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Bulger should forfeit $25m, prosecutors argue

Prosecutors said evidence showed that “Whitey” Bulger raked in millions from shaking down drug dealers, businessmen, and one of his murder victims.

Red Sox, city reach $7.3m deal on street rights

The team, which previously leased rights for the use of Yawkey Way and Lansdowne Street for $183,000 a year, will buy the rights and pay the city over 10 years.

The BlackBerry, pioneered in 1999, was the dominant smartphone for on-the-go business people and other customers before Apple debuted the iPhone in 2007.

BlackBerry to lay off 4,500 workers

The company reported a nearly $1 billion second-quarter loss and plans to lay off 40 percent of its workforce.

State designates two Boston schools as underperforming with MCAS release

Education officials released the MCAS results for individual schools and districts today, a popular barometer of school achievement.

A new mural will be unveiled Friday at Dewey Square Park on the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway.

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New Greenway mural unveiled by ICA

The controversial mural by the Brazilian artists Os Gemeos is gone, and its replacement was unveiled today by the Institute of Contemporary Art.

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (center) spoke after the House passed a bill that would prevent a government shutdown while defunding President Obama’s health care law.

House vote sets up showdown with Senate

After the vote to defund the health care law, the Senate is expected to restore funding in its own bill before sending it back to the House as the clock ticks toward a shutdown.

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The state’s top higher education official said reading about the Westfield State University president’s lavish spending was “one of the worst moments” in his 40-year career.

Exclusive Sunday Preview | Ideas

How Boston is wooing Chinese tourists

Check out our blue skies! Boston’s pitch to a new stream of visitors spotlights some unexpected city virtues.

Opinion

JOAN WICKERSHAM

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/09/20/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/joanWickersham_150px-2414.png The literature of bullying

There’s no category known as “the bullying story,” and yet bullying is one of the great subjects of literature.

Globe exclusives

exclusive Sunday Magazine preview

Do we still trust Bill Belichick?

Photo gallery

Globe photos of the week, Sept. 20, 2013
Brothers Chip and Micheal Flaherty head the Burlington-based company Walden Media.

Brothers try to restore a family habit
For much of this year, Leiha Macauley had this sign outside her office door.

Shirley Leung

I am woman, hear me pump
Sixty-six names were added to the Garden of Peace memorial on Beacon Hill on Thursday.

Hundreds watch as new names added to Garden of Peace

What $17 billion can buy you
Charlotte Golar Richie has worked for Mayor Menino and Governor Patrick.

LAWRENCE HARMON

A clumsy effort from Golar Richie
While the Red Sox are happy to make the playoffs, the celebration Thursday was subdued.

on baseball

Red Sox holding off on big celebration
Jody Steel is a doodler. And her work, done almost exclusively while listening in class at Emerson College, has included such performers as, from top, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Thom Yorke, and Bryan Cranston.

An artful twist on legwork
Pope Francis waved as he arrived for his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square Thursday.

Pope Francis calls on church to change focus
A Westfield State University spokeswoman said the school is getting a return on its investment on the expenditures.

Westfield State spending gets closer look
“Asa’s Palace” (above) and “The Pariah Way” had been rolled up in Jack Whitten’s studio for 40 years.

Art Review

Unfurling and saluting a legacy

Boston mayoral race

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The mayoral campaign

Campaign signs competed for attention on a fence along Dorchester Avenue on Thursday.

What are the candidates’ signs really saying?

A font choice can suggest decisiveness, warmth, or a new direction. Color selection hints at which candidate might play it safe and who is a rebel.

Sports

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Tom Brady yelled out to Kenbrell Thompkins, left, and Josh Boyce during Wednesday’s practice.

Patriots have been subpar in red zone

Though it’s early, the Patriots find themselves in unfamiliar territory when it comes to their performance inside the opponents’ 20-yard line.

Metro

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Police, fire, and emergency personnel responded to an explosion at an apartment building in Hyde Park on Friday.

Man loses hands in Hyde Park explosion

A man was severely injured this morning when chemicals he was mixing at an apartment building exploded, police said.

Columnists

SCOT LEHIGH

Push harder for gun-law changes

Kevin Cullen

New book honors Jewish baseball players
Tommy Kelly has been a positive addition for the Patriots’ defense.

Christopher L. Gasper

No denying Pats’ D has improved

Tech Lab

It’s easier to share files between phones

JOAN WICKERSHAM

The literature of bullying
artha Coakley and Charlie Baker.

Yvonne Abraham

A second act for Charlie Coakley

JOAN VENNOCHI

Boston soars, but only for some developers

EDWARD L. GLAESER

Boston needs a chief entrepreneurship officer

JEFF JACOBY

Wellesley faculty back Chinese dissident
At 45 Province in downtown Boston, residents enjoy the use of a rooftop pool; the units offer 85 different layouts.

Shirley Leung

A house hunting trip like no other
Josh Redmond will be sworn in after he graduates from the police academy in November.

Kevin Cullen

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

Opinion | Farah Stockman

We’re nuts over nuptials

Nation & World

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A day after he was quoted as lamenting the church’s obsession with ‘‘small-minded rules,’’ Pope Francis issued a strong anti-abortion message.

After decrying church’s focus on rules, pope blasts abortion

A day after he was quoted as lamenting the church’s obsession with ‘‘small-minded rules,’’ Pope Francis issued a strong anti-abortion message.

Business

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The exterior of the Boston Design Center building, where MassChallenge will move, is shown in this rendering.

MassChallenge to remain in Innovation District

One of the key promoters of the start-up culture in Boston has a new home in the neighborhood that it helped transform.

Arts

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Stage Review

Erica Spyres and James (Joey) Caverly in SpeakEasy Stage Company’s “Tribes.”

Absorbing ‘Tribes’ speaks volumes about failures to communicate

Actor James Caverly is first-rate in Nina Raine’s play, now receiving its New England premiere.

Movies

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Movie Review

A scene from Benson Lee’s “Battle of the Year.”

A hiphop ‘Battle’ with a ragtag team

It’s one thing for the French to beat us at speed-typing in “Populaire” – but hip-hop?

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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Magazine

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Beauty of the bottle
The cover for the September 8 2013 issue

Jefferson slept here
The cover for the August 25 2013 issue

Little folk
The cover for the August 18 2013 issue

Sharks Inc.

Ideas

“If we call something war, the instinct is that the military should really be in charge……But if you say it’s not actually military conflict, it’s not war in any sensible way, then you raise questions about whether the Department of Defense should really be responsible for this.”

Thomas Rid,  on cyberwar