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Obama seeks new system for rating colleges

The system would evaluate colleges on a series of measures, including average tuition and student loan debt.

‘Force’ an option in Syria, French official says

If Syrian forces are proved to have used chemical weapons in Wednesday’s attack, ‘‘we need a reaction by the international community,” a French official said.

Egypt’s ousted leader Hosni Mubarak released from prison

Mubarak, who will be under house arrest, was transported by helicopter to a military hospital in Cairo.

Tech Lab

Google’s new phone underwhelms

The new Moto X, which will soon be available from major US cellular carriers, doesn’t seem worthy of its $199.99 price tag.

Jennifer Martel and Jared Remy.

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In Remy case, everybody figured wrong

Just about everybody with the power to protect Jennifer Martel from Jared Remy after he first attacked her in their Waltham home let her down.

A day after he was sentenced to 35 years in prison for giving US secrets to WikiLeaks, Bradley Manning said he planned to live as a woman named Chelsea.

Bradley Manning wants to live as a woman

A day after being sentenced to 35 years in prison for giving US secrets to WikiLeaks, Manning announced plans to live as a woman named Chelsea.

A battle between Vice President Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton could rival the 2008 presidential race.

A Clinton-Biden clash in 2016 presidential race? Maybe

Strategy talk and questions of President Obama’s backing are in the air as signs suggest Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton are mulling runs for the presidency.

Opinion

Tamara Cofman Wittes and Amy Hawthorne

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President Obama should announce that aid will be set aside in a trust fund for a future democratic government.

Globe exclusives

The Red Sox will get a look at impressive Dodgers rookie Yasiel Puig this week. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Picked-up pieces from San Francisco
Lee Harmon

Bicyclist, a Brockton fixture, apparently beaten to death
Jimmy Hardy and horse Native Speed rode at Plainridge Racecourse, which has won attention from a gaming firm.

Penn National turns to racetrack
“I did not ask for any money from outside groups,” said Connolly, a city councilor, who was harshly criticized by his opponents after the pledge was reported this week. “And I don’t want it.”

Connolly rejects $500,000 pledge from outside group
Rob Bierregaard prepares to release a banded juvenile male osprey last month.

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Satellite trackers follow migrating osprey
Sam Treadway at BackBar.

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Hard to find. Worth every step.

Regency dancing during the Pride and Prejudice Ball at Chatsworth House in England in June. The event celebrated the 200th anniversary of the publication of Austen’s classic novel.

Book Review

‘Among the Janeites’ by Deborah Yaffe
Mandy Manocchio-Putney is seeking a marrow donor.

Bone marrow match odds steep for some
The made-at-home meal of rib-eye steak, asparagus, tortilla soup, and salad was ultimately cheaper than the Outback version.

Is eating out cheaper than cooking at home?
Brett McBride worked on the shark lift with a female great white the ship’s crew named Betsy.

Researching the great white
Mike Preshman (left) and Matt Manger at work at Veracode, where employees set their own vacations.

Unlimited vacation? No thanks, some say
Steve E. Abraira resigned in June amid public criticism by his deputy fire chiefs.

Chief was on path of most resistance

Sports

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RED SOX 12, GIANTS 1

Will Middlebrooks had a high-five for Stephen Drew after Drew hit a three-run homer in the seventh inning.

Red Sox belt Giants, take two of three in series

Will Middlebrooks and Stephen Drew homered to back eight sharp innings by pitcher Felix Doubront.

Metro

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Boston firefighters battled a five-alarm fire on West Broadway Street in South Boston.

Fire rips through S. Boston church

The roof partially collapsed as firefighters fought the five-alarm blaze; officials are investigating the cause.

Columnists

Beverly Beckham

I was the sun, the kids my planets

JEFF JACOBY

How to fix presidential debates
President Calvin Coolidge fished at the home of a friend in Simsburyg, Conn.

SCOT LEHIGH

New England, presidential vacationland
Harold Brown is 88, and he is still doing real estate deals. He is one of the region's biggest landlords with $1.4 billion in his portfolio.

Shirley Leung

Buy or sell? The guru is stumped

Adrian Walker

Remy case needs independent review
Ryan Dempster drew a 5-game suspension from MLB for hitting Alex Rodriguez with a pitch on Sunday.

Dan Shaughnessy

Ryan Dempster deserved to be suspended

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A foolish attempt to purge Howard Zinn
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

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Bring back ‘happy hour’

Innovation Economy

HubSpot looks to its second act

JOAN VENNOCHI

Is Obama retreating from Obamacare?

SCOT LEHIGH

Mayoral lab debate takeaways

Nation & World

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Children, affected by what activists say was a gas attack, breathed through oxygen masks in a Damascus suburb.

Poison gas is blamed for Syrian deaths

Scores of people died in what the Syrian opposition said was a chemical attack by the government.

Politics

New Nixon tapes reveal calls of friends

Audio tapes released Wednesday show that people including Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and Billy Graham called to support Nixon as Watergate was heating up.

Business

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Jack Schylling is stepping down as the head of the toy company Schylling Inc. He will now be an adviser and creative consultant.

Toy maker gets new owners, not a new philosophy

Schylling Inc., which began as a vendor in Faneuil Hall and grew to a multimillion dollar enterprise, announced that the company was sold to two investment firms.

Arts

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“The Beauty Queen of Leenane” at Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre.

The week ahead: Theater, galleries, and museums

A guide to area performances and exhibits, including “The Beauty Queen of Leenane” at Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre.

Style

The Vicuna coat inspired New Hampshire author Meg Lukens Noonan to write “The Coat Route: Craft, Luxury & Obsession on the Trail of the $50,000 Coat.”

Finding the perfect $50,000 coat

A $50,000 coat is undoubtedly an indulgence, but what Hanover, N.H., author Meg Lukens Noonan found in her book was something far more reserved.

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A story of life, death, and hope in Boston’s most troubled neighborhood.

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The complete print edition, in its exact layout. Browse the print edition page by page, including stories and ads.

Magazine

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Sharks Inc.
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Daniel Nava, the long shot
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The lake house
The cover for the July 28 2013 issue

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