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Obama, Romney duel in Ohio
President Obama spoke in Cleveland, while Mitt Romney spoke in Cincinnati Thursday.

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President Obama and Mitt Romney delivered speeches on the economy from opposite ends of the battleground state.

‘Encouraging’ report shows jobless rate at three-year low

A local analyst said the state’s most recent jobs report provides more evidence that “positive trends” are continuing.

A 2008 image of Cape Wind head Jim Gordon from the film.

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‘Cape Spin’ looks at Cape Wind controversy

This documentary is a civic farce that explores the comedy of stubbornness.

Aubrey Plaza plays an intern at a Seattle alt-weekly reporting on a rural oddball (Mark Duplass) who claims to have invented a time machine.

Movie Review

‘Safety Not Guaranteed’ is a low-budget charmer

The film sticks to its droll indie aesthetic while giving Aubrey Plaza the star-making role a lot of us have been waiting for.

Andy Samberg (left) and Adam Sandler in “That’s My Boy.’’

Movie Review

‘That’s My Boy’ has Adam Sandler, Andy Samburg, plenty of raunch

The premise of the movie is ludicrous, which is fine, but it’s more raunch-fest than comedy.

Opinion | Making Health Care Affordable

How to improve care for dying patients — and reduce costs

Dying patients often receive aggressive, expensive treatment that many would reject if they had a fuller understanding of their options, writes Dr. Angelo Volandes.

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Brookline hosts the US Open

Yvonne Abraham

In Wellesley High’s you’re-not-special speech, larger truths

Curt Schilling sued for $2.4 million by bank
A woman used an iPhone at a Verizon store in California.

Tech Lab

Pay full price for iPhone, avoid contract
While attending a twice-yearly gathering of bishops in Atlanta Wednesday, Cardinal Sean O’Malley (center left) spoke for the first time about a Vatican rebuke to a US nuns’ group.

Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley laments discord on nuns

Crossword

Complete the daily puzzle online

More researchers study themselves

Opinion

The health care debate

Students worked out to Dance Dance Revolution at the Games for Health conference at the Hyatt Harborside Hotel in Boston. About 400 developers and health professionals participated.

New video games can help people recover from injuries
Model Gisele Bundchen attends a photocall to present the new

In praise of flip-flops: the most versatile shoe ever
Tom Chaplin (shown in 2010 in London) gave it his all Tuesday.

Music Review

Keane shines in tour kickoff at House of Blues

Opinion

The Podium: Voices of New England

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Theo Epstein, the president of baseball operations for the Chicago Cubs, helped guide the Red Sox to two World Series titles.

Theo Epstein discusses his Red Sox legacy

The Cubs executive sat down with Dan Shaughnessy before Boston’s weekend series with his new team.

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50 years later, Boston Strangler case still captures fascination

Memories are still vivid and uncertainties linger a half-century after the start of the murderous reign.

Columnists

Juliette Kayyem

Fears of migration add to Europe’s woes

Joan Vennochi

Will attack-ad pact survive until fall?

Edward L. Glaeser

Young workers can’t afford homes in Mass.
Former Florida governor Jeb Bush.

Opinion | Scot Lehigh

Moments of GOP truth

Yvonne Abraham

In Wellesley High’s you’re-not-special speech, larger truths

Jeff Jacoby

Health care system needs more freedom, not less

Kevin Cullen

A lesson in civics and justice

Brian McGrory

View from the top at Liberty Mutual

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Warren and the deep waters of ethnic identity
Sister Mary Othelia operates a tractor at the Mount Asissi Convent in Illinois in 1942. The nuns did all of the planting and harvesting on the 100-acre farm.

Opinion | Farah Stockman

In singling out nuns, Catholic Church overlooks its history
Graduates walked through Harvard Yard.

Boston Capital

The real cost of higher education
A soldier scans across the border at houses in Pakistan during a June patrol in Afghanistan.

JULIETTE KAYYEM

Suicide is the biggest foe for US troops

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Curt Schilling sued for $2.4 million by bank

Citizens Bank has sued Schilling to recover loans it made to the retired Red Sox star’s bankrupt video game company, 38 Studios.

Politics

Wisc. governor says Romney needs to sell ideas

Scott Walker, who survived a recall election recently, said Mitt Romney must do more than criticize President Obama.

Nation & World

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Egypt court orders parliament dissolved

The country’s highest court also ruled the last prime minister to serve under Hosni Mubarak could stay in the presidential race.

Arts

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Diego Boneta (center) hits the high notes in a scene from “Rock of Ages.”

Tom Cruise takes on Axl Rose in ‘Rock of Ages’

This star-studded adaptation of the Broadway jukebox musical alternates plastic bombast with moments of comic invention.

Style

Father’s Day gift guide 2012

He may claim he doesn’t need anything, but chances are he’d like to get his hands on one of these gifts.

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Head to head

Can Boston compete with Silicon Valley?

Shawn Harris of Nyopoly.com and Niraj Shah of Wayfair, who have been building businesses in the region for more than a decade, talk about running start-ups.

“Congestion relief has long been a priority for highway spending; it is past time to recognize that addressing congestion is equally important for the transit system.’’

Stephanie Pollack,  on the MBTA

Magazine

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5 casual feast recipes from Sam Jackson
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40 ideas for your New England summer weekends
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What does it take to become a Disney star?
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Best beaches guide for New England

Opinion

“The orthodox view is that to shield people with serious medical needs from undue financial hardship, we must suppress the normal workings of a free market.”

Jeff Jacoby 

Ideas

“With two presidents in the White House, our leaders would be forced to spend their time building on all the things they have in common, instead of pretending they have fundamentally opposed visions for the country.”

Leon Neyfakh  on the case for two presidents