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Eight N.H. patients possibly exposed to fatal brain disease

Health officials said the patients may have been exposed to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease from contaminated surgery equipment.

Members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing to consider the authorization for use of military force in Syria.

Senate panel votes to authorize Syria action

The full Senate is expected to vote on the measure next week after the Foreign Relations Committee voted 10-7 to authorize the use of force.

Edward Markey

Markey doesn’t take position on Syria resolution

Senator Edward Markey voted “present” on the resolution, a move that was “about my worry about a greater involvement in Syria,” he said.

Trash left outside behind a building by former tenants wais piled up near the curb on Brainerd Road on Sunday.

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As students return, inspection violations pile up

“I think the landlords have gotten the message that we are not going away,” a Boston inspecion official said after more than 2,000 tickets were issued.

Rob Gronkowski drew a crowd in the Patriots locker room Wednesday when he talked about the progress he is making in his rehab.John Tlumacki(sports)

Rob Gronkowski is upbeat on progress, vague on return

“Putting the pads on, just having them on, man, made me happy again,” Gronkowski said on Wednesday.

Graves lighthouse.

Graves Island lighthouse sells for record $933,888

The cash sale of the 110-year-old working lighthouse, which went on the auction block in June, was a record amount for a US lighthouse.

Don Campbell, captain of the Labrador, displayed the mako shark’s impressive teeth.

Fishermen land 9-foot-long shark off Provincetown

“It was a big battle,” said Don Campbell of reeling in the huge mako shark. “It was a lot of fun.”

Opinion

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Is death really better when one is getting blown to smithereens by a cluster bomb, rather than suffocating from sarin?

Globe exclusives

Left: “Omakase” means “I leave it up to you’’ and the Cafe Sushi chef served this tasting menu of flying fish, miso-marinated local sea bass, local fluke, smoked salmon, and salmon roe with pickled local corn. Right: seared avocado with truffle oil, salt, and lemon juice.

dining out

Cafe Sushi masters the art of raw fish

“The Safety Bounce” video was taped inside MBTA stations.

T debuting safety rap and dance
Many customers, like this one at the South Deerfield store, can’t resist the scent of Yankee Candles.

It’s in the olfactory of the beholder

Special section

Welcome back! A Boston primer from Ideas
Athenahealth envisions new office space, walking and bike paths to the Charles River, and an Arsenal museum.

Athenahealth to unveil project plans
Turkey chimichangas.

Food they’ll love to eat
The Rifleman burger is a peppered patty with provolone and sauteed mushrooms and onions.

Cheap Eats

Retro Burger sets up shop in Arlington
Boston school officials are hoping more students will eat the school lunches now that cost is not a barrier.

Without paperwork, school lunch served free
The Royall House (above left) and Slave Quarters (rear) in Medford, was built by Isaac Royall, a trader in rum, sugar, and slaves.

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One house, two histories
Idris Elba returns for a third season of BBC America’s “Luther.”

Television Review

‘Luther’ is back on the beat
Stephanie Prashard answered the phone at the constituent service hot line at City Hall in Boston.

Line for problems draws big following
Levon Helm as seen in director Jacob Hatley’s “Ain’t in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm.”

Movie Review

Film offers a look back at Levon Helm

Sports

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Once one of baseball’s best relievers, the fireballing Daniel Bard was riddled by wildness that he just couldn’t overcome (Barry Chin/Globe Staff).

Cubs claim Daniel Bard off waivers from Red Sox

Bard, whom the Red Sox cut earlier this week, will be reunited with Theo Epstein as he tries to rescue his career.

Metro

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Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez.

Hernandez to be arraigned Friday in Fall River

The district attorney will try to convince a Superior Court judge that Aaron Hernandez shouldn’t be released on cash bail.

Columnists

This week, EMC’s Paul Dacier becomes the first general counsel to head up the Boston Bar Association in its 252-year history.

Shirley Leung

Legal talent growing, in-house

SCOT LEHIGH

Mayoral hopefuls on fire department reform

JEFF JACOBY

Where does compassion come from?
Henrik Stenson and his son, Karl, know who’s No. 1 following his triumph at TPC Boston.

Dan Shaughnessy

Henrik Stenson a worthy champion

Adrian Walker

The voter wild card

JOHN E. SUNUNU

Music dinosaurs pick a bad fight
UN chemical weapons experts visited a hospital where wounded people affected by an apparent gas attack were being treated near Damascus on Aug. 26.

farah stockman

Crossing the line
Sergio Garcia hits out of a trap on the 14th hole during the third round.

Christopher L. Gasper

Garcia letting his play do the talking

Adrian Walker

Squeezing the laborers
State Senator Dan Wolf holds 23 percent interest in Cape Air.

JOAN VENNOCHI

The Dan Wolf exemption

JEFF JACOBY

Privatizing Logan fixes ethics problem
(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

Nation & World

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Ariel Castro had been sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole.

Ohio captor who held 3 for years kills self

Ariel Castro, who held three women captive in his home for nearly a decade, was found hanging in his cell.

Boston mayoral race

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THE MAYORAL RACE: THE CANDIDATES

Mike Ross often asks voters how he can help them — today.

Call of equality came early for Mike Ross

The Boston mayoral candidate isn’t just asking voters how he can help them when he is elected. He’s asking how he can help them now.

Business

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Logan International Airport serves about 30 million passengers a year on 2,400 acres.

With signs, color-coding, Logan sorts out arrivals areas

Logan will relocate its bus, taxi, and passenger pickup areas in a $4 million project aimed at accommodating the rise in transit options.

Arts

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Galleries

Ilya Schor’s “Angel.”

Abstract works from husband and wife

Ilya and Resia Schor's sculptures are the subject of “Abstract Marriage” in Provincetown.

Food & dining

Cookbook Review

Dietitian, blogger, and mother of three daughters Katie Sullivan Morford ties her first cookbook to school lunches.

‘Best Lunch Box Ever’: A practical approach to lunch

Dietitian, blogger, and mother of three daughters Katie Sullivan Morford ties her first cookbook to school lunches.

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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