Local colleges keep an eye on China?s economy

Many Boston-area universities now depend heavily on tuition revenue from international students, especially those from China.

Heather Jenkins, 36, has pre-ordered the Embrace watch, designed to detect signals associated with an oncoming seizure.

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Crowdfunded medical devices raise questions

Small firms collect big money for experimental medical devices ? months or years before they?re reviewed by federal regulators.

Kevin Cullen

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/10/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/cullen_20131018.jpg Entitled to a good beer

An upstart South Shore craft brewer is growing, and it?s not afraid to make light of itself.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/03/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/HAHL1254.jpg Mayor Walsh also accepted office furniture from developer

The mayor previously came under fire for receiving a countertop and cabinets from Joseph Fallon.

Steven Syre | Boston Capital

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/08/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/syre-4689.jpg A lesson for Boston College?s business school dean

Andrew Boynton agreed to pay $60,000 to settle charges with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton posed Monday with a supporter during a campaign stop in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

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Hillary Clinton rips Gulf nations on aid to migrants

?[I]f countries are not able to do more physically in taking in these refugees, they should do more financially,?? she said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/07/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/lorenz_08Sanders_007.jpg Bernie Sanders spends Labor Day in N.H. amid poll surge

The Democratic presidential candidate advocated for a higher minimum wage and denounced what he sees as corporate greed.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/08/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/200_obama_breakfast.jpg On Labor Day visit, Obama praises Boston, US workers

The president also announced a new executive order mandating that federal contractors offer workers sick leave.

Developer Don Chiofaro planned to install a massive indoor garden inside his Harbor Garage tower project on the Boston waterfront.

The Chiofaro Company

Developer seeks tax break for waterfront towers

Don Chiofaro wants to replace the Boston Harbor Garage with a hotel, residential, and office complex.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/08/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/200_gardasil.jpg Parents protest R.I. mandating HPV vaccine for teens

All seventh-graders need the shot to attend classes, and the state is holding firm despite strong backlash.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/04/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/_MG_7798.jpg Advocates for composting not always on fertile ground

As composting goes from green edge to mainstream, decomposing material becomes the source of pride, obsession ? and tension.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/07/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/capecod11.jpg Business booms on the Cape after a winter to forget

Low gas prices, an improved economy, and the occasional shark inspired tourists to cross the bridge and spend more time on the other side of the canal.

Osteria Nino in Burlington.

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Burlington dining goes chic

Over the last year, notable chefs and restaurateurs have traveled up the highway to open establishments in Burlington.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/08/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/shaughnessy-7741.jpg Hats off to colorful Rickie Fowler at Deutsche Bank

With all due respect to the solid, stoic Swede, a Tiger-starved golf world needs more Rickie Fowler, and less Henrik Stenson.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/08/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/200_jacques_ze_whipper.jpg King Richard?s Faire performer takes a crack at world record

Jack Lepiarz?s alter ego, Jacques Ze Whipper, will try to break the record for most bullwhip cracks in one minute with one hand.

STAT | Pulse of Longwood

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/08/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/weightlosssupplementsMelissaBailey-8071-4679.jpg Health activists seek ban on diet products for minors

Activists are heading to Beacon Hill Wednesday to urge lawmakers to get diet pills out of kids? hands.

Ben Volin | On Football

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/08/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/200_dion_lewis.jpg Return to action a long time coming for Patriots? Dion Lewis

The Patriots kept Lewis over Jonas Gray, a fan favorite, and now Lewis is in line to have a fairly significant role for Thursday night?s season opener.

The Big Picture

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Migrant crisis in Europe

A record number of migrants, most of them refugees fleeing war and crisis in the Mideast and Africa, are seeking asylum in Europe.

BetaBoston

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/04/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/HubSpot-IPO-920x526.png HubSpot memoir incident prompts federal probe

An assistant US attorney in Boston and an FBI cybercrimes agent are working on the case, sources said.

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John L. Allen Jr.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/06/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/allenj.png Christian martyrs must not be forgotten

Why don?t Christians tell the stories of their faith?s victimization so the world takes notice?