Police hone ways to catch drivers texting

Troopers are hoping to deter distracted driving by ticketing as many people as possible.

Police pay may entangle candidates

Boston police patrolmen are expected to receive a major arbitration award that could thrust a high-profile labor dispute into the heated mayoral race.

Movie Review

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“Don Jon” might be the first commercial American movie to tackle online porn, and the fact that it’s a romantic comedy shouldn’t put you off.

Christopher L. Gasper

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The Patriots need to prove they merit their 3-0 record, but Atlanta needs to validate what they’ve constructed over five years.

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Despite objections that the city was getting a bad deal, a $7.3 million deal was authorized.

A worker at Continuum Energy, a Fall River firm being sued, used a device to analyze elemental metals.

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Shirley Leung

Here, an heiress says, her millions dwindled

A Swiss heiress has accused a baron, a former MIT administrator, and a Harvard professor of duping her into pouring money into a Fall River technology company.

Kevin Cullen

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Defining mayoral candidates Marty Walsh and John Connolly as Irish pols is accurate, but misleadingly narrow.

Neil and Tina Carruthers married in 2010, and nine months later, her cancer returned.

Stoneham couple’s love story, in life and death

Nine months after Neil Carruthers, 34, married Tina Nedelcu, 29, her cancer returned. When he died unexpectedly, she passed two days later.

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Lawmakers and political committees have used this moment of potential chaos to ask for money.

Opinion

SCOT LEHIGH

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The Republican Party’s supposed congressional leaders need to make their own voices heard — lest they be drowned out altogether.

Globe exclusives

Current construction at the Filene’s Downtown Crossing site is focused on the rehabilitation of the original 1912 Beaux Arts-style building.

Developer wins tax break on downtown Filene’s site
John R. Connolly (right) and rival Martin Walsh both attended the Men of Boston Cook for Women event in Codman Square on Thursday.

Mayoral rivals spar on outside donations
Senator Edward Markey.

Markey warns shutdown would adversely affect Mass.
Stephen Merchant stars as a socially awkward, extremely cheap bachelor on the prowl.

Television Review

‘Hello Ladies’ a winning look at a man with no game
Ernest Wallace (right) spoke with his lawyer, David Meier, during a bail hearing in Bristol Superior Court Thursday.

Aaron Hernandez associate changes account of slaying, prosecutors say
Freda Kelly with Ringo Starr and George Harrison.

Movie Review

‘Good Ol’ Freda’ had the most coveted secretarial job
In the exhibition of photographs “Reality Check” at MassArt: Christina Seely’s “Lux: Metropolis 35°41’N 139°46’E (Tokyo)” (above) and Stephen Mallon’s “Wave” (left).

PHOTOGRAPHY REview

Check your reality at the photographic door
Tracey Fairaway (above left) plays college-bound Ellen, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus her mother, Eva, in Nicole Holofcener’s “Enough Said.’’

Movie Review

Empty-nest comedy ‘Enough Said’ offers much to treasure

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Votes in Boston up for grabs
Billy Costa and Jenny Johnson at the annual “TV Diner” Platinum Plate Gala last February.

names

‘TV Diner’ to go off the air at NECN
Pedro Martinez saluted fans in 2012.

Q&A

Pedro Martinez joining TBS for MLB postseason
“I understand you only get certain opportunities in life,” US Representative Michael Capuano said.

Capuano to run for reelection, not governor

Sports

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red sox notebook

Since coming off the disabled list April 20, David Ortiz has played in all but nine games.

For David Ortiz, more season than expected

Since he was activated off the disabled list April 20, Ortiz has played in all but nine games.

Metro

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Celtics forward Brandon Bass begins swimming lessons in Waltham Friday along with youths from the Boys and Girls Club.

Brandon Bass is diving in

On Friday, Bass will get into the pool, in the shallow end, with 10 children. Together, they’ll take their first swimming lesson.

Columnists

CARLO ROTELLA

On second thought, repeal casinos

alex beam

A blockbuster tale

Tech Lab

Apple beats Android in the smartphone wars

Yvonne Abraham

It looks worse than it is

Shirley Leung

Could Baker be the tech governor?
Martin Walsh, left, and John Connolly shook hands following a forum in June.

Opinion | JOAN VENNOCHI

Face of change looks familiar

LAWRENCE HARMON

Losers could still be winners for Boston

SCOT LEHIGH

Voters will expect a contest of ideas

JEFF JACOBY

It’s not the pope’s culture war
Because John Connolly (left) and Martin Walsh come from the same ethnic tribe, they must also jockey to appeal to voters of color.

Adrian Walker

Mayoral field offered much promise
President Barack Obama awarded US Army Staff Sergeant Ty M. Carter the Medal of Honor in August.

Kevin Cullen

Redeployed to fight stigma

Adrian Walker

Davis made his mark at BPD

Nation & World

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A parking lot outside the Westgate mall in Nairobi contained what remained of cars and other debris in the aftermath of the four-day siege by Somali militants. Kenya was observing a three-day period of mourning as investigators, including US specialists, began combing through the site.

Somali group warns of more Kenya attacks

The Islamist extremist group that killed scores of people at a Nairobi mall has now attacked two Kenyan towns near the Somali border, killing three people.

Business

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Paul J. Konigsberg, an accountant and member of Bernard L. Madoff’s inner circle, was arrested Thursday in the federal investigation of Madoff’s multibillion-dollar fraud.

Longtime Madoff accountant arrested

Paul J. Konigsberg was the only nonfamily shareholder in Madoff’s London operation, which played a crucial role in transferring stolen money.

Arts

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Album Review

Drake’s third album, “Nothing Was the Same” (below) follows 2010’s “Thank Me Later,” and 2011’s “Take Care.”

Drake, ‘Nothing Was the Same’

The Canadian rapper and singer’s third studio record is a potent mix of braggadocio and pride but also humility and introspection.

Movies

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MOVIE REVIEW

Negin Farsad (left) and Dean Obeidallah in a scene from “The Muslims Are Coming!”

‘The Muslims Are Coming’ delivers a surprising punch line

The film follows a group of Muslim-American comedians on a stand-up-and-public-relations tour who try to win over those skeptical of Muslims.

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Gloucester is the oldest seaport in America and played integral role in the beginning of the US fishing industry.

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Do we still trust Bill Belichick?
The cover for the September 15 2013 issue

Beauty of the bottle
The cover for the September 8 2013 issue

Jefferson slept here
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Little folk

Ideas

“You even can see and hear birds in Boston, something unthinkable in Chinese cities.”

Wolfgang Georg Arlt,  founder of the China Outbound Tourism Research Institute