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Despite UK vote, France pledges to back US in Syria

After Britain’s parliament rejected military action, France’s president reiterated the need for ‘‘proportional and firm action’’ in response to chemical attacks.

Irish poet Seamus Heaney, center, displayed his Nobel literature prize medal in 1995. With him are, from left, his son Michael, daughter Catherine, his wife Marie and son Christopher.

Seamus Heaney, Irish poet who taught at Harvard, dies at 74

Heaney, a Nobel Prize-winning poet who was associated with Harvard for more than 25 years, died Friday in Dublin.

Newton teacher faces child pornography charges

The teacher was arrested Thursday on charges of possessing and disseminating of child pornography.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/08/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/200_dobelle-11075.jpg Westfield State president calls review ‘defaming’

Evan Dobelle contends the review was illegal because the full board of trustees did not approve it in advance.

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Brittany Flannigan’s family mourned in private Thursday after the 19-year-old’s death at Boston’s House of Blues.

Tim Tebow and center Matt Stankiewitch took it to another level after the Patriots scored their final touchdown.

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on football

Was this Tim Tebow’s final NFL ride?

If Tebow doesn’t make the cut in Foxborough, it’s likely that his pro career is over, after three-plus years in the NFL.

“I did not know what the long-term repercussions were from multiple hits to the head. Don’t tell me I knew. I didn’t know,” former Patriots linebacker Ted Johnson said at a 2011 concussion conference at Boston Children’s Hospital.

Christopher L. Gasper

Concussion settlement a win for NFL owners

The players are getting their share of money in the deal, but as usual it’s not proportionate.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/08/16/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Jerry-Remy-0419-7224013.jpg Jerry Remy will not return to NESN this year

The Red Sox analyst has been out of the booth since his son, Jared, was charged with murder.

Mayor Thomas M. Menino spoke at a press conference in July announcing land gift from Gillette to Artists for Humanity to help expand the nonprofit's facility and increase job opportunities for teens.

Shirley Leung

Menino bet big on summer jobs

Jobs don’t just put cash in kids’ pockets; they’re also a social investment that keeps teenagers off the streets and out of trouble when school ends.

Opinion

opinion | leland cheung

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Though the candidates are vying only for the votes of Bostonians, their actions will impact citizens beyond the city’s boundaries.

Globe exclusives

Former lieutenant governor Timothy P. Murray.

McLaughlin indicted, Murray to settle charges
Restaurant owner Russell Ireland has apologized for not knowing that the dog was a service animal, yet many in Oxford are pressing for a lesson to be learned.

Controversy over booting veteran’s dog splits Oxford
Brie Larson plays the general manager of a residential facility and Keith Stanfield is a resident who is about to turn 18 and unhappy about leaving.

Movie Review

‘Short Term 12’ set in facility for troubled teens
Tiger Woods hung out with Patriots owner Robert Kraft prior to Thursday night’s game at Gillette Stadium.

Deutsche Bank Championship

Tiger Woods feels no back pain
Robel Phillipos

Third college friend of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev indicted
Protesters gathered on the Boston Common as part of a nationwide strike for increased wages for fast-food workers.

Mayoral candidates pledge living wages
A Sovereign Bank at Logan Airport.

Bank provides college ID that doubles as ATM card
“Omphalos” by Dimitri Hadzi.

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Crumbling hopes for Harvard Square sculpture
Taylor and Isaac Hanson at the brewery. Hanson’s beer is called Mmmhops,

interactive quiz

If Hanson can brew beer, what can other acts make?
Peter Chiarelli

Bruins extend Peter Chiarelli’s contract
Tony Leung plays legendary kung fu teacher Ip Man in Wong Kar-wai’s “The Grandmaster.”

exclusive friday preview | Movie Review

Much to love in ‘The Grandmaster’
Contracts with morning hosts John Dennis (left) and Gerry Callahan expire next year; they have their share of critics.

Ex-powerhouse WEEI flounders

Sports

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David Ortiz flipped his helmet after hitting a fly ball to left field in the third inning.

David Ortiz’s slump lingers in Red Sox loss

Ortiz is now 0-for-his-last-22 as the Red Sox came up short in the series finale against the Orioles.

Metro

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Oil spill in New Bedford

Diesel fuel spilled into New Bedford harbor

The spill coated the nation’s leading fishing port with a red-tinged sheen and sparked a large effort to keep the damage from spreading.

Columnists

SCOT LEHIGH

What crackdown on loud bikes?

CARLO ROTELLA

First day of 41st grade
A mural at the former Bartlett Bus Yard on Washington Street in Roxbury.

Yvonne Abraham

Let’s open the door to the arts

JOAN VENNOCHI

All-black mayoral debate is short-sighted

alex beam

How Dre, Z, Nas, 9th Wonder spent their summers

Adrian Walker

Questioning the process
Brian Roberts and the Orioles lost 13-2 in the opener of a three-game series at Fenway Park on Tuesday.

Dan Shaughnessy

Orioles loom as Red Sox stumbling block

Shirley Leung

A contender who’d write a new chapter
A burnt and destroyed Evangelical Church south of Cairo was in ruins earlier this month.

Jeff Jacoby

Yesterday’s atrocities are happening again

JAMES CARROLL

US nuclear weapons poised for catastrophe

Yvonne Abraham

Ivy League's achievement gap
Red Sox players congratulated Jarrod Saltalamacchia after his home run on Sunday.

Dan Shaughnessy

LA treated the Red Sox well

Nation & World

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Police Chief Mark Kessler (center) with members of his Constitutional Security Force.

Police chief in Pa. won’t back down on guns

Police Chief Mark Kessler expects to be fired for posting videos in which he ranted about the Second Amendment and liberals while spraying machine-gun fire with borough-owned weapons.

Boston mayoral race

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In the “Ask Mike” feature on the website of mayoral candidate Michael Ross, voters can pose any question to the candidate via his website, e-mail, or social media accounts, and Ross will answer in the form of a short video.

Got a question for Mike Ross? He’ll answer in a video

On Thursday, City Councilor Michael P. Ross rolled out the first 11 videos of his “Ask Mike” feature, in which voters can pose any question to the candidate.

Business

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Several fast food restaurants were picketed on American Legion Highway in Roslindale Thursday in a push for better wages.

Boston fast food workers strike for higher wages

Thousands of fast food workers were joined by sympathizers at rallies in some 50 US cities, the biggest effort to bring the wages of behind-the-counter employees up to $15 an hour.

Arts

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Classical Notes

Jeffrey Means directs Sound Icon.

A rich season of contemporary music beckons

Boston’s contemporary music offerings may be discrete, but they add up to an uncommonly substantial selection of works.

Movies

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MOVIE REVIEW

Selena Gomez and Ethan Hawke — and a custom Ford Shelby GT500 Super Snake — costar in “Getaway.”

‘Getaway’ moves fast, but has no place to go

The relentlessly paced movie, with Ethan Hawke and Selena Gomez, shoots to be like “Speed” but turns out to be as repetitive as watching a NASCAR highlight.

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As summer comes to an end, we take a look at a summer retreat visited by both the philosophers and the frolicker.

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Sharks Inc.
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Daniel Nava, the long shot
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Ideas

“Our preference for beautiful people means that when we select employees, teachers, protégés, and even friends, we may not be making the best choice. The question is whether social researchers can find a way to help us level the field.”

Ruth Graham,  on the beauty bias