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Warren leads Brown by six points in new poll

The poll suggests a possible bump for the Democratic candidate following the two parties’ conventions.

Warren’s extended family split about heritage

Elizabeth Warren has never fully explained her assertion of Native American ancestry, and the Senate candidate’s extended family has mixed opinions on the question.

4 US troops killed by Afghan police officer

 The police officer turned his gun on the US troops at a remote checkpoint in the south of the country before dawn Sunday.

While pressing Arab leaders to tamp down the unrest, President Obama and his advisers are left to consider whether to scale back diplomatic activities in the region.

US sees extended Mideast turmoil

Although the tumult subsided Saturday, Obama administration officials said they had concluded that the protests in Muslim countries may presage a sustained crisis.

Casey Chamberlain contracted anthrax in 2001 after opening a letter to Tom Brokaw while she was working at NBC.

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Struggles remain for victim of anthrax attack

Casey Chamberlain wants people to remember that there were two sets of terrorist victims: those killed in the Sept. 11 attacks, and those infected soon after with anthrax.

Brandon Spikes’s strength is against the run, which could be an issue since most NFL offenses are pass-oriented.

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Patriots’ Brandon Spikes expects big things

The hard-hitting linebacker has played in just 21 games since being drafted but gave a glimpse of greatness in last year’s playoffs.

Christopher L. Gasper

Boston fans still have it good with owners

It might not always feel like it, but we’re privileged to have the ownership we do in this town for the Patriots, Celtics, Bruins, and even the Red Sox.

Sides in NHL labor faceoff unable to break the ice

The league locked out its players upon the expiration of the collective bargaining agreement at midnight, thanks to a disagreement that centers on on revenue sharing.

Wes Johnson was looking to hitch a ride in Monson to the trailhead.

A town that steps up on the Appalachian Trail

The residents of Monson, Maine, are famous up and down the trail for opening their homes, their cars, and their wallets to hikers in need.

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America’s first lighthouse guided vessels entering Boston Harbor from Sept. 14, 1716, and the lighthouse on Little Brewster Island was the last to be automated, in 1998.

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On board his Alicia Ann, Greg Walinski (left) said, “we don’t want sharks being killed only for their fins, but we aren’t doing that.”

Shark fin bans ensnare New England fishermen
NHL fans through the decades have become such enablers that they have, through their loyalty and/or addiction, shaped the thinking of Jeremy Jacobs and the other owners.

Sunday Hockey Notes

NHL sides must realize they’re in it together

Special section

The Most Stylish Bostonians
Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III completed 19 of 26 passes (73.1 percent) for 320 yards and two touchdowns, for a quarterback rating of 139.9.

Sunday Football Notes

Teams making QBs more successful by tailoring
As a point guard, Rajon Rondo is used to toting the basketball, but he wasn’t averse to heavier lifting during his one-week unpaid internship.

GQ internship suited Rajon Rondo
Henry Cipolla (right), Lee Isensee (left), and Mohit Dilawari work at DogPatch Labs incubator in Cambridge on a start-up called Localytics.

Tech incubators taking root around Boston area

arts

Jukebox repair shop brings back memories of happy days

Style on the Street > For the Guys

Fancy pants

movies

All stars die, but their stardom can be a different story

Book review

‘A Wilderness of Error’ by Errol Morris
Chris Yang at the Tannery’s Boylston Street shop.

Style on the Street > Fashion Force

Tannery man
Madison Park Technical High has mayoral support.

Boston innovation high school off to rough start

Sports

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Red Sox 3, Blue Jays 2

Pedro Ciriaco drove in the game-winning run with an RBI double in the ninth inning.

Pedro Ciriaco’s hit gets Red Sox another win

Ciriaco’s clutch, two-out double drove in the winning run in the ninth inning as the Red Sox beat the Blue Jays, 3-2, to stay out of last place in the AL East.

Metro

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Boston College kicked off its sesquicentennial with a Mass in Fenway Park on Saturday.

Boston College anniversary gala begins with Mass at Fenway Park

Thousands of Boston College alumni, faculty, and students packed Fenway Park for a Mass kicking off celebrations to mark the school’s 150th anniversary.

Columnists

In the Middle East, where governments routinely disseminate anti-Semitic hatred, many who viewed the “Innocence of Muslims” assumed the low-budget clip had to be sanctioned by the US government.

Joanna Weiss

Bigotry, both fringe and state-sanctioned
Chicago teachers went on strike last week.

JEFF JACOBY

Just as intended, teacher strikes hurt families

Yvonne Abraham

Death masks put a face on history

Christopher L. Gasper

Boston fans still have it good with owners

JOAN VENNOCHI

Getting kids to day care safely

FARAH STOCKMAN

Syria: the Assad family business

Innovation Economy

Start-up bets robot will transform US factories

Beverly Beckham

Adrian Walker

Remembering Bruce Bolling, a Boston visionary

Joshua Green

When up means down
Some see bike paths as part of a conspiracy to produce a one-world government.

opinion | Renée Loth

Recycling, tree pruning, and other assaults on liberty

Scot Lehigh

The way to better schools is around unions

Business

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Jeffrey Boyd says he initially had privacy concerns when Progressive offered him the chance to try its Snapshot program. Now he is happy about the savings he could realize.

Privacy is the price for lowering car insurance

Auto insurance companies are increasingly offering drivers sharply lower rates in exchange for permission to install a device that tracks when, where, or how you drive.

Politics

Political Notebook

President Obama’s campaign spent about $6 million to buy airtime for the new ad in the key battleground states.

Obama makes fresh push on economy in key states

President Obama launched an aggressive new effort to convince voters in the most competitive states that Republican rival Mitt Romney is risky for the nation’s recovery.

Nation & World

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Steve Klein, a California salesman who has protested at mosques, was listed as promoter of the controversial film.

Few details on funds for anti-Islam movie

An ex-convict, an insurance salesman, and a Christian charity were behind the production of a crudely crafted film that ridicules Muslims and the prophet Mohammed.

Arts

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Harry Partch playing instruments of his own invention.

Celebrating ‘Harry Partch Legacy’

Harry Partch, the startlingly original 20th-century American composer, is the focus of a rare three-day festival this week.

Books

book review

David Byrne (center) and the Talking Heads perform in New York in 1977.

‘How Music Works’ by David Byrne

Talking Head tells what he knows.

Travel

David Silverman, founder of the National Pinball Museum, has collected over 900 machines.

National Pinball Museum becoming a Baltimore draw

Sure, the game may have had its heyday in the 1960s and ’70s, but it lives on in the basements of enthusiasts, and in one Baltimore museum.

“White folks did not want to be identified as Indian whether they were one-eighth or one-half. In a short time, the reverse happened.”

Jerry Bread,  of the University of Oklahoma

Magazine

The cover for the September 16 2012 issue

The self-promoting, fan-financed, go-it-alone star
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?

Opinion

“The flip side of American strength is the notion that our government is in total control — that it can make anything happen, even a movie that’s embarrassingly bad.”

Joanna Weiss 

Ideas

“Those who design tests understand them as a guess about the future. We’re probing for certain qualities that tell us a student is ready to move ahead, or an employee will be an asset to the firm.”

Leon Neyfakh,  on what we should really test