Computer contract left Mass. in bind

When the computer system for unemployment claims was finally rolled out July 1, it was two years behind schedule and $6 million over budget.

Revenue projection for Suffolk Downs disputed

Suffolk Downs would have to generate more gambling revenue than any other casino in the country to reach what Boston leaders are counting on, according to experts and a Globe analysis.

Yvonne Abraham

A second act for Charlie Coakley

Martha Coakley and Charlie Baker are getting another chance to show their true selves while out on the campaign trail.

According to a Newport, R.I., police report, Alexis, 34, told officers that he believed three people were talking to him through walls at the Marriott and elsewhere.

Employer says it wasn’t warned about accused D.C. shooter

The company Aaron Alexis worked for said it didn’t know of the R.I. incident in which Aaron told police he believed people were talking to him through walls.

Jalen Wiggins (left), 19, and Ariel Champagnie, 24, knocked on doors for their candidate Tuesday in Mattapan.

Barry Chin/Globe Staff

Youthful zeal fuels Boston mayoral campaigns

In diapers when Menino won in ’93, people in their late teens and early 20s have jumped into a race usually dominated by union activists, city employees, and older voters.

Glen James was honored by Police Commissioner Edward Davis after turning in a backpack with money and checks.

Online fund for Glen James, homeless man, nears $100k

The fund had tallied donations ranging from $1 to $500 from more than 3,700 people by early Thursday, according to the fund’s webpage.

Tech Lab

It’s easier to share files between phones

New apps like Bump and AirDrop make it possible to share files between smartphones with ease.

orioles 5, red sox 3 (12 innings)

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The Red Sox will have to wait at least one more day for a playoff spot after an extra-innings loss to the Orioles.

Opinion

EDWARD L. GLAESER

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Boston’s city government doesn’t make a priority of promoting new business activity, and for that reason the mayoral hopefuls should push for an advocate for startups.

Globe exclusives

Terese Clarke read “Amazing Grace” to a fourth-grade class at Orchard Gardens K-8 pilot school during a visit by Governor Deval Patrick and other officials Wednesday. The school has emerged from the underperforming category.

4 schools face state takeover
The Lenox Hotel closed for eight days in April but ultimately ended the summer with occupancy up over last year.

Slow start, strong finish for summer tourism
The city said an elm in South Boston needs to be cut down because it poses a risk; neighbors got an injunction by a judge to stop it.

Southie neighbors work to save 150-year-old tree
Peter Som was among the design-ers who had models wear flats.

The best and worst of New York Fashion Week
Krista Perry's tattoo.

Memorializing the Marathon in permanent ink
Raking

To Grammar’s House

Time for a fall cleaning
The curving black brick pathway in the Monks Garden has the feel of the track in a labyrinth.

Gardner Museum unveils Monks Garden
Celestine Reid, associate minister at Belmont A.M.E. Zion Church in Worcester, is assisted by a service dog due to her hearing impairment.

Service dogs barred, doubted, deeply treasured
Sandy and Lonnie Phillips lost their daughter Jessica Ghawi in the Aurora, Colo. shooting.

No pausing by advocates of gun control
“We never worry about it,” said Ashley Dowdy, who lives near Maine Yankee with her children.

Town reels after nuclear plant closing
A trader worked at the New York Stock Exchange on Oct. 22, 2008, one of the largest single-day drops in NYSE history.

Opinion | Elizabeth warren

Scaling back ‘too big’
A solar installation at the Drydock building in the Boston Marine Industrial Park.

Green progress in Mass., Boston

Boston mayoral race

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Bernard Steverman greeted mayoral candidate Daniel F. Conley during a visit to a Roche Brothers in West Roxbury. A new poll showed Conley was tied for second with Representative Martin Walsh in a close contest.

Packed transportation forum touches on T, parking, ‘cycle tracks’

More than 450 people filled an auditorium — others were turned away — to watch eight candidates spar on transit issues.

Sports

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Jacoby Ellsbury foued a ball off of his foot on Aug. 28.

Ellsbury is ‘very confident’ about returning for Red Sox this season

Jacoby Ellsbury, who has missed time because of a foot injury, said he has been following the rehabilitation plan set out by doctors.

Metro

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Workers at the New England Aquarium helped Kit into the water earlier this week. The baby Northern fur seal is now 6 weeks old and weighs 18 pounds.

Baby seal makes her debut at aquarium

Kit, a six-week-old northern fur seal, is on exhibit to the public every day, although not all day, at the aquarium.

Columnists

JOAN VENNOCHI

Boston soars, but only for some developers

alex beam

Amazon hate-fest: Don’t count me in

JEFF JACOBY

Wellesley faculty back Chinese dissident
At 45 Province in downtown Boston, residents enjoy the use of a rooftop pool; the units offer 85 different layouts.

Shirley Leung

A house hunting trip like no other
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

Adrian Walker

Test time for teachers union

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

Nation & World

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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel ordered the Pentagon to review security at all defense installations worldwide.

Military base shootings shake sense of security

Twice in less than four years a person with permission to be at a base passed through the layers of protection at a US base and opened fire.

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First lady steps up fight for healthier kids’ food

Michelle Obama pushed food companies and television broadcasters to do more to promote healthier foods to children.

Arts

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Stage Review

Erica Spyres and James (Joey) Caverly in SpeakEasy Stage Company’s “Tribes.”

Absorbing ‘Tribes’ speaks volumes about failures to communicate

Actor James Caverly is first-rate in Nina Raine’s play, now receiving its New England premiere in a wholly engrossing SpeakEasy Stage Company production.

Movies

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Movie Review

Martina Gedeck stars in “The Wall.”

‘The Wall’ a stunning tale of isolation

Bleak and beautiful, harrowing yet inspiring, the film is based on the 1963 novel by Marlen Haushofer.

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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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