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Football coach turns art curator

MATTHEW CAVANAUGH FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE

Williams College football coach Aaron Kelton is set to take his turn as a guest curator tomorrow at the university’s Museum of Art.

Tom Brady will welcome the Jets to New England on Sunday.

Christopher L. Gasper

Strangely, Jets are now team Patriots aspire to be

Playing the Jets is not just another game. After years of playoff ineptitude in New England, the teams’ roles have reversed. The Jets are now the standard by which the Patriots judge themselves.

alex beam

For the love of Mormons

The “Mormon moment” is here, as the religion is suddenly center stage in the popular consciousness, writes Alex Beam.

DiMasi friend Vitale pleads guilty to lobbying violations

Richard Vitale pleaded guilty to 10 counts of state lobbying and campaign finance violations, and will serve two years of probation and pay $32,000 in fines.

UMass to host climate change center

UMass Amherst will be home to one of eight centers around the country to study the local effects of climate change.

Romney: Obama has weakened nation

In a foreign policy speech today at The Citadel, Mitt Romney declared that President Obama’s policies have debilitated the country’s credibility around the world.

It’s a puzzle, it’s a test, it’s a Quick Response Code

With 35 percent of adults owning a smart phone, QR codes have quickly become the darling of the mobile marketing world. But what exactly are they?

Metro

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Quips by Brown, Warren turn into darts

Both sides are expecting an expensive and potentially nasty fight. But US Senator Scott Brown’s recent remarks may have trained the spotlight on gender early in the election cycle.

Business

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Brighter forecast for Vt. tourism

As leaf peepers come out in droves this holiday weekend, 99 percent of Vermont’s highways, many devastated by Tropical Storm Irene in August, are open.

Nation

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Giffords visits D.C. for husband’s retirement

Democratic Representative Gabrielle Giffords was back among friends and colleagues yesterday at a ceremony for her husband.

World

Dimmer outlook as Afghan war marks 10th year

US officials, who are facing a future of fewer troops and less money for reconstruction, are narrowing their goals for the country.

Sports

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Cardinals 1, Phillies 0

Rafael Furcal reacted during the eighth inning of the St. Louis Cardinals’ 1-0 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies Friday night.

Cardinals shock, eliminate Phillies

As Ryan Howard grounded out to end the game, the wild-card St. Louis Cardinals started to celebrate their 1-0 victory in their National League division series.

Movies

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Movie Review

‘Margaret,’ a perfectionist’s portrait of imperfection

What emerges from the tinkering and legal skirmishes is an occasional marvel, a kind of everyday highbrow social X-ray, Paul Mazursky by way of Krzysztof Kieslowski.

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,   on the challenges facing some Middle Eastern countries