Michael Brown?s casket at the Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church in St Louis.

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Mourners gather for Michael Brown?s funeral

Brown?s father asked protesters to take a break Monday and observe a ??day of silence?? so the family can grieve.

Female soldier injured herself, no one else on Va. base

A heavily trafficked Virginia Army base temporarily went on lockdown Monday morning.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/08/25/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/curtis-freed.jpg Former prisoner hails release of Peter Theo Curtis

Curtis helped Matthew Schrier escape from an Islamic militant group operating in Syria before being freed himself.

Patriots? QB stability unmatched across NFL
Tom Brady is one of only two starting quarterbacks the Patriots have used since 2001.

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During the Tom Brady era, teams that can?t find a reliable and durable quarterback tend to lose a lot.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/08/23/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/MarketBasketEssay4.jpg Still no agreement in Market Basket dispute

A deal remains elusive as the stalemate continues to drain millions of dollars a day from the grocery chain.

Lower temperatures this August have cut short beach time for many in Greater Boston.

August?s cool weather gets a chilly reception

The temperatures have been, quite simply, pleasant. And therein lies the complaint.

The longest road | Part 2 of 3

Days of crisis, compassion

For those locked in the cycle of hopes raised and dashed while dealing with mental illness, it?s hard to imagine a more exhausting journey.

Opinion

opinion | Martin F. Nolan

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/08/22/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/08245oped_nolan.jpg Obama?s Kennedy

Ted Kennedy, who died on this day five years ago, was the last politician President Obama respected or admired.

Ideas

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/08/25/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/greece150-616.jpg Why can?t Greece shake its corruption problem?

A report from a country where everyone knows a thousand ways around the rules.