CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

Tom Brady at his surgical best in opener

Patriots quarterback Tom Brady fires up the crowd before the Patriots play the Steelers Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015 at Gillette Stadium.

He set a franchise record by completing 19 straight passes and finished 25 of 32.

BEN VOLIN I ON FOOTBALL

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Bill Belichick and his staff got creative with new personnel packages on both sides of the football.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

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There was no retreat and no surrender as the sons of Belichick raised another banner at Gillette Stadium and then had their way with Pittsburgh.

Mike Reiss?s blog post reacting to an ESPN investgative story on Spygate was edited in a manner that raised a lot of questions.

SPORTS MEDIA

ESPN?s Patriots coverage continues to raise flags

The network?s website drew more criticism after some questionable editing on a Mike Reiss piece.

Walter J. Ramos is the third president to lead Carney in four years.

Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff

Carney Hospital on verge of turning financial corner

The 159-bed Dorchester hospital is about to break even for the first time in five years, thanks to its rising patient numbers.

In this Sept. 11, 2014 file photo, the moon appears between the beams from the Tribute in Light memorial honoring the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks as 1 World Trade Center.

At ground zero, 9/11 anniversary now both public and private

After years as a private commemoration, the anniversary of Sept. 11 at ground zero now also has become an occasion for public reflection.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/10/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/romneytrumpnew.jpg New mission for Team Romney: Stop Trump

The Mitt Romney diaspora are curiously aligned in common cause, a stem-to-stern effort that has united old comrades: Stopping Donald Trump.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/01plymouth01.jpg In Plymouth County, a high-stakes Senate race

A vacant state Senate seat in Plymouth County is poised to become ground zero in the Republican Party?s attempts to make legislative gains.

Adrian Walker

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/11/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/walker-9116.jpg In Back Bay, a housing squeeze

Clearway Street has become an anomaly, a street of modestly priced rental housing in the heart of skyrocketing property values.

Betaboston

New Amazon warehouse hints at one-hour ?Prime Now? deliveries in Boston

The ability to deliver goods to Boston within an hour was the main reason Amazon wanted to lease the Everett space, a real estate broker said.

Shirley Leung

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The Boston schools chief is trying to prepare the workforce of tomorrow, but to do that, he?ll need more ideas from the business leaders of today.

A New England cottontail bred in a refuge in Newington, N.H., was penned Thursday in advance of its release.

Mark Lorenz for The Boston Globe

A hop along the comeback trail for the region?s cottontails

New England?s only native rabbit, made immortal in ?The Adventures of Peter Cottontail,? is no longer heading toward the endangered list.

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John Kerry may have trouble matching the nuclear deal in terms of accomplishments. But even critics expect him to keep trying.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/10/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_privacy6_met.jpg Harvard Yard tourists get a lesson in privacy

With some students saying they feel like they?re living in a zoo, Harvard is cracking down on tourists taking photos in windows.

Police Officer Bill Willis greeted the Rev. Mark V. Scott outside the Boston Police School Unit office this week. They are both members of Operation Homefront, a program aimed at helping troubled youths and their families.

Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff

Longtime outreach program for Boston?s at-risk youth gains steam again

Operation Homefront has been credited for connecting troubled young men and women and their families to much needed resources.

From left: Boston 2024?s Rich Davey, Steve Pagliuca, and David Manfredi at a press conference in late June.

Olympic bid left debt of millions

Boston 2024 was confronted with more than $4 million in outstanding obligations ? with just $571,000 in cash on hand.

Ground Game

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/01/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/150831_KDB_TED_CRUZ_0011-001.jpg In N.H., Democratic campaign staffers greatly out-number Republicans

Democratic campaigns for president have vastly more staff on the ground in New Hampshire than their Republican counterparts.

Opinion & Ideas

Thomas Piketty

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/10/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/migrant5.jpg Europe must follow Germany?s lead

The continent can and must become a great land of immigration in the 21st century.

The Big Picture

 Serena Williams of the United States celebrates after defeating Venus Williams of the United States in their Women?s Singles Quarterfinals match on Day Nine of the 2015 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on Sept. 8, in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Mike Stobe/Getty Images for the USTA)

Mike Stobe/Getty Images for the USTA

The Big Picture

US Open tennis 2015

The US Open started August 31 and concludes this weekend in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.

BetaBoston

Hiawatha Bray | Tech Lab

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/10/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/bray-4610.jpg Apple?s still got its golden touch

Remember the long lines outside the Apple Store last September? Here we go again, and nobody?s more surprised about it than me.

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ON SPIRITUALITY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/10/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/43e99f9883d14f7dbcccf8d9f72d8f13-d562f35ee7534050a57f8b8f5f448a48-0.jpg Colbert: A cultural ? and Catholic ? superstar

Let?s face it. There are not many cultural superstars who are superstar Catholics, too. But Stephen Colbert is one of them.