Mitt Romney’s run evokes pride, fear in Mormons

Erin Hooley for The Boston Globe

With Romney steps away from a presidential nomination, Mormons have a nagging fear that their beliefs will again be subjected to scrutiny on a national scale.

Robert George says the charges are unfounded.

Prominent defense lawyer faces US charges

Federal prosecutors accuse Robert George of conspiring to help a former client launder drug money, and of restructuring bank deposits in violation of tax laws.

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The broke generation

Boston’s millennials say between the high cost of living and student loan debt they are barely scraping by. Why that’s bad for all of us.

For this comic, US history book no joke

Mike Donovan, 57, a stand-up comedian, Southie guy, history madman, is ready to publish his book, a tome of 1.6 million words that took three decades to finish.

New Englanders flocked to Bass River Beach in South Yarmouth and other beaches on the Cape on Monday.

Sold-out Cape hotels mean brisk business

On a sun-splashed holiday weekend, New Englanders flocked to coastal towns in droves, buoying hotel and shop owners with hopes of a resurgent summer.

Health cost issue divides former allies in Mass.

The state’s largest business groups, which came together to play a key role in the 2006 health care law, are now divided over how to slow the growth of health costs.

Fare increases covered part of the deficit for the MBTA, which is legally bound to start each year with a balanced budget.

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Lawmakers yet to agree on bridging T funds gap

Key legislators say they remain confident that an infusion of $51 million in state money to help cover the MBTA’s budget deficit will be allocated before a July 1 deadline.

Older job seekers targeted by Mass. Legislature

The Senate is considering a jobs bill that includes a proposal to target some retraining funds at unemployed older workers, such as those age 50 and above.

Dan Shaughnessy

Celtics fans should stop crying about refs

Green Teamers and assorted talk-show callers will say the five technicals contributed to the Celtics’ Game 1 loss, but the truth is, they were overwhelmed.

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‘Concentric Spheres’ is Chinese ivory gone berserk
Fans reach to get baseballs autographed by Major League Baseball players during the 2011 All Star Series in Taiwan.

Opinion | Farah Stockman

Baseball diplomacy

Album Review | Pop

Scissor Sisters’ latest a retro musical utopia
Mehmet Ali Sanlikol, third from left, composed “Palindrome” based on Turkish music.

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Mehmet Ali Sanlikol rooted in world music
Major Marianne Miller, 42, of West Roxbury.

Honoring Mass. veterans who answered the call
“We’re trying to not have empathy and compassion feel like one extra thing you have to do. One way to actually help you cope . . . is to connect with people and feel this thrill of helping them,” Dr. Helen Riess said.

G Force

Helping doctors put empathy to good use
A wounded US paratrooper is helped through a blinding rainstorm in 1969 by medics during the 10-day battle for Hamburger Hill. The more than 1.6 million troops back from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq will join more than 20 million others from previous wars.

Opinion | Roland Merullo

The patriotism of sacrifice

7 tips to save gas this summer
A service member’s grave received close attention during an early Memorial Day service Sunday at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Mattapan.

Ceremony held in Mattapan to honor veterans
Shirley Manson and Butch Vig were sharp in Garbage’s show Saturday at the Paradise.

Music Review

Garbage pours it on in powerful show

Ideas | Interactive Graphic

How to look at the Prudential

opinion | dante ramos

Boston bar buzz-kill

Sports

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Red Sox 7, Tigers 4

Red Sox closer Alfredo Aceves fist bumped catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia after closing out the Tigers.

Missed call helps Red Sox beat Tigers

A called foul tip on what should have been a Mike Aviles strike out in the second inning led directly to three Red Sox runs as they beat Detroit, 7-4.

Metro

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Police investigators on Monday continued to comb the site of a Sunday fire at an apartment in South Boston.

Pair dead in South Boston fire believed slain

The deaths of a man and woman are being treated as a double homicide because investigators believe they were killed before the blaze, authorities say.

Columnists

Dan Shaughnessy

Celtics fans should stop crying about refs

INNOVATION ECONOMY

Kayak to take IPO show on the road

JEFF JACOBY

When ‘white’ is a trick of definition

JOANNA WEISS

Health care costs can bite
5-26-12: Boston, MA: This fan came prepared, as he flashes a sign reading

Dan Shaughnessy

Celtics don’t have a chance against Heat

JOAN VENNOCHI

Online classes cut costs and human contact

Yvonne Abraham

Tending graves and memories of the departed
Craig Driscoll charged his Chevy Volt at a free charging station in the garage of One Broadway in Kendall Square.

Innovation Economy

Charging an electric car in Boston can be free, easy
Rajon Rondo scored 9 points in less than two minutes to give Boston a 10-point lead with 1:45 left. He finished with 18 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists.

Dan Shaughnessy

Rajon Rondo leads Celtics on to Miami

LAWRENCE HARMON

Carol Johnson on shaky ground after missteps
Paul Pierce and the Celtics outdueled LeBron James and the Cavaliers in one of the classic Game 7s in Boston history in 2008.

Bob Ryan

Celtics’ history in Game 7 is very rich

Opinion | JOSHUA GREEN

Obama’s awkward private equity dance

Business

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A London banking analyst described the Bankia collapse as ‘‘grotesque, unbelievable, bizarre, and unprecedented.’’

Borrowing costs are rising for Spain

Spain’s borrowing costs neared record highs as investors fretted over how the government would find additional money to bail out the country’s troubled banks.

Politics

Political Notebook

Mitt Romney spoke Monday before a crowd of 5,000 at a ceremony at the Veterans Museum & Memorial Center in San Diego.

Mitt Romney promises world’s strongest military

The Republican presidential candidate promised to maintain a US military ‘‘with no comparable power anywhere in the world.”

Nation & World

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Annan heads to Syria in bid to quell violence

Syria faced pressure from its ally Russia and the UN to stop its atrocities after the massacre of at least 108 villagers, as UN special envoy Kofi Annan began negotiations in Damascus.

Arts

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Stage Review

Sabrina Dennison and Jacqueline Emmart are featured in “Love Person,’’ presented by Company One.

Connections, lost and found, in ‘Love Person’

Like love itself, the play, which is is getting its Boston premiere from Company One, is a bit of a mess. But that doesn’t mean you want to do without it.

Lifestyle

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Lori Anne Madison plays at a park in McLean, Va. The bubbly 6-year-old will face 277 opponents, most of whom are at least twice her age, at the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

Six-year-old is spelling bee’s youngest competitor

Lori Anne Madison is the youngest contestant on record to qualify for the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

“It’s something we’re afraid of. He’s going to be on the front line. . . Hopefully the world’s gone beyond the bigotry.”

Mormon Steven Goaslind, 30,  on Mitt Romney

Magazine

The cover for the May 27 2012 issue

What does it take to become a Disney star?
The cover for the May 20 2012 issue

Best beaches guide for New England
The cover for the May 13 2012 issue

Things to do in and around Boston this week
The cover for the May 6 2012 issue

Homes for sale for $250,000, $500,000, $750,000, and $1 million

Opinion

“There’s one place that loves baseball as much as we do: Taiwan, an island of 23 million people off the coast of China.”

Farah Stockman 

Ideas

“Super-empowered and quickly deployable, the Pentagon has become a one-stop shop for any policy objective, no matter how far removed from traditional warfare.”

Thanassis Cambanis,  on the amazing expanding Pentagon