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A sign thanking the former mayor towered over commuters Friday.

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Amy DeLong wrote about Menino?s strength in a condolence book.

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RJ Petruccelli, 10, who is reading Menino?s memoir, said he cried yesterday.

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A makeshift memorial for Menino sprang up in Downtown Crossing.

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James Maconochie left a bouquet of flowers as the memorial grew.

People paid their respects to Menino inside of Boston City Hall.

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People paid their respects to Menino at a memorial inside Boston City Hall.

The last 297 days of a most remarkable life

Friends and observers said Thomas Menino?s last 10 months were lived with new purpose, even as his body failed him.

Former Boston Mayor Thomas Menino.

Menino?s funeral procession to pass by 10 special Boston locations

The procession Monday will pass by 10 spots dear to the former mayor?s heart in what staffers are calling his ?last ride home.?

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?He?s done so much for so many people in the city,? one mourner said. ?He saw no color, no barrier. It?s just a sad day.??

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As Martha Coakley criticized her rival, Charlie Baker said he was glad the incident raised the fishing industry?s profile.

Members of the Marysville, Wash. community visited a makeshift memorial at the high school where Jaylen Fryberg opened fired last week.

Girl, 14, dies after Washington school shooting

Shaylee Chuckulnaskit died Friday, raising the number of fatalities from last week?s shooting to four.

Items stacked inside a shoebox-sized 1901 time capsule.

Letter in time capsule foresaw flight, video communication

A letter to posterity written more than 100 years ago made a few accurate predictions ? and some very wrong ones.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/10/31/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Scot_Lehigh_150px-1114.jpg Interesting exchanges with Tom Menino

In the battle of banter, he usually found a way to give as good as he got.