Dispute over Maine beach rights ends up in court

Mitchell Rales has set Mount Desert Island on edge with a demand that descendants of a Harvard president stay off his beach.

Angela Menino in the Hyde Park home that was the center of family life for her and Mayor Menino.

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Yvonne Abraham

A year later, Angela Menino reflects on life without Tommy

Each day, the wife of Mayor Menino feels the embrace of family and friends. But all the love in Boston can?t make her nights shorter.

A contentious summit of Catholic bishops on family issues ended Saturday with a split verdict.

JOHN L. ALLEN JR. | Crux

Bishops open door to divorced Catholics but hold line on gays

Gay marriage is not ?even remotely analogous? to marriage between a man and woman, the gathering concluded.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/10/25/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/marijuana-8949.jpg Steady growth seen in medical marijuana use

The benefits continue to be debated, but one picture coming into sharper focus is the burgeoning number seeking the product.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/10/24/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/eisen_shooting1_102415.jpg Woman, 36, charged in uncle?s fatal shooting

A woman who allegedly shot her uncle to death in Hyde Park on Saturday and then fled was arrested hours later in Peabody.

Emergency personnel respond after a vehicle crashed into a crowd of spectators during the Oklahoma State University homecoming parade, causing multiple injuries, on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015 in Stillwater, Oka. (David Bitton/The News Press via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

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4 dead, including toddler, after Oklahoma State parade crash

A woman arrested on a DUI charge crashed into a crowd of spectators Saturday during the university?s homecoming parade.

A new survey by the Council of the Great City Schools found that students, on average, take about eight standardized tests per year.

Educators, parents back limit on tests

The Obama administration will urge Congress to limit the time students spend on testing to 2 percent of total school time.

Newton residents sue city to stop Austin Street project

City officials used ?deficient and defective? in selecting the developer, the suit contends.

?Emperor of Comedy? Jimmy Fallon in Cambridge Saturday.

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Names

Harvard Lampoon crowns Jimmy Fallon ?Emperor of Comedy?

The ?Tonight Show? host was hoisted onto a Roman chariot and paraded through Harvard Square Saturday.

KEVIN CULLEN

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/10/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/cullen_20131018.jpg Travis Roy, changing the meaning of a day

Roy wanted to change the narrative of Oct. 20, the anniversary of the day when he was paralyzed. So he did.

Elias Hartness, 9, (left) and his sister, Kira, 11, built a clock during a ?Stand with Ahmed? workshop in Cambridge on Saturday.

Cambridge kids build clocks to honor Texas teen

About 40 children gathered Saturday at the Cambridge Public Library to build clocks in honor of Ahmed Mohamed.

Hillary Clinton arrived with singer Katy Perry during a campaign rally with her husband, Bill Clinton, in Des Moines, Iowa, on Saturday.

Bill Clinton, Katy Perry rally Iowans for Hillary Clinton

??She?s my firework,?? Perry told Clinton?s supporters, wearing a white strapless gown adorned with a Clinton campaign logo.

Former president George H.W. Bush and his wife, Barbara, tossed out the first pitch earlier this month in Houston.

Bush, at 91, finds volatile ?16 race irritating ? and invigorating

Former president George Bush, 91 and frail, is bewildered by an election season that has lurched stunningly off script.

Celtics coach Brad Stevens will have difficult decisions to make on playing time.

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Bob Ryan

Brad Stevens will have a tricky coaching job this season

It?s not that the Celtics coach has too little talent to work with ? he probably has too much.

Bill Belichick was always good for a frosty postgame handshake with former Jets coach Rex Ryan, but things seem to have thawed between the AFC East rivals.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

The hate has drained out of Patriots-Jets

Things have been positively civilized between the old rivals all week, and that?s not as much fun.

NICK CAFARDO I SUNDAY BASEBALL NOTES

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A poll of managers, GMs, and scouts provides insight into who will score in free agency and who won?t.

quick bite | devra first

A world of flavors at vegetable-focused Whole Heart Provisions

Chef Rebecca Arnold puts her experience at Sarma and Alden & Harlow to work at this Allston spot.

Beverly Beckham

You never know if you?ll miss it someday

?You never know? is the reason I have a closet full of shoes and boots and coats and hats I don?t wear.

Opinion & Ideas

SCOT LEHIGH

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/10/23/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Scot_Lehigh_150px-1426.jpg The Benghazi circus keeps rolling

Even by the standards of today?s hyperpartisan politics, Thursday?s hearing was stunning.

Ground Game

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/10/23/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/492531472-5180[1]--90x90.jpg O?Malley?s one last shot to make big impression

If Martin O?Malley wants to stay in the Democratic race, he?ll need to give the speech of his life Saturday in Iowa.

The Big Picture

Pale light hangs in a pine forest during a rainy autumn morning on Oct. 15, near Fuerstenwalde, eastern Germany.

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Autumnal hues around the world

Before bleak scenes and colder temperatures arrive, foliage and glowing sunsets enliven landscapes across the globe.

BetaBoston

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/10/21/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/maeda_20phonebooths-downpage_biz1.jpg The phone booth makes a comeback

Superman?s go-to changing room is making a comeback in open offices, providing needed privacy in workspaces designed for collaboration.

Crux

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The Vatican said the pope is in good health and that his head is ??absolutely perfect.??

Lifestyle

My Instagram: Elizabeth Corkery

Print Club Boston might sound familiar ? some of their limited edition posters were recently snatched up by Urban Outfitters ? but unfortunately, this isn?t a club you can join.