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Suspect called R.I. police month before rampage

Suspected Washington Navy Yard gunman Aaron Alexis called Newport, R.I., police Aug. 7 to complain that voices were harassing him through the walls of his hotel room.

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The victims of the rampage that killed 12 included a number of employees who had long careers at the Navy Yard.

Geoffrey Portway allegedly asked a Kansas man to kidnap a child so he could kill and eat the child in a sound-proof dungeon.

Worcester man in dungeon case gets 27 years in prison

Geoffrey Portway plotted to kidnap and eat a child in a sound-proof basement dungeon.

The new development, as seen in this rendering from a vantage point of Herald and Traveler streets, will be an eight-story building containing 83 condominiums.

ELKUS MANFREDI ARCHITECTS

83 condos planned for former Herald property

The project had previously only included rental units, but improvements in the housing market persuaded the developer to switch some of the units to condos.

Glen James, a homeless Boston man, found a backpack full of about $40,000 in cash and traveler’s checks and turned it over to police.

Donations pour in for homeless man who returned cash

A fund-raising website set up for good Samaritan Glen James has raised more than $20,000 in less than 24 hours.

A model wore a wedding dress that featured an antler-like headband holding up the veil, in Paris in July.

Opinion | Farah Stockman

How did weddings get so expensive?

Throughout the 1800s, the vast majority of Americans married at home wearing everyday clothes. Then the Wedding Industrial Complex kicked in.

Post-Olympics, Aly Raisman kept busy by “Dancing with the Stars.”

Aly Raisman steps back into gymnastics training

The Needham native and gold medalist is starting on the road to the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro while taking college classes at Babson.

Opinion

TOM KEANE

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Because students and job seekers are focused on success, they will always be tempted to cheat on an exam or pad their resume.

Globe exclusives

A 625-foot skyscraper at the site of the former Filene’s building will house more than 500 luxury condominiums.

Opinion | PAUL MCMORROW

Seeding a new Boston at Filene’s site
John Barros (left) and John Connolly.

MAYORAL PRELIMINARY ELECTION ENDORSEMENT

Barros, Connolly should emerge
Police Commissioner Edward F. Davis gave a citation honoring Glen James in Boston.

Police honor homeless man’s good deed
President Obama marked the fifth anniversary of the financial crisis, sharpening his focus on the economy.

His own party adds to Obama’s travail
MEDFORD, 8 A.M.: Greeting resident Isabel Shea at Dempsey’s Breakfast and Lunch.

Coakley launches bid for governor
A bucket full of candy and other goodies awaits fans (like this youngster) who stay at the baseball suite at Hotel Commonwealth.

Hotel’s baseball suite near Fenway is a treat
Professor Marcyliena Morgan teaches a class at Harvard University’s Hiphop Archive, which she formally established in 2002.

With rapper Nas, hip-hop is alive at Harvard

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Style magazine: Fall fashion
From left: Andy Samberg, Joe Lo Truglio, Stephanie Beatriz, and Andre Braugher in “Brooklyn Nine-Nine.”

Television Review

‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ off to a strong start
Jeff Turner (left) and Daniel Clarkson have taken “Potted Potter” to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, London’s West End, off-Broadway, and now on tour.

Skewing the Potterverse in 70 minutes
Mariano Rivera smiles when presented with a painting of his response to the ovation he got at Fenway in ’05.

on baseball

Was Red Sox ‘roast’ of Mariano Rivera inappropriate?
“I’m a strong opponent of the death penalty because I feel it serves no purpose. It’s not a deterrent,” said Lawrence Watson, a Dorchester resident.

Poll favors life term for Tsarnaev

Boston mayoral race

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Rob Consalvo (left) and Felix G. Arroyo.

BTU gives early nod to Consalvo, Arroyo in mayor’s race

Rob Consalvo and Felix Arroyo won the initial endorsement of the Boston Teachers Union’s executive committee and a political advisory committee.

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Daniel Nava has been a situational standout for the Red Sox this season.

Daniel Nava is the Red Sox’ ‘safety valve’

Nava’s ability to thrive in multiple positions, sometimes in the same game, has allowed John Farrell more opportunities to get his bat in the lineup.

Metro

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The Annie Dookhan case has already been a nightmare at the state level.

Lab scandal makes way into federal court system

Lawyers are challenging lengthy sentences that were based on a previous Mass. conviction tied to the Annie Dookhan crime lab controversy.

Columnists

Josh Redmond will be sworn in after he graduates from the police academy in November.

Kevin Cullen

A badge of honor
A model wore a wedding dress that featured an antler-like headband holding up the veil, in Paris in July.

Opinion | Farah Stockman

We’re nuts over nuptials

Dan Shaughnessy

Could we see Francona’s Indians in playoffs?

Adrian Walker

A stab at redemption

JAMES CARROLL

Earnest atheists look for God

Yvonne Abraham

From pals to pariahs
From top: John Barros in “The Difference,” Bill Walczak’s “Only one says no,” Mike Ross literally runs for mayor, Dan Conley in “Innovation,” and Rob Consalvo in “All in for Boston.”

JOANNA WEISS

Boston’s mayoral race doesn’t need TV ads

JOAN VENNOCHI

Patrick’s tech tax wakes up a sleeping giant
From left to right: Mary Lynne Hedley, Deborah Dunsire, and Susan Windham-Bannister.

Innovation economy

Influential women in biotech

Derrick Z. Jackson

A gridlocked city

SCOT LEHIGH

Rob Consalvo earns A+ in pandering to teachers union

Tech Lab

Internet video with a brain

Nation & World

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John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held a press conference after reaching an agreement over Syrian chemical weapons.

How the US and Russia arrived at deal on Syria’s chemical weapons

According to a State Department official’s account of the negotiations, the deal to remove chemical weapons from Syria almost didn’t happen.

Business

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Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

What worries investors? Terrorism, D.C. gridlock

Investors are more concerned about how politics, war, and natural disasters might affect their wealth.

Arts

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Book Review

‘Simple Dreams: A Musical Memoir’ by Linda Ronstadt

An articulate and engaging writer, Ronstadt largely sidesteps her personal life.

Globe Insiders

Insider Event | Sept. 25

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Attend a book signing and presentation by Qais Akbar Omar, author of the internationally acclaimed memoir.

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Beauty of the bottle
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Jefferson slept here
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Little folk
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Sharks Inc.

Ideas

“If we call something war, the instinct is that the military should really be in charge……But if you say it’s not actually military conflict, it’s not war in any sensible way, then you raise questions about whether the Department of Defense should really be responsible for this.”

Thomas Rid,  on cyberwar