In controversial vote, Democrats amend platform

Democrats included faith in God and recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel to their platform, despite delegates being split on the changes.

Even as Elizabeth Warren is slightly behind Brown in public opinion polls in Massachusetts, she has had no trouble capturing the hearts, minds, and political donations of the party’s progressive wing.

Democratic National Convention

A chance for Warren to sell herself

Tonight’s speech offers Elizabeth Warren a crucial opportunity to make her pitch to Mass. voters, but her message may also help reenergize liberals in the party.

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Patrick’s claims about Massachusetts under his leadership presented an accurate, if at times incomplete and selective, picture.

Romney’s record

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Mitt Romney inherited a Massachusetts economy in 2003 similar to the one President Obama found entering the White House in 2009. For both, progress was slow, and for many, disappointing.

The Rev. Gregory Groover denies starting any protests.

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Money, politics fought over in church’s bankruptcy case

Charles Street AME Church is trying to reorganize nearly $5 million in loans it owes OneUnited, after the bank threatened to auction off the historic church in February.

Bobby Valentine watched batting practice at Safeco Field in Seattle Tuesday.

Bobby Valentine to radio host: ‘If I were there right now, I’d punch you’

In his weekly appearance on WEEI, the Red Sox manager yelled at host Glenn Ordway when asked if Valentine had “checked out” on the season.

Internal BU report condemns hockey team’s culture

In an unusually blunt report, a university task force concluded that a “culture of sexual entitlement” contributed to two alleged sexual assaults.

Encyclopedia helps explain the human genome

Data collected by a massive consortium of researchers could help explain the causes of human disease.

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Marc Hauser, who last summer resigned from Harvard, fabricated data and manipulated results, a federal agency said.

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Brian McGrory

A fatal dose of irony in Belmont

Opinion | Colin S. Diver

Students will show academic integrity — if colleges support it

Concert Review

Madonna does it her way
Kosilek in 1993, left, and in 1990, right.

Judge orders Mass. to pay for inmate’s sex-change surgery
At Clear Flour Bakery in Brookline, the bread options vary greatly, from “Miller’s Bread” to German Rye to loaves of whole wheat and multigrain varieties.

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Where has the white bread gone?
Salt and pepper calamari at Empire Asian.

Dining Out

A new Empire rises on the Waterfront
The centerpiece of Shanghai-based artist Jin Shan’s installation “My Dad Is Li Gang!’’ at Brown University.

Galleries

Chinese power as spectacle in installation by Jin Shan
Jenny Giang and Ian So, serve meals from the new Chicken & Rice Guys food truck.

Chicken and rice truck gets rolling
Nike’s “Find Your Greatness” ad features an obese boy jogging down a country road.

Opinion | Jennifer Graham

Obesity: America’s deepest shame

special section

Fall TV Preview
Author Giles Slade makes the point that the better technology gets, the more isolated we, as a society, get.

Book Review

‘The Big Disconnect’ by Giles Slade
The TV spot, titled “Invisible Game,” projects an image of Brady spinning football magic.

UGG hoping Brady draws men to market

2012 NFL Preview

Roster breakdown

Tom Brady is back to lead the Patriots in his 13th season, even as many of the faces around him change.

Meet the 2012 Patriots

Bill Belichick has assembled one of the youngest rosters of his 13-year Patriots career as he seeks to return to the Super Bowl. Meet the players who make up his 2012 roster.

Sports

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Ryan Lavarnway was congratulated by third base coach Jerry Royster after hitting a home run last night in the sixth inning against the Mariners.

Red Sox need young players to step up

The Red Sox need players like Ryan Kalish, Ryan Lavarnway, and Jose Iglesias to show what they can do. So far, there’s little to be optimistic about.

Metro

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A late morning downburst of nearly two inches of rain in an hour flooded several main intersections of Fall River.

Heavy rains bring flooding to Fall River

As storms stomped across the Bay State today, Fall River was hit with almost 2 inches of rain in less than an hour.

Columnists

Bill Belichick is entering his 13th season as head coach of the Patriots.

Christopher L. Gasper

It’s OK to question Bill Belichick

Brian McGrory

A fatal dose of irony in Belmont

jeff jacoby

Mainstream media needs to accept its liberal bias
A case containing the remains of Pfc. Shane W. Cantu, of Corunna, Mich., sits on a loader during prayer at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Thursday.

juliette kayyem

Afghan war still rages, yet soldiers get no play in Tampa
Neil Armstrong on the moon

James Carroll

After Armstrong’s small step forward, two steps back for America?

Christopher L. Gasper

Disappointing finish for Louis Oosthuizen

Dan Shaughnessy

Despite lack of big names, Deutsche Bank still interesting

joanna weiss

Honor American Dream-builders today — with healthcare, hours

Yvonne Abraham

What Elizabeth Warren is missing
Jim Rooney, the Executive Director of the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority stood atop the roof of the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center.

Lawrence Harmon

Convention center needs a boost of solar power
Balloons swirl in the air following Mitt Romney’s acceptance speech in Tampa Friday.

Jeff Jacoby

Time to shelve the political conventions
GrabCAD, where Roger Maranan, Grant Thomas-Lepore, and Gabe Blanchet work, picked Cambridge over California.

INNOVATION ECONOMY

7 factors that attract entrepreneurs to Boston

Business

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Liberty Mutual will spend $8 million over the next three years to sponsor the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular and $1 million this year on gifts to celebrate its 100th anniversary.

Liberty Mutual will up charitable giving

The company is increasing local contributions by 20 percent this year, while other financial services firms plan to keep their giving largely unchanged.

Politics

Political Notebook

Federal records show that Mitt Romney and the GOP have pulled in more cash than President Obama’s effort in May, June, and July, including money collected by the Democratic Party.

Mitt Romney’s August haul to top $100m

Romney’s presidential campaign has reportedly raised at least $100 million in August, hitting that mark for a third consecutive month.

Nation & World

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Melanie Martinez and Eric DeSalvo salvaged items from their home in Braithwaite, La., which was heavily flooded.

Researchers to look at levees’ role in La. flooding

The Army Corps of Engineers agreed to investigate whether flood fortifications in New Orleans pushed waters into outlying areas.

Arts

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Movie Review

Marina Abramovic during a performance for her Museum of Modern Art exhibition.

‘Marina Abramovic’: sitting in on an artist’s life

The entertaining film explains Abramovic — in all her complexity — brilliantly.

Food & dining

Barry Edelman.

After a fire, community rebuilt Marblehead restaurant

They say everything happens for a reason. It might not have seemed that way the day Barry Edelman watched his restaurant, 5 Corners Kitchen, go up in smoke.

“He reminds me that we are playing a long game here, and that change is hard, and change is slow, and it never happens all at once. But eventually we get there; we always do.”

Michelle Obama,  on President Obama

Magazine

The cover for the August 26 2012 issue

Did Beatrice Munyenyezi lie to get into this country?
The cover for the August 19 2012 issue

Can a Woburn company’s flying car someday be a fix for traffic?
The cover for the August 12 2012 issue

The man who nourished Boston’s literary scene
The cover for the August 5 2012 issue

Can GPS find you a mate?

Opinion

“The ideal of objective, unbiased journalism may be admirable. But I wonder if it doesn’t cause more distortion than it prevents.”

Jeff Jacoby 

Ideas

“In order to be a good friend, even a very young child must be not only fun to spend time with, but capable of being emotionally mature in ways that can be difficult even for grown-ups.”

—Leon Neyfakh on childhood friendship