Deal close in grocery dispute

After a two-year legal tussle, the owners of the Super 88 grocery chain are close to finalizing a deal to sell their South Bay store for $2 million.

Jon Lester warmed up in the outfield last night, but his start was postponed due to rain.

Theo Epstein preaches calm, says Red Sox can save season

The GM of the reeling team said, “We still have an opportunity to get where we want to go. It’s all on us to turn this thing around.”

Mortgage plan for jobless falls short

US Representative Barney Frank said that as much as half of the allotted funding - including $61 million targeted for about 1,200 borrowers in the state- will not be assigned by the Sept. 30 funding deadline.

A figure in Tory Fair’s “Testing a World View (Again)” installation at the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum.

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Art Review

Bodies of work

Boston artist Tory Fair explores the possibilities and pitfalls of the human form in a show at the deCordova Museum and Sculpture Park.

Cramped quarters at Boston Arts Academy

For nearly a decade, the crowded Boston Arts Academy in the Fenway has been on the hunt for a more ideal setting, only to encounter one road block after another.

Going boldly beyond the grasp of our sun

Astrophysicist Merav Opher aims to predict when the two Voyager spacecrafts will become the first man-made objects to pass out of the cocoon of our solar system.

Metro

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Prosecutors say Luigi Manocchio was the leader of the New England Mafia until he stepped down in 2009.

3 charged in alleged R.I. Mafia scheme

Federal prosecutors charged three alleged members of the New England Mafia and three associates with extorting some $2 million from Rhode Island’s adult entertainment industry.

Business

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Preparations are already underway to transfer the Super 88 Market at the South Bay shopping center to Wincent International Inc.

Deal close in grocery dispute

After a two-year legal tussle, the owners of the Super 88 grocery chain are close to finalizing a deal to sell their South Bay store for $2 million.

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“With FEMA expected to run out of disaster funding as soon as Monday, the only path to getting assistance into the hands of American families immediately is for the Senate to approve the House bill,” said Speaker John A. Boehner.

Impasse leaves Congress with a week to avoid a shutdown

An impasse between the House and Senate over a bill to keep the government open after Sept. 30 and provide financial aid to natural disaster victims deepened yesterday.

World

As battles rage, president returns to Yemen

After nearly four months in Saudi Arabia, President Ali Abdullah Saleh is seeking to reinsert himself at the center of a slowly fracturing country mired in bloody clashes on the streets of its capital.

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Lindsey Buckingham

Lindsey Buckingham: Life outside the Mac

Lindsey Buckingham is back with a new solo album, “Seeds We Sow,” and will bring tunes new and old to the Wilbur Theatre on Sept. 25.

Ideas

“It doesn’t make any difference whether you assign more homework in English, science, or history. Students will still do the same.”

Ozkan Eren,   assistant professor of economics at the University of Nevada, on whether homework works