Campaigns battle for N.H.

By Brian MacQuarrie

Both the Obama and Romney camps feel the state’s four electoral votes could be pivotal on Nov. 6.

POLITICAL NOTEBOOK

Utah Senator Orrin Hatch avoids revolt within GOP

Senator Hatch won the GOP primary in Utah on Tuesday, handily turning back a challenge from Tea Party forces.

By Maggie Michael

In a setback for the country’s military rulers, an Egyptian court suspended a government decision allowing military police to arrest civilians.

Syria warned to stay clear of Turkey border

By Sebnem Arsu

Buoyed by support from his country’s NATO allies, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued the warning Tuesday.

By Ahmed Al-Haj

Land mines planted by Al Qaeda militants before they fled southern strongholds killed 73 civilians over the past week, Yemeni officials said.

Syrian rebels clash with elite troops, activists say

By Bassem Mroue

Intense fighting erupted involving the special forces guarding the capital, killing at least six people and suggesting a growing boldness by the rebels.

Jeff Jacoby

Stain of racism is finally fading in America

By Jeff Jacoby

The election of black minister Fred Luter to lead the Southern Baptist Convention is further proof that racism has diminished.

editorial

Boston Tea Party museum reopening will put misconceptions to rest

All too often, the Boston Tea Party has come across as a colorful prank instead of the turning point in the American Revolution that it was.

editorial

In largely upholding Congress’s monopoly over immigration matters, the high court Monday also underscored the legislative branch’s failure to deal with an issue of importance to all Americans.

For restaurant’s staff, culture is on the menu

By James H. Burnett III

Training for employees of Eastern Standard includes a unique repertoire that seeks to make employees fully versed in the culture and politics of our times.

Sheldon Rotenberg; BSO violinist saw music history up close

By Jeremy Eichler

Mr. Rotenberg began his tenure at the Boston Symphony Orchestra under the revered Serge Koussevitzky and continued under four other music directors. He died at 95.

Brian McGrory

By Brian McGrory

What exactly will our state environmental officials do for an encore after shooting a black bear 50 feet out of a tree because he had the audacity to visit Chestnut Hill?

Cheaper gas is a tricky political calculus

By Katie Johnston and Dan Adams

Gas prices are falling, and may continue to all summer, but politicians on both sides are remaining uncharacteristically silent.

By Casey Ross

Entrepreneur Steve Belkin is renewing his effort to build a skyscraper in the Financial District that would rival the city’s tallest buildings.

RSA rebuts report of flaw in its security

By Hiawatha Bray

The security division of EMC Corp. fired back against a report that suggests RSA’s SecurID technology may be open to attacks by hackers.

Sheldon Rotenberg; BSO violinist saw music history up close

By Jeremy Eichler

Mr. Rotenberg began his tenure at the Boston Symphony Orchestra under the revered Serge Koussevitzky and continued under four other music directors. He died at 95.

Nora Ephron; author, screenwriter, director made Hollywood blockbusters

By Adam Bernstein

Nora Ephron, who was noted for her perceptive, deeply personal essays and romantic screenplays, died Tuesday at a hospital in New York. She was 71.

Adam Oates elected to Hall, named Capitals coach

By Kevin Paul Dupont

The former Bruins center was chosen as the new head coach of the Capitals on the same day that he was named to the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto.

By Adam Himmelsbach

The current method for producing a champion, the Bowl Championship Series, will be replaced by a four-team playoff.

US Olympic swim trials

Brendan Hansen gets a ticket to London

By Paul Newberry

Hansen, who retired from swimming after the Beijing Games but couldn’t stay away, made his comeback worthwhile by winning the 100-meter breaststroke at the US Olympic trials.

Recipe for no-bake cheesecake

Brockton resident Martha Hunyadi Testa’s late mother, Philomena Hunyadi, often served this no-bake cheesecake on her father’s July birthday.

Recipe for chickpea salad with cucumbers, carrots, and dill

Arlington resident Amy Cohen writes, “My mother, Nina, from Westchester County in New York, now in her 70s, got many of her recipes from women’s magazines.

Margie Coloian of Johnston, R.I., was raised in an Armenian family in Providence. “My mother died when I was 4, and I began cooking at an early age,” she writes, “for fun, not necessity.