SEAN P. MURPHY | The Fine Print

A few extra zeroes causes a big headache for this Arlington family

Arlington, MA - 7/19/2018 - Jackie Moquin-Vaudo inadventently paid Comcast $18,200 for a $182 monthly bill. For Sean Murphy consumer column. - (Barry Chin/Globe Staff), Section: Business, Reporter: Sean Murphy, Topic: 23consumer, LOID: 8.4.2592923946.

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Somehow, instead of paying $182.36 and $92.60 via her online account to Comcast and T-Mobile, Jackie Moquin-Vaudo paid $18,236 and $9,260.

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Thunderstorms are expected overnight and into Sunday, with clouds, humidity, and the chance of rain continuing for days.

This Mass. mayor moonlights as a ?Middle East expert? on Russian state TV

Paul Heroux, the mayor of Attleboro, appears regularly as a ?Middle East expert? on Russia?s government-funded television network.

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The criminal probe focuses on whether former troopers violated the law by receiving complimentary guns after negotiating a deal with a firearms dealer.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/17/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/AFP_1432BA.jpg Michael Cohen secretly taped Trump discussing payment to Playboy model

The FBI seized the recording during a raid on Cohen?s office amid an investigation into Cohen?s involvement in paying women to tamp down embarrassing news stories about President Trump before the 2016 election.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/21/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/c364689f-1035-4ede-9e4d-c3cfe472abea.jpg More and more, it seems Trump is serious about tariffs. But they aren?t likely to yield trade deals, analysts say

President Trump?s threats of trade tariffs may be a long-term strategy, although economists say the result could be higher prices for Americans, diminished export sales, and a weaker economy by next year.

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Gaza?s militant Hamas rulers said Saturday they had accepted a cease-fire, once again pulling the sides back from the brink of a full-fledged war.

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Bob Williams was among the 17 people killed when a vessel packed with tourists capsized and sank in Branson.

Law enforcement officers left following the funeral for Weymouth police Sergeant Michael C. Chesna.

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Weymouth police sergeant laid to rest

Thousands of mourners gathered in Hanover to pay their respects to a fallen Weymouth sergeant who was killed in the line of duty.

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Federal Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV said the decision of whether to stay the removal of the woman rests with immigration authorities.

Boston Red Sox's Mookie Betts takes the field before a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays Saturday, July 14, 2018, in Boston. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)

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Nick Cafardo | Sunday baseball notes

Instead of Mike Trout, how about making Mookie Betts the face of baseball?

Commissioner Rob Manfred was right that it makes no sense to promote a player who doesn?t want the attention.

THOMAS FARRAGHER

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/20/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/clark_camp_edit_071618_04.jpg Paul Newman?s camp for sick kids lives on, 10 years after his death

The true wonder of this place? Its ability to project utter normalcy for kids whose childhood has been anything but normal.

DETROIT, MI - JULY 20: David Price #24 of the Boston Red Sox pitches against the Detroit Tigers during the second inning at Comerica Park on July 20, 2018 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Duane Burleson/Getty Images)

Nick Cafardo | On baseball

For David Price, a solid start with a Houdini act

Price got out of a no-out, bases-load jam in the fourth to pitch 6? scoreless innings against the Tigers.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/20/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/3b5841312eab488a9e8d2b0bf2f7d96d-3b5841312eab488a9e8d2b0bf2f7d96d-0.jpg James Harrison says Bill Belichick is a better coach than Mike Tomlin

The former Steeler and Patriot said the biggest difference in the coaching styles is discipline.

Nick Keefer (left) packed lobsters bound for China with a co-worker at Maine Coast in York, Maine, in 2015.

Lobster prices plummet after tariffs take effect

Shore prices ? what dealers pay lobstermen for their catch ? have dropped to about $3.75 a pound, compared with $5 about two weeks ago.

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Tom Wopat was accused of groping cast members of a musical in Waltham in August 2017.

Cardullo?s is one of the many new retailers open in the Seaport, as the area starts to get a sense of critical mass.

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TALKING SHOP

Retail getting a foothold in Seaport

How far away is the Seaport from becoming a retail destination? 

Love Letters

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It?s been decades since she cheated, but she left a birthday card to her ex-paramour on her desk. And now she denies it.

The scene at Congdon?s After Dark Food Truck Park includes people sitting at tables and walking among the trucks

Congdon?s Donuts built a food truck park, and people are eating it up

If you?re a food lover, the Wells, Maine, destination feels an awful lot like a carnival.

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On Friday, when the Vermont Standard hit the stands, one day late, it repaid the show of generosity with a banner headline. It read simply: ?Thank You.?

TECH LAB

For US cybersecurity, it?s Code Red

The director of national intelligence is warning that weaknesses in US cybersecurity could be setting us up for a high-tech replay of Sept. 11, 2001.

WASTE NOT

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More stores are offering ?reusable? bags at checkout. The choice between paper and plastic just got more complicated.

Suburban Diary

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/08/BostonGlobe.com/Regional/Images/150320_MJ_015.jpg ?The Coaster? lives, but our thrills are long gone

With Paragon Park and its 10-story-high Giant Coaster gone, my heart doesn?t start racing like it used to when I come around that final bend into Hull.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/16/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/clark_competitive_paddleboard_071519_1936.jpg What?s SUP? Paddling and battling for the fun of it

Paddle boarding began as a casual pastime, perfect for athletes looking for a scenic, low-impact workout. Then things got competitive.

TV Critic?s Corner

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?Catherine the Great? is being written by Nigel Williams, who wrote the Emmy-winning ?Elizabeth I,? in which Mirren also starred.

Opinion & Ideas

EDITORIAL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/20/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/900b006832dd49fc863fc0f38165fd0f-900b006832dd49fc863fc0f38165fd0f-0.jpg GOP on US Rep. Jim Jordan: crickets

When one of their own is under fire, GOP legislators line up to attack the credibility of accusers.

Special reports

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/05/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/africa%20hero.jpg For refugees in Kenya, an education in hope

The Kakuma Refugee Camp is a holding center for thousands dispossessed by war and conflict. A New Hampshire university has made it the focus of its global plans.

Newsletters

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STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/19/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Atul-1024x576.jpg Atul Gawande?s first task as health CEO: a listening tour

He?ll travel across the country to meet employees he will serve through an Amazon-backed health care venture.

Globe event

Seattle?s mayor talks growing pains that offer some lessons for Boston

Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan spoke at a Globe event on how innovation is shaping our world, and she?s in high demand among the hundreds of mayors gathered in Boston.

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A true-crime podcast about the most valuable ? and confounding ? art heist in history: the theft of 13 irreplaceable artworks from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.

Love Letters: The Podcast

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Meredith Goldstein explores how to move on when a relationship ends.

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