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Employee benefits to get smaller at Liberty Mutual

The cuts come just a year after a public uproar over lavish pay and perks for top executives of the Boston insurer.

Kyle King at the Burger King on Tremont Street on Monday.

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Local fast-food workers to join nationwide protest

In Boston, as many as 200 fast-food employees are taking part in a nationwide demonstration demanding better wages and the right to unionize.

R.I. may defer loans for young entrepreneurs

A novel proposal would defer student loans for graduates who go to work for start-ups or launch their own entrepreneurial ventures in the state.

Landlords call Boston’s new fee plan intrusive, costly

An ordinance requiring landlords to register their rental units with the city has received a cool reception from property owners.

First Deputy Treasurer Jim MacDonald (left) and state Treasurer Steven Grossman examined documents in the vault of the State House before the safe behind them was opened.

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Sealed for decades, State House safe yields secrets

An ornately decorated safe, the size of a small car, had a dusty assortment of artifacts, including at least one dating to the 1700s.

US assails Syria, moves closer to military strike

Secretary of State John Kerry said the use of toxic arms by Syrian forces was a certainty, and urged an international response for what he called a “moral obscenity.”

Online lecture prompts legal fight on copyright

Harvard legal professor Lawrence Lessig and an Australian record company are battling over the use of the song “Lisztomania’’ by the group Phoenix.

Growing seal population a bane to fishermen

More and more seals are popping up around Nantucket, and some people who fish these waters believe they have become a major nuisance.

Opinion

TOM KEANE

Not just for the witless

Yes, anonymous comments can be coarse, but they can also expose truth.

Globe exclusives

Entang Wiharso’s “I’m the Sweetest Teddy Bear,” from his “Hurting Landscape” series.

Art Review

Some standouts in ‘Locally Made’

A group of children plunged into the lake Center Tuftonburo, N.H.

At camp, solace for children of cancer patients

The Boston Symphony Orchestra, with Bernard Haitink on the podium, performing Sunday, the final day of the BSO’s season at Tanglewood.

MUSIC REVIEW

Memorable Ninth caps Tanglewood

Derek Wilson and Rebecca Brooksher in the Berkshire Theatre Group production of Eugene O’Neill’s “Anna Christie.”

Stage Review

In a potent ‘Anna Christie,’ past is present

Miley Cyrus and Robin Thicke performed onstage during the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

Miley Cyrus the talk of the MTV VMAs

The Rev. Jurgen Liias leads a Catholic parish that is an alternative for former Anglicans.

Anglican priest, flock cross a welcoming bridge

Infantrymen climbed rocky terrain in Afghanistan.

A campaign for better boots

Five of the 10 children in the Nadeau family suffer from hearing loss, which whole-genome sequencing linked to a specific DNA deletion.

Benefits, limits of genome testing

Kenny Chesney performing at Gillette Stadium on Friday.

Music Review

Chesney lovefest is still Boston strong

Bethany Rennich (center) got help organizing her Brandeis dorm room from her mother, Julie (left), and sister, Jenn.

Latest flock of freshmen arrive

Rachel Perry (left) talked about health care enrollment with Deborah Young, who is self-employed, in Dallas.

Health law coverage can be a tough sell

Employees at Aveo Pharmaceuticals in Cambridge.

Aveo reeling after FDA’s rejection of kidney cancer drug

Sports

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Jon Lester, who was dominant against the Dodgers, has allowed four earned runs over his last 29 innings.

Rotation has been a strength for the Red Sox

With 30 games remaining, the rotation could be what propels the team into its first postseason since 2009.

Metro

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Observers at the arraignment of Keron Pierre at Suffolk Superior Court Monday reacted to the proceedings. Pierre is accused of killing three people in Dorchester in 2009. He was extradited from Trinidad and Tobago to Boston Friday.

Man arraigned in Dorchester triple murder

Furious that women he met at a 2009 party showed no romantic interest in him, Keron Pierre found them outside and fired a pistol repeatedly, authorities said.