Shirley Leung

Rail link coming to fast-growing Seaport
Little-used Track 61, near the Convention Center in the Seaport District, which would get a train station. The trains that will be used for Back Bay-Seaport service are an updated version of Budd cars used in the 1950s and 1960s. They are self-propelled and cost far less than train sets that require a separate locomotive.

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The state plans to launch an innovative train service on a dormant rail line between the Seaport District and the Back Bay in just two years.

Daniel F. Conley (left) stopped to chat with Bud Damato and Billy Devine in their 1951 Pontiac while campaigning in West Roxbury last week.

The mayoral race: the candidates

Daniel Conley a somber prosecutor, affable candidate

Conley, the 55-year-old Suffolk district attorney, often presides over grim press conferences, but friends say he has a quick, self-deprecating wit.

Black leaders split on mayoral race strategy

Boston’s black community is divided: Some support whittling down the field of candidates of color to unite behind one, and others staunchly oppose the effort.

State Senator Linda Dorcena-Forry appears to be in line to take over hosting duties at the St. Patrick’s Day breakfast in South Boston.

Southie St. Patrick’s Day breakfast slugfest begins early

The idea that state Senator Linda Dorcena-Forry, a Haitian-American from Dorchester, is poised to take over as host is culturally and politically loaded.

Long term care insurance premiums on the rise

Sharp increases in rate requests means retirees may not be able to afford coverage for assisted living, nursing homes, and related health services.

Though off-field infractions may cause fans to raise their eyebrow, Bill Belichick and Tom Brady’s success has made fans gloss over them.

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Patriots’ popularity unharmed by rocky offseason

The team’s brand appears to be undented by transgressions that might doom another business. The Patriots might actually be more popular than ever.

Dan Shaughnessy

Red Sox-Yankees game had a bit of everything

Soriano ran the Yankees out of an inning, Cowboy Joe West blew a call, Mike Napoli and Shane Victorino got the big hits, and Uehara was perfect again.

5 patients at Cape hospital at risk for rare brain disease

After it was discovered that eight in N.H. may have been exposed to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, five more may be at risk.

Opinion

SCOT LEHIGH

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There’s a growing sense that inertia has set in, that the governor is bored with the job and just marking the days until his term is over.

Globe exclusives

President Vladimir Putin and President Obama had a businesslike greeting Thursday.

Obama arrives at summit amid tension
Vin Diesel as the title character in director David Twohy’s “Riddick.”

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Vin Diesel rides again as Riddick
Lynn and Dave Waller intend to open Graves Island to the public in some manner, possibly as an offshore inn.

Businessman bullish about lighthouse’s potential
The Architectural Digest cover.

names

Brady, Bundchen show Brentwood home

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Patriots schedule analysis
Joy Division (from left): Stephen Morris, Peter Hook, Ian Curtis, and Bernard Sumner.

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An encore for Peter Hook
Dave Chappelle performs at the Oddball Comedy and Curiosity Festival in Mansfield.

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Bring the noise? Chappelle would rather you didn’t
“Patti [Lupone] is so fierce. In her performances, she has a full-on, out-for-blood quality that I locked onto to distract me from the craziness at home,” said Ben Rimalower.

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First stage role has actor/writer exploring his ‘Issues’
Charlie Baker and his wife, Lauren, sat for an interview at their Swampscott home on Wednesday.

Baker rebuts Democratic charges on Big Dig
State Senator Daniel Wolf.

Wolf lines up prominent legal figures in ethics fight
A screen print from Andy Warhol’s “Flash — November 22, 1963” (1968).

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Artists on the Kennedy assassination
Mimmo Cuticchio (left) and Giuseppe Fiorello play an old-style fisherman and a new-style entrepreneur in “Terraferma.”

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Natural beauty grounds ‘Terraferma’

Boston mayoral race

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The mayoral race: the candidates

Daniel F. Conley (left) stopped to chat with Bud Damato and Billy Devine in their 1951 Pontiac while campaigning in West Roxbury last week.

Daniel Conley a somber prosecutor, affable candidate

Conley, the 55-year-old Suffolk district attorney, often presides over grim press conferences, but friends say he has a quick, self-deprecating wit.

Sports

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Red Sox 9, Yankees 8

Jacoby Ellsbury didn’t beat the throw home, but he slid in safely for the go-ahead run as the ball was short-hopped to catcher Austin Romine in the 10th.

Red Sox beat Yankees in 10 innings

Stephen Drew’s single in the ninth provided the momentum swing the team needed. The third-place Yankees now trail the Sox by nine games.

Metro

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John and Karen Odom will head back to California on Friday.

Marathon bombing victim John Odom returns home

John Odom today will do something he once thought might never happen: return home to California – the last of the Marathon bombing victims to do so.

Columnists

Derrick Z. Jackson

Don’t force out black candidates

JOAN WICKERSHAM

The hospital lap

Tech Lab

Selling your phone has gotten a lot easier
Mike Napoli and the Red Sox left Fenway Park on Wednesday with a six-game lead in the AL East.

Christopher L. Gasper

This Red Sox team won’t collapse

EDWARD L. GLAESER

To fight crime in Boston, be prepared to spend more
UN chemical weapons experts visited a hospital where wounded people affected by an apparent gas attack were being treated near Damascus on Aug. 26.

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Crossing the line
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

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

SCOT LEHIGH

Mayoral hopefuls on fire department reform

JOHN E. SUNUNU

Music dinosaurs pick a bad fight

Nation & World

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Mayor R.T. Rybak of Minneapolis displayed an ad during his visit to a Chicago neighborhood,

Mayor’s economic pitch: Come to Minn. for wedding

Mayor R.T. Rybak of Minneapolis told gays and lesbians in Chicago that they should consider holding their marriages in his city rather than continue waiting for Illinois to legalize them.

Business

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J.C. Penney may cut ties to Martha Stewart

The chain is reportedly dumping the Martha Stewart brand, after sales of the home maven’s goods failed to live up to expectations.

Arts

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A screen print from Andy Warhol’s “Flash — November 22, 1963” (1968).

Pop provided a perfect vehicle to explore JFK assassination

Andy Warhol’s screen prints form the Pop centerpiece of “Flash – November 22, 1963, ” a 50th-anniversary exhibit about John F. Kennedy’s assassination.

Movies

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Movie Review

Mimmo Cuticchio (left) and Giuseppe Fiorello play an old-style fisherman and a new-style entrepreneur in “Terraferma.”

Natural beauty grounds ‘Terraferma’

Italian director Emanuele Crialese’s picturesque morality tale takes too much on board for smooth sailing.

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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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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