Mass. online benefits claim service falling short

More than six weeks after its launch, a new online system for filing state unemployment claims remains riddled with problems.

Lisa Conn, a nurse at St. Andrew’s Hospital for more than 19 years, praised efforts to save the 105-year-old facility.

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Hospital’s conversion plan unnerves rural Maine village

When St. Andrew’s Hospital closes its 24-hour emergency room in Boothbay Harbor, the nearest hospital will be 18 miles away.

Boston mayoral hopefuls embrace gay issues

Gay and lesbian residents — an active, sought-after voting bloc in the city — face an embarrassment of riches in the race.

Adrian Walker

Scott Brown running for the spotlight

The quest for attention has become our onetime, short-time US senator’s never-ending campaign.

SNCF, Keolis’s parent company, has been criticized for late arrivals and delays on the Greater Paris commuter rail.

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Bidder for Mass. commuter rail job has much to prove

Keolis’s bid for the commuter rail contract comes with concerns about the company’s record of punctuality and customer service in France.

Alex Rodriguez got payback in the sixth by taking Ryan Dempster deep for his second homer of the season.

Yankees 9, Red Sox 6

Alex Rodriguez, Yankees rally to beat Red Sox

Rodriguez shook off an early plunking by Ryan Dempster to homer and spark the Yankees to a 9-6 win over the Red Sox.

Backers of ousted president Mohammed Morsi marched in Cairo, defying a warning that the army will confront violence. Sunday’s rallies were more subdued than in recent days.

Egyptian forces kill 36 Islamist detainees

The deaths were the fourth mass killing of civilians since the military took control July 3 but the first time so many had died in government custody.

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Waltham start-up Affectiva’s facial coding product, Affdex, has been used by advertisers to gauge a consumer’s reaction to their commercials.

Opinion

JOHN E. SUNUNU

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The usefulness of a “shield law” for journalists is suspect — particularly when the First Amendment already offers unequivocal protection.

Globe exclusives

Kate Abra Frederick with son Devon in Conway, N.H.

A mother’s fight to breast-feed
John Mayer performing Saturday at the Comcast Center, where he covered a wide range of musical styles with ease.

Music Review

Mayer’s latest phase a pleasing one
The iKnow Concierge app can recommend restaurants and tourism destinations.

App lets visitors bypass concierge

Reflections from Residency

Can crowdsourcing find right diagnosis?
Myke Wilkerson and Brandon Allison, pictured on Revere Beach, moved their families here from Texas to start a new church.

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On a mission to save godless Massachusetts
“I’m a change agent. You know you’re going to take a hit,” said President Evan Dobelle, who is paid $240,920 to oversee Westfield State University.

Where spending limits are purely academic
Brandi Dean adheres to a regimen of antibiotics to combat the effects of Lyme disease.

BITTEN BY UNCERTAINTY

When the ‘cure’ doesn’t end pain
Sam Lottner played with a rainbow-colored parachute on the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway in Boston.

Greenway is putting down roots
“The World’s End” actors Nick Frost (left) and Simon Pegg (center) with director Edgar Wright, at the Liberty Hotel.

movies

‘World’s End’ reunites Nutty Buddies
“It’s all about beating the scouting report,” Jonny Gomes said. “We’re not going to change our approach because of nine shutouts.”

Sunday Baseball Notes

Scouts zeroing in on Red Sox

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Do our brains pay a price for GPS?
The breakfast room at Regatta House.

Nantucket properties toss out the chintz to amp up the chic

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Sunday night’s game started ominously for Alex Rodriguez, who was hit by a Ryan Dempster pitch in his first at-bat.

Plunking Alex Rodriguez didn’t make any sense

The Yankee is a circus, a distraction, and all Red Sox pitcher Ryan Dempster did was put him front and center once again.

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Authorities on Sunday released this sketch of the suspect in the Aug. 6 rape of a 21-year-old woman.

Police get report of second taxi assault

A female reported being sexually assaulted by a driver after she tried to hail a taxi in Boston, the second such attack in two weeks.

Columnists

Ho Van Lang, 41, in plaid shorts, and his 81-year-old father Ho Van Thanh, in hammock, are helped out of a forest in Vietnam where they’ve hidden since 1973.

JAMES CARROLL

A nation’s PTSD

Adrian Walker

Brown running for spotlight
David Ortiz got a hand from Jarrod Saltalamacchia after he hit his 24th homer this season.

Dan Shaughnessy

Proving the doubters wrong again

Yvonne Abraham

Wes was worth the wait
Florida Governor Rick Scott.

JEFF JACOBY

The Sunshine State means business

JOANNA WEISS

For a longer school day, who sacrifices?
Tony Conigliaro sat in Sancta Maria Hospital after being hit by a pitch in 1967.

Bob Ryan

Tony Conigliaro would have been an all-time great

Innovation Economy

HubSpot looks to its second act

Beverly Beckham

I was the sun, the kids my planets

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Plea deals: A necessary evil

SCOT LEHIGH

Mayoral lab debate takeaways
Jeffrey Dubuisson specializes in literature, history, and derivatives.

LAWRENCE HARMON

Translate ‘national champions’ into Latin

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New York Police Department officers patrolled the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn last week.

NYPD head attacks ruling on police stops

Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly assailed a federal judge’s demand for changes to his department’s stop-and-frisk practice.

Politics

Succinct statements like these slogans appear on bumper stickers and signs created by the 12 candidates’ campaigns.

Boston mayor’s race is lacking slogans with snap

Slogans can help drive up name recognition, but none in the mayor’s race has grabbed voters’ attention.

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Sleep Cycle

Turning to your phone for better night’s sleep

If you can’t sleep, you may want to look at these sleep-aid smartphone apps for help.

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Clinical psychologist Catherine Steiner-Adair details the threats of technology on children from infancy to young adulthood.

‘The Big Disconnect’ by Catherine Steiner-Adair

The clinical psychologist details the threats of technology on children from infancy to young adulthood.

Health and wellness

Nutrition And You!

Count calories but also watch the clock

The secret may lie in the body’s circadian rhythms, which can influence hormone release and other bodily functions.

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Walter Willett’s food fight

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“Becoming overly reliant on GPS and letting our natural skills at mental mapping atrophy, new neuroscience research suggests, might actually be bad for our cognitive health.”

Leon Neyfakh,  on what GPS does to your brain