In faiths, a split on assisted suicide

Massachusetts religious communities are divided over a measure on this year’s ballot that would allow terminally ill patients to obtain a prescription drug to end their lives.

“A lot of our assumptions today have their roots in that period,” says Drew Gilpin Faust (right) with Ric Burns.

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Work of Harvard’s Faust gets the PBS treatment

Along with filmmaker Ric Burns, Harvard president Drew Gilpin Faust will be traveling the East Coast to promote a new two-hour film, “Death and the Civil War.”

Account of putting pupil in isolation disputed

A father’s account of how his daughter was repeatedly locked in a “closet” as a Lexington kindergartner in 2006 prompted a rebuttal from the town’s school superintendent.

The decision by the state party could put US Senator Scott Brown, facing a tough challenge, in a difficult position.

State GOP to take up national platform

Mass. Republicans are scheduled to vote on whether to replace their issues platform with the controversial version embraced at the RNC.

“You just couldn’t get away from it,” Cindy McGinty, whose husband died in the attacks, said of last year’s memorials.

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Families of victims relieved at a subdued 9/11

After last year’s intense 10th anniversary, family members of those who were killed said they welcomed a softer public spotlight on their personal grief.

Farah Stockman

Why do we go to our high school reunions?

The stubborn, almost irrational allegiance to the place where you were born seems coded into nature itself.

The new $34 million Mattapan Community Center Health Center is located at 1575 Blue Hill Ave.

Health center is a booster shot for Mattapan

The new $34 million home for the Mattapan Community Health Center will double the number of patients the facility serves and triple patient visits, officials said.

Boston puts 3d biggest tax bite on tourists, survey finds

The city has the third-highest travel tax burden in the nation, with visitors paying an average of $34.83 a day in sales tax and fees for travel-related services.

Pipe fitter Jerry Williams worked on new gas boilers being installed by Ameresco Inc. for the Boston Housing Authority.

Energy services firm profits with boring efficiency

Framingham’s Ameresco Inc. prospers by saving clients money with a straightforward view of efficiency, focused on lighting, heating, cooling, and other simple fixes.

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The controversial trial and execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti in Massachusetts in the 1920’s caused much tension in the US and around the world.

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Hercules the 900-pound liger starts in Dr. Bhagavan Antle’s show at King Richard’s Faire in Carver.

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Big Cats at King Richard’s Faire

CD Review | ROCK

Storming ahead with Bob Dylan in ‘Tempest’
Zac Brown (pictured here in Nashville last June) and his band charmed the Comcast Center crowd on Sunday.

Music Review

Zac Brown covers his bases, and a lot more
A couple —Corinna May (left) and David Atkins — find themselves visited by runaway, played by Lesley Shires, in “Homestead Crossing.’’

Stage Review

‘Homestead Crossing’ far from a routine stop

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The best beer town in New England
Chandler Jones and the Patriots defensive looks like a unit that can bring offenses to their knees.

Christopher L Gasper

Patriots defense makes a statement
Joseph Schlesinger of Somerville used Kickstarter, a crowdsourcing website, to raise money for his robot-building DIY kits.

Kickstarter propels local entrepreneurs
Stevan Ridley breaks a tackle on a 17-yard first-quarter run during a Patriots TD drive. The back ended up with 125 yards on 21 carries.

Dan Shaughnessy

New England sports fans can rejoice

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My friends don’t know I’m a conservative
Kathyrn Woods of Chelsea said things feel largely the same.

Are you better off now? For locals, a mixed bag
Jeff Bezos, chief executive of Amazon.com, introduced the Kindle Paperwhite tablet last week in California. It’s built around an illuminated version of E Ink’s black-and-white screen to make it more readable even in bright light.

E Ink displays its strength

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Fall Arts Preview 2012

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Wes Welker needs one reception to set the Patriots’ all-time mark.

Wes Welker, Troy Brown built in same mold

Welker, who will pass Brown as the franchise leader in receptions for the Patriots with one more catch, believes Brown paved the way for his success in New England.

Metro

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Investigators found that former Medford housing chief Robert Covelle violated public bidding laws.

Former Medford housing chief is fined $5,000

Robert Covelle was fined $5,000 and barred from public employment for six years for violating public bidding laws.

Columnists

Joanna Weiss

A teacher’s guide to predators

Farah Stockman

Why do we go to our high school reunions?
Clouds are reflected in the glass windows of Four World Trade Center last month in New York.

Opinion | Juliette kayyem

On anniversary of 9/11, fear is present but not all-consuming

Adrian Walker

For kids’ sake, teacher deal is needed
Eric Crouch (pedaling) and John Pelkey rode the pedicab they designed.

Innovation economy

Wentworth graduates build a better pedicab

Joanna Weiss

Clinton’s speech a new blueprint
Stevan Ridley breaks a tackle on a 17-yard first-quarter run during a Patriots TD drive. The back ended up with 125 yards on 21 carries.

Dan Shaughnessy

New England sports fans can rejoice
Chandler Jones and the Patriots defensive looks like a unit that can bring offenses to their knees.

Christopher L Gasper

Patriots defense makes a statement

INNOVATION ECONOMY

Secrets of the hiring process

Yvonne Abraham

Mormon missionaries bask in Romney’s run
Bill Belichick’s decade-plus run of success with the Patriots has elevated the team to the top of the local sports crop.

Bob Ryan

Boston now officially belongs to the Patriots
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. links arms with, to his left; Ralph Bunche, undersecretary of the United Nations; Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel; and the Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth as they march for voter registration rights for African-Americans in 1965.

Jeff Jacoby

Faith enriches politics, on both sides

Business

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A store in Atlanta displayed the credit cards it accepts. According to data released by the US government, consumer debt declined even though Americans boosted spending in July.

Consumers in US reduce use of credit cards for 2d month

Americans also cut back on borrowing in July for the first time in nearly a year.

Politics

Political Notebook

President Obama’s joint fund-raising committee, which spent liberally early, did not indicate how much money it has.

Obama edges Romney with $114m haul

President Obama’s campaign collected more than $114 million to Mitt Romney’s $111.6 million in August, the first time Obama has outraised Romney since April.

Nation & World

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Striking teachers and their backers marched Monday. Negotiators left the table hours later to consider new proposals.

Chicago teachers strike in dispute over contract

Hundreds of thousands of Chicago families scrambled as teachers in the nation’s third-largest school district struck over pay, benefits, and other contract issues.

Arts

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Book Review

In addition to the Penn State sex abuse scandal, the book includes stories of former players who see Joe Paterno as a powerful force for good in their lives.

‘Paterno’ by Joe Posnanski

Posnanski set out to celebrate legendary Penn State coach Joe Paterno. Then, as he worked, the Sandusky scandal became public and everything changed.

Lifestyle

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Jackie Fraser-Swan’s Emerson Spring/Summer 2013 collection.

Herrera, Posen, Fraser-Swan make it work at Fashion Week

On Monday, New York Fashion Week chatter was squarely focused on obtaining a ticket for that evening’s Marc Jacobs show, but there were enough big names showing earlier in the day.

“This year I’m not getting bombarded by Sept. 11. This year it will be a little easier to just be sad.”

Danielle Lemack,  whose mother, Judy Larocque, was a 9/11 victim

Magazine

The cover for the September 9 2012 issue

My friends don’t know I’m a conservative
The cover for the August 26 2012 issue

Did Beatrice Munyenyezi lie to get into this country?
The cover for the August 19 2012 issue

Can a Woburn company’s flying car someday be a fix for traffic?
The cover for the August 12 2012 issue

The man who nourished Boston’s literary scene

Opinion

“The concept is known as ‘grooming,’ and it amounts to a public relations campaign: Abusers give off the impression that they’re caring and kind.”

Joanna Weiss 

Ideas

“With awe, the researchers concluded, people become more “present,” living in the moment, not rehashing the past or fretting about the future.”

Keith O’Brien  on the quest to expand time