Yankees 9, Tigers 3
Yankees pounce on Tigers
Robinson Cano hit a grand slam and drove in six runs as the New York Yankees shook off a 23-hour rain delay to beat the Tigers 9-3 Saturday night.
Magazine
The science of laughter
Can you dissect a sense of humor? I went to an academic humor conference to find out — and all I got for it was this broken funny bone.
Rob Anderson
The gay app that veered straight
The implication of the Grindr mobile app is that for millions of men around the world, the thin line between reality and virtual reality vanished.
Despite protests, St. Jeremiah Catholic Church is sold
Parishioners had conducted vigils after the closing of the Framingham church in 2005, but the archdiocese completed the sale for $2 million in an effort to raise money.
COLIN BARRACLOUGH FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE
Travel
Beauty and beasts
In the wake of a dramatic fall in political violence in Colombia, tourists now have the chance to appreciate the country’s beauty — quirks and all.
Battles keeps building its success
Battles, performing at Royale, has revealed itself slowly over the years but experimentation and songcraft produce results for the elite new music trio.
99 Bottles
Fall brings out the pumpkin flavor in ales
The popularity of pumpkin beers has exploded over the past few years. Here are four new local pumpkin beers and four of the most renowned.
On Hockey
As champs, Bruins still face many serious questions
The most obvious place in need of help is the power play. But the loss of several key veterans also could be draining.
“Some people play the stock market and win big. For me, this is it.”
Haverhill transit analyst Alex Lu, on hypermiling
Inside The Boston Globe
Columnists
Metro
Gloucester icon slips into history
After decades of felling hordes of sure-footed men at the Saint Peter’s Fiesta every June, Gloucester’s famed Greasy Pole plunged into the chilly waters off Pavilion Beach Thursday night.
Business
Merrimac bank will soon merge with larger rival
Economy Co-operative’s lone branch will soon be taken over, putting an end to another small bank.
Nation
Paramedic says scene in Jackson’s house was amiss
Paramedic Richard Senneff testified yesterday that Dr. Conrad Murray’s responses about Michael Jackson seemed inconsistent.
World
Drone attack kills US-born cleric linked to Al Qaeda
Many details of the strike were unclear, but one US official said that Anwar al-Awlaki had been identified as the target in advance and was killed with a Hellfire missile.
Sports
Francona says it’s time to go
Terry Francona spent his last day as manager of the Boston Red Sox coming and going from Fenway Park.
Arts
Battles keeps building its success
Battles, performing at Royale, has revealed itself slowly over the years but experimentation and songcraft produce results for the elite new music trio.
Opinion
“One woman in New Hampshire told me she didn’t mind that (Mitt) Romney had flip-flopped on issues, so long as he’d flipped to positions she liked.”
Joanna Weiss
Ideas
“To become a citizen of a nation is a choice that involves more sacrifice and pain than tearing down the sculpture of a dictator.”
Gal Beckerman