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Harvard launches record $6.5b capital campaign

The university plans to use the money to expand the campus in Allston, enhance engineering programs, and renovate aging undergraduate houses.

Women carrying children ran for safety as armed police hunted gunmen who attacked Westgate shopping center in Nairobi.

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Islamic extremist group claims responsibility in Kenya mall attack

The country’s president said at least 39 people were killed, including members of his family, and hostages remained inside the mall as night fell.

For his directorial feature debut, “Don Jon,” Joseph Gordon-Levitt opted to address pornography addiction.

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‘Don Jon’ satisfies Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s urge to take risks

The movie addressing pornography addiction, the latest from Gordon-Levitt, is yet another example of the star pushing boundaries.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/09/20/BostonGlobe.com/Travel/Images/AerialViewhighres[1].jpg In Newport, R.I., echoes of an eccentric heiress

Twenty years after Doris Duke’s death, it is not the material marvels that make visiting Rough Point so memorable, it’s the colorful stories that haunt every room.

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A shift to neutral for first games of the World Series

Agent Scott Boras has called for having the first and/or second game of the World Series take place in a neutral setting.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/09/18/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/ATW2BryanCranston.jpg Bryan Cranston delivers LBJ’s outsize presence in ‘All the Way’

Cranston will understand it’s a compliment to say the charisma on display is Lyndon Baines Johnson’s, not his.

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Derrick Z. Jackson

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/09/21/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Derrick_Z_Jackson_150px-2438.jpg Boston’s voters must look for vision

For the leap into greatness, the city now needs an urban weaver to knit and braid it into complete cloth.

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Benjamin Netanyahu’s office dismissed the reports as “media spin.”

Benjamin Netanyahu rejects idea of Iran talks

Israel’s prime minister moved quickly to block even tentative steps by Iran and the United States to ease tensions and head toward negotiations to end the nuclear crisis.