Kevin Cullen

With Red Sox victory, a lesson in hope

We flirt with cliché when linking the World Series win to the Marathon bombings, but we do so because we are looking for deeper meaning.

The skies light up as Bug Selig presents the championship trophy to Larry Lucchino, Tom Werner, John Henry, Ben Cherington, and John Farrell.

Dan Shaughnessy

Red Sox were a true feel-good story for Boston

The 2013 Sox were a gift; they were likable, and more important, they liked one another.

We’re all interested to see what Cherington, the hottest GM in baseball, is going to do the year after.

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What happens next for the Red Sox?

Next year the team could look a lot different, but part of the success of any organization is based on reinventing itself.

Martin J. Walsh visited a Central Boston Elder Services gathering in Roxbury on Thursday.

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New PAC spends on Walsh’s behalf

A new political committee, whose donors were not disclosed, has spent $480,000 on a major TV ad buy for mayoral candidate Martin Walsh.

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John Connolly has used his office as a platform to push for changes, but his passion can also surface as a temper.

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Trading on his relationships with unions and an ability to form alliances with unlikely partners, Martin Walsh has made his way back to semi-prominence.

Shirley Leung

What happens if they can’t tell Vegas from Boston

The Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau is being threatened with legal action for using a slogan that resembles Vegas’s.

Opinion

LAWRENCE HARMON

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/11/01/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Lawrence_Harmon-3085.jpg John Connolly’s ‘privileged’ neighborhood

Connolly’s attackers have succeeded at exploiting the keen sense of reverse snobbery that still prevails in much of Boston.

Sports

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Bruins 3, Ducks 2 | shootout

Bruins forward Jarome Iginla scored a shootout goal on Anaheim. Iginla would score the only goal of the shootout, giving the Bruins a 3-2 win.

A good decision for Bruins

Neither Zdeno Chara’s game-tying goal nor Jarome Iginla’s shootout goal would have happened had Torey Krug not made the correct split-second decision in the third period.

Boston mayoral race

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Police tape crisscrossed the scene of a shooting  at the intersection of Shepton and Dorchester Avenue in August.

Mayoral candidates focus on safety

The two looking to replace Mayor Thomas Menino talk of “two Bostons,” one where violence is rare, and one where shootings feel commonplace.

Nation & World

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Aaron Alexis had brushes with the law that did not show up in the review for granting him security clearance.

Navy Yard shooter’s check done properly, official says

The decision to grant clearance to a contractor who later killed 12 people was made without a review of a critical police report, but the correct standards were followed, an official said.

Arts

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Television REview

Jimi Hendrix, in September 1968. PBS recalls the guitarist’s legendary contributions to rock ’n’ roll in an “American Masters” presentation.

‘American Masters’ offers a revealing look at Hendrix

The superb latest installment of the series, “Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train A Comin’,” recalls the guitarist’s legendary contributions to rock ’n’ roll.