Warren bucks her party on loan bill

Senator Elizabeth Warren is urging her colleagues to vote against a compromise proposal to temporarily lower student loan rates.

Shirley Leung

Businesses watching mayoral race from sidelines

Many Boston businesses don’t want to back a losing candidate and find themselves on the wrong side of a new mayor.

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Prosecutors have begun making the case to a grand jury that Hernandez should be charged in the shooting death of two men last July.

Featured in the new Biogen Idec buildings will be huddle rooms that officials hope will encourage unplanned meetings.

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Biogen’s new offices look to break down barriers

Biotech company Biogen Idec hopes its new Cambridge complex, devoid of cubicles, will foster a culture where employees can talk and meet informally.

An artist finds inspiration in Walmart’s aisles

Brendan O’Connell paints scenes of ordinary life shown through shoppers at box stores or even through the products themselves.

Painting Walmart

Artist Brendan O'Connell takes inspiration from America’s quintessential marketplace.

Passengers on a PenAir flight from Plattsburgh, N.Y., disembarked at Logan. The Alaskan airline has expanded on the East Coast, providing service to small markets.

Carrier PenAir links Logan to remote locales

The Alaskan airline has expanded on the East Coast, providing service to small markets.

Kevin Cullen

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After listening to Stevie Flemmi describe his life alongside Whitey Bulger, I have an idea for a new game show. The Biggest Scumbag.

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Sergeant Sean Murphy is facing a probe and desk duty after releasing images showing the capture of accused Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

Opinion

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The United States won’t have a real and comprehensive national conversation on race until white America takes the lead in that discussion.

Globe exclusives

Beyoncé is a singular presence, and if one of her peers in Top-40 pop works harder than she does, it does not show during her performances.

Music Review

Beyoncé proves herself worthy
Santander also plans to upgrade its ATMs, streamline its website, and introduce new products.

Santander has $200m plan to expand in US
Jessyloo Rodrigues, a farming herbalist from Providence, eats a bowl of farmers’ pot luck foods (including, below, cabbage, carrots, wood sorrel) in Dighton.

Feeding off camaraderie
Bronwyn’s Wurst Platter with sauerkraut, potatoes, bretzel, and Weihenstephaner hausbier.

dining out

Where Brooklyn meets Bavaria

Opinion | TOM KEANE

Is Boston like Detroit?
Joseph Dana watched from a traditional handmade birch canoe on the Penobscot as the Veazie Dam was breached.

End and rebirth on the river
“He’s so good at building relationships, being genuine, wanting to get to know you,” says Ronald Nored, a former star at Butler, where Ste vens coached.

Midwestern values carry Celtics’ Brad Stevens
Ben Cooper (left) of Sensible Baby, a start-up with a product that monitors the health of infants, met with Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey Monday.

Markey basks in Warren’s spotlight

Medicare may rate hospitals with stars
Boston Symphony Orchestra conductor Andris Nelsons will miss Saturday night’s concert at Tanglewood.

Concussion keeps BSO’s Nelsons away
Kadahj Bennett as young rapper Hank in Company One’s “How We Got On.’’

Stage review

Hip-hop dreams burst to life in ‘How We Got On’
In a family photo of the Walshes before they discovered the siblings shared a potentially fatal gene, are (from left) Steve Walsh, his sister Beth Lambert, brother Mike, sister Kathy Flores, brother Dave, and their mother, Mary Walsh.

G Cover

Family removes stomachs to cut cancer risk

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Jon Lester received kudos from David Ortiz — and the Fenway faithful — after giving up two runs in 6 1/3 innings.

Jon Lester’s effort lifts Red Sox over Rays

Lester allowed two runs over 6 1/3 innings and matched his season high with eight strikeouts in Boston’s 6-2 win.

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“I don’t want to see that,” Stephen Flemmi said when presented with a photo of Deborah Hussey’s skull.

Flemmi paints Bulger as a pedophile at trial

Stephen “The Rifleman” Flemmi testified that he and James “Whitey” Bulger shared a weakness for teenaged girls.

Columnists

Ryan Braun did not contest the evidence in this case and the Players’ Association was not summoned for a customary appeal.

Dan Shaughnessy

Braun deserved harsher penalty
Mayor Thomas Menino toured the student-heavy apartment blocks along Commonwealth Avenue on Aug. 31, 2007, with the Inspectional Services Department.

JEFF JACOBY

Don’t trash my city

Adrian Walker

It’s time for clarity

Kevin Cullen

Trying to sort out the lowlifes

Shirley Leung

Watching mayoral race from sidelines

EDWARD L. GLAESER

In Detroit, bad policies bear bitter fruit

Adrian Walker

Give festival another go
Senator Elizabeth Warren is on the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs committee.

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Lots of noise from Warren but little delivery

Yvonne Abraham

Good people, good fortune
Red Sox pitcher John Lackey got a hand from David Ortiz after getting pulled from the game in the seventh.

Christopher L. Gasper

Lackey is pitching like an ace

Farah Stockman

The real marriage revolution
Amar Bose, who founded Bose Corp. in 1964, died earlier this month. He used some profits to fund research into new areas, like auto suspension.

Innovation Economy

Dr. Bose’s greatest innovation may be his company

Nation & World

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Supporters of Mohammed Morsi (pictured above) are increasingly mistrustful of the current, military-backed leadership.

Blast injures 19 as Egyptian violence widens

Eleven people have been killed in clashes between supporters and opponents of ousted president Mohammed Morsi since Monday.

Politics

Political Notebook

Anthony Weiner stood side by side with his wife, Huma Abedin, as the two spoke in unusual detail of how the scandal has affected their very public marriage.

Anthony Weiner admits to sexting after resigning

A new scandal involving raunchy online messages has engulfed the New York City mayoral candidate.

Business

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Apple is under pressure to release a new breakthrough product as offerings from rivals like Google, Samsung, and Amazon.com erode at its dominance in mobile computing.

Apple’s earnings fall as rivals undercut pricing

Apple is under pressure to release a new breakthrough product as offerings from rivals erode at its dominance in mobile computing.

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English literature professor Terry Eagleton is one of Britain’s most prolific public intellectuals.

Are Americans stupid? Don’t be silly, says author Eagleton.

British intellectual Terry Eagleton’s new book, “Across the Pond,” is an occasionally savage roast of all things American

Food & dining

Cheap Eats

Pork dumplings at Szechuan’s Dumpling.

Good service, superb dumplings at Sichuan

An accessible, suburban spot like Szechuan’s Dumpling in Arlington is a welcome addition to any neighborhood.

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Are big blue bins bad for recycling?
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Rethinking the golden years
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The bee keepers

Ideas

“Using techniques from the past, ideas from hot-weather countries, and new findings from building design experts, we can see a surprising portrait emerge of what life might look like if we decided we could no longer afford our addiction to air conditioning.”

Leon Neyfakh,  on life without A/C