At Tea Party rally, Romney rips President Obama

By Shira Schoenberg

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney stressed the patriotism of the American people, but made no mention of the Tea Party.

■ Correction: Because of a reporting error, a story in Saturday’s Globe about the Tea Party’s fractured leadership gave an incorrect year for the recall election of former California governor Gray Davis. Davis was recalled by California voters in 2003.

By Sam Hananel

Many union leaders are grousing that the president they worked so hard to elect has not focused enough on job creation.

By Mark Stevenson

Two citizens are in prison in southern Mexico, facing long sentences for what may be the most serious charges brought against someone using a Twitter account.

Record rain and mudslides from powerful Typhoon Talas left at least 20 people dead in Japan yesterday as the storm moved slowly northward past the country’s western coast.

By Michael Birnbaum

The move is an apparent attempt to increase security after a violent cross-border incident with Israel.

JULIETTE KAYYEM

The ink generation

By Juliette Kayyem

Tattooed by 9/11, millennials make marks of their own.

MURDER CASES OVERTURNED

The Mass. Supreme Judicial Court is right to make sure judges know the consequences of making mistakes or cutting corners.

Editorial

Food trucks: Is the Michelin Guide next?

Boston's fledgling food truck culture, flush with dozens of newly opened trucks at newly designated sites, has given local foodies every right to brag.

9/11: 10 YEARS ON

Ten years of war, but Afghans know little of peace

By David Filipov

US intervention in 2001 was cheered in the north, and the Taliban swiftly beaten. But a returning reporter finds the Islamic extremists filtering back, and hope flickering.

By Maria Cramer

A series of killings of gay men and women by their partners has alarmed advocates, who say the deaths reflect a serious problem in the gay community.

Teen arrested near fatal shooting

By Matt Rocheleau

Police questioning several people.

Record rain and mudslides from powerful Typhoon Talas left at least 20 people dead in Japan yesterday as the storm moved slowly northward past the country’s western coast.

In-house ‘Facebooks’ promise security

By D.C. Denison

In Cambridge, Microsoft and IBM are at work developing software so companies can run secure in-house social networks.

By Lena H. Sun

A high school sophomore’s curiosity led to new details about what chemicals remain in dry-cleaned clothing.

Lee Roy Selmon, humble NFL Hall of Famer; at 56

Lee Roy Selmon, the Buccaneers’ Hall of Fame defensive end who teamed with his brothers to create a dominant defensive front and helped lead Oklahoma to consecutive national championships, died yesterday.

General Julio Casas, 75, Cuba's defense minister

By Paul Haven

General Julio Casas Regueiro, an accountant who fought in Cuba’s revolution, then used his training to run the military’s lucrative economic enterprises for two decades before becoming defense minister, has died.

Myra Fox, 75; helped ease children’s hospital stays

By J.M. Lawrence

Myra Fox spent 44 years working on behalf of sick children and inspired the character the “play lady’’ in the kids’ book “Curious George Goes to the Hospital.”

Yankees 9, Blue Jays 3

By Mike Fitzpatrick

CC Sabathia earned his 19th win, Derek Jeter tied a career high with five RBIs, and New York polished off a three-game sweep of the Blue Jays.

World Track Championships

Bolt bolts to big finish at world championships

By Raf Casert

Usain Bolt turned the biggest disappointment of his career into another golden show capped with a world record even he believed was not within him this year.

US Open Notebook

By Rachel Cohen

Gilles Simon was in a rush to get home from last year’s US Open. He plans to stick around for a while this time.

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"I find I cannot, even if I try, put up a cold facade." - Joseph Epstein

Names

By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein

Jonathan Papelbon was playing the Rangers over the weekend, but his mom? Our spies ran into “Papelmom’’ in Turks and Caicos with Papelbon’s brothers. Turks is a celebrity haven that has drawn the likes of Bruce Willis, Justin Timberlake, Oprah Winfrey, and Julia Roberts. . . . Meanwhile, “The Office’’ star Mindy Kaling appears to have spent some time at home. The Cambridge native tweeted over the weekend, “Just spent the evening with my mother’s friends, the Labor & Delivery department at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center. I love them!’’ Mindy’s mom is a doctor. . . . Sudbury’s Chris Evans spent his weekend wearing his “Captain America’’ costume in New York City with Scarlett Johansson. The twosome and “The Town’’ star Jeremy Renner filmed scenes together for “The Avengers.’’