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Last Western detainee at Guantanamo returns to Canada

The detainee at the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay returned to Canada after a decade in custody following his capture in Afghanistan at age 15.

This July 1, 1971, photo shows Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, center, smiling at a news conference in New York after the Supreme Court permitted the Times to continue publishing articles based on the Pentagon Papers.

Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, ex-NY Times publisher, dies

Sulzberger guided the New York Times through a period of expansion and change as journalism moved into the digital age. He was 86.

Brockton police search for shooting suspect

Police are searching for a man in connection with the Friday night shooting of an 8-year-old girl on North Montello Street.

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Annie Dookhan sprinkled real cocaine in with a non-drug substance in order to make tests turn out positive, a prosecutor said in court at Dookhan’s arraignment.

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Army veteran Thomas Jude Carroll, who lost his leg in a motorcycle accident, on joining this VetEx climb up Mount Washington: “I hope someone out there sees me and it hits them that they can do it, too.”

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On Mount Washington, a peak experience

This September 11, a group of veterans and friends climbed New Hampshire’s Mount Washington to celebrate the “warrior spirit.”

Tom Brady and the Patriots are looking to rebound with their record at 1-2 entering Week 4.

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Patriots’ keys to Week 4 win vs. Bills

Jim McBride examines the scouting report and offers a prediction as New England looks to rebound and get back to .500.

book review

‘Gods Like Us’ by Ty Burr

Globe critic Ty Burr examines fame in and out of Hollywood, presenting its triumph as a carefully orchestrated harnessing of the ferocious power of celebrity.

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Since the first Chinese immigrants began arriving in the 1880’s, the neighborhood has been one of the city’s most vibrant.

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Bikers cross one of the many bridges on the Mangapurua Track in Whanganui National Park on the North Island. The trail is part of the New Zealand Cycle Trail network.

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Tackling 22 miles of the New Zealand Cycle Trail
A worker connected a beam at the topping off ceremony at 11 Fan Pier Blvd. in July.

Office construction makes a comeback in Boston area
The controversial papyrus fragment contains writing in ancient Egyptian Coptic.

Vatican dismisses papyrus referring to Jesus’s wife as ‘clumsy forgery’
Seahawks wide receiver Golden Tate was ruled to have pulled in a game-winning touchdown pass from quarterback Russell Wilson against the Packers this week.

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Entertainment is fun, but it’s no contest
“It took all of this time for the music to be able to come into its form,’’ says singer Becky Stark of the new Lavender Diamond album, which comes five years after the group’s debut.

Multi-faceted Becky Stark shines as Lavender Diamond
Year Up internship program alum Margarita Polanco now works at Bank of New York Mellon in Everett.

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Year Up shuttles urban adults into corporate America
Devin Henderson flew through rings during Montreal-based Les 7 doigts de la main’s “Sequence 8” show.

Stage Review

Montreal troupe takes flight in new show

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Fluff Festival brings together old and new Somerville
NCAA president Mark Emmert shares his views.

Christopher L. Gasper

NCAA in progressive hands
Michael Urie (left) and David Krumholtz co-star in the new CBS sitcom “Partners.”

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Michael Urie and David Krumholtz build a show together
Winslow Homer’s “Weatherbeaten,” the 1894 painting that gives the Portland exhibit its name, shows how the artist captured the power of the ocean.

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‘Weatherbeaten’ brings viewers close to sea
Nico Calabria, a varsity soccer player at Concord-Carlisle High School, who has only one leg, practiced with his team.

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Globe photos of the week, Sept. 28, 2012

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Kevin Garnett talked with reporters at the Celtics’ training facility in Waltham Friday.

Garnett’s passion for the game never gets old

Not only has Kevin Garnett signed a three-year contract extension with the Celtics, he is already displaying his trademark focus in training camp.

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Ron Wallace exulted after his pumpkin weighed in at 2,009 pounds Friday at the Topsfield Fair.

World’s largest-ever fruit dominates Super Bowl of pumpkin weigh-offs

History was made Friday at the Topsfield Fair. Ron Wallace became the first person to grow a one-ton pumpkin, shattering the world record.

Columnists

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Boston janitors and their bosses are at loggerheads — again
“Time to Lead” is an analysis of the state’s public colleges.

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State economy depends on more support for public colleges
Eric Harris, left, and Dylan Klebold, carrying a TEC-9 semi-automatic pistol, are seen in an image from a security camera in the cafeteria at Columbine High School during their shooting rampage.

derrick z. jackson

Denver debate needs question on guns

Jeff Jacoby

Working for BU’s ‘silver unicorn’

Boston Capital

Elizabeth Warren is no friend of big business

Scot Lehigh

A better way to elect a president
The statue, unveiled Sunday, is over 22 feet tall.

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Statue symbolizes Brockton’s grit, determination

Brian McGrory

A rare triumph for expertise

Juliette Kayyem

Defense industry has its own October surprise

Joan Vennochi

Why is Joe Kennedy III limiting debates?

Yvonne Abraham

Defamation suit is outrageous
Fred Lynn (left) and Dustin Pedroia made quite a pair as the celebration amid a lost season continued with the naming of the All-Fenway Park Team.

Dan Shaughnessy

Red Sox’ contrived party is over

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The Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge as rendered by Apple iOS 6's Maps program on Sept. 28.

In map fiasco, Apple vows to find the way

Apple issued an unusual public apology for the in-house mapping software that replaced Google Maps in its iPhone as users complained about bad directions, scant detail, and bizarre images.

Politics

Volunteers from churches in Cleveland met to register voters and to make sure their votes count on Election Day.

Restrictive voting laws inspire minority backlash

Republican legislators seem to have handed a powerful rallying cry to those seeking to maximize minority-voter turnout.

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Bo Xilai is accused, among other things, of abusing his power and of taking ‘‘massive bribes.’’

China boots disgraced Bo out of party

Chinese leaders announced Friday that Bo Xilai, a disgraced Communist Party aristocrat, had been expelled from the party and would be prosecuted on criminal charges.

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Jessica Raine (left) and Helen George in “Call the Midwife.”

‘Call the Midwife’ more sweet than bitter

The six-part drama is set in 1957 in the gritty East End of London.

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Year Up internship program alum Margarita Polanco now works at Bank of New York Mellon in Everett.

Year Up shuttles urban adults into corporate America

The program helps young people with poor job prospects get a leg up in the working world.

“I hated the prosthetic. It was awkward. It made me look normal, like a person with two legs. But I wasn’t normal. It was just better for me to be happy... with crutches.’’

Nico Calabria 

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9 hot trends in kitchen design
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The self-promoting, fan-financed, go-it-alone star
The cover for the September 9 2012 issue

Things to do in the Berkshires
The cover for the August 26 2012 issue

Did Beatrice Munyenyezi lie to get into this country?

Opinion

”Public college students don’t elicit the protective instincts of lawmakers and policy makers who practically well up when discussing the fate of K-12 students.”

Lawrence Harmon 

Ideas

“Changing a culture requires finesse, subtlety, and patience. It also requires a certain suspension of optimism about human nature.”

Leon Neyfakh on the art of crowdshifting