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Security Council breaks paralysis with Syria vote

The unanimous decision by the UN Security Council to secure and destroy Syria’s chemical weapons stockpile is aimed at taking poison gas off the battlefield.

Red Sox 12, Orioles 3

Red Sox close in on AL’s top seed

The Red Sox thumped the Orioles as Clay Buchholz went seven solid innings and David Ortiz belted his 30th home run.

Malala Yousafzai addresses Harvard audience

The Pakistani teen who survived an assassination attempt by the Taliban called for continued defiance of efforts to deny women education.

Boston police patrolmen awarded $80m package

An arbitrator ruled Friday that Boston police patrolmen should get a 25.4 percent raise over six years, which Mayor Thomas Menino said “is too expensive.”

Some can’t wait for Sunday night’s “Breaking Bad” finale, and not because they’re devoted fans.

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Friends don’t let friends miss ‘Breaking Bad’

We’ve become a nation of televangelists, relentlessly badgering loved ones to tune into the shows we love.

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Supporting cast, indelible score buoy ‘La Cage aux Folles’

The North Shore Music Theatre production of “La Cage aux Folles” manages to deliver a boisterous good time despite shortcomings in the two lead performances.

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Richard North Patterson aims for something else

“Loss of Innocence,” a family drama set on Martha’s Vineyard, is a departure for an author known for page-turners with plots that grapple with topics like presidential politics.

Obama refuses to budge over debt limit

President Obama and his aides maintain that there is no bargaining when it comes to the government’s ability to meet its debt obligations.

Opinion

CARLO ROTELLA

On second thought, repeal casinos

The essence of the argument from a widely cited report is that casinos tend to erode and destroy the social, economic, and political fabric of a community.

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President Barack Obama said he’s spoken by phone with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.

Obama, Iran’s president talk about nuclear deal

Aaron Hernandez fiancee indicted in murder case

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Root for a shutdown

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

Stoneham couple’s love story, in life and death

Tsarnaev defense seeks more time

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A new brain trust for the Middle East

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

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Here, an heiress says, her millions dwindled

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Becoming Bostonian

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On race and races

A Randolph man went fishing at Houghtons Pond in Milton.

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Globe photos of the week, Sept. 27, 2013

And they’re off! Pigeons from the Greater Boston Homing Pigeon Concourse are released in Herkimer, N.Y., to race each other back home to these parts.

Homing in on pigeon racing

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

Police hone ways to catch drivers texting

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Danny Amendola during practice Wednesday (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

Amendola, Gronkowski will play, source says

Danny Amendola and Rob Gronkowski plan to play against the Falcons, though the league source notes there is “a lot of time between now and Sunday.”

Boston mayoral race

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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

Martin Walsh called John Connolly’s pledge not to accept money from outside groups a “gimmick.”