Drug defendants freed in lab scandal

Suffolk County judges have freed at least 11 defendants facing drug charges, almost all with lengthy criminal records, since early September, in the first wave of potentially thousands of cases.

In June, Terrence Gomes stepped down as head of Roxbury Community College after nine years.

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Review shows RCC put students’ basic needs at risk

A body of evidence collected by the Globe indicates that Roxbury Community College spent thousands on administrative raises while scrimping on campus amenities.

Little money from third-party political advocacy groups has flowed into the Senate race since Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren in January pledged to keep such groups from advertising on their behalf.

Election spending on local TV surges

The amount spent on political advertising on Boston television stations is already significantly higher than it was for the entire 2008 campaign.

FISHY BUSINESS

A watered-down deal for seafood shoppers

Frozen fish from the supermarket often has an excess of ice — and consumers are paying the price.

Taste testing scallops

A blind test of scallops following a Globe investigation reveals that consumers often pay for excess water.

Scallops from Foley Fish, which only sells seafood with no additives.

Scallops are routinely sold with excess water

Scallops are about 75 percent water when they are harvested, but some brands appear to add more water, making customers pay for it instead of scallop meat.

Rob Gronkowski was injured on this play against Patriots nemesis Bernard Pollard in the 2012 AFC championship game against the Ravens.

Dan Shaughnessy

Are Ravens now a rival for the Patriots?

We don’t hate the Ravens and we certainly don’t hate friendly Baltimore, but this is best we can do if the Patriots are going to have any active rival in the AFC.

American architect Daniel Burnham was a founder of modern urban planning in the United States and designed a long list of prominent buildings, including the Flatiron building in New York, Union Station in Washington, D.C., and Filene’s in Boston (above).

Filene’s developers look to past for inspiration

Executives in charge of the $620 million Filene’s redevelopment in Boston say they will seek to bring back many of its original features.

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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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Giancarlo Esposito (left, with Ray Campbell), nominated for an Emmy in the category of supporting actor, drama, infused his “Breaking Bad” character, Gus Fring, with an understated, cold fury.

2012 emmy awards

Emmys: predictions and preferences
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
The Guerrilla Girls’ billboard paused at the Museum of Fine Arts, which the group, whose members are anonymous and take the names of dead women artists as pseudonyms, complained does not display women artists equally.

Guerrilla Girls launch art protest targeting MFA
Steve Sabol, who died Tuesday at 69, was president and co-founder (with his father) of NFL Films, whose depiction of the game is one of the biggest reasons the sport ascended to the top of the American sports landscape.

Sunday Football Notes

Steve Sabol captured Patriots for posterity
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.”

music

For Melody Gardot, a bossa nova rebirth

David Holzapfel of Applewoods Studio and Gallery shapes the base of a desk.

16 Vermont artists to show during Brattleboro studio tour
Jordan Caron, who will be 22 Nov. 2, was Boston’s top pick (25th overall) in the 2009 draft.

Sunday Hockey Notes

NHL dark, but Jordan Caron hopes to shine in AHL
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
Lime Kiln Lighthouse (1914) on San Juan Island in Washington is a landmark for Northwest cruises.

Travel | interactive map

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

book review

‘Joseph Anton: A Memoir’ by Salman Rushdie

ideas

Wait, campaigns don’t work?
“Jessica, Rabieh, Lebanon” from Rania Matar’s series “A Girl and Her Room.”

Photography review

Photographing the transition from girl to woman

Sports

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Orioles 9, Red Sox 6

Bobby Valentine takes the ball from Alfredo Aceves, who gave up three runs in the 12th.

Alfredo Aceves gives it away to Orioles

The disgruntled relief pitcher spoiled a comeback by the ragtag Sox, allowing three runs in the 12th inning that gave Baltimore a 9-6 victory.

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Jerry Padilla focused on the Rocky Marciano statue as it came together at Brockton High School’s Rocky Marciano Stadium on Thursday.

Rocky Marciano statue to be unveiled in Brockton

A Rocky Marciano statue is set to be unveiled at Brockton High School, an event planned to coincide with the 60-year anniversary of his becoming world heavyweight champ.

Columnists

Pamela Brousseau has a cup of coffee at Women’s Lunch Place Thursday.

Joanna Weiss

For vulnerable women, an oasis on which to depend
President Jimmy Carter speaks in the East Room of the White House in 1978.

Jeff Jacoby

The ghosts of Jimmy Carter

joan vennochi

A dizzy ride on the Romney-coaster

Yvonne Abraham

Failing South Boston school turns it around
Rob Gronkowski was injured on this play against Patriots nemesis Bernard Pollard in the 2012 AFC championship game against the Ravens.

Dan Shaughnessy

Are Ravens now a rival for the Patriots?
Doc Rivers is entering his ninth season as head coach of the Celtics.

Bob Ryan

Doc Rivers refreshed ahead of milestone

Beverly Beckham

A nation divided
Formlabs used its Form1 3-D printer to create a model of the Eiffel Tower.

Innovation Economy

Formlabs may reshape things with low-cost 3-D printer

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

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On the Hot Seat

Brian Palmer, the GE unit’s chief executive.

Attracting talent was key in GE unit’s move to Mass.

Brian Palmer is the chief executive of GE Measurement and Control Solutions, a $5 billion energy technology unit of General Electric Co. based in Billerica.

Politics

Political Notebook

President Obama greeted supporters during a campaign rally on Saturday in Milwaukee.

Obama works to hold Wisconsin standing

President Obama worked Saturday to squash GOP aspirations for a resurgence of support in pivotal Wisconsin.

Nation & World

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An armed Libyan man flashed the victory sign in front of a fire at the headquarters of the hard-line Islamist group Ansar al-Shariah on Friday in Benghazi, Libya.

Attacks against Libyan militias spur warnings

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

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movies

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

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.”

Travel

Passengers board the Zambezi Queen from a tender boat, returning to the 14-suite luxury vessel after a sunset cruise on the Chobe River, which here divides Botswana from Namibia in south central Africa.

In Africa, a floating safari down the Chobe River

Dividing Botswana  from Namibia, the wildlife-rich river borders Botswana’s renowned Chobe National Park and is home to an astonishing density of both prey and predator,

Books

book review

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

‘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.

“We have an obligation to protect every defendant’s constitutional rights, and we embrace it. But we can’t lose sight of the massive public safety implications here.”

Suffolk DA Daniel F. Conley,  on the drug lab scandal

Magazine

The cover for the September 23 2012 issue

9 hot trends in kitchen design
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?

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

“Changing a culture requires finesse, subtlety, and patience. It also requires a certain suspension of optimism about human nature.”

Leon Neyfakh on the art of crowdshifting