Scott Brown won’t run for governor

Brown’s decision to not run for governor effectively clears a path to the nomination for 2010 gubernatorial nominee Charles Baker.

Tech Lab

Google’s new phone underwhelms

Google’s new Moto X, which will soon be available from major US cellular carriers, doesn’t seem worthy of its $199.99 price tag.

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Everybody figured wrong

Poor Jennifer Martel. Just about everybody with the power to protect her from Jared Remy after he first attacked her in their Waltham home let her down.

State’s dangerousness law rarely invoked

The law was not invoked last week, when Middlesex prosecutors chose not to seek a dangerousness hearing for Jared Remy.

A battle between Vice President Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton could rival the 2008 presidential race. A big question is whether President Obama would endorse either Joe Biden or Hillary Clinton, or stay on the sidelines.

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2016 clash in the making. Maybe.

Signs are in the air that longtime allies Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton are mulling runs for the presidency.

The Red Sox will get a look at impressive Dodgers rookie Yasiel Puig this week. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Picked-up pieces from San Francisco

The Sox should have swept the Giants, but anyway, it should be fun when they get to Los Angeles.

Lee Harmon

Bicyclist, a Brockton fixture, apparently beaten to death

Pastor Lee Harmon was killed with a hammer Tuesday night on his way to clean his disabled daughter’s apartment.

UMass Medical Center settles fraud charges

Worcester’s UMass Memorial Medical Center agreed to pay $66,000 to settle charges that it improperly sent uninsured patients’ bills to a local homeless shelter.

Opinion

Tamara Cofman Wittes and Amy Hawthorne

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Yes. Instead, set aside aid in a trust fund for a future democratic government.

Globe exclusives

“I did not ask for any money from outside groups,” said Connolly, a city councilor, who was harshly criticized by his opponents after the pledge was reported this week. “And I don’t want it.”

Connolly rejects $500,000 pledge from outside group
Rob Bierregaard prepares to release a banded juvenile male osprey last month.

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Satellite trackers follow migrating osprey
Sam Treadway at BackBar.

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Hard to find. Worth every step.

Regency dancing during the Pride and Prejudice Ball at Chatsworth House in England in June. The event celebrated the 200th anniversary of the publication of Austen’s classic novel.

Book Review

‘Among the Janeites’ by Deborah Yaffe
Mandy Manocchio-Putney is seeking a marrow donor.

Bone marrow match odds steep for some
The made-at-home meal of rib-eye steak, asparagus, tortilla soup, and salad was ultimately cheaper than the Outback version.

Is eating out cheaper than cooking at home?
Brett McBride worked on the shark lift with a female great white the ship’s crew named Betsy.

Researching the great white
Mike Preshman (left) and Matt Manger at work at Veracode, where employees set their own vacations.

Unlimited vacation? No thanks, some say
Harold Brown is 88, and he is still doing real estate deals. He is one of the region's biggest landlords with $1.4 billion in his portfolio.

Shirley Leung

Buy or sell? The guru is stumped
Steve E. Abraira resigned in June amid public criticism by his deputy fire chiefs.

Chief was on path of most resistance
State administration officials said Tuesday that some of the thousands of cases tied to Annie Dookhan were resolved without convictions.

Tally climbs in drug lab scandal
Rob Consalvo’s ad focuses on his work on gun violence and foreclosure prevention.

Ad war heats up in mayoral race

Sports

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Will Middlebrooks had a high-five for Stephen Drew after Drew hit a three-run homer in the seventh inning.

Red Sox belt Giants, take two of three in series

Will Middlebrooks and Stephen Drew homered to back eight sharp innings by pitcher Felix Doubront.

Metro

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Boston firefighters battled a five-alarm fire on West Broadway Street in South Boston.

Fire rips through S. Boston church

The roof partially collapsed as firefighters fought the five-alarm blaze; officials are investigating the cause.

Columnists

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A foolish attempt to purge Howard Zinn

Tech Lab

Google’s new phone underwhelms

yvonne abraham

Everybody figured wrong
The Red Sox will get a look at impressive Dodgers rookie Yasiel Puig this week. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Picked-up pieces from San Francisco

Adrian Walker

Remy case needs independent review
Ryan Dempster drew a 5-game suspension from MLB for hitting Alex Rodriguez with a pitch on Sunday.

Dan Shaughnessy

Ryan Dempster deserved to be suspended

JEFF JACOBY

How to fix presidential debates

Beverly Beckham

I was the sun, the kids my planets
President Calvin Coolidge fished at the home of a friend in Simsburyg, Conn.

SCOT LEHIGH

New England, presidential vacationland
Harold Brown is 88, and he is still doing real estate deals. He is one of the region's biggest landlords with $1.4 billion in his portfolio.

Shirley Leung

Buy or sell? The guru is stumped
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

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Bring back ‘happy hour’

Nation & World

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Children, affected by what activists say was a gas attack, breathed through oxygen masks in a Damascus suburb.

Poison gas is blamed for Syrian deaths

Scores of people died in what the Syrian opposition said was a chemical attack by the government.

Politics

New Nixon tapes reveal calls of friends

Audio tapes released Wednesday show that people including Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and Billy Graham called to support Nixon as Watergate was heating up.

Business

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Carl Icahn (above) holds a 16 percent stake in Nuance.

Nuance plan could fend off Carl Icahn

Nuance Communications has deployed a new line of defense that could block the investor from strengthening his control over the company.

Arts

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“The Beauty Queen of Leenane” at Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre.

The week ahead: Theater, galleries, and museums

A guide to area performances and exhibits, including “The Beauty Queen of Leenane” at Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre.

Food & dining

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At Dinette in Seattle, Melissa Nyffeler, chef and owner, serves simple foods.

Monthly supper club led to an inviting Seattle eatery

Dinette on Capitol Hill has an enchanting ambience, where you can sip rosemary cocktails by candlelight.

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Sharks Inc.
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Daniel Nava, the long shot
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The lake house
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Walter Willett’s food fight

Ideas

“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