Third woman dies in Dorchester shooting

A third victim in Sunday’s shooting has died, officials said. Police are looking for a white SUV that was seen speeding away from the scene.

Amid tight supply, Boston rents soar

The average monthly rent is estimated at $1,881, and a dearth of new, cheaper apartments means many residents will have an increasingly difficult time finding an affordable place to live.

Paul Ryan’s plan aggressively cuts tax rates.

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Paul Ryan’s budget plan is built on a series of rosy assumptions

Ryan’s plan to cut taxes, slash spending, and revamp Medicare represents a doubling-down on Republican supply-side theories and an unprecedented reduction in spending.

Ryan sought stimulus funds while decrying program

Paul Ryan, tapped as Mitt Romney’s running mate on Saturday and known as a budget hawk, wrote letters in 2009 asking for stimulus funds to benefit his home state.

Johnny Pesky, guiding soul of the Red Sox family, dies at 92

Pesky became one of the most popular figures in the team’s history during a six-decade-long career as player, manager, broadcaster, coach, and executive.

Boston, MA 04/10/2007: Prior to the Red Sox-Seattle Mariners game at Fenway Park, a tearful Johnny Pesky acknowledges the ovation he recieved when he was introduced. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff) Library Tag 04112007

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Johnny Pesky became a Red Sox legend for playing eight years for the club and for his lifetime association with the franchise as one of its most beloved figures.

For generations of Red Sox players, Pesky was a source of baseball knowledge. Here, Manny Ramirez gave Pesky a bear hug at spring training in 2002.

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For generations of Red Sox players, Pesky was a source of baseball knowledge. Here, Manny Ramirez gave Pesky a bear hug at spring training in 2002.

Pesky, whose No. 6 was retired in 2008, served as a player, coach, manager, broadcaster, special adviser, and goodwill ambassador for the Red Sox, with whom he started in 1942.

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Pesky, whose No. 6 was retired in 2008, served as a player, coach, manager, broadcaster, special adviser, and goodwill ambassador for the Red Sox, with whom he started in 1942.

In April 2005, Red Sox owners bestowed a World Series ring on Pesky after the team ended its 86-year title drought.

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In April 2005, Red Sox owners bestowed a World Series ring on Pesky after the team ended its 86-year title drought.

Pesky, with fellow Red Sox legend Dwight Evans, was one of the team's honored guests at Fenway Park's 100th anniversary in April 2012.

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Pesky, with fellow Red Sox legend Dwight Evans, was one of the team's honored guests at Fenway Park's 100th anniversary in April 2012.

Pesky served as an adviser to Red Sox coaches and players, including Roger Clemens, for many years.

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Pesky served as an adviser to Red Sox coaches and players, including Roger Clemens, for many years.

Pesky became a fixture at spring training, where he worked with young players. Here, he conferred with Nomar Garciaparra in 1995.

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Pesky became a fixture at spring training, where he worked with young players. Here, he conferred with Nomar Garciaparra in 1995.

Pesky, right, with Ted Williams, left the Red Sox after his rookie season to spend three seasons in military service. He returned in 1946 and led the team in hits in three straight seasons.

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Pesky, right, with Ted Williams, left the Red Sox after his rookie season to spend three seasons in military service. He returned in 1946 and led the team in hits in three straight seasons.

In 2005, Pesky lost his wife of 60 years, Ruth. “She was a hell of a gal,” he said of her.

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In 2005, Pesky lost his wife of 60 years, Ruth. “She was a hell of a gal,” he said of her.

In 2006, as the Red Sox celebrated Pesky's 87th birthday, they officially named the right field foul marker

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In 2006, as the Red Sox celebrated Pesky's 87th birthday, they officially named the right field foul marker "Pesky's Pole."

Pesky, who hit thousands of fungoes to Red Sox players over his decades with the team, will likely forever be linked as one of the faces of the franchise.

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Pesky, who hit thousands of fungoes to Red Sox players over his decades with the team, will likely forever be linked as one of the faces of the franchise.

Pesky talked hitting with Jim Rice. Rice played for the Sox from 1974 to 1989.

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Pesky talked hitting with Jim Rice. Rice played for the Sox from 1974 to 1989.

Pesky was named interim manager of the Sox toward the end of the 1980 season.

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Pesky was named interim manager of the Sox toward the end of the 1980 season.

Pesky is seen in action in an old timers’ game in 1989.

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Pesky is seen in action in an old timers’ game in 1989.

Pesky, center, appeared with former Red Sox players Eddie Pellegnino, left, and Charlie Wagner at Fenway Park in 1995.

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Pesky, center, appeared with former Red Sox players Eddie Pellegnino, left, and Charlie Wagner at Fenway Park in 1995.

Pesky is seen in 1948.

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Pesky is seen in 1948.

Carrying a trademark fungo bat, Johnny Pesky salutes the crowd on Sept. 28, 2008, when the Red Sox retired his No. 6 at Fenway Park.

Dan Shaughnessy

Boston loses an iconic link between Red Sox past and present

The foul pole, the retired number, and the statue are well-deserved, but we don’t need them to remind us of Boston baseball’s nicest guy.

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On the campus of one of the world’s most technologically advanced universities, glassblowing, of all things, is the most popular of all extracurricular activities.

Maine rower Eleanor Logan, a member of the women’s eight team, won a gold medal at the Olympics in London. The key to cashing in with a lesser-known sport is moving quickly.

Medals in hand, New England Olympians hunt for endorsements

Local gold medalists in judo, gymnastics, and rowing can all expect to cash in, but the financial prospects among the three will differ considerably.

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Roses were placed at the feet of Johnny Pesky on the “Teammates” statue outside Fenway Park Monday.

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Nick Hornby’s reading ranges as widely as do his monthly columns for The Believer literary magazine.

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Boston.com has hired six former WFNX staffers, including Henry Santoro, to staff RadioBDC.

RadioBDC goes live — online and via apps

Bob Ryan | his farewell column

Bob Ryan says goodbye after 44 years
Kenya Jackson swallows his morning dose of HIV medication.

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Community health workers help HIV patient change attitude, life

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Traffic approaches the Bourne Bridge on Interstate 495 heading onto Cape Cod. On crowded summer weekends, roads are clogged on the Cape, and cellphones stop working.

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On Cape Cod, upgrades come by the megabyte
Summer cottages dot the southern end of Conomo Point Road in Essex.

Town, longtime residents battle over Conomo Point rights
Kevin Craddock, a recovering addict, says “I’ve been around the legal system a lot, but never like this.”

Boston’s Homeless Court helps defendants get a fresh start
Bain Capital, with $65 billion in assets, has been squarely in the political limelight ever since Mitt Romney’s Republican primary rivals began knocking his private-sector background as “vulture capitalism.”

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Fans showed support for their countries in all manner, such as this Australian fan in the London underground.

Olympics are a show to experience

In person, the chaotic, intimate, fun-loving London Olympic experience was much different than the neatly packaged production beamed around the world.

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Aly Raisman of Needham received a gold medal in women’s gymnastics floor exercise at the London Olympics.

Raisman, team will make the rounds of New York talk shows

With a full week of Letterman, Colbert, and more ahead of her, Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman marked her return to the US by tweeting “HELLO AMERICA” Monday.

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Unbaby.me, the hipsters, and the Ryan Plan
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker (R) and Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch (L) attend a memorial service for six people killed in an attack the day before on a Wisconsin Sikh temple on August 6, 2012 in Brookfield, Wisconsin. Hundreds of mourners gathered at the Sikh Religious Society of Wisconsin -- a temple just 25 miles (40 kilometers) from the scene of the August 5 bloodshed -- to honor the six people killed and three critically wounded in what police are calling a

Farah Stockman

A culture of hate

Adrian Walker

TSA employees had to go outside system to report profiling

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German tech gets teeth ultra-clean
Mitt Romney will no longer be able to hide behind strategic ambiguity about his budget and tax cut plans with Paul Ryan as his running mate.

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With Ryan, Romney faces tougher sell to undecided voters
Kyra Sedgwick has a few of her emotionally devastating moments in tonight’s “Closer” series finale.

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A eulogy for TNT’s ‘The Closer’
Xian Wen Li said he was among those cheated by May Woo of Sky Energy Travel in Chinatown.

Yvonne Abraham

Chinatown travel agency gives immigrants a tough lesson

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A few thoughts come bobbing up

JOAN VENNOCHI | welfare and the election

An old wedge issue returns in the campaign

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Why should we beg anyone to vote?

Bob Ryan | his farewell column

Bob Ryan says goodbye after 44 years

LAWRENCE HARMON

Does anthrax risk end at city limits?

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Apple contends that Samsung has copied the look of the iPhone and iPad, which has diluted the value of its brands.

Apple witness estimates Samsung would owe $2.5 billion

The dispute is the first to go before a federal jury in a battle being waged on four continents for dominance in a smartphone market valued at $219.1 billion.

Politics

Brown praises Ryan, but keeps distance

Senator Scott Brown remained cautious in lauding Mitt Romney’s new running mate as Democrats tried to tie Brown to Paul Ryan’s proposals to overhaul Medicare and cut social programs.

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CORRECTS AGE TO 35 INSTEAD OF 43 - This undated photo provided by the City of College Station, Texas shows Thomas Caffall. Caffall, 35, has been identified by authorities as the shooter who opened fire from inside his home in College Station as he was being served an eviction notice, killing Brazos County constable Brian Bachmann and another man, on Monday, Aug. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/City of College Station)

Gunman shot dead after killing 2 near Texas A&M

A gunman opened fire on police near Texas A&M University Monday, killing at least two people and wounding four others before being killed by police, officials said.

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Photography review

“Flushing Meadow” is one of Philip Jones’s nocturnal urban images.

Looking out and looking in at the Photographic Resource Center

Three photographers at a showcase at the PRC offer images of the external world, and three are showing an internal world of emotion and states of mind.

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Professor Nancy Cott (above) says the sympsosium on Julia Child will take a holistic approach.

Julia Child turns 100 at Radcliffe

For her centenary, the library is sponsoring a symposium Sept. 21, free and open to the public.

“If rents keep going up, you’re going have to be some superstar lawyer or businessman to afford a decent place in Boston.”

David Mailloux, 37 

Opinion

“There is a growing sense, even from the hipsters, that one person’s entitlement is somebody else’s personal burden.”

Joanna Weiss 

Ideas

“The changing ways we’ve seen summer reading — first as an indulgence, then as a vice, and now, somewhat surprisingly, as a source of pride — says a lot about our changing attitudes toward just what leisure should be.”

Craig Fehrman