Romney expresses doubts on Mideast peace in video clip

In another set of controversial video clips from a May fund-raiser, Mitt Romney told a group of donors that he believed Palestinians are uninterested in peace.

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Mitt Romney talked disparagingly about nearly half the electorate in a recently released video, saying they were “dependent on government.”

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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.

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Obesity could rise dramatically in Mass., report warns

According to a new report, nearly half of adults in Massachusetts -- 49 percent -- are projected to be obese by 2030 if the current trajectory continues.

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Dog strollers are the latest in pet pampering

Strollers offer one way for people to get around with pets that are infirm, elderly — or just a little lazy.

April Soderstrom took her French bulldog Louis for a walk in the South End. “Sometimes people make snide remarks,” said Soderstrom.

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April Soderstrom took her French bulldog Louis for a walk in the South End. “Sometimes people make snide remarks,” said Soderstrom.

Louie has back and hip issues, so a stroller helps get him out for walks.

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Louie has back and hip issues, so a stroller helps get him out for walks.

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

Berry and Nicholas enjoyed a walk at the waterfront. The 18-pound pooch is youthful, but has mobility problems.

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Berry and Nicholas enjoyed a walk at the waterfront. The 18-pound pooch is youthful, but has mobility problems.

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Apple reported more than 2 million preorders for its iPhone 5, and retailers were so inundated with requests that some customers may have to wait until October.

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

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

Everybody wants to know what’s up with Wes Welker. Are the Patriots punishing their slot receiver? Are they trying to suppress his market value?

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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
Tim Wakefield in “Knuckleball!” The Red Sox pitcher retired with 200 major league victories.

Movie Review

‘Knuckleball!’ documentary is pitch-perfect
The Romney campaign won’t say why it has declined to reveal names, despite pressure to do so from advocacy groups and the Obama camp.

Romney won’t release names of donation bundlers
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
Dr. Arvind Agnihotri

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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UConn officials feel the idea has merit and Notre Dame may be willing to shift a home game to Boston.

UConn-Notre Dame could play at Fenway Park

The Red Sox are actively seeking to bring college football back to Fenway, with Notre Dame potentially hosting UConn there in 2014.

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Earlier this year, John O’Brien and two aides were indicted by a federal grand jury, charged with racketeering and fraud.

Probation Department is ordered to reopen 10 jobs

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

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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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

Adrian Walker

Debates loom large in Brown-Warren race
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

JOAN VENNOCHI

Getting kids to day care safely
Chicago teachers went on strike last week.

JEFF JACOBY

Just as intended, teacher strikes hurt families

Yvonne Abraham

Death masks put a face on history

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Chinese protesters shouted anti-Japan slogans outside the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Monday.

China-Japan dispute risks trade relationship

China and Japan’s worst diplomatic crisis since 2005 is putting at risk a trade relationship that has tripled in the past decade to more than $340 billion.

Politics

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Mitt Romney greeted supporters after an event in Los Angeles on Monday.

Romney camp aims to attack on more than economy

With just 49 days to go in the presidential race, Mitt Romney’s campaign is attempting to broaden his approach.

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Afghanistan police and officials walked around the site of the suicide attack in Kabul.

Blast kills 8 South Africans, 4 Afghans in Kabul

A suicide bomber rammed a car packed with explosives into a mini-bus carrying foreign aviation workers to the airport in the Afghan capital early Tuesday.

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At the MFA, comfort in the arms of an angel

“Saint Francis Supported by an Angel,” at the Museum of Fine Arts, a sweet and mystical picture, was painted by the notoriously crabby Italian painter Orazio Gentileschi in about 1600.

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Why did they live next to massive, active nuclear warheads?

A visit to South Dakota inspired Brookline author and professor Gretchen Heefner to write “The Missile Next Door: The Minuteman in the American Heartland.”

“My job is not to worry about those people. I’ll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives.”

Mitt Romney,  talking about 47% of the electorate

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The self-promoting, fan-financed, go-it-alone star
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Things to do in the Berkshires
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?

Opinion

“Unless we private citizens start taking responsibility for that American greatness we talk so much about, we’re not going to enjoy it much longer.”

Farah Stockman 

Ideas

“Those who design tests understand them as a guess about the future. We’re probing for certain qualities that tell us a student is ready to move ahead, or an employee will be an asset to the firm.”

Leon Neyfakh,  on what we should really test