For ESPN, apologies become commonplace

?I understand and accept my suspension. 100% my fault. Bad choices have bad consequences and this was a bad decision in every way on my part,? Curt Schilling wrote in a tweet.

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ESPN, which bills itself as the worldwide leader in sports, has been leading in another category lately: apologies.

A cyclist stood near the re-constructed levee wall along the Industrial Canal in the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans on Saturday.

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10 years after Katrina, Gulf residents remember

Residents in many places in Louisiana and Mississippi are marking a decade since Katrina?s deadly and devastating landfall.

A rendering of Wynn Resorts? proposed casion in Everett.

Wynn gets key state approval for casino

The state granted a crucial environmental license to Wynn Resorts, clearing one of the biggest obstacles the Everett proposal faced.

Owen Labrie, who closed his eyes as the verdict was read Friday in the Merrimack County Superior Court, is scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 29.

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News Analysis

St. Paul?s trial posed complex issues for jurors, judge

It was Owen Labrie?s conviction for using a computer to entice the victim that exposes him to the harshest penalties.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/2015-08-21T184313Z_1410113629_TM3EB8L14RT01_RTRMADP_3_USA-CRIME-BOSTON[1]-8961.jpg Brothers charged in homeless beating have long criminal histories

Court records show that brothers Steven and Scott Leader have long terrorized people in the Boston area ? neighbors, police, even their own mother.

Police were on scene at Creston Street in Dorchester after an early morning shooting where one person was killed.

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1 killed, 4 wounded hours before start of festival

The Boston shootings all occurred in the hours before the J?ouvert celebration, a parade that kicks off the weekend?s Caribbean festival.

New England Patriots' Tom Brady (12) looks to pass against the Carolina Panthers during the first half of a preseason NFL football game in Charlotte, N.C., Friday, Aug. 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Mike McCarn)

BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL

Finally, a feel-good moment for Tom Brady

The Patriots? beleaguered quarterback has a preseason breakthrough, leading a TD drive against the Panthers.

Health

How clean are your greens? Not very

There?s a booming business in spinach that is pre-washed, according to the packaging. But how clean does that actually make it?

Donald Trump posed for a selfie with Britney Touchette, 15, from Lynnfield.

Trump blitzes through raucous Norwood rally

A campaign rally Friday for Donald Trump had a circus-like atmosphere rarely experienced in the staid world of Mass. politics.

home of the week

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/25/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/wiggs_Home_427398.jpg Wareham inn stands on point overlooking bay

The porch lining this yellow-stucco Victorian in Wareham is a primo spot to view the fireworks over Onset Bay.

BETABOSTON

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/27/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/28betadrunk207b.jpg User testing that mixes cocktails and coding

A Cambridge event recently played on the idiom that an interface should be designed as though the user were drunk.

An image of Steve Jobs in Alex Gibney?s ?Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine.?

Movies

In Jobs film, Alex Gibney takes hard look at Apple icon

?For me, his story was a good way to reflect on corporate values and a certain generation that came out of the counterculture.?

LOVE LETTERS

Her sex drive returned, but her interest has waned

?I know John would love to have a whole relationship with me and he would be devastated if I started sleeping with or dating someone else.?

Ferries offer cruise-like glamour minus the cost

A new fleet of vessels worldwide have been upgraded into surprisingly comfortable, full-service ships to vie with low-cost airlines.

Ground Game

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/26/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/200_biden_henniker.jpg Why Joe Biden could skip N.H. if he runs for president

The rationale for Biden to skip Iowa and New Hampshire is this: He would enter in the race too late to compete in those states.

Opinion & Ideas

Michael A. Cohen

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/28/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/cohen-1287.jpg Progress and frustration in gun control

If Alison Parker and Adam Ward are not to have died in vain, then the reaction to their deaths must not be apathy.

The Big Picture

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10 years after Hurricane Katrina

President Obama visited New Orleans to mark progress the city has made before the anniversary of the hurricane.

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Innocation Economy

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/28/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/kirsner--90x90.jpg Is the tech party coming to an end?

Investors have had a rollicking time putting money into tech and biotech startups. Are they getting ready to split?

Crux

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/28/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/envoy150-921.jpg Ex-envoy, charged with sexual abuse, has died, Vatican says

Jozef Wesolowski, 67, was found dead early Friday in the Vatican room where he has been held on house arrest.