S. Boston woman kidnapped, robbed, stabbed to death

During the last moments of her life, Amy E. Lord was led on a terrifying journey that ended with her body ditched in a wooded area in Hyde Park.

Stephen

Bulger defense wants to call one of his gang

James “Whitey” Bulger’s lawyers say they should be able to call Patrick Nee as a witness because he’s been identified as Bulger’s accomplice in multiple slayings.

Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia lunged for a live drive during Wednesday night’s game, but just missed.

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Red Sox, Dustin Pedroia formalize 8-year extension

The deal is worth an average annual value of $13.75 million, according to a baseball source, and runs through 2021.

In a twist of irony, Senator John McCain, the 2008 Republican standard-bearer who tried harder than anyone to prevent Barack Obama from becoming president, has suddenly emerged as a deal maker, potentially helping salvage aspects of Obama’s second-term agenda.

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McCain at center of bipartisan shift in US Senate

The chamber in recent weeks has seemed to take a turn toward the middle, becoming a place where the first instinct is to seek comity rather than incite conflict.

Patriots coach Bill Belichick departed after his news conference at Gillette Stadium.

Dan Shaughnessy

Belichick dignified, human in comments on Hernandez case

Bill Belichick came up big Wednesday. He was fair, measured, empathic, remorseful, dignified, ever-secretive, and human.

Tech Lab

Nokia smartphone has a smarter camera

The new Lumia 1020 from Nokia Corp. is a remarkable beast that produces far crisper images than any other smartphone.

Lawrence Summers is considered a front-runner for Fed chairman.

Lawrence Summers steers clear of controversy

The Harvard professor and former Clinton and Obama administration official, reported to be a front-runner to lead the Fed, on Wednesday spoke about technological change.

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The government makes money off the backs of students, as Senator Elizabeth Warren rightly describes it.

Globe exclusives

In his home studio in Jamaica Plain, Mike Irwin instructs members of the band the Brookline Village People: 8-year-old bassist Stefan Gordon and 7-year-old guitarist Catherine Macenka.

A band for kids about to rock
Aubrey Plaza stars as a high school senior who makes a list of sexual experiences she needs to have before going to college.

Movie Review

Can a girl revolutionize the teen sex comedy?
In a quiet, measured tone, a somber Bill Belichick said that “having someone in your organization that’s involved in a murder investigation is a terrible thing.”

Belichick ‘shocked and disappointed’ by Hernandez case
Santander also plans to upgrade its ATMs, streamline its website, and introduce new products.

Santander has $200m plan to expand in US

Shirley Leung

Watching mayoral race from sidelines
Featured in the new Biogen Idec buildings will be huddle rooms that officials hope will encourage unplanned meetings.

Biogen Idec begins move to new space
Then-Senator Barack Obama and Caroline Kennedy in 2008.

Obama nominates Kennedy to be ambassador to Japan
Teri Murphy (left) and Roberta Case of Quincy watched as Brendan O’Connell created his art at the Quincy Walmart.

In Walmart aisles, artist’s inspiration
Sergeant Sean P. Murphy was placed on restricted duty after a hearing at State Police headquarters Tuesday.

Ouster unlikely for leaking of photos
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 builds vital links at Logan
Aaron Hernandez

2012 case bores in on Hernandez
Senator Jack Reed (second from left) spoke about student loan rates during a news conference on Capitol Hill last month, accompanied by (left to right) senators Kay Hagan, Debbie Stabenow, Elizabeth Warren, Al Franken, and Tom Harkin.

Warren bucks her party on loan bill

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Lou Rodier and Dennis Kirshy shake hands after a recent Boston Summer Twilight League match at Charles River Country Club in Newton. The league has been around since 1921.

Camaraderie is par for the course in oldest competitive golf league

Every summer since 1921, members of the Boston Summer Twilight League have teed it up at some of the area’s more venerable private golf clubs.

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Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo.

DeLeo says he is cleared in inquiry

House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo said that investigators found he “was not part of any impropriety” in the Probation Department scandal.

Columnists

Yvonne Abraham

Is Charles Yancey’s run for real?
Patriots coach Bill Belichick departed after his news conference at Gillette Stadium.

Dan Shaughnessy

Belichick dignified, human in comments on Hernandez case

JOAN VENNOCHI

Warren’s on right side of loan bill

Alex Beam

Really real summer reading list
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

Kevin Cullen

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

Dan Shaughnessy

Ryan Braun deserved harsher penalty

EDWARD L. GLAESER

In Detroit, bad policies bear bitter fruit

Adrian Walker

It’s time for clarity

Shirley Leung

Watching mayoral race from sidelines
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

Nation & World

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Pope Francis visited the Basilica of the Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida in Brazil, where he celebrated his first public Mass outside Italy as leader of the Roman Catholic Church.

Pope urges Catholics to reject idols of ‘money, success, power’

Pope Francis made an emotional plea for Roman Catholics to shun materialism in the first public Mass of his initial international trip as pontiff.

Politics

President Obama made his remarks Wednesday at Knox College, the site of his first major economic speech in 2005.

Obama attempts to refocus on the economy

President Obama tried to move past months of debate over guns, surveillance, and scandal Wednesday.

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Secretary of State William Galvin says sites may try to dupe amateur investors.

Crowdfunding watchdog unit formed

The unit will monitor crowdfunding websites that let start-ups raise money from unaccredited investors.

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Movie Review

Logan, played by Hugh Jackman, revisits Japan and fights his greatest battle in “The Wolverine,” directed by James Mangold.

‘The Wolverine’ is sliced just right

Hugh Jackman and company smartly take a step in a different direction from “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” released four years ago.

Style

In his home studio in Jamaica Plain, Mike Irwin instructs members of the band the Brookline Village People: 8-year-old bassist Stefan Gordon and 7-year-old guitarist Catherine Macenka.

A band for kids about to rock

With the pop charts littered with performers just out of their teens, it’s no wonder kids want to sign up for rock-band instruction.

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“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