Obama vows justice in Libya killings
The US Embassy in Benghazi was attacked and set on fire Tuesday. At first it was believed the attack was a protest over a movie depicting Mohammed.

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US officials said they are investigating the four-hour assault as a well-orchestrated terrorist attack and not a spontaneous reaction to an inflammatory movie about the prophet Mohammed.

Mitt Romney commented on the killing of US embassy officials in Benghazi, Libya, while speaking in Jacksonville, Fla., Wednesday.

Romney causes stir with remarks on attacks

Mitt Romney’s criticism of President Obama’s initial response to the Libya attacks struck some Republicans and Democrats as too partisan and heavy handed.

Yvonne Abraham

BU hockey team report details retrograde mentality

The report shows how perilous things can get when the hookup culture collides with the Boston University men’s hockey team and their ilk. But it’s even bigger than that.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2012/09/12/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/13fashion3--90x90.jpg 10 spring trends at N.Y. Fashion Week

Prognosticating style trends for Spring/Summer 2013 in the middle of New York Fashion Week is a rather unscientific process of trying to absorb endless parades of models while taking mental snapshots.

Boston, teachers agree on contract

The tentative agreement should usher in a more rigorous system of judging teacher performance and provide ­extra help for teachers who need it.

Thomas P. Glynn is choice to lead Massport

Glynn, a longtime manager in high-profile public and private sector positions, has been selected as the new chief executive officer of the agency that runs Logan Airport and the port of Boston.

Katy Hayes discussed her case with Brigham and Women’s doctors Bohdan Pomahac (left) and Simon G. Talbot.

Boston surgeons plan double arm transplant

Brigham and Women’s Hospital has approved a Texas woman for the first double arm transplant above the elbow to be performed in the United States.

The hero a night earlier, Jacoby Ellsbury (1 for 5) grounded to the pitcher with the tying run on first base to end the game.

Dan Shaughnessy

It was spoiled long before this for Red Sox

Bobby Valentine looks like a man enjoying his last cigarette before he goes to the gallows. It’s clear Jacoby Ellsbury must be traded. Playing spoilers just adds to this awkward, awful season.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2012/09/04/BostonGlobe.com/Enterprise/Images/sacco005.jpg Sacco and Vanzetti

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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Jasmany Fuentes said the person who shot his brother Jorge on Monday night “didn’t have a reason.”

Dorchester family searches for answers after fatal shooting
Apple CEO Tim Cook presented the new iPhone 5 Wednesday.

New iPhone: larger, thinner, faster
Jim Reid leads the Jesus and Mary Chain at the Paradise Tuesday, the first of a two-night stand.

Music Review

Jesus and Mary Chain a blast from the past

G Force

Positive thinking, raw food, veganism, and sexual vitality
Chris Stevens

Farah Stockman

How could Chris Stevens die because of a YouTube clip?
A pasta specialbeing prepared at Carlo’s Cucina Italiana in Allston.

DINING OUT

10 underrated Boston restaurants
Whitney Sisto enjoyed a break in South Boston as HipHost’s Evmorphia Stratis (right) led Micky Robinson of London on a harbor tour.

HipHost tours connect visitors with locals
“I’ve never made a brisket in my life.” - Fran Putnoi, a former president of Temple Israel of Boston, who gathered a group to talk about recipes

Nine Jewish cooks, many opinions
Paul Ryan is engaged in a national campaign as Mitt Romney’s running mate, but he is also spending $2m in ads to keep his Wisconsin congressional seat.

Ryan campaigns for old job as he seeks bigger one
Carla Zanoletti’s pesto, made the way she learned as a girl growing up in Camogli, on the Italian Riviera.

How to make pesto the Ligurian way
Nona Hershey’s “All of the Above,’’ from her show of the same name at Soprafina Gallery.

Galleries

What’s up in Boston-area art galleries
Super Burrito.

Cheap Eats

Authentic burritos at new Belmont spot

Sports

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Yankees 5, Red Sox 4

Aaron Cook is seen in the fourth inning, when he gave up three runs to the Yankees.

Red Sox can’t catch up to the Yankees

The Yankees hit three home runs to defeat the Red Sox and stay tied with the Orioles atop the AL East.

Metro

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Massachusetts officials confirmed Wednesday that the emerald ash borer was detected Aug. 31 in Dalton.

Invasive beetle found in Berkshires

The emerald ash borer, which has killed tens of millions of ash trees across the country, has made its first appearance in Massachusetts.

Columnists

US envoy Chris Stevens, center, is seen conferring with Dr. Suleiman Fortia, a Libyan opposition leader, in Benghazi, Libya, on April 11, 2011.

Juliette Kayyem

Syrians will pay for murders of Americans in Libya

joan vennochi

Elizabeth Warren must sell substance over Scott Brown’s flash
The hero a night earlier, Jacoby Ellsbury (1 for 5) grounded to the pitcher with the tying run on first base to end the game.

Dan Shaughnessy

It was spoiled long before this for Red Sox

Yvonne Abraham

BU hockey team report details retrograde mentality
Deval Patrick has been an occasionally prickly governor, a consistently good governor, and often a very good governor. But he has rarely been the great and fearless leader that the nation saw last week.

Brian McGrory

A glimpse at the Patrick we’re missing

derrick z. jackson

Complaints are few as fuel efficiency rises

Christopher L. Gasper

Hockey-is-king culture was big problem at BU

scot lehigh

Romney’s bet-and-bluff campaign

Jeff Jacoby

The higher-ed bubble will inevitably burst

Joanna Weiss

A teacher’s guide to predators
Eric Crouch (pedaling) and John Pelkey rode the pedicab they designed.

Innovation economy

Wentworth graduates build a better pedicab
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

Business

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Tech lab

New Kindle Fire a delight — with limits

Amazon’s new Kindle Fire is an advance from previous versions with several engaging features, but it still doesn’t measure up against its rival, Google Nexus 7.

Politics

Political Notebook

Mitt Romney stepped off his campaign plane in Sterling, Va., Wednesday.

In Romney’s swing state shuffle, Wisconsin becomes focus

With the Republicans pulling resources from Michigan and Pennsylvania, the campaign will be decided in as few as nine states, creating a narrower path to victory for Mitt Romney.

Nation & World

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A woman looked for her missing relative Wednesday at a morgue in Karachi, following a garment factory fire Tuesday.

Death toll in Pakistani factory fires more than 300

The fires, in the cities of Lahore and Karachi, renewed concerns about lax building safety measures and dismal working conditions.

Arts

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STAGE REVIEW

The wedding of Soraya (Paige Clark) and Amir (Nael Nacer) in New Repertory Theatre’s “The Kite Runner.’’

A powerful ‘Kite Runner’ at New Repertory Theatre

The adaptation of Khaled Hosseini’s best-selling novel is a compassionate, deeply moving, journey across eras, cultures, borders, and the emotional terrain of tumultuous lives.

Style

Jessica Tenczar’s dress is made of birch bark.

MassArt students get creative with Wearable Art 2012

Now on display at Copley Place in Boston, students display crafty designs made with everything from water bottles to tree bark.

“I have to be baby-sat, which is ridiculous. I’m 44 years old. I’m really looking forward to having my independence back. I want to hold my husband and my child and who knows, maybe do some massage.’’

Katy Hayes,  who hopes to have a double arm transplant in Boston

Magazine

The cover for the September 9 2012 issue

Things to do in the Berkshires
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

“Bay Staters are tough on sisters who run for political office. Just ask Lois Pines, Evelyn Murphy, Jane Swift, Shannon O’Brien, Kerry Healey, or Martha Coakley.”

Joan Vennochi 

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