Videos show chemical attack in Syria, Kerry says

The Obama administration is distributing the videos to build support for a military strike, Secretary of State John Kerry said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/09/08/BostonGlobe.com/HealthScience/Images/outbreak2-369.jpg Pain, questions linger, a year after meningitis outbreak

Across the US, people are grappling with a cascade of baffling illnesses, the legacy of tainted pain injections made at a Framingham specialty pharmacy.

John Burbine, 49, is awaiting trial on charges that he videotaped himself sexually abusing 13 children in his wife’s unlicensed day-care business between 2010 and 2012. He is also charged in a Saugus case.

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Safeguards failed, so evil got another chance

There were many chances to stop John Burbine, who is accused of abusing 13 children — decades after he devastated a couple and their three little boys.

The Rev. Sean Connor spoke with parents at Sacred Heart Elementary inWeymouth on the first day of school.

For Marathon victims’ family, priest a consoling presence

The Rev. Sean Connor spent much of the spring in hospitals, caring for the Richard family and for his own dying friend.

Shane Vereen likely will be moving all over the field from snap to snap.

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Shane Vereen enjoys multiple roles in Patriots’ offense

The third-year back looks like he is the Patriots’ next third-down man, taking over the job once held by Kevin Faulk and Danny Woodhead.

The Bills’ Kyle Williams moves well laterally and goes full speed till the whistle on every single snap.

Patriots’ keys to a victory against Buffalo

How can the Patriots get a win in Week 1? Jim McBride has the answers in his scouting report.

The Notch Train.

globe Magazine

10 vintage railroad rides in New England

Rumble along networks of historic track, most originally laid to transport passengers and goods, to see autumn’s patchwork quilt of colors.

Fall Book Preview

Fall brings a burst of hot new titles

This year is exceptional for the number of exalted novelists who are about to publish new books.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/09/06/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/fire_hat[2].jpg Plenty of firefighters, but where are the fires?

As ”emergency” changes its meaning, some critics are arguing it’s time to revisit a century-old system.

Opinion

opinion | simon waxman

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/09/08/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/wide-cityhall0908-2200--90x90.jpg Can Boston break identity politics?

There is still time for the mayoral candidates to set out individual agendas and give the voters more reasons to support them.

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Tom Perrotta.

‘Nine Inches’ by Tom Perrotta

Perrotta’s short-story collection, with 10 discrete pieces featuring entirely different characters and situations, comes across like a novel.