law allows discount coupons for prescription drugs

Patrick sends crime bill back
“Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour by Cirque du Soleil” employs an arsenal of mimes, acrobats, and dancers — as well as a live band — to showcase Jackson’s songs.

living arts

Michael Jackson lives on in ‘Immortal’

book review

‘Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies’

Mul’s Diner provides a front-row seat to a changing South Boston. One arrival is the 139-unit apartment complex 50 West Broadway, opened in 2010.

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With reality TV, is Southie about to be New Jerseyed?
Alison Pargeter, at Roman ruins near Tripoli, says Khadafy’s “cult of personality...swallowed everything.”

Ideas | Q&A

The Libya that Khadafy left behind
Gustavo and Otavio Pandolfo take a break from painting a mural on the Greenway.

Os Gemeos making first mural in Boston

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Keep up on the latest from the London Olympics
Patrons ate clams and fries at a picnic table next to the water outside J.T. Farnham’s in Essex.

The Roads to Summer

Along 9-mile ribbon, a clam lover’s paradise

Sports

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USA 98, FRANCE 71

Kobe Bryant put up a shot against France's Mickael Gelabale.

US defeats France in men’s basketball

The US team pulled away in the second half in a ragged win over a French team that had six NBA players.

Metro

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Frank Masciulli, uncle of Melanie Melanson (at right); search volunteer Scott Somes; and Mary Ann Masciulli and Joanne Lawson, aunts of the girl, at a search debriefing.

Search resumes in 1989 case of missing teen

Police with search dogs scoured the Middlesex Fells on Saturday for the remains of a Woburn freshman last seen at a party in the woods in 1989.

Columnists

A 2-year-old girl looks up at the statue of Joe Paterno outside Beaver Stadium on Penn State’s campus in November 2011. School officials removed the 900-pound bronze statue and surrounding tribute last Sunday and moved it to an undisclosed location.

opinion | JOAN VENNOCHI

A teachable moment for Penn State

JOANNA WEISS

The mysteries of a high-deductible health plan

Yvonne Abraham

Eritrean soccer players hanging on to a dream
The men’s 155-mile road race, won by Alexander Vinokourov of Kazakhstan, cycles through London’s Richmond Park.

Bob Ryan

Britain’s couldn’t keep up the pace in men’s road race
Jon Lester, looking to break a three-game losing streak, gestures to his infielders during a scoreless first inning. Lester went six innings against the Yankees, allowing four runs.

Dan Shaughnessy

Red Sox’ Valentine has to be careful managing Carl Crawford

Dan Shaughnessy

The Red Sox are done

lawrence harmon

Privatization of Brighton field would set bad precedent

Christopher L. Gasper

Rob Gronkowski focusing on football, not fame

Brian McGrory

Mitt Romney, lost in translation

Bob Ryan

In Kenya, successful runners mean more than medals

Boston Capital

Online retailers pressed to collect sales taxes

Adrian Walker

Boston City Council districts should be scrapped

Business

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Coolest internships

Eric Bachli, 32, and 25-year-old Vilija Bizinkauskas, interns at Blue Hills Brewery in Canton, filled one of 32 kegs full of the signature summer beer Watermelon Wheat.

Careers in beer on tap for Blue Hills Brewery interns

Free beer and the chance for full-time brewing jobs with larger outfits draw interns to the small craft brewery in Canton.

Politics

President Obama’s campaign is determined to fight back even if it must put aside the image of hope and change.

In tight race, Obama jabs hard at Romney

President Obama has shown no inclination to hold back in trying to portray Mitt Romney as out of touch with the middle class.

Nation & World

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Rebel fighters have been pouring into Salaheddiin and other neighborhoods in Aleppo for days as President Bashar Assad’s forces have massed on the outskirts of the city.

Syria pushes attack on rebel strongholds

The Syrian Army pounded opposition strongholds in Aleppo on Saturday, while activists said that opposition fighters had at least partially repelled the assault.

Arts

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Artist and dissident Ai Weiwei.

Documentary on Ai Weiwei is story of art — and art of dissent

Director Alison Klayman found a portrait of contemporary China in Ai Weiwei.

Travel

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Iguazu Falls, on the border of Argentina and Brazil.

Argentina’s remote jungle hides birds, wildlife, and adventure

While tourists stream to Iguazú Falls on the border of Argentina and Brazil, few venture deeper into the jungle of the remote province of Misiones.

Books

book review

Nicholson Baker.

‘The Way the World Works’ by Nicholson Baker

This collection of essays is Nicholson Baker’s fourteenth book and prompts reflection on his extraordinary writing career.

“Some guy is ritualistically abusing a child who has no voice, and we can stop that.”

Gregory Squire,  federal agent

Magazine

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Connected, powerful 21st-century moms
The cover for the July 22 2012 issue

25 best burgers around Boston
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

Opinion

“Putting it under wraps does not relieve Penn State of its duty to confront the good, the bad, and the ugly of Paterno’s legacy and learn from it.”

Joan Vennochi, on Joe Paterno’s statue

Ideas

“It might seem surprising that something as dramatic as a floating neighborhood would ever be proposed in Boston, but the city had a long history of building outward to the water.”

Courtney Humphries,   on Boston’s lost island neighborhood