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music

For Melody Gardot, a bossa nova rebirth

Melody Gardot, who plays the Berklee Performance Center Thursday, says of “The Absence,’’ her new album, “I wouldn’t have been able to do this record before. . . . I hear myself filling out around the edges.”

 

An artist’s third album typically goes one of two ways: either it’s a retread or a rebirth. Melody Gardot went for rebirth.

“Dredd 3D” star Karl Urban, sans helmet, in Boston.

movies

Karl Urban hopes to do justice to role as ‘Dredd’

Keep your fingers crossed that Boston’s future doesn’t bear much resemblance to the dystopian version imagined in “Dredd 3D.”

Susan Straight’s third novel opens with the murder of a beautiful prostitute.

book review

‘Between Heaven and Here,’ by Susan Straight

If there is one thing we learn from Straight’s storytelling, it’s that the past, present, and future are with us all the time.

Tom Brady and the Patriots defeated the Baltimore Ravens in last season’s AFC Championship game.

Patriots at Ravens | sunday at 8:20 p.m. (NBC)

Patriots’ keys to victory against the Ravens

How do the Patriots and Ravens match up for their rematch of last season’s AFC title game? Jim McBride explores.

Janitors’ union OK’s strike unless new deal is reached

More than 1,000 janitors voted overwhelmingly to authorize their negotiating committee to call a strike if their contract is allowed to expire Sept. 30 without a new one in place.

Daniel Nava was unable to make this catch during the sixth inning.

orioles 9, red sox 6 (12 innings)

Red Sox lose 4th straight

The Red Sox could never take the lead against the Orioles on Saturday and ultimately fell for the fourth straight time.

Members of the National Army on Saturday made their way to the gates of the Rafallah Sahati Brigade after demonstrators attacked the brigade's base in Benghazi, Libya.

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Fight against militias could continue in Libya

Residents of Benghazi, Libya’s second-largest city, warned on Saturday of a ‘‘revolution’’ to get rid of armed militias and Islamic extremists.

Syrian rebels move command from Turkey to Syria

Rebel leaders said they moved their command center with the aim of uniting antigovernment forces and speeding up the fall of President Bashar Assad’s regime.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2012/09/18/BostonGlobe.com/Enterprise/Advance/Images/mag24hur1A1-731.jpg The Great Hurricane of 1938

The record-breaking storm that hit New England on Sept. 21, 1938 hit hard, killing approximately 600 people in the area.

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ideas

Wait, campaigns don’t work?
Dakota Johnson and Nat Faxon in “Ben and Kate” on Fox.

arts

Manchester-by-the-Sea native Nat Faxon follows a charmed path to stardom
Terry Francona, seen here at the 100th anniversary celebration for Fenway Park in April, could be back in a dugout next season.

sunday baseball notes

Terry Francona may have interesting options
Lime Kiln Lighthouse (1914) on San Juan Island in Washington is a landmark for Northwest cruises.

sunday preview | travel | interactive map

Under steam or sail, amid puffins or whales, cruising the USA

book review

‘Joseph Anton: A Memoir’ by Salman Rushdie

“Jessica, Rabieh, Lebanon” from Rania Matar’s series “A Girl and Her Room.”

Photography review

Photographing the transition from girl to woman

arts

Jukebox repair shop brings back memories of happy days
Customers in Tokyo cheered as Apple began selling its iPhone 5 on Friday morning. For the debut, Apple’s fans jammed the tech juggernaut’s shops across the Pacific region.

Tech Lab

iPhone 5 is almost totally irresistible

Sunday preview | Magazine

9 hot trends in kitchen design
Harvard’s president, Drew Faust, presented the new MIT president, L. Rafael Reif, with a picture of the statue of John Harvard in MIT garb during his inauguration Friday as the 17th president of MIT at Killian Court on the MIT campus.

New MIT president tells of vision for future
Jerry Padilla documented the placing of the Rocky Marciano statue at Brockton High School’s stadium, which bears the legendary Brockton heavyweight champion’s name.

Photo gallery

Globe photos of the week
Dustin Pedroia and Bobby Valentine never seemed to be able to outrun negative vibes around the Red Sox in 2012.

Timeline

How the 2012 Red Sox unraveled

Sports

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Substitute officials have been put in a difficult position, but they have to regroup after a disastrous Week 2.

Flags raised on NFL replacement referees

Nearly every game last weekend featured a mistake by substitute officials, some with the outcome on the line.

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Mayor Thomas M. Menino endorsed Elizabeth Warren (left) at a rally in Roslindale Friday. Scott Brown (right) discussed Elizabeth Warren’s work with Travelers Insurance.

Brown sharpens attacks as Warren woos voters

A day after their first debate, Senator Scott Brown intensified his attacks, while Elizabeth Warren rallied voters after receiving the backing of Mayor Thomas M. Menino.

Columnists

lawrence harmon

‘Ragtime’ could help revive Dorchester

Adrian Walker

Mother fights to keep son’s memory alive
Customers in Tokyo cheered as Apple began selling its iPhone 5 on Friday morning. For the debut, Apple’s fans jammed the tech juggernaut’s shops across the Pacific region.

Tech Lab

iPhone 5 is almost totally irresistible
Senator Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren held their first debate Thursday night.

opinion | scot lehigh

Warren hits her stride, while Brown stumbles
Elizabeth Warren greets supporters as she arrives for the debate.

opinion | JOAN VENNOCHI

A night of smirks and verbal jabs

Joan Wickersham

A pragmatic labor of love at North Bennet Street School
Senate candidates Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren participated in their first debate on Thursday night.

Brian McGrory

Clash of the titans

Boston Capital

Eric Rosengren a key figure in debate over economic stimulus
Steve Sabol died of brain cancer on Tuesday.

Christopher L. Gasper

NFL has lost a giant in Steve Sabol
A so-called post-Panamax container ship at the Balboa Port in Panama on Friday.

juliette kayyem

Panama Canal’s future depends on accommodating wider loads

Joan Vennochi

Why do Mass. politicians wither on national stage?

joshua green

An insult to Reagan’s tax credits

Business

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Jayme Rose sends a text message in her mother’s Hyannis shop.

Cellphone overcharges putting a strain on many families

Nearly half of Americans with mobile phones pay $100 or more per month, and more than 1 in 10 spend at least $200 a month.

Politics

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s campaign has been plagued by questions about his personal wealth.

Romney releases 2011 tax returns

Mitt Romney revealed Friday he paid an effective federal tax rate of 14.1 percent last year on $13.7 million in income, and also disclosed a 20-year snapshot of returns.

Nation & World

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Members of the House of Representives leave the Capitol building on Friday; they plan to return after Election Day.

Congress departs Washington to hit campaign trail

The most partisan, least productive Congress in memory is bolting Washington for the campaign trail, leaving a pile of unfinished business.

Arts

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Joel Gill and other members of the Boston Comics Roundtable create promotional cartoons for this year’s Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo.

At Boston comics convention, indie artists talk shop, nurture novices

Next Saturday’s Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo, with its emphasis on innovative, independent art, marks a departure from the big business of behemoth comic book conventions.

“People put cellphone bills right up there with paying the rent.”

Jay Gonsalves,  president of the Action Collection Agency of Boston

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

“A foreign-policy blueprint that emphasizes the need for American constraint, deference, and apology ... is a recipe for more global disorder, not less.”

Jeff Jacoby 

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