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Arab League urges international action against Syria

The League’s stance on Sunday was a major step toward supporting Western military strikes but short of the explicit endorsement that the US had hoped for.

David Ortiz flexed at second base after driving in two runs in the second inning.

Red Sox 7, White Sox 6

David Ortiz leads Red Sox to victory

“This is the last quarter of the season and you want to make sure you win some games,” said the designated hitter, who knocked in three runs.

Club drug Molly suspected in overdoses, deaths

A UNH student died at a New York City music festival after apparently taking the drug, which is also suspected in a death Tuesday at Boston’s House of Blues.

Alex Zhang Hungtai performs under the name Dirty Beaches. The Taiwan native whose new “Drifters/Love Is the Devil” is a double album has done soundtrack work too.

DANIEL BOUD

music

On new album, Dirty Beaches goes beyond ‘Badlands’

Songs on “Drifters/Love Is the Devil” have vast cinematic sweep that unearths new shades of Alex Zhang Hungtai’s music.

ideas

The trouble with grade inflation: It works

If you’re really interested in success, a new study suggests going for the school that pumps up your grades.

Rabbi Darby Leigh, who is deaf, practiced blowing the ceremonial shofar outside Concord’s Congregation Kerem Shalom. “I prefer the lower bassy sound,’’ he says. “I can feel it better.”

globe west

Concord rabbi listens with his soul

Rabbi Darby Leigh, the second deaf rabbi to lead a congregation in the US, exudes enthusiasm as he goes about the simple tasks of the day.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/09/01/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/swiftrivervalley0901-11195.jpg The evolution of the Swift River Valley

Photos of the valley in Petersham show how forests have returned to the area, part of a larger trend across New England.

Opinion

TOM KEANE

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/09/01/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/chicagostrike0901-2096--90x90.jpg Organized labor is on the ropes

The economy that gave unions their birth has changed dramatically, and a once-vital movement now seems obsolete.

Globe exclusives

Lalla Essaydi’s triptych “Bullets Revisited #3” from 2012.

Photography Review

Daughters of Scheherazade
Across New England, areas like the Swift River Valley (above, left, in the 1880s and in 2010) in Petersham have seen their forests, once cut down and cleared for farmland, replenished in the 21st century.

New England sees return of forests, wildlife

This fall, Boston’s momentum will face a significant test as the city elects its first new mayor in a generation.

Boston on upswing, poll shows
Derek Nally’s sisters Cathy Brennan, Susan Giugno, and Cheryl Wolfe want answers in his death. Arbour staff waited to try to revive him, officials say.

Staff failures cited in psychiatric patient deaths
Qiang Ke (left) and Yi Zhang rolled a bed from their old apartment on Commonwealth Avenue to their new one on Babcock Street.

photo gallery

Move-in day
Marie Kosnik (left) and Carrie Kosnik ate lunch at Ten Center Street Restaurant and Pub during the Taste of Newburyport food tour.

travel

Newburyport food tour leads to good eats
Tight supplies have made house hunting difficult for Carrie and Rich Garfield. The couple has lost out in three bidding wars on homes in Newton and Belmont.

House hunting more complicated
Jhonny Peralta

Sunday Baseball Notes

Bringing back players tied to Biogenesis
Patriots fullback James Develin

Sunday Football Notes

Cuts can really hurt NFL players
Aubrey Plaza in “The To-Do List.”

critic’s notebook

All hail the women of summer

Sarah Alcorn got her start as a private detective by working for a private investigator for three years.

On the Job

Sleuth’s job is to flush out details
ILLUSTRATION/OLIVIER LATyK

Travel

Bad trips: The true story of your vacation

Sports

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Deutsche Bank Championship

Sergio Garcia watched the flight of his tee shot on the 15th hole during the third round of the 2013 Deutsche Bank Championship.

Sergio Garcia leads by two shots

Assuming the weather holds, Monday’s final round will have Garcia in front, but plenty of players trying to chase him down.

Metro

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Boston Police shut down traffic on Spring Street near Powell and Summer Streets in West Roxbury due to flooding on Sunday morning.

Power restored to most Boston customers affected by outages

By 5 p.m., only 22 outages of 479 remained after storms hit the area Sunday, according to NStar.

Columnists

(From left to right) Ray Flynn; Martin O’Malley; Héctor Luis Acevedo; Michael Nutter; Kim Driscoll; Ed Rendell; Kevin White; Amram Mitzna; and Tom Menino.

Yvonne Abraham

Would-be mayors’ mayors
State Senator Dan Wolf holds 23 percent interest in Cape Air.

JOAN VENNOCHI

The Dan Wolf exemption

JEFF JACOBY

Privatizing Logan fixes ethics problem
Tiger Woods drove his way to a 4-under-par 67 and a tie for 20th.

Dan Shaughnessy

Tiger Woods in Boston spotlight
Brightleaf vice president Jeff Turner (left) and CEO Dan Gaffney. The firm’s goal is to help lawyers streamline the document production.

Innovation economy

Start-ups take on lawyers

Bob Ryan

No shortage of topics to discuss
Charlotte Rose Kelly died at age 5. The new park was built in her memory.

Beverly Beckham

A gift in memory of a child, and a sign

Phil Mickelson was in deep trouble on No. 9, his final hole, but he hacked out and made a nice bogey save.

Christopher L. Gasper

Phil Mickelson a cut above at Deutsche Bank Championship
Seamus Heaney taught for 20 years at Harvard.

Kevin Cullen

Life of engagement, wondrous words

CARLO ROTELLA

First day of 41st grade

derrick z. jackson

Making Boston top in cycling commutes
Motorcycles outside the State House during a “legislative lobby day” by the Massachusetts Motorcycle Association in 2012.

SCOT LEHIGH

What crackdown on loud bikes?

Nation & World

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David Frost died Saturday night from an apparent heart attack, according to the BBC.

David Frost, 74; known for his Nixon interview

The veteran journalist died aboard a cruise ship on Saturday night, his family said.

Boston mayoral race

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Mayor Menino made it clear that he never thought of living anywhere else in the country.

Mayor Menino reflects on 20 years in office

Thomas Menino spoke with The New York Times Magazine about the city he’s helped lead for the past 20 years.

Business

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Product Review

Cut your car insurance premium, not coverage

Here are ways to get the best value while maintaining the coverage you need.

Arts

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Score

Frederic Fradkin.

A snub, then a strike at the BSO

Labor Day is a good opportunity to remember Frederic Fradkin, the protagonist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s first and only strike.

Travel

A vendor and his wares in the food court of a Tokyo department store.

Hidden restaurants of Tokyo

Tokyo has more Michelin-starred restaurants than any other city, but the food scene can be difficult to navigate.

Books

Book review

‘The Woman Who Lost Her Soul’ by Bob Shacochis

The novel is a bizarre journey through the global drama of the half-century leading up to the 9/11 attacks.

Globe Insiders

From the Archives | Photo gallery

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/08/28/BostonGlobe.com/Special/Images/walden005-1399[1].jpg Bucolic Walden Pond

As summer comes to an end, we take a look at a summer retreat visited by both the philosophers and the frolicker.

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Magazine

The cover for the August 25 2013 issue

Little folk
The cover for the August 18 2013 issue

Sharks Inc.
The cover for the August 11 2013 issue

Daniel Nava, the long shot
The cover for the August 4 2013 issue

The lake house

Ideas

“Cities have become the main source of fresh thinking about how to solve the world’s problems — and mayors, more than their higher-ranking counterparts in public life, are the ones setting the course.”

Leon Neyfakh,  on the rise of mayors as a powerful political force