Donor cancels $100,000 gift to Westfield State

The man who wanted to make the gift said he was “appalled at the lavish spending” by university president Evan Dobelle.

Questionable moves hamper once-dominant WEEI

Analysts and former employees place the blame for slumping ratings on decisions made by parent company Entercom Communications.

Yvonne Abraham

Let’s open the door to the arts in Boston

We live in a city that bursts with world-class art institutions and creative types, but great cultural programming rarely trickles down to the neighborhood level.

Mayoral candidates cornered on many topics at many forums

Scores of groups are clamoring for face time with the mayoral contenders — and demanding answers on very specific questions.

The House of Blues on Lansdowne Street in Boston.

House of Blues closed while police probe apparent overdoses

It’s unclear how long the popular nightclub, located on Lansdowne Street, would remain shuttered.

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Bostonians paused Wednesday to recall the March on Washington and Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech. King’s famous speech was projected onto Fort Independence on Castle Island in South Boston on Wednesday night.

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Lisa Eck of Natick and her daughter Fiona Ripp watched as the King speech was displayed on Castle Island.

Rick Ellis and co-workers at Action for Boston Community Development listened to President Obama speak Wednesday.

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Rick Ellis and co-workers at Action for Boston Community Development listened to President Obama speak Wednesday.

Governor Deval Patrick rang the bells at the Old South Meeting House in Boston to mark King’s speech.

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Governor Deval Patrick rang the bells at the Old South Meeting House in Boston to mark King’s speech.

In his remarks in Washington, President Obama said much progress had been made on race since the 1963 speech.

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In his remarks in Washington, President Obama said much progress had been made on race since the 1963 speech.

Celtics great Bill Russell was among those who spoke at Wednesday’s event in Washington.

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Celtics great Bill Russell was among those who spoke at Wednesday’s event in Washington.

50 years later, some dreams realized and others deferred

President Obama’s speech Wednesday resonated with many who work on the front lines in the battle against poverty.

Street vendors selling cellphone minutes are easy to find in Africa.

Tech Lab

Congo’s cellular service answers the call

In a New York-sized city of desperately poor people, nearly everybody had some kind of cellphone, and the networks perform about as well as in the United States.

Mike Carp hit a pinch-hit single in the eighth inning to drive in Jarrod Saltalamacchia with the winning run.

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Red Sox rally for fourth straight win

Mike Carp’s pinch-hit single in the eighth inning plated Jarrod Saltalamacchia and extended Boston’s hot streak.

Opinion

JOANNA WEISS

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Miley Cyrus’s scandalous VMA performance is what liberation looks like.

Globe exclusives

Brittany Suarez loaded up at the newly opened French Fry Heaven kiosk.

Globe West

Fast food gets more heavenly

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No more Mr. Mom
Juliette Bench has created flip-flops designed around the braided sailor’s bracelet.

Style

Out of heels, into flip-flops

Style

N.Y. Fashion Week sneak peek
Lilly Boyd checked out one of the four ultra energy-efficient homes completed in her neighborhood near Dudley Square.

A green light for efficient housing
The 560 Huntington Ave. firehouse in Roxbury had the most runs last year, with 7,084.

Uneven activity at Boston firehouses
New Dong Khanh’s shredded chicken salad, made with rice vermicelli, lettuce, carrots, cucumbers, bean sprouts, mint, and basil.

Cheap Eats

Vietnamese, Cantonese meet in Chinatown
A model for a proposed hotel and casino at Suffolk Downs.

Casino would give city $32m yearly
“Simply put, this decision was based on economics,” said Bill Mohl, president of Entergy Wholesale Commodities.

Vermont nuclear plant to close
Eric Bana and Rebecca Hall star in the British political thriller “Closed Circuit.”

Movie Review

We’ve seen ‘Closed Circuit’ before
Anthony Caturano, the chef at Prezza in the North End, caught a striped bass from his boat.

Chef-owner has gone fishing
Grilled chicken with peaches and honey-butter corn rice pilaf with cashews and herbs.

Early Rosh Hashana adds options

Sports

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On football

According to Rolling Stone, Aaron Hernandez told Bill Belichick his life was in danger.

Rolling Stone piece has lots of fact, and some fiction

The piece does a thorough job of recounting Aaron Hernandez’s sordid past, but it’s filled with sensationalism, hearsay, convenient fact-bending, and even one blatant falsity.

Metro

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Kim Odom spoke of her son, Steven Odom, who was slain in 2007, while her grandson, Shyhelm Odom, held a commemorative sign. Several Massachusetts politicians attended the rally sponsored by Mayors Against Illegal Guns.

Elected officials decry gun violence, call on Congress to pass stricter laws

Boston’s mayor was flanked by the state’s two senators, three congressmen, and more than a dozen other elected officials and families of gun violence victims.

Columnists

JOAN VENNOCHI

All-black mayoral debate is short-sighted

alex beam

How Dre, Z, Nas, 9th Wonder spent their summers

Adrian Walker

Questioning the process
Brian Roberts and the Orioles lost 13-2 in the opener of a three-game series at Fenway Park on Tuesday.

Dan Shaughnessy

Orioles loom as Red Sox stumbling block

JAMES CARROLL

US nuclear weapons poised for catastrophe

Yvonne Abraham

Ivy League's achievement gap
A burnt and destroyed Evangelical Church south of Cairo was in ruins earlier this month.

Jeff Jacoby

Yesterday’s atrocities are happening again

Shirley Leung

A contender who’d write a new chapter
Red Sox players congratulated Jarrod Saltalamacchia after his home run on Sunday.

Dan Shaughnessy

LA treated the Red Sox well
Jennifer Martel and her daughter.

JOANNA WEISS

Abuse victims shouldn’t lose hope
Boston Police Academy graduates took an oath in July.

Opinion | JEFF JACOBY

Does an officer’s race matter?

Innovation Economy

Why we’re a magnet for life sciences

Nation & World

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A member of a UN investigation team took samples of sand near a part of a missile outside Damascus on Wednesday.

US expected to show proof in Syria attack

The Obama administration says the information it will make public will show proof of a large-scale chemical attack perpetrated by Syrian forces.

Boston mayoral race

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Boston city councilor Michael P. Ross, left, and community leader Bill Walczak, left, are both releasing their both mayoral campaign ads.

Ross, Walczak rolling out first mayoral campaign ads

Michael Ross and Bill Walczak’s ads are part of a slew of others hitting the airwaves.

Business

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Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling has accused Governor Lincoln Chafee of not doing enough to support Schilling’s failed 38 Studios.

RI judge OKs lawsuit against Curt Schilling, others

Most of a lawsuit asserting Curt Schilling and executives at his failed video game company duped the state’s economic development agency can move forward, a judge ruled.

Arts

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Movie Review

Eric Bana and Rebecca Hall star in the British political thriller “Closed Circuit.”

In ‘Closed Circuit,’ we’ve seen it all before

Director John Crowley churns out a familiar conspiracy exercise in which bureaucracy goes very, very bad.

Style

Grass-like groundcovers such as Liriope (creeping lilyturf) are well-suited to much of the country and need mowing once a year.

Choose groundcovers for their function

Grass-like groundcovers such as Liriope are well-suited to much of the country and need mowing once a year.

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Daniel Nava, the long shot
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Ideas

“Our preference for beautiful people means that when we select employees, teachers, protégés, and even friends, we may not be making the best choice. The question is whether social researchers can find a way to help us level the field.”

Ruth Graham,  on the beauty bias