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Survivor says he can identify a 2010 killer

The sole survivor of the 2010 Mattapan shootings that left four dead, including a 2-year-old boy, has told police he can now identify one of the killers, a reversal of his earlier testimony.

Mitt Romney, aware that his comments could cause lasting damage, hastily convened a brief press conference Monday night.

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Romney says dependent 47% back Obama

Mitt Romney, during a private May fund-raiser captured on video, talked disparagingly about nearly half the electorate, saying they were “dependent on government.”

Mass. public health chief quits in lab scandal

Commissioner John Auerbach said that he bears responsibility for a lack of oversight that led to mishandling of drug evidence, possibly jeopardizing thousands of criminal cases.

Boston Phoenix owner and publisher Stephen Mindich (left) and the debut issue of The Phoenix, featuring Taylor Mac, creator of “The Lily’s Revenge.’’

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A hybrid rises from the old Boston Phoenix

The city’s venerable alternative weekly is disappearing this week, to be replaced by a new glossy weekly called, simply, the Phoenix.

Dan Shaughnessy

Patriots have more questions than answers

What was up with the conservative play calling and where is Wes Welker? The Globe’s Dan Shaughnessy offers some random Patriots thoughts after a lost weekend.

Latest MCAS results reflect gains

Nearly 90 percent of high school sophomores in Mass. scored proficient in English, while scores among African-American and Latino students rose sharply.

Probation Department is ordered to reopen 10 jobs

An arbitrator ordered the reopening of 10 long-filled Probation Department jobs after concluding that they had been filled by politically connected candidates.

Quincy tech company takes octogenarians online

Connected Living Inc. has developed a platform for assisted living and senior communities to provide their residents with safe and simple access to the Web.

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Boston Light

America’s first lighthouse guided vessels entering Boston Harbor from Sept. 14, 1716, and the lighthouse on Little Brewster Island was the last to be automated, in 1998.

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At the MFA, comfort in the arms of an angel

“Cruel Summer,” the new collaboration album by Kanye West (above), includes contributions from Pusha T, Kid Cudi, Big Sean, John Legend, Common, and 2 Chainz.

‘Cruel Summer’ and the comeback of the crew record

Maureen Berry commutes from Roslindale to work in South Boston with Nicholas, her 13-year-old Yorkshire terrier, in his stroller.

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Strollers for dogs: The latest in pet pampering

Customers lined up outside the Apple store on Fifth Avenue in New York City Monday to await the arrival of the iPhone 5.

Consumers give iPhone 5 a ringing endorsement

Martha Tuff, who is enrolled in a two-year master’s degree program to become a physician assistant, conferred with a patient at Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates in Cambridge.

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New law expands physician assistant role

Elizabeth Ives Hunter, former Cape Cod Museum of Art director, fought her ouster and then resigned.

Battles over leadership shake Cape art museum

Steward hires away top surgeon from Mass. General

Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez is injured when his ankle is rolled by Julian Edelman (11) after a catch by Edelman in the first quarter.

Christopher L. Gasper

Aaron Hernandez’s loss is crucial

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Humans adjust to sleep

Adrian Walker

Debates loom large in Brown-Warren race

Dance Central 3 is one of the video game creations of Harmonix Music Systems Inc., located in Cambridge.

Video game industry a bright spot in Mass.

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Red Sox 5, Rays 2

Jacoby Ellsbury is welcomed by Jose Iglesias after Ellsbury’s homer in the sixth inning.

Red Sox deliver blow to Rays’ playoff hopes

Aaron Cook pitched six solid innings and Jacoby Ellsbury homered and drove in three runs in a 5-2 victory that pushed the Rays further back in the AL wild-card race.

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Berklee College of Music opens campus in Spain

The school’s first master’s degree program has attracted 75 students from 29 countries to an avant-garde campus in the city.

Columnists

farah stockman

The blame generation

joanna weiss

‘Honey Boo Boo’ and the real America

Boston Capital

Wellington’s Ed Owens going out on top

Glen Doherty of Winchester, a former Navy Seal, was slain last week in the attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya.

Juliette Kayyem

In remembrance, a Civil War legacy

Dan Shaughnessy

Patriots have more questions than answers

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Tech Lab Plus

Device deactivates phones in car

WiTricity plans to sell a kit that shows how electricity can be sent wirelessly.

Innovation Economy

Site’s reviews of city blocks may stir controversy