Exclusive Sunday Preview | book review

‘Telegraph Avenue’ by Michael Chabon

greg klee/globe staff

Chabon’s saga of two couples running besieged vinyl and midwife businesses rocks a big multicultural mix of love, loss, change, and how we live now.

Exclusive Sunday Preview | book review

‘Bill and Hillary’ by William H. Chafe

One of America’s most distinguished publishing houses just released a chronicle of the marriage of America’s power couple.

Exclusive Sunday Preview

The summer’s memorable movie moments

The summer’s movie releases were a mixed bag, as always. But there were moments that we’ll carry with us long after the air turns cold with the rush of Oscar contenders.

99 bottles

White House releases its beer recipe

After weeks of being denied the administration’s home-brew recipe, beer enthusiasts got their wish Saturday.

Ideas

How kids make friends — and why it matters

New research from psychologists unlocks the mysterious, complicated, strangely adult way that children connect.

Latest news

Romney promotes agenda for ‘winning season’

Campaigning in the battleground state of Ohio, Mitt Romney vowed to return the Republican Party to the promises of fiscal responsibility it had abandoned in the past.

In Iowa, Obama blasts Romney’s ideas

President Obama accused his Republican rival of offering voters outdated ideas Saturday on the first stop of a four-day march to his party’s convention.

As Isaac pushes north, Gulf Coast slowly recovers

The remnants of Isaac made their way up the Mississippi Valley Saturday, while some in the Gulf remained frustrated at the pace of power restoration in the region.

Ohio 24, Penn State 14

At Penn State, new era starts with a loss

The university’s first game since the NCAA’s landmark sanctions over the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal ended in disappointment.

Deutsche Bank Championship

McIlroy in clubhouse with 2-shot lead

Rory McIlroy climbed to the top of the leader board in early second round action in Norton, Mass.

Boston Globe ePaper

What is an ePaper?

The complete print edition, in its exact layout. Browse the print edition page by page, including stories and ads.

Globe Insiders

From the Archives | Photo gallery

Campaigns and conventions

The mad theater of campaigns, protests, rallies, and conventions that is our modern political process is not a recent phenomenon.

Globe exclusives

Michael McLaughlin

Murray donors queried in probe

Harvard students bridle over cheating probe

Despite the Red Sox’ dreadful season, and the public backlash, chairman Tom Werner (left) insists he and John Henry (right) have no plans to sell.

Tom Werner takes ownership for disappointing Red Sox

Lisa Baruzzi with golden retriever Richie at the Tufts obesity clinic for animals in North Grafton.

Fat dogs and cats are getting professional help

US swimmers stepped onto the podium in stylish shoes after winning the gold.

Neon sneakers make their mark at the Olympics

The author’s rental home in Begur, with its stone tower, and the view from town onto the Mediterranean Sea and northward along the Costa Brava.

Sunday Preview | Travel

Renting a house on Spain’s Costa Brava

Wes Ayres of Needham attempted to stop the bubbles coming from the fish’s mouth as characters from King Richard’s Faire come to the Boston Children’s Museum to promote an upcoming fair to be held in Carver with swordfightrers, puppeteers, pipers, and minstrels.

Photo gallery

Globe photos of the week, Aug. 31, 2012

Drew Tardif, 10, worked on a puzzle with Mikalo Glennon, 7, and his mother Raquel Rohlfing.

G Cover

Foundation reaches out to families with cancer

An angler on the Merrimack River in downtown Lawrence, off Route 28.

Exclusive Sunday Prevew | Travel

Road Trip: Route 28

Clint Eastwood spoke to an empty chair while addressing delegates during the Republican National Convention.

Opinion | Peter S. Canellos

Clint Eastwood’s speech backfires on the Republicans

Alexander Greene of Olympia Movers helped freshman Amanda Kozakiewicz at Northeastern University.

Movers help students with the heavy lifting

DEUTSCHE BANK CHAMPIONSHIP

Hole by hole at TPC Boston

Sports

Tags in this section:

On Baseball

The Red Sox have to find out what they have for next year and decide whether they can build around players like Ryan Lavarnway.

Red Sox have to develop younger talent

The Sox have to find out what they have for next year and decide whether they can build around players like Ryan Lavarnway.

Metro

Tags in this section:

The Roads to Summer

Owen Troy, 13, traversed granite boulders with dad Mark on their way to explore a cave at Purgatory Chasm in Sutton.

Purgatory Chasm offers hikers a thrill

Purgatory Chasm State Reservation just south of Worcester features jutting rock faces and hidden caverns that delight hikers.

Columnists

Jim Rooney, the Executive Director of the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority stood atop the roof of the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center.

Lawrence Harmon

Convention center needs a boost of solar power

Renée Loth

The value of public-sector jobs

Tiger Woods’s first-round 64 included six consecutive birdies.

Christopher L. Gasper

Is Tiger Woods back?

Bobby Valentine and the Red Sox were swept by the Angels in Anaheim this week.

Dan Shaughnessy

For Red Sox, a year of living dreadfully

Scot Lehigh

Policy trumps personality in this election

Boston Capital

Steward finds road to R.I. is rocky

Brian McGrory

Cape Cod rooster draws complaints

Ann Romney arrives on stage to deliver a speech Tuesday night.

joanna weiss

Ann Romney overstepped by playing poor

Juliette Kayyem

Protect, and isolate, author of book on bin Laden raid

Tech Lab

Simple steps to secure your smartphone

A policeman fired at protesting miners outside a South African mine in Rustenburg on Aug. 16.

derrick z. jackson

Mine killings echo old South Africa

Theo Epstein is seen near the ivy at Wrigley Field last October, just after being named president of baseball operations for the Chicago Cubs.

dan shaughnessy

Epstein’s clean getaway irks Red Sox owners

Business

Tags in this section:

US swimmers stepped onto the podium in stylish shoes after winning the gold.

Neon sneakers make their mark at the Olympics

Experts say the intense exposure the sneakers received at the Olympics will lead to a bigger foothold in the industry.

Politics

Political Notebook

Actor Clint Eastwood spoke on the final day of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., Thursday.

Some Mitt Romney aides perplexed by Clint Eastwood’s routine

Several Romney aides hustled to distance themselves from the decision to put Clint Eastwood onstage without a polished script.

Nation & World

Tags in this section:

Firefighters tried to put out a blaze on the road between Marbella and Monda in Spain.

Wildfire rages near resort in Spain; 1 dead, 2 injured

A wildfire fanned by strong winds devoured hillsides around the wealthy Mediterranean resort city of Marbella in Spain on Friday.

Arts

Tags in this section:

“Witness Tree Project” leaders Daniel Cavicchi (left) and Dale Broholm with objects made by RISD students from the old diseased elm (top) cut down two years ago at the Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site in Brookline.

‘Witness Project’ bears witness to history through art

The project at RISD creates sculptures from the old “Olmsted Elm.”

Message to readers

A change to commenting

We’ve launched new article comments on BostonGlobe.com, and want to explain some changes that you’ll see.

Magazine

The cover for the August 26 2012 issue

Aug 26, 2012

Did Beatrice Munyenyezi lie to get into this country?

The cover for the August 19 2012 issue

Aug 19, 2012

Can a Woburn company’s flying car someday be a fix for traffic?

The cover for the August 12 2012 issue

Aug 12, 2012

The man who nourished Boston’s literary scene

The cover for the August 5 2012 issue

Aug 5, 2012

Can GPS find you a mate?

Opinion

Ideas