Red Sox’ move a play for the future

Adrian Gonzalez, Josh Beckett, Carl Crawford, and Nick Punto went to the Dodgers, in what general manager Ben Cherington called a bid to “build the next big Red Sox team.”

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Ben Cherington on why the Red Sox made the trade

”We recognized that we are not who we want to be right now,” the Red Sox general manager said Saturday.

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With roster revolution, Sox may reclaim their soul

General manager Ben Cherington didn’t just make a baseball trade Saturday. He issued a rebuke of the way the team has done business for the last three years.

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Red Sox blow big lead

The Sox blew a 9-3 lead and failed to score in the final eight innings as the Kansas City Royals beat them at Fenway Saturday night, 10-9, in 12 innings.

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In this August 2006 column, now included in a new e-book, Globe sports columnist Rob Ryan gave finger-pointing Sox fans a talking-to about what it means to love the game.

Astronaut Neil Armstrong, first man on the moon, dies at 82

Armstrong died following complications resulting from cardiovascular procedures, his family said.

Neil Armstrong, who became a global hero with a small step on to the moon, died Saturday.

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Neil Armstrong, who became a global hero with a small step on to the moon, died Saturday.

Armstrong had had a bypass operation this month, according to NASA.

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Armstrong had had a bypass operation this month, according to NASA.

Armstrong, in front, commanded the Apollo 11 spacecraft that landed on the moon July 20, 1969.

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Armstrong, in front, commanded the Apollo 11 spacecraft that landed on the moon July 20, 1969.

The Apollo 11 crew included Armstrong, left, Michael Collins, and Edwin

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The Apollo 11 crew consisted of Armstrong, left, Michael Collins, and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin.

Television newsman Walter Cronkite held a copy of The New York Times detailing the historic landing.

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Television newsman Walter Cronkite held a copy of The New York Times detailing the historic landing.

‘‘I am, and ever will be, a white socks, pocket protector, nerdy engineer,

‘‘I am, and ever will be, a white socks, pocket protector, nerdy engineer," Armstrong said in 2000.

On Saturday, workers completed the conversion of a hockey arena along Tampa Bay into a red, white and blue-themed convention hall.

GOP alters convention schedule due to Isaac

The convention will officially be gaveled into session on Monday, the Republican Party said, but that day’s events will be cancelled until Tuesday.

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Mailer at the movies

Has any writer had a roller coaster decade like the one Norman Mailer experienced during the 1960s?

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Jack Kevorkian comes to town

Tom Keane asks whether voters in Massachusetts should approve physician-assisted suicide.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2012/08/22/BostonGlobe.com/Enterprise/Advance/Images/subway002-684--90x90.jpg The T and its predecessors

Private railroads and horse-drawn streetcar companies served the transportation needs of Boston and outlying towns for decades before the MBTA accepted its first token.

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Mariah Carey (top left), Britney Spears (top right), and Demi Lovato are among the newest crop of TV talent judges.

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Newest crop of judges lacks the X factor
Despite reductions, Bank of America is still the largest ATM provider in the state by a wide margin.

Major banks to have fewer ATMs in Mass.

Opinion | Ellen Goodman

The Equal Rites Awards
“I’ve been coming here since I was a little boy,” said Steve Silvia, 39, talking about the Marshfield Fair, which he now visits with sons Steven (left) and Shawn.

The Roads to Summer

Marshfield Fair still a favorite among adults, children
Harvard is ready to preview its plans to transform the Barry’s Corner section of Allston into a vibrant part of its campus.

Harvard ready to preview Allston development plans

Beatrice Munyenyezi.

Did Beatrice Munyenyezi lie to get into this country?

G Force

‘Pregnancy pact,’ the musical

Bring the Family

Squam Science Center a hidden gem
Author Jonathan Evison fills his lastest story with witty imagery and turns of phrase.

Book Review

‘The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving’ by Jonathan Evison
“Lake View” by William Wegman is part of the “Hello Nature” exhibit at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art.

Art Review

‘William Wegman: Hello Nature’ a dog and irony show
Members of the Joffrey Ballet perform choreographer Edwaard Liang’s “Age of Innocence” at Jacob’s Pillow.

Dance Review

A witty, sincere, and technically superior night at Jacob’s Pillow

Trent Theroux trained for his 13-mile swim from Point Judith to Block Island, which he will attempt in September.

R.I. man to swim for others, right where his life nearly ended

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Analysis

The Red Sox let Josh Beckett get out of control and once they did, there was no reeling him back, writes the Globe’s Peter Abraham.

Red Sox deal rids team of bad contracts

The trade of Beckett, Crawford, Gonzalez, and Punto rids the team of bad contracts, not necessarily bad people, says the Globe’s Peter Abraham.

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Taylor Swift’s ties to a Kennedy create buzz

The romance between Swift, 22, and Conor Kennedy, 18, has questions swirling in Hyannis about the young starlet trying on the princess crown in Camelot.

Columnists

Jackie, Sue, and Lynn as seen in “49 Up,” a 2005 British film that is part of a decades-long series of documentaries.

Joan Wickersham

A study of class captures shape, sweep of real lives

Lawrence Harmon

Mass. needs to update wiretap laws

SCOT LEHIGH

The GOP’s big tent collapses

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Big-box stores are in big trouble
Carl Crawford, Josh Beckett, and Adrian Gonzalez have underachieved and are on the verge of being traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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Blockbuster Red Sox trade signifies end of failed era

Joan Vennochi

Romney made Mass. his stepping stone

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Red Sox left picking up the pieces
Chinese police stand guard at an anti-Japanese protest outside the Japanese consulate in Shanghai last week.

Edward L. Glaeser

Putting China at ease

Tech lab

Samsung’s new Galaxy shoots for iPad, misses

It was a long night on Tuesday for Scott Podsednik, Jacoby Ellsbury, and Cody Ross (left to right) as the Red Sox lost again.

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It’s all over for the Red Sox

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A familiar face stirs the pot in Maine

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Stingy liberals

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Apple’s suit contends Samsung’s Galaxy phone (right) copies iPhone technology.

Samsung ordered to pay Apple $1.05b in patent case

The decision could make it harder for competitors to challenge the iPhone and iPad in the massive global market for smartphones and tablet computers.

Politics

“We don’t like people going behind our backs, using our music without asking, and we don’t like the Romney campaign,” said Brian Aubert, lead singer and guitarist of Silversun Pickups, after Mitt Romney’s campaign used their song, “Panic Switch.”

When bands, candidates don’t harmonize

Campaign anthems are meant to meld a candidate’s substance with style. But increasingly, it seems, performers are demanding that candidates stop the music.

Nation & World

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Syrian children received treatment Friday after shells from government forces hit their house in Aleppo.

Flood of Syrian refugees accelerates

The United Nations said that more than 200,000 refugees had registered in Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, and Turkey, with 30,000 new arrivals tallied the past week.

Arts

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Dance Review

Members of the Joffrey Ballet perform choreographer Edwaard Liang’s “Age of Innocence” at Jacob’s Pillow.

A witty and technically superior night at Jacob’s Pillow

The Joffrey Ballet was once known as a younger, wackier company whose dancers were technically strong but eclectic. Today, the wild child has matured.

Living Longer, Living Better

Health

JoyceMor, a sleep technologist at Sleep Health Centers in Weymouth, prepares Talia Yourell of Weymouth for a sleep study.

For aging baby boomers, sleep gets harder to come by

As we age, medical conditions can make a good night’s rest elusive. But there are steps we can take.

“Samsung obviously skirted pretty close to the iPad design and has paid the price.”

Michael Oh,  founder of a local Apple retailer

Magazine

The cover for the August 19 2012 issue

Can a Woburn company’s flying car someday be a fix for traffic?
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The man who nourished Boston’s literary scene
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Can GPS find you a mate?
The cover for the July 29 2012 issue

Connected, powerful 21st-century moms

Opinion

“Hearing the words of criminals can be chilling. But the public should know who’s out there.”

Lawrence Harmon, on the state’s wiretapping laws

Ideas

“If the bill becomes law, the identities of people who die in Massachusetts--notably those who, like Bill Cosby, have built up bankable personas over the course of their lives--will become pieces of property that continue to exist long after they do.”

 Leon Neyfakh