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Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney, his wife Ann, right, and Warsaw Mayor Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz visited the Warsaw Uprising Monument Tuesday.

Romney aide curses at reporters in Poland

As reporters shouted questions at Mitt Romney in Warsaw, his spokesman yelled a profanity in response.

Firefighters attacked by man after finding body in Brighton

Boston firefighters who found an elderly woman’s body in an apartment had to fend off attacks by a man before stopping him from jumping out a window, officials said.

In India, 620m lose power in world’s biggest blackout

The massive failure — a day after a similar, but smaller outage — has raised serious concerns about India’s outdated infrastructure.

Olympic-level social media growing pains

Twitter has become a worldwide platform for complaints about everything at the London Games, from TV coverage to ad sponsors.

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Twitter users generated a storm of criticism when NBC Universal delayed broadcast of opening ceremonies until prime time in the United States.

Smartphone use by fans at cycling races on Saturday jammed signals from GPS locators attached to the bikes and TV commentators couldn’t get real-time information.

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Smartphone use by fans at cycling races jammed signals from GPS locators and TV commentators couldn’t get real-time information.

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Greek triple jumper Voula Papachristou was expelled from the Olympic Games before they even started over comments she made on Twitter.

US soccer player Hope Solo ranted on Twitter against former player Brandi Chastain, who criticized a US player during a telecast.

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US soccer player Hope Solo ranted on Twitter against former player Brandi Chastain, who criticized a US player during a telecast.

Can Jordyn Wieber bounce back from her individual disappointment to help the US women’s team win in London?

Gymnastics gold is within US women’s grasp

If world champion Jordyn Wieber can bounce back, the US should win the team gold medal Tuesday for the first time since 1996 and the first time at an overseas Games.

Clockwise from top left, Mariners pitcher Felix Hernandez, Marlins pitcher Josh Johnson, Indians pitcher Justin Masterson, Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum, Red Sox catcher Kelly Shoppach, Red Sox pitcher Aaron Cook, Red Sox infielder Nick Punto, and Red Sox catcher Josh Beckett.

On baseball

A trade deadline nears, will Red Sox be buyers or sellers?

The Red Sox have the opportunity to do something very unique by the 4 p.m. Tuesday non-waiver trade deadline. But they need to be careful.

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US Representative Barney Frank joined Globe subscribers for a discussion on politics.

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Governor Patrick said he thinks there are circumstances in which judges should have some flexibility in sentencing third-time felons.

Patrick rebuffed on amendment to 3-strikes bill
Olympia Dukakis as Prospera in Shakespeare & Company’s production of “The Tempest.”

Stage Review

In ‘The Tempest,’ the calm following the storm

Photos

The best images from the Olympics
When Casey retired as Army chief of staff in 2011, Defense Secretary Robert Gates presented him the Defense Distinguished Service Medal and his wife, Sheila, the Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Medal.

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General rallying the troops of Pan-Mass riders
Frank Ocean (pictured in New York last week) brought “An Evening With Frank Ocean” to a sold-out Paradise Rock Club Saturday.

Music Review

Frank Ocean fills, then thrills the room
Chris Leon in the title role in the Company One production of “The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity,’’ set in the world of professional wrestling.

Stage Review

‘The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity’ lands telling blows

From Sunday’s Globe

Photo led to child porn network
Chris Martin and Guy Berryman of Coldplay in Los Angeles in February. Stage tricks the group offered Sunday night, including remote-activated flashing wristbands for the audience, didn’t detract from the music.

MUSIC REVIEW

Coldplay fills TD Garden, rocks out
Lebron James and the US went on an 11-0 run to open the second quarter, and things never got better for the French.

Bob Ryan

France no match for US in men’s basketball
Petty Officer First Class Thomas Kinn parachuted into Fenway Park in early July.

WHAT THEY WERE THINKING

What They Were Thinking: Flying into Fenway Park
With their guitars, fiddle, washboard, and banjo, the Spirit Family Reunion captured the essence of the early days of the Newport Folk Festival.

Music Review

Newport Folk Festival returns to its roots

opinion | john e. sununu

Party conventions are coming! (woot! woot!)

Sports

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RED SOX NOTEBOOK

Ryan Sweeney injured the outside knuckle on his left pinkie and was unable to return to the game after punching a door in the Red Sox dugout.

Red Sox outfielder Ryan Sweeney injures hand

After going 0 for 4, Sweeney let his frustration get the best of him, as he injured his left throwing hand by punching a door in the Red Sox dugout.

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Marie Renelique (left) and Oralee Canada applauded news Monday that the Urban College of Boston will open as planned in September.

Urban College covers $250,000 shortfall

The school serving low-income and immigrant women has received enough donations and pledges to reduce its financial peril.

Columnists

joanna weiss

‘Jeffersons’ showed Americans how to speak frankly about race

farah stockman

Can we judge leaders by how much they give?
US shooter Matt Emmons is married to Czech Olympic shooter Katie Emmons.

Bob Ryan

For US shooter Emmons, triumph and heartbreak

Boston Capital

Stocks, bonds paint different economic pictures

Dan Shaughnessy

Hunting for signs of hope with the Red Sox
Lebron James and the US went on an 11-0 run to open the second quarter, and things never got better for the French.

Bob Ryan

France no match for US in men’s basketball

Adrian Walker

Did the Mashpee tribe give up too much?

Innovation Economy

High-tech dress shirts

JULIETTE KAYYEM

In Galapagos, influx prompts harsh migration policy

JOANNA WEISS

The mysteries of a high-deductible health plan

Yvonne Abraham

Eritrean soccer players hanging on to a dream
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

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Retiree James Spriggs, 65, likes that he can walk just about anywhere he wants to go from his South End home.

Boston named good place to grow old

A national study gave Metropolitan Boston high ranks as a place for seniors to live, with medical care a major consideration.

Politics

Political Notebook

Democrats’ platform drafting committee, which includes Rep. Barney Frank, met in Minneapolis over the weekend and agreed on draft language that would put a major political party officially onboard with legal same-sex marriage for the first time in US history.

Democrats back gay marriage in preliminary platform

Support for gay marriage is part of the Democratic Party’s preliminary platform for the fall, Rep. Barney Frank’s office confirmed to the Globe.

Nation & World

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Victims were assisted by an advocate (left) as they arrived for arraignment of suspected theater shooter James E. Holmes in district court in Centennial, Colo., on Monday.

Suspect faces 142 counts in Colorado shootings

James E. Holmes was charged with 24 counts of murder and 116 counts of attempted murder — two for each of the 12 people killed and 58 wounded.

Arts

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OPERA Review

Aaron Engebreth sings Dominick Argento’s monodrama “A Water Bird Talk” on Sunday.

At Monadnock, two comic operas based on Chekhov’s fiction

Chekhov was not an operatic sort of fellow, but one adventurous American composer has fashioned the Russian author’s work into two one-act operas.

Lifestyle

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When Casey retired as Army chief of staff in 2011, Defense Secretary Robert Gates presented him the Defense Distinguished Service Medal and his wife, Sheila, the Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Medal.

General rallying the troops of Pan-Mass riders

In 2007, General George W. Casey Jr. was named Army chief of staff. In 2011, he retired. On Friday, he will deliver the PMC keynote, and on Saturday, he’ll ride.

“This is just her hard work paying off. Now it’s just so surreal to go into a restaurant and hear people talking about your friend.”

Kristi Carlson,  on friend and Olympian Aly Raisman

Magazine

The cover for the July 29 2012 issue

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

“There’s a lot to be said for color-blindness, but ignoring race closes off avenues of discussion. And we still have plenty to discuss.”

Joanna Weiss 

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