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Summers withdraws name from Fed consideration

President Barack Obama says he has accepted Lawrence Summers’ decision to withdraw from consideration for the role of Chairman of the Federal Reserve.

Coakley’s entry will add to crowded gubernatorial field

Attorney General Martha Coakley will announce her bid for governor in her hometown of Medford on Monday, an aide said.

Obama says deal ends threat of Syrian weapons

President Obama said a US-Russian agreement is a chance to destroy Syria’s chemical weapons, but Russia continues to protect the Assad regime.

No clear leader among mayoral hopefuls, Globe poll shows

With just over a week until the preliminary election, the field is so tightly bunched and volatile that as many as nine candidates have a plausible shot at the final.

Some of the multi-generational family shows on TV this fall (clockwise from bottom): “The Millers,” “The Crazy Ones,” “Dads” (two images), “Sean Saves the World,” “Mom,” “Trophy Wife,” “Back in the Game” (three images).
Anna Faris (left) and Allison Janney in the  CBS comedy “Mom.”

Globe Services

fall tv preview

With the success of ‘Modern Family,’ new shows bring generations together

The network lineups are working the same theme at the same time to form a full-on trend: adults and their parents.

Amendola has torn adductor muscles, may have sports hernia, report says

Patriots receiver Danny Amendola may miss three to four weeks if he is diagnosed with a hernia, according to a report.

Mark Melancon’s Pirates are in a fight for the National League Central title with St. Louis.

Sunday Baseball Notes

Players aren’t wild about one-game playoff

Players and management alike are beginning to hate this concept of fighting like crazy to get there, only to have the season end in a heartbeat.

From left to right: Mary Lynne Hedley, Deborah Dunsire, and Susan Windham-Bannister.

Innovation economy

The 10 most influential women in biotech

In terms of female leadership, biotech sets the pace for other industries in Boston.

Opinion

JEFF JACOBY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/09/15/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Jeff_Jacoby_150px-2324.jpg The world has lost respect for the US

America’s standing is so low that Syrian President Bashar Assad can thumb his nose at an explicit presidential “red line.”

Books

Book Review

Memorial Medical Center in New Orleans.

‘Five Days at Memorial’ by Sheri Fink

The book is Fink’s heroic expansion of the Pulitzer Prize winning article “The Deadly Choices at Memorial.”