Romney paid 14.1% tax rate in 2011

Mitt Romney paid an effective federal tax rate of 14.1 percent last year on $13.7 million in income, and is also releasing a 20-year snapshot of returns.

Menino says Warren ‘would have my back, and so I have hers’

At a rally this afternoon to endorse Elizabeth Warren, Mayor Thomas Menino said he had withheld his backing earlier until he got to know the candidate better.

Scott Brown

Brown rips Warren on asbestos case

Senator Scott Brown defended his aggressive performance in last night’s debate and again hit Elizabeth Warren for representing a company in an asbestos lawsuit.

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In a now familiar global ritual, Apple fans jammed shops from Sydney to Paris to pick up the tech juggernaut’s latest device.

Joel Gill and other members of the Boston Comics Roundtable create promotional cartoons for this year’s Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo.

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At Boston comics convention, indie artists talk shop

Next Saturday’s Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo, with its emphasis on innovative, independent art, marks a departure from the big business of behemoth comic book conventions.

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Can you change a culture that’s developed troubling habits, as with Boston University’s hockey team? Psychologists say you can - but only by appealing to a less than noble aspect of human nature.

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It might be hard to believe, but Rivers, in his ninth season, can become the longest-tenured Celtics coach ever outside of Red Auerbach.

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The record-breaking storm that hit New England on Sept. 21, 1938 hit hard, killing approximately 600 people in the area.

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Jerry Padilla documented the placing of the Rocky Marciano statue at Brockton High School’s stadium, which bears the legendary Brockton heavyweight champion’s name.

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Globe photos of the week
President Obama has detailed how he would limit personal tax deductions but not offered enough specifics about what he would do on the corporate side, according to specialists.

Obama, Romney leave much unsaid on tax plans
Senate candidates Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren participated in their first debate on Thursday night.

Brian McGrory

Clash of the titans
Olives reopened in April after an extended closure because of a grease fire.

Todd English sued for $723,000 in back rent
Steve Sabol died of brain cancer on Tuesday.

Christopher L. Gasper

NFL has lost a giant in Steve Sabol
Attorney David Meier, a former district attorney, and Governor Deval Patrick spoke at a press conference Thursday.

Patrick picks investigator in drug-evidence scandal
John Graham’s “The White Pipe,” in the “American Vanguards” show at the Addison Gallery of American Art in Andover.

Art review

‘American Vanguards’ reveals John Graham’s influence

‘InspiRAYtion’ pays tribute to legacy of Ray Charles
Nancy E. Carroll, Johanna Day, and Karen MacDonald are friends in David Lindsay-Abaire’s compelling ‘Good People.’

Stage Review

‘Good People’ blends characters in sharp way
Dustin Pedroia and Bobby Valentine never seemed to be able to outrun negative vibes around the Red Sox in 2012.

Timeline

How the 2012 Red Sox unraveled
Sarah Graziani and Matt Rhoades are Young London, which just released its new single, “Call My Name (Tonight).”

Scene & Heard

Young London lead a new charge of Boston pop
Leonard Cohen (above, in 2008) proves an ideal interview subject in “I’m Your Man.”

Book Review

‘I’m Your Man ’ by Sylvie Simmons

Sports

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Patriots rookie Chandler Jones will face off against his brother Arthur Jones, a defensive end for the Ravens. Brother Jonny “Bones” Jones will try to defend his UFC title Saturday.

Big weekend for Chandler Jones and family

The Patriots rookie will face off against one brother in Baltimore, while another sibling will try to defend his UFC title Saturday.

Metro

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Police officers and relatives gathered in the House gallery for the ceremony, which is in its 26th year.

Names of fallen officers added to memorial

In a solemn State House ceremony, the names of four Boston police officers were added Friday to the Mass. Law Enforcement Memorial in Ashburton Park.

Columnists

Senator Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren held their first debate Thursday night.

opinion | scot lehigh

Warren hits her stride, while Brown stumbles
Elizabeth Warren greets supporters as she arrives for the debate.

opinion | JOAN VENNOCHI

A night of smirks and verbal jabs

Joan Wickersham

A pragmatic labor of love at North Bennet Street School

Boston Capital

Eric Rosengren a key figure in debate over economic stimulus
Senate candidates Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren participated in their first debate on Thursday night.

Brian McGrory

Clash of the titans
Steve Sabol died of brain cancer on Tuesday.

Christopher L. Gasper

NFL has lost a giant in Steve Sabol
A so-called post-Panamax container ship at the Balboa Port in Panama on Friday.

juliette kayyem

Panama Canal’s future depends on accommodating wider loads

Joan Vennochi

Why do Mass. politicians wither on national stage?

joshua green

An insult to Reagan’s tax credits

Tech Lab

In the app era, radio has gone Wi-Fi and 3G

Christopher L. Gasper

Wes Welker strategy is unfathomable

derrick z. jackson

The battle over food labeling

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The Massport board Thursday approved Thomas Glynn as chief executive with a round of applause. He described the job as being “the biggest honor that I’ve ever received in public service.’’

Massport board confirms Thomas Glynn as CEO

The approval filled a void left by the retirement of Thomas Kinton more than a year ago.

Politics

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President Obama spoke with Jorge Ramos (left) and Maria Elena Salinas of Univision, Spanish-language television.

Obama bemoans failure on immigration reform

President Obama addressed a large Latino television audience and spoke of his immigration efforts.

Nation & World

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Pakistani demonstrators vandalised machinery during a protest against an anti-Islam film in Peshawar on Friday.

Pakistani protests of anti-Muslim film turn deadly

At least 19 people were killed and dozens were injured as protests over an anti-Muslim film turned violent on Friday.

Arts

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Caleb Daniloff and the long run to sobriety

In his new memoir, Caleb Daniloff reruns scenes from his life as an alcoholic and drug abuser before turning to distance running.

Movies

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Movie Review

Paul Thomas Anderson’s superb “The Master,” about the deranging power of faith, is a Cause to celebrate.

‘The Master’ is a cult classic

This ambitious, powerfully acted achievement has much to say about the limits of belief — and the power of talented actors.

“The bigger the change in poverty that you got through a move, the bigger the improvement in well-being and health.”

Lawrence Katz,  an economics professor at Harvard

Magazine

The cover for the September 16 2012 issue

The self-promoting, fan-financed, go-it-alone star
The cover for the September 9 2012 issue

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

“Freedom of speech is precious precisely because Americans struggled so long for it. Other countries must do the same.”

Globe editorial 

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