Opinion | Brian McGrory

Clash of the titans
Senate candidates Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren participated in their first debate on Thursday night.

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The first Senate debate between Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren was shockingly fantastic, and for the first time this year, we got the race we are supposed to have.

Senate candidates Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren debated on Thursday.

Fact check: Scott Brown’s asbestos accusations were true, but misleading

Brown’s charge that Elizabeth Warren worked for Travelers Insurance in a case involving asbestos victims was true, but left out much of the context.

Senator Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren met Thursday night for the first of four debates.

Brown, Warren hit hard on taxes and allegiances

In their first debate, Senator Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren tangled over her heritage, his tax record, and which candidate would help the struggling middle class.

President Obama has detailed how he would limit personal tax deductions but not offered enough specifics about what he would do on the corporate side, according to specialists.

Obama, Romney leave much unsaid on tax plans

For all of the focus in the presidential campaign about tax cuts, the more important issue may be whether either candidate has a realistic plan to pay for them.

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It might be hard to believe, but Rivers, in his ninth season, can become the longest-tenured Celtics coach ever outside of Red Auerbach.

Leaving a setting of poverty improves happiness, study says

A federal program in the mid-1990s that gave people vouchers to move to neighborhoods with less poverty improved their well-being, but not their income.

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The celebrity chef is facing another lawsuit accusing­ him of failing to pay rent at one of his restaurants — this time at the flagship Olives in Charlestown.

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Customers many of whom camped out over night, waited for the opening of the Apple store on Boylston Street on Friday.

iPhone 5 launch draws Apple fans worldwide

In a now familiar global ritual, Apple fans jammed shops from Sydney to Paris to pick up the tech juggernaut’s latest device.

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Attorney David Meier, a former district attorney, and Governor Deval Patrick spoke at a press conference Thursday.

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Patriots rookie Chandler Jones will face off against his brother Arthur Jones, a defensive end for the Ravens. Brother Jonny “Bones” Jones will try to defend his UFC title Saturday.

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The Patriots rookie will face off against his brother Arthur Jones, a defensive end for the Ravens, Sunday. Brother Jonny “Bones” Jones will try to defend his UFC title Saturday.

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Barbara Madeloni (left) and supporters delivered letters of protest to the UMass dean of education.

UMass lecturer says school is punishing her

Barbara Madeloni sparked an uproar with her opposition to a program that outsources teacher assessments.

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Senator Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren held their first debate Thursday night.

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Senate candidates Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren participated in their first debate on Thursday night.

Brian McGrory

Clash of the titans
Steve Sabol died of brain cancer on Tuesday.

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NFL has lost a giant in Steve Sabol
A so-called post-Panamax container ship at the Balboa Port in Panama on Friday.

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Wes Welker strategy is unfathomable

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The battle over food labeling

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The Massport board Thursday approved Thomas Glynn as chief executive with a round of applause. He described the job as being “the biggest honor that I’ve ever received in public service.’’

Massport board confirms Thomas Glynn as CEO

The approval filled a void left by the retirement of Thomas Kinton more than a year ago.

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President Obama spoke with Jorge Ramos (left) and Maria Elena Salinas of Univision, Spanish-language television.

Obama bemoans failure on immigration reform

President Obama addressed a large Latino television audience and spoke of his immigration efforts.

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Muslim demonstrators in Pakistan shouted slogans against America at a protest Thursday in Quetta of an anti-Islamic film. In a bid to quell the furor, the US Embassy released a television advertisement to Pakistani stations showing President Obama and other Americans condemning the film.

US goes to airwaves to denounce movie

The US Embassy in Pakistan released an ad condemning the anti-Islam film in a bid to quell angry protests.

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Caleb Daniloff and the long run to sobriety

In his new memoir, Caleb Daniloff reruns scenes from his life as an alcoholic and drug abuser before turning to distance running.

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Movie Review

Paul Thomas Anderson’s superb “The Master,” about the deranging power of faith, is a Cause to celebrate.

‘The Master’ is a cult classic

This ambitious, powerfully acted achievement has much to say about the limits of belief — and the power of talented actors.

“The bigger the change in poverty that you got through a move, the bigger the improvement in well-being and health.”

Lawrence Katz,  an economics professor at Harvard

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“Freedom of speech is precious precisely because Americans struggled so long for it. Other countries must do the same.”

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“Those who design tests understand them as a guess about the future. We’re probing for certain qualities that tell us a student is ready to move ahead, or an employee will be an asset to the firm.”

Leon Neyfakh,  on what we should really test