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Cases of more than 40,000 may be tainted

A new review identified criminal cases potentially affected by Annie Dookhan, who is accused of mishandling state drug lab evidence.

Father of slain Tsarnaev friend meets with Orlando prosecutor

The two met to discuss the circumstances surrounding the death of Ibragim Todashev, who was killed while being interviewed by the FBI.

Two compounding pharmacies closed after surprise inspection

Compounding pharmacies in Quincy and Norwood have been shut down after a state inspection found several alleged violations.

Susan Wornick with her dog Sammy at home in Needham. She announced in June that she will be retiring in March 2014 after more than 30 years in television news.

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Anchor Susan Wornick is changing channels

Longtime anchor and reporter Susan Wornick will retire from WCVB-TV, but not from the public eye.

With a familiar wall in left, Little Fenway is the site of a night game Aug. 9. The 12th Travis Roy Wiffle Ball Tournament featured 24 teams.

Wiffle Ball event a big hit for Travis Roy Foundation

Nearly 18 years after his accident, Roy is still struggling physically. But he is using his foundation to help others who’ve been paralyzed.

Ryan Dempster

Ryan Dempster suspended, fined

The righthander was suspended for 5 games and fined for hitting the Yankees’ Alex Rodriguez with a pitch Sunday.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/08/20/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/thon2.jpg Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s injuries detailed in documents

Suspected Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev suffered a gunshot wound to the face, among other injuries, before his capture in Watertown, court documents show.

Opinion

TOM KEANE

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/07/13/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Boghosian_14convention27_MET.jpg High cost of political exclusion

The state’s ethics rules need to be changed to help ensure a political class that is representative of the public.

Globe exclusives

District Attorney Marian T. Ryan vowed to look at steps to protect victims.

DA will investigate decision to release Remy
Crime novelist Elmore Leonard was known for his works ”Get Shorty” and “Out of Sight.”

Best-selling author Elmore Leonard dies at 87

Infamous spot to get a boutique hotel
Sam and Vivian Berman moved into Five Fields in Lexington 61 years ago; their son David now lives next door.

An era fades at Five Fields

Deer ticks were blamed for 3,342 confirmed Lyme disease cases reported in Massachusetts last year.

Lyme disease figure soars
A Dunkin’ cup made of doubled-walled paper is being tested in Brookline, but critics say Starbucks and McDonald’s have done far more to help the environment.

Dunkin’ moves to replace foam cups
With a familiar wall in left, Little Fenway is the site of a night game Aug. 9. The 12th Travis Roy Wiffle Ball Tournament featured 24 teams.

Travis Roy was inspiration for Wiffle Ball event
A rehearsal with Richard Stafford (in black) for “Cats” at the North Shore Music Theatre.

North Shore’s ‘Cats’ has veteran leadership
Susan Wornick with her dog Sammy at home in Needham. She announced in June that she will be retiring in March 2014 after more than 30 years in television news.

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Wornick is changing channels
Tom McNichol is captain of the nonprofit Charles River Clean Up Boat, which has been pulling trash from the water for a decade.

Devoted to cleaning the Charles River
Michael Sullivan does not want to leave the Shipyard Quarters Marina in Charlestown or his house boat.

Boat residents fear eviction looms
Kate Abra Frederick with son Devon in Conway, N.H.

A mother’s fight to breast-feed

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Xander Bogaerts is expected to play for the Red Sox on Tuesday.

Xander Bogaerts to start at SS for Red Sox

Manager John Farrell said Bogaerts will start in place of Stephen Drew for the Red Sox in San Francisco on Tuesday.

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Natalie Quevedo, 18, a Berklee summer student from Rochester, N.Y., performed during an Aug. 8 concert on Boylston Street.

High schoolers get boost from summer courses

Each summer, thousands of ambitious high school students pour into universities for a taste of college life and a leg up in admissions.

Columnists

Xander Bogaerts stretched before Monday’s Red Sox game in San Francisco.

Dan Shaughnessy

Red Sox’ future arrives in Xander Bogaerts

opinion | farah stockman

Bring back ‘happy hour’
Ho Van Lang, 41, in plaid shorts, and his 81-year-old father Ho Van Thanh, in hammock, are helped out of a forest in Vietnam where they’ve hidden since 1973.

JAMES CARROLL

A nation’s PTSD

Adrian Walker

Brown running for spotlight
David Ortiz got a hand from Jarrod Saltalamacchia after he hit his 24th homer this season.

Dan Shaughnessy

Proving the doubters wrong again

Yvonne Abraham

Wes was worth the wait
Florida Governor Rick Scott.

JEFF JACOBY

The Sunshine State means business

JOANNA WEISS

For a longer school day, who sacrifices?
Tony Conigliaro sat in Sancta Maria Hospital after being hit by a pitch in 1967.

Bob Ryan

Tony Conigliaro would have been an all-time great

Innovation Economy

HubSpot looks to its second act

Beverly Beckham

I was the sun, the kids my planets

Opinion | donald k. stern

Plea deals: A necessary evil

Nation & World

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Pakistan's former president and military ruler Pervez Musharraf.

Ex-Pakistan president Musharraf charged in Bhutto killing

A Pakistani court indicted Pervez Musharraf in connection with the 2007 assassination of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

Politics

Councilor at Large John Connolly’s campaign will get a cash infusion from Stand for Children, an education group based in Oregon that likes his positions on charter schools.

John Connolly campaign to get $500,000 push

The mayoral candidate will get a cash infusion from Stand for Children, an education group that likes his positions on charter schools.

Business

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“The stores need lots of tender love and care.” says Shaw’s and Star Market president Shane Sampson (left), with employee Byron Toney.

Shaw’s, Star Market face a long road back

Under new owners, the grocery chains are spiffing up tired stores, cutting prices, and adding inventory in a difficult bid to reverse falling sales.

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Emerson’s WERS cancels ‘Rockers’ and ‘88.9@night’

Emerson College’s radio station 88.9 WERS has canceled two programs, one hip-hop and one reggae.

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Walter Willett’s food fight

Ideas

“Becoming overly reliant on GPS and letting our natural skills at mental mapping atrophy, new neuroscience research suggests, might actually be bad for our cognitive health.”

Leon Neyfakh,  on what GPS does to your brain