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US, world’s credibility at stake, Obama says

Speaking in Stockholm, President Obama said a military response will not resolve the civil war in Syria, but is needed to send a clear message.

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Charles Baker, who lost the 2010 gubernatorial race to Deval Patrick, said he wants to provide “bipartisan leadership focused on growing our economy.”

Boston-area team to study DNA sequencing in newborns

The research is part of a major federal effort to learn more about possible benefits and harms of finding out such information.

Lawyer releases new list of alleged church abusers

The names of the five priests, one nun, and a choir director were released as alleged abusers Wednesday.

“The Safety Bounce” video was taped inside MBTA stations.

MBTA

MBTA safety video urges riders to ‘Safety Bounce’

Officials hope the three-minute hip-hop video will teach children headed back to school the perfunctory elements of safe, courteous train travel.

Mike Ross often asks voters how he can help them — today.

THE MAYORAL RACE: THE CANDIDATES

Call of equality came early for Mike Ross

The Boston mayoral candidate isn’t just asking voters how he can help them when he is elected. He’s asking how he can help them now.

Adrian Walker

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As the race nears the Sept. 24 preliminary, a key question for many candidates is who, exactly, will go to the polls.

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In the wake of Tuesday’s sale of Yankee Candle for $1.75 billion, one thing is clear: There are a lot of scented-candle lovers out there.

Opinion

farah stockman

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Is death really better when one is getting blown to smithereens by a cluster bomb, rather than suffocating from sarin?

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Athenahealth envisions new office space, walking and bike paths to the Charles River, and an Arsenal museum.

Athenahealth to unveil project plans
Turkey chimichangas.

Food they’ll love to eat
Levon Helm as seen in director Jacob Hatley’s “Ain’t in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm.”

Movie Review

Film offers a look back at Levon Helm
Left: “Omakase” means “I leave it up to you’’ and the Cafe Sushi chef served this tasting menu of flying fish, miso-marinated local sea bass, local fluke, smoked salmon, and salmon roe with pickled local corn. Right: seared avocado with truffle oil, salt, and lemon juice.

Cafe Sushi masters the art of raw fish

The Rifleman burger is a peppered patty with provolone and sauteed mushrooms and onions.

Cheap Eats

Retro Burger sets up shop in Arlington
Boston school officials are hoping more students will eat the school lunches now that cost is not a barrier.

Without paperwork, school lunch served free
The Royall House (above left) and Slave Quarters (rear) in Medford, was built by Isaac Royall, a trader in rum, sugar, and slaves.

G cover

One house, two histories
Idris Elba returns for a third season of BBC America’s “Luther.”

Television Review

‘Luther’ is back on the beat
Stephanie Prashard answered the phone at the constituent service hot line at City Hall in Boston.

Line for problems draws big following
“Craft has gotten lost in this country. . . . You have to figure out how to maintain your craft,’’ said Patti LuPone during her first Saturday performance at the Art House in Provincetown.

Stage Review

Patti LuPone, indelible in story and song
Many customers, like this one at the South Deerfield store, can’t resist the scent of Yankee Candles.

It’s in the olfactory of the beholder

Sports

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Jon Lester, who struck out nine, was at his fist-pumping best after Torii Hunter grounded out to end the seventh.

Red Sox pin 2nd loss on Tigers’ Max Scherzer

Red Sox starter Jon Lester and four relievers beat the Detroit ace, who was seeking his 20th win.

Metro

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Galileo Mondol pleaded not guilty at his arraignment.

Somerville athletes alleged to use broomstick in assault

Unsettling new details about an alleged sexual assault by Somerville High School students emerged at an arraignment Tuesday.

Columnists

This week, EMC’s Paul Dacier becomes the first general counsel to head up the Boston Bar Association in its 252-year history.

Shirley Leung

Legal talent growing, in-house

SCOT LEHIGH

Mayoral hopefuls on fire department reform

JEFF JACOBY

Where does compassion come from?
Henrik Stenson and his son, Karl, know who’s No. 1 following his triumph at TPC Boston.

Dan Shaughnessy

Henrik Stenson a worthy champion

Adrian Walker

The voter wild card

JOHN E. SUNUNU

Music dinosaurs pick a bad fight
UN chemical weapons experts visited a hospital where wounded people affected by an apparent gas attack were being treated near Damascus on Aug. 26.

farah stockman

Crossing the line
Sergio Garcia hits out of a trap on the 14th hole during the third round.

Christopher L. Gasper

Garcia letting his play do the talking

Adrian Walker

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

JOAN VENNOCHI

The Dan Wolf exemption

JEFF JACOBY

Privatizing Logan fixes ethics problem
(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

Nation & World

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Ariel Castro had been sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole.

Ohio captor who held 3 for years kills self

Ariel Castro, who held three women captive in his home for nearly a decade, was found hanging in his cell.

Boston mayoral race

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Bill Walczak said as mayor of Boston he would look into cuts to the Fire Department’s staffing.

Bill Walczak calls for closing Boston firehouses

Walczak said as mayor of Boston he would look into cuts to the Fire Department’s staffing.

Business

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Logan International Airport serves about 30 million passengers a year on 2,400 acres.

With signs, color-coding, Logan sorts out arrivals areas

Logan will relocate its bus, taxi, and passenger pickup areas in a $4 million project aimed at accommodating the rise in transit options.

Arts

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Galleries

Ilya Schor’s “Angel.”

Abstract works from husband and wife

Ilya and Resia Schor's sculptures are the subject of “Abstract Marriage” in Provincetown.

Food & dining

Cookbook Review

Dietitian, blogger, and mother of three daughters Katie Sullivan Morford ties her first cookbook to school lunches.

‘Best Lunch Box Ever’: A practical approach to lunch

Dietitian, blogger, and mother of three daughters Katie Sullivan Morford ties her first cookbook to school lunches.

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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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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