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Deutsche Bank Championship

McIlroy leads, Woods two back

World No. 1 Rory McIlroy shot a 65 to take a one-stroke lead, setting the stage for a Saturday showdown with Tiger Woods, who is tied for third.

Spenser Rositano of the Boston College Eagles was tackled in the air by Hugo Delapenha Jr of the Miami Hurricanes Saturday at Alumni Stadium.

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Maimi 41, Boston College 32

BC Eagles start fast, but lose opener to Miami

Boston College did a lot of things right in its season-opening loss to Miami on Saturday, but its mistakes were too big to overcome.

Legendary songwriter Hal David dies in LA at 91

The stylish, heartfelt lyricist teamed with Burt Bacharach on dozens of timeless songs, and shared an Oscar for ‘‘Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head.’’

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Fall TV Preview

While cable channels are busy reinventing, the broadcast networks stick to recycling. Plus, which new shows are good, bad, or unwatchable? A rundown of all of the new network series, night by night.

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We Like to Watch: Best new comedies

Boston Globe TV critics Matthew Gilbert and Sarah Rodman give up their favorite new comedies of the new season.

Critic’s Notebook

4 reasons to be excited about the Toronto International Film Festival

As much as it is an awards-season gateway, it’s still also a great festival for thousands of civilian moviegoers to have some fun in the dark.

Exclusive Sunday Preview | book review

‘Telegraph Avenue’ by Michael Chabon

Chabon’s saga of two couples running besieged vinyl and midwife businesses rocks a big multicultural mix of love, loss, change, and how we live now.

99 bottles

White House releases its beer recipe

After weeks of being denied the administration’s home-brew recipe, beer enthusiasts got their wish Saturday.

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From the Archives | Photo gallery

Campaigns and conventions

The mad theater of campaigns, protests, rallies, and conventions that is our modern political process is not a recent phenomenon.

Globe exclusives

William H. Chafe notes that the Clintons’s marriage blends the personal and the political.

Exclusive Sunday Preview | book review

‘Bill and Hillary’ by William H. Chafe

DEUTSCHE BANK CHAMPIONSHIP

Hole by hole at TPC Boston

Channing Tatum as a male stripper in “Magic Mike.’’

Exclusive Sunday Preview

9 top summer movie moments of 2012

Despite the Red Sox’ dreadful season, and the public backlash, chairman Tom Werner (left) insists he and John Henry (right) have no plans to sell.

Tom Werner takes ownership for disappointing Red Sox

Ideas

How kids make friends — and why it matters

Murray donors queried in probe

Lisa Baruzzi with golden retriever Richie at the Tufts obesity clinic for animals in North Grafton.

Fat dogs and cats are getting professional help

US swimmers stepped onto the podium in stylish shoes after winning the gold.

Neon sneakers make their mark at the Olympics

The author’s rental home in Begur, with its stone tower, and the view from town onto the Mediterranean Sea and northward along the Costa Brava.

Sunday Preview | Travel

Renting a house on Spain’s Costa Brava

Wes Ayres of Needham attempted to stop the bubbles coming from the fish’s mouth as characters from King Richard’s Faire come to the Boston Children’s Museum to promote an upcoming fair to be held in Carver with swordfightrers, puppeteers, pipers, and minstrels.

Photo gallery

Globe photos of the week, Aug. 31, 2012

An angler on the Merrimack River in downtown Lawrence, off Route 28.

Exclusive Sunday Prevew | Travel

Road Trip: Route 28

Drew Tardif, 10, worked on a puzzle with Mikalo Glennon, 7, and his mother Raquel Rohlfing.

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Foundation reaches out to families with cancer

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Ohio 24, Penn State 14

At Penn State, new era starts with a loss

The university’s first game since the NCAA’s landmark sanctions over the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal ended in disappointment.

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Harvard students bridle over test cheating investigation

All of the students interviewed by the Globe said the ground rules for the take-home final exam were so unclear that they did not realize they were cheating.