2 new names in Suffolk Downs casino picture

Hard Rock International and Rush Street Gaming are emerging as top prospects to join the venture, days after Caesars was jettisoned from the project.

MBCR officials blame the fall in ridership on factors such as a delay in delivery of a new fleet of train cars.

Operator bids for rail contract despite ridership fall

Massachusetts’ commuter rail system has succeeded in improving its service, but is wrestling with another persistent problem: a decline in ridership.

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After enduring two trying years of unemployment, Roger Ahlfeld got the call — and a job — at last.

Student loan burden is rising for state graduates

The increase in debt imperils not only the borrowers but also the economy, the Mass. higher education commissioner warned lawmakers.

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Mayor Thomas Menino spoke publicly Monday for the first time about his plans after he leaves the job he has occupied for two decades.

Mike Napoli set a team record for strikeouts but he was a major part of the offense.

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Despite strikeouts, Red Sox love working the count

The Red Sox, who led the majors in scoring this season, wore down pitchers with long, patient at-bats. Strikeouts were the cost of doing business.

The brains of the sophisticated Copenhagen Wheel are inside a sleek red housing that encircles the hub of a rear bicycle wheel. The 9.5-pound wheel will sell for under $1,000.

Electronic wheel’s brain boasts smartphone savvy

Superpedestrian Inc. has built a smartphone-connected bike wheel that can store energy during a ride and dole it out from an electronic motor.

Kevin Cullen

Speaking for a dead sister

Every five years, three sisters drive out to a parole hearing in Natick and speak for the one sister who can’t speak for herself.

“The website has been too slow, people have been getting stuck during the application process,” President Obama said.

Obama admits frustration with snarled insurance site

The president acknowledged extensive technical failings of a new website through which millions are supposed to sign up for health insurance.

Opinion

PAUL MCMORROW

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Worcester is rebuilding a downtown that looks and functions like one, after an experiment in the city’s center that failed.

Globe exclusives

Barbara Bosworth.

Barbara Bosworth is a trail gazer
“Audiences often report the uncanny feeling they have met someone like Mrs. Smith. . . . And then it goes to the deep end of eccentricity and bizarreness,’’ says David Hanbury (center), who plays the title character in “Mrs. Smith Live!” at Oberon.

Stage Review

A different breed of cat lady

Frame by Frame

Depiction not as idyllic as it appears
Hannah Cranton as Colleen and Michael Knowlton as Mike in Company One’s production of “Splendor,” by Kirsten Greenidge, at the Boston Center for the Arts.

Stage Review

Living the suburban dream in ‘Splendor’

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

Health

When the ‘baby blues’ are something more
Barbara Mattaliano and George Denny at the Goose Valley Natural Foods farm in Burney, Calif.

Nanny’s idea inspires a wild rice giant
More than 3.4 million Lyme tests are performed across the United States each year, according to the CDC.

BITTEN BY UNCERTAINTY

Lyme disease tests draw scrutiny

Selection from Bobby Orr’s memoir
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.

On Football

Jones didn’t keep up with rules
Police Commissioner Edward F. Davis cited the primacy of walking routes in making streets safe.

Officials fear end to a fight on crime

MD MAMA

Regular bedtime can help kids’ behavior

Sports

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Bill Belichick didn’t agree with the ruling Sunday, referencing a “second level.’’ On Monday, he said, “It’s our job to understand the rules.’’

Bill Belichick takes the blame for pushing penalty

In discussing the controversial OT call, the Patriots coach used a phrase he doesn’t utter often, particularly after a loss: “We are wrong.”

Boston mayoral race

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John Connolly.

At rally, Connolly emphasizes diverse base of support

John Connolly pushed back against the notion that his mayoral campaign opponent, Martin Walsh, is locking up support in Boston’s communities of color.

Metro

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Lila McCain, mother of Karen Douglas, spoke to the Newton school community about her daughter at a forum on suicide. At left, Larry Berkowitz and Joanna Bridger of the Riverside Trauma Center.

Newton parents discuss teen suicide

About 250 parents gathered to grapple with the question of how to talk to their own children after two recent teen suicides.

Columnists

Farah Stockman

A better way to tackle health law

Boston Capital

A door worth walking through

Kevin Cullen

Speaking for a dead sister

Adrian Walker

Endorse an end to endorsing
Shane Victorino (and most of Fenway Park) celebrated his 7th-inning grand slam, which gave the Red Sox a 5-2 lead over the Tigers.

Dan Shaughnessy

Red Sox soar into World Series

JAMES CARROLL

The deeper meaning of recycling
Even while in hospice care, former governor Paul Cellucci worked to help others.

Yvonne Abraham

Until the end, Cellucci wanted to serve
With the last out of the ALCS in the books, closer (and series MVP) Koji Uehara celebrates with catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia as the rest of the Red Sox rush to get in on the fun.

Christopher L. Gasper

No doubting Red Sox anymore
President John. F. Kennedy looks into the sky as planes from the Carrier Enterprise maneuver in a demonstration off the east coast on April 14, 1962.

JEFF JACOBY

Would Democrats embrace JFK now?
Marian Walsh had a long career on Beacon Hill.

JOANNA WEISS

Running a farm team for politics
Dylan Reid (left) and Greg Tao of Matter.io displayed a toy they cranked out with one of their 3D printers. “This is all brand new, wild west stuff,” Reid says.

Innovation Economy

A 3D printer in every home?
Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley.

Derrick Z. Jackson

An unexpected inspiration

Nation & World

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Four couples hugged after they were declared married by Mayor Chuck Cahn in Cherry Hill, N.J., on Monday, the first day same-sex marriages were legal in the state.

Last barrier to N.J. same-sex weddings falls

Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey announced Monday that he would drop his legal challenge to same-sex marriage.

Business

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Ariad signed a 15-year lease for the Kendall Square space.

Ariad puts hold on move to Kendall Square

Ariad Pharmaceuticals suffered a sharp drop in its market value over the past two weeks amid safety questions about its leukemia drug.

Arts

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Book Review

‘Thank You for Your Service’ by David Finkel

The book reveals on each page the crushing inadequacy of that traditional salutation for returning Iraqi war veterans.

Special section

Museums Special

A look at what New England museums have to offer, including high-tech changes at Harvard’s Semitic Museum, directors’ favorites, and odd attractions.

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Why is it so hard to find a doctor?
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Into the woods
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Becoming Bostonian

Ideas

“In a country where heroic leadership has become almost synonymous with ambition, researchers are offering up a surprising truth: The bold, charismatic leaders we idolize may be the last people we really want in charge.”

Leon Neyfakh,  on the myth of the heroic leader