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Lyme disease tests prompt regulators’ concern

Companies take advantage of an exemption in FDA regulations that frees them from having to prove that their tests correctly diagnose the disease.

Boston officials fear end to crime-fighting effort

City officials say that if the City Council accepts an arbitrator’s award for the police, Safe Street teams, a community policing program, could cease to exist.

Mayoral endorsements coveted, but impact unclear

John Connolly and Martin Walsh have been on a tear, trying to secure endorsements from people with influence in communities of color.

Adrian Walker

Endorse an end to endorsing

Ask political veterans how much voters care about endorsements, and the response you get is a resounding shrug.

In GOP, view mixed on another shutdown

Republicans tried to ease concerns Sunday about the possibility of another government shutdown in just a few months.

Barbara Mattaliano and George Denny at the Goose Valley Natural Foods farm in Burney, Calif.

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Nanny’s idea inspires a wild rice giant

When George Denny hired a 24-year-old to care for his children in 1996, the private equity investor wasn’t expecting to gain a future business partner.

Twitter’s TV future started in Cambridge

Twitter is making vital use of Bluefin Labs, a Cambridge start-up that it bought earlier this year, to help mine tweets for the data advertisers crave.

Casino foes rally against Suffolk Downs plan

Opponents of a casino at Suffolk Downs rallied in East Boston, heartened by last week’s withdrawal of Caesars Entertainment from the proposed project.

Jets 30, Patriots 27 | Overtime

Patriots penalty helps Jets claim OT victory

A penalty against defensive tackle Chris Jones under a new player-safety rule gave the Jets a second chance for a game-winning field goal.

Opinion

opinion | jennifer graham

Blasphemy is the new ‘wow’

The phrase “Oh my God” has become a casual exclamatory, choking out the last gasping shoots of reverence.

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Health

When the ‘baby blues’ are something more

Album Review | Pop

Perry shows many colors on ‘Prism’

MD MAMA

Regular bedtime can help kids’ behavior

Adam Magyar’s “Urban Flow,” which is part of an exhibit at the Griffin Museum of Photography.

Photography Review

Beyond the blur, through the smoke, out of the past

Gary Young fled to a Cherokee Indian reservation in Tahlequah, Okla. He said he has no intention of coming back to Massachusetts, where a judge ordered him to pay almost $4,000 a month in alimony. He says he does not have the money.

Alimony law a ‘model’ — but is it working?

“In other jurisdictions if you do something that raises a regulator’s concerns . . . in almost every instance as long as you discontinue or disassociate it is considered a reasonable action,” said Gary Loveman, chief executive of Caesars Entertainment.

Caesars ouster puts vote in doubt

movie preview

Robert Redford sails back on screen

The market for Jacoby Ellsbury is growing.

Sunday Baseball Notes

Tigers in need of a leadoff man

The Giants’ Hakeem Nicks may be a good catch for a team needing a receiver.

Sunday Football Notes

NFL trade deadline fast approaching

Merchandise designer Alanna Mallon talks with tween models Maddie McIlroy, 11, and Tyler Jackson, 10, during a holiday photo shoot at Glenn Scott’s studio in Beverly.

On the job

Tapping the inner fashionista in young girls

Boston Ballet’s corps de ballet rehearses the Act III scene from “La Bayadère” called “The Kingdom of the Shades,” a tour de force of ensemble grace and precision.

Corps prepares for Boston Ballet’s ‘La Bayadère’

Sips

Choosing what beer is right for you

Sports

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On Football

The Patriots’ Chris Jones (center) was flagged for a penalty that is new to this season and hadn’t yet been called in a game.

Patriots’ Chris Jones didn’t keep up with the rules

The defensive tackle said he wasn’t aware of the new penalty called on him that wiped out a missed kick and gave the Jets life in OT.

Boston mayoral race

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Politics

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The nod from Michael Capuano, a former Somerville mayor and one of the most liberal Democratic members of Congress, could be a boon to Martin Walsh’s progressive bona fides.

Capuano to back ‘progressive’ Walsh

Rep. Michael Capuano will endorse mayoral candidate Martin Walsh on Monday, according to advisers to both politicians.

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David Scanlon, 27, of Andover, used a knitting needle to remove a flag left in memory of the Boston Marathon bombing victims.

Honoring messages of love, grief after attack

Volunteers gathered at the Arlington Street Church to commemorate the six-month anniversary of the Marathon bombings and to take down a prayer-flag memorial.