President Obama seeks Congress’s OK on Syria

The surprise announcement effectively delayed any US military operation in Syria until after the summer recess, which ends on Sept. 9.

Yvonne Abraham

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Ask the current mayoral candidates to pick their favorite mayors, and you get some pretty revealing answers.

This fall, Boston’s momentum will face a significant test as the city elects its first new mayor in a generation.

Turns out, Boston really is the hub, new survey finds

Greater Boston residents see the city as a resurgent urban center that suburbanites visit more frequently than a decade ago, according to a new poll.

Nuclear power plays a diminishing role in mix

Analysts expect more nuclear plants to shut down, unable to compete economically with natural gas and, increasingly, renewable sources.

Across New England, areas like the Swift River Valley (above, left, in the 1880s and in 2010) in Petersham have seen their forests, once cut down and cleared for farmland, replenished in the 21st century.

HARVARD UNIVERSITY (LEFT); DAVID FOSTER

New England sees a return of forests, wildlife

A wilderness comeback is underway across New England, one that has happened so incrementally that it’s easy to miss.

Derek Nally’s sisters Cathy Brennan, Susan Giugno, and Cheryl Wolfe want answers in his death. Arbour staff waited to try to revive him, officials say.

Staff failures cited in deaths at Arbour psychiatric centers

Three questionable deaths within 18 months in the Arbour Health System involved staff failures identified by state or federal health regulators.

Foxwoods offers Milford bigger project, more cash

The expanded casino resort proposal is Foxwoods’ attempt to stay competitive with rival projects in Boston and Everett.

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As a result of the supply-and-demand imbalance in Mass., most signs suggest the competition among buyers will only intensify this fall.

Opinion

TOM KEANE

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The economy that gave unions their birth has changed dramatically, and a once-vital movement now seems obsolete.

Globe exclusives

Jhonny Peralta

Sunday Baseball Notes

Bringing back players tied to Biogenesis
“Expectations are there for sure, and these are all things Lyndon was feeling in the White House.” said Bryan Cranston.

Breaking presidential
Patriots fullback James Develin

Sunday Football Notes

Cuts can really hurt NFL players
Sarah Alcorn got her start as a private detective by working for a private investigator for three years.

On the Job

Sleuth’s job is to flush out details
Aubrey Plaza in “The To-Do List.”

critic’s notebook

All hail the women of summer

ILLUSTRATION/OLIVIER LATyK

Travel

Bad trips

Album review

Album review: Volodos Plays Mompou
Guests enjoyed the view — and drinks — at the Atlantic Fish and Chophouse.

Tastes of Summer

On the Vineyard, a final sip of summer
Bill Schawbel showed off two of his ThermaCELL products, which radiate bug repellant.

This man really loves mosquitoes
“Regardless of what happens in kids’ lives, a carousel is always going to be exciting to them,” says Amalie Kass of why she supported a carousel for the Rose Kennedy Greenway.

Greenway carousel is ‘high point’ of donor’s life
The Digital Den in Cambridge, now just a storage room, may one day be a computer museum.

Passion to preserve the digital past
A CVS receipt was wrapped around a woman’s waist.

Long CVS receipts spark social media sensation

Sports

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Red Sox 7, White Sox 2

Jake Peavy delivers a pitch in the first inning against the White Sox. Peavy went seven strong innings for the win.

Jake Peavy takes charge against White Sox

The Red Sox pitcher threw seven strong innings against his former team that lifted the Red Sox to a 7-2 victory.

Metro

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James Brunger helped his daughter, Stella, off the newly opened Rose F. Kennedy Greenway Carousel.

Riders take Greenway carousel for its first spin

The carousel, designed and built over three years by Newburyport sculptor Jeff Briggs, opened for business on Saturday.

Columnists

State Senator Dan Wolf holds 23 percent interest in Cape Air.

JOAN VENNOCHI

The Dan Wolf exemption

JEFF JACOBY

Privatizing Logan fixes ethics problem
Tiger Woods drove his way to a 4-under-par 67 and a tie for 20th.

Dan Shaughnessy

Tiger Woods in Boston spotlight
Brightleaf vice president Jeff Turner (left) and CEO Dan Gaffney. The firm’s goal is to help lawyers streamline the document production.

Innovation economy

Start-ups take on lawyers
(From left to right) Ray Flynn; Martin O’Malley; Héctor Luis Acevedo; Michael Nutter; Kim Driscoll; Ed Rendell; Kevin White; Amram Mitzna; and Tom Menino.

Yvonne Abraham

Would-be mayors’ mayors

Bob Ryan

No shortage of topics to discuss
Charlotte Rose Kelly died at age 5. The new park was built in her memory.

Beverly Beckham

A gift in memory of a child, and a sign

Phil Mickelson was in deep trouble on No. 9, his final hole, but he hacked out and made a nice bogey save.

Christopher L. Gasper

Phil Mickelson a cut above at Deutsche Bank Championship
Seamus Heaney taught for 20 years at Harvard.

Kevin Cullen

Life of engagement, wondrous words

CARLO ROTELLA

First day of 41st grade

derrick z. jackson

Making Boston top in cycling commutes
Motorcycles outside the State House during a “legislative lobby day” by the Massachusetts Motorcycle Association in 2012.

SCOT LEHIGH

What crackdown on loud bikes?

Nation & World

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Nelson Mandela had been hospitalized since June 8 for what the government has described as a recurring lung infection.

Nelson Mandela discharged from hospital

Mandela’s Johannesburg home has been set up to provide intensive care, South Africa’s president said.

Boston mayoral race

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Mayor Menino made it clear that he never thought of living anywhere else in the country.

Mayor Menino reflects on 20 years in office

Thomas Menino spoke with The New York Times Magazine about the city he’s helped lead for the past 20 years.

Business

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Product Review

Cut your car insurance premium, not coverage

Here are ways to get the best value while maintaining the coverage you need.

Arts

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buzzsaw

From left: Tatiana Maslany in “Orphan Black,” Travis Fimmel in “Vikings,” Elisabeth Moss and David Wenham in “Top of the Lake.”

Great TV finds more outlets

The range of places where you can find meaningful TV series is growing a lot less finite by the month.

Travel

A vendor and his wares in the food court of a Tokyo department store.

Hidden restaurants of Tokyo

Tokyo has more Michelin-starred restaurants than any other city, but the food scene can be difficult to navigate.

Books

Book review

‘The Woman Who Lost Her Soul’ by Bob Shacochis

The novel is a bizarre journey through the global drama of the half-century leading up to the 9/11 attacks.

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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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Magazine

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Little folk
The cover for the August 18 2013 issue

Sharks Inc.
The cover for the August 11 2013 issue

Daniel Nava, the long shot
The cover for the August 4 2013 issue

The lake house

Ideas

“Cities have become the main source of fresh thinking about how to solve the world’s problems — and mayors, more than their higher-ranking counterparts in public life, are the ones setting the course.”

Leon Neyfakh,  on the rise of mayors as a powerful political force