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Suspect called R.I. police month before rampage

Suspected Washington Navy Yard gunman Aaron Alexis called Newport, R.I., police Aug. 7 to complain that voices were harassing him through the walls of his hotel room.

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The victims of the rampage that killed 12 included a number of employees who had long careers at the Navy Yard.

Geoffrey Portway allegedly asked a Kansas man to kidnap a child so he could kill and eat the child in a sound-proof dungeon.

Worcester man in dungeon case gets 27 years in prison

Geoffrey Portway plotted to kidnap and eat a child in a sound-proof basement dungeon.

The new development, as seen in this rendering from a vantage point of Herald and Traveler streets, will be an eight-story building containing 83 condominiums.

ELKUS MANFREDI ARCHITECTS

83 condos planned for former Herald property

The project had previously only included rental units, but improvements in the housing market persuaded the developer to switch some of the units to condos.

Glen James, a homeless Boston man, found a backpack full of about $40,000 in cash and traveler’s checks and turned it over to police.

Donations pour in for homeless man who returned cash

A fund-raising website set up for good Samaritan Glen James has raised more than $20,000 in less than 24 hours.

A model wore a wedding dress that featured an antler-like headband holding up the veil, in Paris in July.

Opinion | Farah Stockman

How did weddings get so expensive?

Throughout the 1800s, the vast majority of Americans married at home wearing everyday clothes. Then the Wedding Industrial Complex kicked in.

Post-Olympics, Aly Raisman kept busy by “Dancing with the Stars.”

Aly Raisman steps back into gymnastics training

The Needham native and gold medalist is starting on the road to the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro while taking college classes at Babson.

Opinion

TOM KEANE

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Because students and job seekers are focused on success, they will always be tempted to cheat on an exam or pad their resume.

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