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Trustees of embattled Roxbury college meet

Roxbury Community College’s new board of trustees convened for the first time amid campus-wide budget cuts and the news that a personnel file critical to a federal probe had been found.

Boston group is tracking virus related to SARS

A team from Boston Children’s Hospital is mapping reported cases of a new virus that is from the same family of viruses that causes serious acute respiratory syndrome.

Brown, Warren trade jabs on her work as bankruptcy expert

Elizabeth Warren accused Scott Brown of running a distraction campaign, hours after the senator said that she served as a “hired gun” for two corporate clients.

Jack Parker, hockey coach at Boston University, spoke with reporters during Hockey East media day at TD Garden.

Parker says BU hockey has adopted task force’s findings

Jack Parker, Boston University’s hockey coach, said the team is “moving forward” with the recommendations of a panel that harshly criticized the team’s culture.

Chemist in drug lab scandal apparently lied on resume

Former state chemist Annie Dookhan does not have a master’s degree in chemistry from UMass Boston as she claims, school officials said.

Despite team’s record, diehard fans still come to Fenway

The Red Sox are guaranteed to finish the season with a losing record and not make the playoffs, but that isn’t stopping fans from turning out for team’s final homestand of the year.

Keith Foulke threw out the first pitch at Fenway Park as part of a celebration of the 2004 World Series-winning Red Sox team.

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Keith Foulke threw out the first pitch at Fenway Park as part of a celebration of the 2004 World Series-winning Red Sox team.

Jason Varitek recreated his leap into Foulke’s arms, just as he did in 2004 as other players looked on.

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Jason Varitek recreated his leap into Foulke’s arms, just as he did in 2004 as other players looked on.

Varitek, Foulke — and other team members — shared a laugh.

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Varitek, Foulke — and other team members — shared a laugh.

Members of the 2004 team yelled “play ball” before the current team’s game against the Rays.

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Members of the 2004 team and friends yelled “play ball” before the current team’s game against the Rays.

Nomar Garciaparra and Varitek walked onto the field.

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Nomar Garciaparra and Varitek walked onto the field.

Team members watched a video tribute to their championship season.

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Team members watched a video tribute to their championship season.

Bronson Arroyo couldn’t attend because he’s currently with the Reds, but he offered his former teammates a video toast.

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Bronson Arroyo couldn’t attend because he’s currently with the Reds, but he offered his former teammates a video toast.

Pedro Martinez held the championship trophy as Kevin Millar watched during a Duck Boat ride on the field.

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Pedro Martinez held the championship trophy as Kevin Millar watched during a Duck Boat ride on the field.

Millar tossed baseballs from a Duck Boat.

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Millar tossed baseballs from a Duck Boat.

The celebration was a chance for the team and fans to recognize each other.

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The celebration was a chance for the team and fans to recognize each other.

The 2004 team’s motto was “Bunch of Idiots.” But they were also champions.

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The 2004 team’s motto was “Bunch of Idiots.” But they were also champions.

Jill Beique with her son Ayden Beique, 8, were at Fenway.

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Jill Beique with her son Ayden Beique, 8, were at Fenway.

Fans reacted to the 2004 team before the start of the Rays game.

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Fans reacted to the 2004 team before the start of the Rays game.

Before 2004, no Red Sox team had won a World Series since 1918.

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Before 2004, no Red Sox team had won a World Series since 1918.

Tony Morgan took in the night’s events.

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Tony Morgan took in the night’s events.

Ed Coffer and Rina Coffer turned out for the second-to-last home game of the season.

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Ed Coffer and Rina Coffer turned out for the second-to-last home game of the season.

Roger Clemens, who was not on the 2004 team, shook hands with bench coach Tim Bogar during batting practice. Clemens’s son Koby Clemens watched.

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Former Red Sox pitcher Roger Clemens, who was not on the 2004 team, shook hands with bench coach Tim Bogar during batting practice. Clemens’s son Koby Clemens watched.

Red Sox leftfielder Daniel Nava was charged with an error when he misplayed this sixth-inning single off the wall by the Rays’ Jose Molina. Centerfielder Che-Hsuan Lin is at right.

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Red Sox lose to playoff-hungry Rays

The Rays won their sixth straight as they hope for a wildcard berth while the Red Sox, with one home game remaining, are thinking about next season.

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Noah Wilson-Rich says Boston bees seem to enjoy an urban setting and their honey has strong flavors and colors.

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Construction at the Kensington tower on Washington Street in Boston began last year.

Opinion | Paul Mcmorrow

Boston’s new housing boom could have an economic windfall
A white “ghost bike” has been placed along Morrissey Boulevard in Dorchester near where a bicyclist, Doan Bui, was struck and killed Sept. 14 by an alleged drunken driver.

‘Ghost bikes’ are haunting reminders of dead cyclists
Our Revival, wearing a fly mask, grazes at a Kentucky retirement home for thoroughbreds after she was rescued from kill buyers.

Suffolk trainer helped save mare from slaughterhouse
Officials seemed to indicate opposite reactions to the game-ending play in the Seahawks’ win over the Packers. At left, the official appears to indicate an interception, while the official on the right called a touchdown.

Timeline

How the NFL’s replacement refs have erred
Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren spoke to reporters after debating incumbent Scott Brown last week. Brown has criticized Warren for her role in an asbestos case.

Warren assisted mining company
Mindy Kaling plays an ob/gyn, which was her mother’s real-life profession.

Mindy Kaling’s mother inspired new TV ‘Project’
David Byrne & St. Vincent on NBC’s “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.”

music review

David Byrne and St. Vincent a dynamic duo at Orpheum
Gabriel, shown here in a previous concert, was in Boston Monday.

MUSIC REVIEW

Peter Gabriel replays ‘So’ at TD Garden
EF First Education’s new $125 million, 300,000-square-foot headquarters will be situated at the foot of the Zakim Bridge. Construction is to begin Tuesday and be completed by spring of 2014.

New NorthPoint project making a big splash
An audience listened during a forum by doctors and attorneys about hepatitis C in Exeter, N.H., in August.

Ethics of hepatitis C drug pitch questioned
Patriots coach Bill Belichick is seen talking with a referee after Sunday’s game

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Belichick deserves a fine but not a suspension
Chandler Delinks had to get through sand and an accidentally catapulting competitor.

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Racing goes off-road in cyclo-cross

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Officials ruled the Seahawks had scored a touchdown after they sorted out this scrum at the end of Monday’s game.

NFL upholds Seahawks’ disputed win

The league said that while the game result is final, officials did miss a key penalty that would have given the game to the Packers. Also, talks with locked-out officials have resumed.

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Attendees at a meeting on school assignments looked over various plans at the Lilla Frederick Pilot Middle School.

Plans upend Boston school assignments

Two of the five proposals would bring back the closest thing Boston has had to neighborhood schools since before the days of desegregation.

Columnists

The Patriots’ Bill Belichick (above) and the Ravens’ John Harbaugh spent a lot of time Sunday appealing to the refs.

Christopher L. Gasper

NFL’s replacement refs a complete joke

farah stockman

A plea for a new party: Keeping It Real
Kate Middleton, Prince William, and Prince Harry attended the men's team sprint track cycling event at the London 2012 Olympic games.

Joanna Weiss

Royalty and the paradox of publicity

Boston Capital

Stock and bond markets posting big gains
Work continues on the third set of locks during the Panama Canal Expansion project Wednesday.

Juliette Kayyem

Panama’s magic number
The free UberSense app lets coaches mark up video shot on an iPhone or iPad.

Innovation Economy

UberSense offers video sports coaching app

Adrian Walker

Fresh outlook at Fresh Pond
As he often was on Sunday night, Patriots’ Devin McCourty was a step behind as Ravens’ Torrey Smith snares a TD pass.

Christopher L. Gasper

Patriots defense, running game still struggling
Bill Belichick screams at official Rodney Russell after a first-quarter call went against the Patriots.

Dan Shaughnessy

Replacement refs a nightmare in Patriots loss
Pamela Brousseau has a cup of coffee at Women’s Lunch Place Thursday.

Joanna Weiss

For vulnerable women, an oasis on which to depend

joan vennochi

A dizzy ride on the Romney-coaster
President Jimmy Carter speaks in the East Room of the White House in 1978.

opinion | Jeff Jacoby

The ghosts of Jimmy Carter

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A Staples office supply store in Miami.

Staples to close stores in turnaround effort

The Framingham-based office supply chain said it will close 30 stores in North America and downsize or relocate 30 others.

Politics

Political Notebook

Mitt Romney spoke at Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum in Pueblo, Colo., Monday.

Romney raps Obama on ‘bumps in the road’ remark

Mitt Romney is seeking to exploit what his campaign sees as a gaffe from the president’s recent “60 Minutes” interview.

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President Obama addressed the UN General Assembly on Tuesday.

Obama warns Iran over nuclear program

President Obama told the UN patience with Iran is wearing thin and warned that “time is not unlimited.”

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Book Review

President Lyndon B. Johnson shakes hands with Martin Luther King Jr. at the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,

‘All In the Family’ by Robert O. Self

Self explores how feminists, gay-rights activists, and anti-war protesters fostered a greater sense of inclusion but also inspired a fervent backlash.

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Photographer poet follows migrant workers at Suffolk Downs

Melissa Shook taught photography at MIT and UMass Boston. Her subjects have included homelessness, aging, and, now, the all-but-invisible world behind Suffolk Downs.

“It’s inappropriate . . . to approach people about a research study that hasn’t been approved and to say the potential benefits outweigh the risks.”

Dr. Michael Grodin,  of BU’s public health school

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9 hot trends in kitchen design
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The self-promoting, fan-financed, go-it-alone star
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Things to do in the Berkshires
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Did Beatrice Munyenyezi lie to get into this country?

Opinion

“We are all celebrities of a sort now, with a new understanding of what life in public means.”

Joanna Weiss 

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