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State to appeal ruling granting sex change for inmate

The Patrick administration is appealing a federal judge’s ruling that the state must pay for a sex-reassignment surgery for a transsexual prison inmate.

Chemist admitted wrongdoing in lab scandal

The former state chemist at the heart of the state drug lab scandal admitted to investigators that she “messed up bad” in the treatment of evidence.

Harvard endowment dips slightly to $30.7 billion

The school’s endowment was essentially flat in its most recent fiscal year as steep declines in European and emerging markets wiped out gains in other areas.

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The chief of the Cherokee Nation said Scott Brown should apologize for an aide’s “racist portrayal of native peoples.”

Ashley Judd, Elisabeth Moss, Lena Dunham, Carrie Anne Inaba.

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Emmys fashion missteps good news for style fans

This year’s primetime Emmy Awards were notable for the sheer number of fashion faux pas out on the red carpet.

Bill Belichick spoke at a afternoon press conference, before his fine was announced by the NFL.

Bill Belichick fined $50,000 by NFL

In a statement, the Patriots coach said he would take responsibility for making contact with an official after Sunday’s game, and apologized for the incident.

Hannah Reid and Calley Hastings with one of Fat Toad Farm’s dogs and lots of its goats — whose milk is used to make the Mexican caramel sauce, cajeta, in copper cauldrons.

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Vermont farm makes sumptuous Mexican sauce with goat’s milk

Fat Toad Farm in Brookfield, Vt., was transformed by a recipe for goat’s milk caramel sauce that the farmer’s daughter brought back from Mexico.

Ryan McLennan’s “The Crutch,” part of the “Out of the Ruins’’ exhibit at the New Art Center.

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What’s up at Boston-area art galleries

“Out of the Ruins,” a group show put together by Elizabeth Thach at the New Art Center, looks at how some contemporary artists adopt the theme.

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John Tierney, seeking a ninth term, has said the money his wife received from her brother Robert Eremian was a gift.

Tax questions loom for Tierney, Tisei
A diner in Kissimmee draws many recent immigrants from Puerto Rico.

Romney, Obama court Fla. Hispanics
Del “Dogman” Christman, the colorful clubhouse manager for the Lowell Spinners, revisits the site where he contemplated a suicide attempt in 1998.

Spinners clubhouse manager found serenity
Tom Fleming’s “Spirit and Life” (above) sold for more than $3,000.

Copyright case shows art, retail can be difficult mix
Noah Wilson-Rich of Best Bees Co. tends his hives in the backyard of his building in the South End.

Food

Beekeeping ecologist makes a business of hives
Prosecutors, defense lawyers, State Police, and Patrick administration officials met Monday to discuss drug convictions which might have been tainted by the lab scandal.

Drug lab chemist accused of lying
Ayden Beique, 8, was at Fenway Park for the first time, with his mother, Jill, as his birthday present.

Sox diehards stick it out
Chuks Okoli, Roxbury Community College vice president of administration and finance, addressed the college’s board of trustees.

Roxbury college trustees confront turmoil
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
David Byrne & St. Vincent on NBC’s “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.”

music review

David Byrne and St. Vincent a dynamic duo at Orpheum
Data show that since mid-September, American has canceled 2 percent of its flights leaving Logan Airport.

Pilot labor dispute dogs American Airlines flights
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

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A replacement official tries to sort out the mess in the aftermath of the final play in Seattle’s controversial win over Green Bay Monday night.

NFL’s TV partners didn’t hold back on the refs

ESPN and NFL Network analysts haven’t hesitated in criticizing the replacement officials, particularly after Monday’s disputed touchdown.

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Avalanna Routh (right) played the bongos as part of a music therapy session at the Dana-Farber and the Jimmy Fund Clinic in 2011.

Avalanna Routh, 6-year-old ‘Mrs. Bieber,’ dies

Routh, the Merrimac girl befriended by pop star Justin Bieber, died after a battle with a rare brain cancer.

Columnists

jeff jacoby

Obama is the great divider

Scot Lehigh

Scott Brown’s Senate control problem

Brian McGrory

Senator Scott Brown’s illusion fades
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

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A group of riot policemen were surrounded by flames after protesters threw gasoline bombs in Athens.

Greek, Spanish riots shatter European market calm

Investors worried that violent anti-austerity protests showed that the region still cannot get a grip on its financial crisis.

Politics

Political Notebook

Representative Maxine Waters was cleared of wrongdoing.

Substitute congressional ethics panel blasts regular members

An ethics panel looking into the troubled investigation of Rep. Maxine Waters condemned partisan infighting.

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‘Moon River’ singer Andy Williams dies

Andy Williams, clean-cut crooner known for his hit recording ‘‘Moon River’’ and popular Christmas TV shows, died at 84.

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“You’ve Been Trumped” follows Donald Trump’s efforts to develop a golf resort near Aberdeen, Scotland.

‘You’ve Been Trumped’ puts the Donald in the rough

Does America have a more laughably contemptible public figure than Donald Trump?

Food & dining

Boston Area Gleaners Helen Palmer and Lynn Langton harvest kale at First Light Farm in Hamilton.

Picking the fields clean to take produce to the needy

Gleaning, in which groups pick fields that have already been harvested in order to catch the last of the crop and take it to the needy, has grown in popularity.

“I still come out, I’ll always be a fan. This is a beautiful place to watch a game.”

Red Sox fan Tony Morgan, 73,  on Fenway Park

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Did Beatrice Munyenyezi lie to get into this country?

Opinion

“Obama’s brutal negativity can’t simply be brushed aside as the inevitable surrender of idealism to realism.”

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