The race for mayor

For mayoral rivals, it all rests on turnout today

With candidates polling within points of one another, their respective get-out-the-vote efforts in Boston could prove decisive in the preliminary election.

Boston’s crowded mayoral race makes choice hard

For many voters, parsing the chatter to determine who wins their vote has been a handwringing experience.

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The antiwar, pro-warrior position seems quite natural to Bernie Sanders, who sees a moral obligation in providing the best possible health care.

Bernie Sanders an antiwar, pro-veteran senator

As chairman of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, the Vermont senator is casting himself as a champion of those who fought in wars he battled to prevent.

David Cordish pitched his proposed slots parlor in Leominster to still-undecided resident Cheryl Morrill on Saturday.

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Casino mogul makes his pitch to Leominster

David Cordish has gone door to door, personally pitching his proposed slots parlor to residents, who vote Tuesday on his $200 million project.

“I hope this will be a new generation of assessments that will do a better job of signaling to students whether they will have success ...” said state education official Mitchell Chester.

Online exams may replace MCAS tests

The gold standard of measuring school success in Mass. is moving closer to extinction as schools prepare to try out a new testing system this year.

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New Balance Athletic Shoe Inc. started construction of a world headquarters complex in Brighton with a hotel, stores, and a massive athletic facility.

Elif Yavuz and her partner, Ross Langdon.

New Harvard grad a victim in Kenyan mall attack

A recent Harvard graduate and her partner, who traveled together internationally doing humanitarian work, were among those killed.

Opinion

PAUL MCMORROW

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The seat of city government is the worst building in the city, and it’s dragging down the downtown neighborhood surrounding it.

Globe exclusives

Owners of the Book & Bar John Petrovato, David Lovelace, and Jon Strymish at the bar with beer and books.

Eat, drink, socialize — and read
The naming rights contract for the Bank of America Pavilion was $5 million for fifteen years. It expires this month.

Concert venue in search of a name

Frame by Frame

Stopped short by a serene scene
Chloe Bennet as Skye and Clark Gregg as Agent Coulson in Joss Whedon’s “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”

Television Review

Behind every superhero, a team of ‘Agents’?

ALBUM REVIEW | Pop

Masterful leap across time by Elton John
Itchiness

Researchers examine mystery of why we itch
Dr. Rodney Falk, director of the Cardiac Amyloidosis Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, with patient Thomas Bridenstine.

Health

A hidden heart disease

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Mayoral candidates on the issues
Rookie receiver Aaron Dobson was targeted 10 times by Tom Brady and caught seven passes for 52 yards.

Christopher L. Gasper

Tougher tests to come for the Patriots
Jeff Daniels is a great actor, and his may be the most bearable character on “The Newsroom,” but his win over Bryan Cranston and Jon Hamm was an epic head-scratcher.

65th Primetime Emmy Awards

Plenty of head-scratchers at Emmy Awards
Wind turbines at Hoosac Wind Farm.

Mass. utilities go for wind power
Reporters surrounded Carl Yastrzemski at the unveiling of his statue Sunday.

Dan Shaughnessy

Ultimate Boston tribute for Yaz

Boston mayoral race

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In a campaign mailer, Daniel Conley seemingly claims to be the only candidate who favors a citywide vote on the casino.

Bill Walczak, Daniel Conley bicker over vote on casino

In a campaign mailer, Conley seemingly claims to be the only candidate who favors a citywide vote on the casino.

Sports

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ON BASEBALL

Chances are, the Red Sox will either face (from left) Justin Masterson and the Indians, Evan Longoria and the Rays, Adrian Beltre and the Rangers, or Miguel Cabrera and the Tigers.

Breaking down Red Sox’ potential ALDS opponents

Chances are, the Red Sox will face one of four teams in the American League Division Series: the Indians, Rays, Rangers, or Tigers.

Metro

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Investigators looked for evidence at the intersection of Summer and Thatcher streets in East Bridgewater.

Police chase ends in suspect’s death

A suspect was fatally shot after an armed robbery and a chase in the Brockton area involving Brockton and State Police, authorities said.

Columnists

President Barack Obama awarded US Army Staff Sergeant Ty M. Carter the Medal of Honor in August.

Kevin Cullen

Redeployed to fight stigma
The statuesque Tom Brady should end up bronzed when his playing days are done.

Christopher L. Gasper

Next athlete to get a statue? Brady

JAMES CARROLL

A president who saved the US from war
Reporters surrounded Carl Yastrzemski at the unveiling of his statue Sunday.

Dan Shaughnessy

Ultimate Boston tribute for Yaz

Adrian Walker

Davis made his mark at BPD
Rookie receiver Aaron Dobson was targeted 10 times by Tom Brady and caught seven passes for 52 yards.

Christopher L. Gasper

Tougher tests to come for the Patriots

JOAN VENNOCHI

Will women turn tide for Golar Richie?
David Ross, Dustin Pedroia and the Red Sox have exceeded most fans’ expectations this season.

Bob Ryan

What a pleasant surprise

JOANNA WEISS

Shaking up the academic core

Clay Buchholz threw the most pitches he has since his comeback (106) without pain or issue.

Christopher L. Gasper

Buchholz slowly regaining his form
Brian Krejcarek got $100,000 in funding from members of panel of investors after his on-stage demo.

Innovation Economy

Easy to launch, tough to build

SCOT LEHIGH

Push harder for gun-law changes

Nation & World

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A cone of black smoke emerged from the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi on Monday. The Islamist militants who carried out the attack at the mall, which killed at least 62 people, were still inside the building, despite the effort by hundreds of Kenyan troops to remove them.

Americans among attackers, Kenyan official says

The Kenyan foreign minister said that “two or three” Americans were among the gunmen who attacked a Nairobi shopping mall.

Business

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BlackBerry has announced plans to lay off 40 percent of its global workforce.

Biggest investor in BlackBerry deal

BlackBerry’s largest shareholder has reached a tentative agreement to pay $4.7 billion for the troubled smartphone maker.

Arts

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Television Review

Bradley Whitford’s third wife (left), played by Malin Akerman, with Michaela Watkins, the other ex.

‘Trophy Wife’: Meet the exes

“Trophy Wife” isn’t flat-out awful, which, in this network television fall season of mediocrity, is saying something.

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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The cover for the September 22 2013 issue

Do we still trust Bill Belichick?
The cover for the September 15 2013 issue

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

Ideas

“You even can see and hear birds in Boston, something unthinkable in Chinese cities.”

Wolfgang Georg Arlt,  founder of the China Outbound Tourism Research Institute