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Kerry, Assad trade warnings over potential US strike

Secretary of State John Kerry told Syrian President Bashar Assad to turn over his chemical weapons to avoid an attack, while Assad said the US should “expect every action” if they strike.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Moscow will push Syria to place its chemical weapons under international control.

Russia to push Syria to surrender chemical weapons

The Russian foreign minister said Moscow will push Syria to place its chemical weapons under international control.

Menino pushes plan to boost housing

The mayor’s goal to build 30,000 homes could significantly alter the housing landscape.

Hugo Van Vuuren (second from left) with Harvard’s Martin Camacho, Patrick Coats, and Brandon Liu.

Harvard makes space for venture capitalist

The university appears to be the first to officially collaborate with an investment firm to help students explore starting businesses before graduation.

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Brady showed Sunday he is human spackle for the Patriots, the ultimate coverall to mask deficiencies and unsightly appearances.

Buffalo’s Kyle Williams sacked Tom Brady in the fourth quarter.

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Patriots offense could struggle for awhile

Sunday’s game was also a sobering reality for the Patriots. The team has some talent on offense, but they’re currently lacking in players Tom Brady can trust.

Bill Walczak (left) met with bicycle advocate Galen Mook and others before riding with the group to Allston. Walczak says he wants to be mayor “because I really love Boston and I know what the potential is.”

The mayoral race: the candidates

Bill Walczak is no stranger to challenges

Walczak, who helped revive Dorchester’s Codman Square, is making the case that he is the only candidate in the race bold enough to lead Boston forward.

Will Middlebrooks, right, was greeted by teammate Mike Napoli after hitting a home run in the ninth inning Sunday.

Dan Shaughnessy

Red Sox only focused on October now

The Red Sox are going to win the AL East, so they can focus on the big picture -- like getting their players healthy for the playoffs.

Opinion

Jennifer Graham

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When Thomas Edison coaxed a carbonized cotton thread to burn for 14 hours in October of 1879, he lit the world — and murdered sleep.

Globe exclusives

The Create the Vote Boston 2013 coalition plans to question the candidates for mayor of Boston during a Monday night forum at the Paramount Theatre.

Arts community gets mayoral hopefuls’ attention

Adrian Walker

What matters in Southie

Should we eat meat?
Stephen Gostkowski kicked a 35-yard field goal with 5 seconds to play to give the Patriots a 23-21 victory over the Bills Sunday.

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Patriots start season with shaky win
Lucy Twombly, 10, (left) shared an apple with her friend Jane Reilly, 10, at Russell Orchards in Ipswich.

Time is ripe for picking apples
Homegrown group Passion Pit performed on the final night of Boston Calling.

review

Boston Calling rocks again

Fall Book Preview

Fall brings a burst of hot new titles
John Burbine, 49, is awaiting trial on charges that he videotaped himself sexually abusing 13 children in his wife’s unlicensed day-care business between 2010 and 2012. He is also charged in a Saugus case.

Safeguards failed, so evil got another chance
Dee Morell, an X-ray technician from New Jersey, has been unable to work since November. She developed an infection after getting a tainted shot in her left hip for arthritis.

Pain, questions linger, a year after meningitis outbreak
The Rev. Sean Connor spoke with parents at Sacred Heart Elementary inWeymouth on the first day of school.

Priest offered comfort in family’s darkest days
Josh Groban has sold 25 million albums in his classical crossover career.

pop music

Josh Groban all he’s cracked up to be

Globe Magazine | Fall Travel

Top 5 travel mistakes

Fall Arts Preview

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2013 Fall Arts Preview

As the weather cools, the season heats up. Here’s your guide to the best in theater, dance, art, music, and more.

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Daniel F. Conley wants a citywide vote on the Suffolk Downs casino proposal and says city councilors should be holding community meetings across the city.

Daniel Conley pushes for citywide hearings on casino

The Boston mayoral candidate also doubled-down on his calls for a citywide vote on the proposed East Boston facility.

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Ortiz is hitting .312 with 26 homers and 90 RBIs and a .958 OPS in 121 games, missing almost three weeks at the start of the season.

David Ortiz belongs in AL MVP race

The Red Sox don’t seem to have a prime contender for the award, but Ortiz deserves consideration for powering the Boston offense.

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Daniel Tavares Jr. pleaded not guilty to charges that he murdered Gayle Botelho 25 years ago and then buried her body in his Fall River backyard.

Convicted killer denies murdering woman in 1988

Daniel Tavares Jr. pleaded not guilty to charges that he murdered Gayle Botelho 25 years ago and then buried her body in his Fall River backyard.

Columnists

JAMES CARROLL

The strength not to react with force
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin E. Dempsey, left, and Secretary of State John Kerry waited while Senator Ed Markey and Teresa Heinz Kerry greeted each other on Capitol Hill Tuesday.

JOAN VENNOCHI

Senator Courageous? Not Markey

Innovation Economy

Signs of a nightmare job

Dan Shaughnessy

Ellsbury situation a buzzkill
A sign depicting Wucko, the mascot of the 1984 Winter Olympics, hangs in disrepair on a Sarajevo building. The destroyed sign is one of the few remaining symbols of the Winter Games held there.

RENÉE LOTH

Boston’s Olympic-sized headache
A Syrian girl received treatment at a makeshift hospital in Damascus on Aug. 21. Hundreds of people flooded into hospitals that day; reports said more than 1,400 people, including hundreds of children, were killed in the alleged chemical attack.

NICHOLAS BURNS

Response is fundamental to a world of civility

Dan Shaughnessy

Red Sox in a much better place

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

Nation & World

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Benjamin Jealous is credited with improving the NAACP’s donor base.

NAACP president plans to step down

Benjamin Jealous said he plans to pursue teaching at a university and wants to spend time with his young family.

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Helping students crack computer science code

Beaver Country Day School in Chestnut Hill is teaching computer coding — a marketable skill, and one that tech companies want taught everywhere.

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Arsenio Hall is ready to get back in the game with a new late night show premiering Monday.

Arsenio Hall begins new late night show

The stand-up comic and actor enjoyed six successful years before calling it quits to spend time working on a family.

Globe Insiders

Insider Event | Sept. 25

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Attend a book signing and presentation by Qais Akbar Omar, author of the internationally acclaimed memoir.

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Jefferson slept here
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Little folk
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Sharks Inc.
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Daniel Nava, the long shot

Ideas

“In 1975, there were 417 fires in Boston. Last year, there were 40. This is part of a nationwide trend, one that has begun to attract the attention of experts who say the country is overdue for a rethinking of just what fire departments are for.”

Leon Neyfakh,  on the changing role of firefighters