Dan Shaughnessy

Blockbuster Red Sox trade would signify end of failed era
Carl Crawford, Josh Beckett, and Adrian Gonzalez have underachieved and are on the verge of being traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Dealing Josh Beckett, Adrian Gonzalez, and Carl Crawford to the Dodgers would be the biggest Red Sox trade since Babe Ruth was dealt to the Yankees. Hope this one works out better.

Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine talks with Adrian Gonzalez before Friday’s game. Gonzalez was a late scratch from the lineup amid trade rumors.

On Baseball

Red Sox on verge of trading Beckett, Gonzalez, Crawford

By unloading approximately $270 million of their mistakes, the Sox are hoping to start again with a blank slate.

Tech, bio firms meet resistance in Cambridge

The explosive growth that has made the city a life sciences and technology hub is meeting resistance from residents who say development is overwhelming neighborhoods.

Taylor Swift’s ties to a Kennedy creates buzz

The romance between Swift, 22, and Conor Kennedy, 18, has questions swirling in Hyannis about the young starlet trying on the princess crown in Camelot.

Samsung ordered to pay Apple $1.05b in patent case

The decision could make it harder for competitors to challenge the iPhone and iPad in the massive global market for smartphones and tablet computers.

Mosquitoes spreading fear, new challenges

In Massachusetts and across the country, war is being waged against unprecedented levels of mosquitoes carrying Eastern equine encephalitis and West Nile virus.

Mitt Romney, shown on the stump at a farm in Commerce, Mich., on Friday, will attempt to rebrand his image at next week’s Republican convention, with an emphasis on his charitable work, religious life, and job-creation record.

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Mitt Romney plans personal narrative to reshape image

Romney will attempt to rebrand himself at next week’s Republican convention by highlighting his charitable work, religious life, and job-creation record.

When bands, candidates don’t harmonize

Campaign anthems are meant to meld a candidate’s substance with style. But increasingly, it seems, performers are demanding that candidates stop the music.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2012/08/22/BostonGlobe.com/Enterprise/Advance/Images/subway002-684--90x90.jpg The T and its predecessors

Private railroads and horse-drawn streetcar companies served the transportation needs of Boston and outlying towns for decades before the MBTA accepted its first token.

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“I’ve been coming here since I was a little boy,” said Steve Silvia, 39, talking about the Marshfield Fair, which he now visits with sons Steven (left) and Shawn.

The Roads to Summer

Marshfield Fair still a favorite among adults, children
Harvard is ready to preview its plans to transform the Barry’s Corner section of Allston into a vibrant part of its campus.

Harvard ready to preview Allston development plans

Ellen Goodman

The Equal Rites Awards

G Force

‘Pregnancy pact,’ the musical
Beatrice Munyenyezi has lived in New Hampshire since 1998, raising three daughters on her own.

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Did Beatrice Munyenyezi lie to get into this country?

Bring the Family

Squam Science Center a hidden gem
“Lake View” by William Wegman is part of the “Hello Nature” exhibit at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art.

Art Review

‘William Wegman: Hello Nature’ a dog and irony show
Members of the Joffrey Ballet perform choreographer Edwaard Liang’s “Age of Innocence” at Jacob’s Pillow.

Dance Review

A witty, sincere, and technically superior night at Jacob’s Pillow

Trent Theroux trained for his 13-mile swim from Point Judith to Block Island, which he will attempt in September.

R.I. man to swim for others, right where his life nearly ended
Adaliz Rodriguez was struggling financially until a coach from a unique program at The Neighborhood Developers in Chelsea helped her learn new skills.

Nonprofit coaches clients to independence
“We have some friends who can really wail,” says Beirut’s Ben Lanz. “It’s a happy situation, with everyone giddy to be playing.”

music

Beirut settles in

Elie Wiesel’s latest book, “Hostage,” is set in both the mid-’70s and during World War II.

Book Review

‘Hostage: A Novel’ by Elie Wiesel

Sports

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Tom Brady coughs up the ball while getting smacked by Michael Bennett.

Patriots have the components to keep winning

Here are some of the things we know, and don’t know, about the Patriots heading into the final two weeks before the regular season.

Metro

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Clues sought in hit-and-run that killed Wellesley bicyclist

A cyclist was killed early Friday afternoon in a hit-and-run crash at a busy intersection that left mangled remnants of the bike by the roadside.

Columnists

Carl Crawford, Josh Beckett, and Adrian Gonzalez have underachieved and are on the verge of being traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Dan Shaughnessy

Blockbuster Red Sox trade would signify end of failed era

Lawrence Harmon

Mass. needs to update wiretap laws

SCOT LEHIGH

The GOP’s big tent collapses

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Big-box stores are in big trouble

Dan Shaughnessy

Red Sox left picking up the pieces
Jackie, Sue, and Lynn as seen in “49 Up,” a 2005 British film that is part of a decades-long series of documentaries.

Joan Wickersham

A study of class captures shape, sweep of real lives

Joan Vennochi

Romney made Mass. his stepping stone
Chinese police stand guard at an anti-Japanese protest outside the Japanese consulate in Shanghai last week.

Edward L. Glaeser

Putting China at ease

Tech lab

Samsung’s new Galaxy shoots for iPad, misses

It was a long night on Tuesday for Scott Podsednik, Jacoby Ellsbury, and Cody Ross (left to right) as the Red Sox lost again.

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It’s all over for the Red Sox

Scot Lehigh

A familiar face stirs the pot in Maine

Jeff Jacoby

Stingy liberals

Business

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Despite reductions, Bank of America is still the largest ATM provider in the state by a wide margin.

Major banks to have fewer ATMs in Mass.

Bank of America and Webster Bank, for a combination of reasons, will have fewer automatic teller machines in the state.

Politics

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MITT ROMNEY

Birth certificate reference in jest, Romney insists

Mitt Romney had generally avoided talking about President Obama’s birth certificate, which has become a prominent issue in some conservative circles.

Nation & World

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Syrian children received treatment Friday after shells from government forces hit their house in Aleppo.

Flood of Syrian refugees accelerates

The United Nations said that more than 200,000 refugees had registered in Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, and Turkey, with 30,000 new arrivals tallied the past week.

Arts

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Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent view themselves as a “mom and pop” band, and one that can play both loud and soft.

Shovels & Rope find new life after murder ballads

The husband-and-wife pair Michael Trent and Cary Ann Hearst are no acoustic, singer-songwriter duo.

Movies

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Movie Review

Robert Pattinson plays Eric Packer, a super rich businessman in search of a haircut in the film version of Don DeLillo’s “Cosmopolis.”

‘Cosmopolis’: When Robert Pattinson wants his hair cut

In search of a haircut, an impossibly rich young man riding in an impossibly elaborate limo tries to cross an impossibly congested Manhattan.

Living Longer, Living Better

Health

JoyceMor, a sleep technologist at Sleep Health Centers in Weymouth, prepares Talia Yourell of Weymouth for a sleep study.

For aging baby boomers, sleep gets harder to come by

As we age, medical conditions can make a good night’s rest elusive. But there are steps we can take.

“Samsung obviously skirted pretty close to the iPad design and has paid the price.”

Michael Oh,  founder of a local Apple retailer

Magazine

The cover for the August 19 2012 issue

Can a Woburn company’s flying car someday be a fix for traffic?
The cover for the August 12 2012 issue

The man who nourished Boston’s literary scene
The cover for the August 5 2012 issue

Can GPS find you a mate?
The cover for the July 29 2012 issue

Connected, powerful 21st-century moms

Opinion

“Hearing the words of criminals can be chilling. But the public should know who’s out there.”

Lawrence Harmon, on the state’s wiretapping laws

Ideas

“If the bill becomes law, the identities of people who die in Massachusetts--notably those who, like Bill Cosby, have built up bankable personas over the course of their lives--will become pieces of property that continue to exist long after they do.”

 Leon Neyfakh