Red Sox 3, Orioles 1

Red Sox clinch playoff berth on Lackey two-hitter
John Lackey hugged Jarrod Saltalamacchia after keeping the Orioles at bay and securing the Red Sox’ spot in the postseason.

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The Red Sox are back in the postseason for the first time since 2009 after John Lackey pitched his best game of the season.

State Senator Dan Wolf suspended his gubernatorial bid last month after the Ethics Commission said his ownership stake in Cape Air put him in violation of ethics laws.

Ethics board extends deadline for Wolf ‘indefinitely’

The commission voted to consider possible changes to the conflict-of-interest rules that have ensnared state Senator Dan Wolf.

Walden Media’s “The Watsons Go to Birmingham’’ is set in the middle of a seminal moment of the civil rights fight: the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in 1963.

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Burlington-based team tries to restore a family habit

Chip and Micheal Flaherty, who head Walden Media, have created a series of TV movies in the hopes of bringing back family viewing time.

G cover | 2013 Emmy Awards preview

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The list of nominated shows and actors in this year’s ceremony is a pretty fair representation of our era.

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Beverly resident Greg Bokor is exhibiting an art installation that invites observers to help erase a large pencil drawing of an AR-15 assault rifle.

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The California roots-rock quartet just came off a tour with Bob Dylan and is set to play the first day of the Life is good festival in Canton.

Opinion

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Some writers and publishers don’t like Amazon.com, but its convenience, cheaper prices, and selection with other offerings make it appealing.

Globe exclusives

Ernest Wallace, 41, was charged Thursday with being an accessory after the fact to the murder of Odin Lloyd.

Hernandez associate pleads not guilty in murder case
Hugh Jackman (center) plays the father of a missing girl. Jake Gyllenhaal (rear) is a detective.

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‘Prisoners’ is both gripping, grueling
Krista Perry's tattoo.

Memorializing the Marathon in permanent ink
Jane Weeks did research at Dana Farber and taught at Harvard University.

Obituary

Physician built field of cancer outcomes research
Don Merry (left) and Jason Costa bring empty cages back to their boat on Duxbury Bay, where oyster harvesting has been banned due to an outbreak of bacteria.

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Oyster bed closures leave aquaculturists reeling
Martha Coakley chatted with Berklee students Angelica Franzino (left) and Carly Tefft while campaigning outside Fenway Park, which had become emblematic of her failed US Senate run.

Coakley, seeking 2010 redemption, returns to Fenway Park
A model of the proposed Suffolk Downs casino.

Revenue projection for Suffolk Downs casino disputed
Peter Som was among the design-ers who had models wear flats.

The best and worst of New York Fashion Week
Raking

To Grammar’s House

Time for a fall cleaning
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

Tech Lab

It’s easier to share files between phones
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

Boston mayoral race

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John Connolly posed for a photo with supporters after speaking during a rallyin West Roxbury on Tuesday.

Another mayoral poll shows Connolly in the lead

The poll found 15 percent of likely voters backing John Connolly, 12 percent choosing Martin Walsh, and 10 percent going for Charlotte Golar Richie.

Sports

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Red Wings 8, Bruins 2

Rookie goalie Malcolm Subban allowed four goals through two periods.

Rookie goalie Malcolm Subban struggles in Bruins’ loss

It was a rough night for Subban in the preseason game as he allowed four goals through two periods.

Metro

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Glen James (right) turned a backpack full of money he found over to police.

Donations for homeless man top $100,000 mark

The online fund for Glen James, who turned a backpack full of money he found over to police, was set up by a Virginia man only days ago.

Columnists

artha Coakley and Charlie Baker.

Yvonne Abraham

A second act for Charlie Coakley

Tech Lab

It’s easier to share files between phones

JOAN VENNOCHI

Boston soars, but only for some developers

EDWARD L. GLAESER

Boston needs a chief entrepreneurship officer

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.

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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

Nation & World

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Pope Francis said the Catholic Church must balance some of its divisive rules with the greater need to make the church a merciful, more welcoming place for all.

Pope offers blunt critique of focus on gays, abortion

In lamenting some of the Catholic Church’s “small-minded rules,” Pope Francis pushed for the need to make the church a more welcoming place for all.

Business

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In the deal with US and UK regulators,JPMorgan Chase & Co. will admit wrongdoing over the $6 billion ‘‘London Whale’’ trading loss last year.

JPMorgan to pay $920m settlement over $6b trading loss

In the deal with US and UK regulators, the company will admit wrongdoing over the $6 billion ‘‘London Whale’’ trading loss last year.

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.

Style

Bargain Bin

Patch NYC to host open studios preview party

Ami Albernaz’s weekly roundup of bargains includes Patch NYC’s preview party with 20 percent off storewide.

Globe Insiders

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

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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