GOP sees Ohio as key to capturing Senate
Republican Josh Mandel — a two-tour Marine veteran of the Iraq War — is considered by analysts to be an up-and-coming threat to liberal Democratic incumbent Sherrod Brown.
Transplant bonds former classmates
Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe
Two years ago, Liz Kennedy learned that Ying Su, a former classmate, needed a kidney transplant. A special connection evolved, one that would come to link organ donor to recipient.
Court seals AG report on O’Brien allegations
A clerk-magistrate agreed to keep confidential a prosecution document laying out the charges against former Probation Commissioner John J. O’Brien.
Police boost strategy after Dorchester killing
The murder of a 16-year-old Sunday was the latest in the Bowdoin Street-Geneva Avenue corridor, which has seen seven homicides this year, causing a wave of fear among residents.
US shutdown avoided by disaster aid accord
The Senate reached a bipartisan spending agreement yesterday to avert a government shutdown, sidestepping a bitter impasse over disaster financing.
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Orioles 6, Red Sox 3
Sox fall, drop into wild-card tie
After last night’s loss, the historic collapse of the Red Sox is nearly complete. They had a nine-game lead in the AL wild-card race Sept. 3 and have given it all away.
“Just the fact that Liz even offered to do this blew me away.”
Kidney recipient Ying Su, on her donor, Liz Kennedy
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Metro
Suspect held after manhunt in girlfriend’s fatal stabbing
Authorities say Marcello Almeida, 41, stabbed Patricia Frois, 24, repeatedly, then ran off with the knife, spurring a three-hour manhunt in Marshfield.
Business
Production woes weigh on Genzyme parent
Five months after Sanofi completed its $20.1 billion takeover, supply disruptions for a pair of drugs to treat rare genetic disorders continue to dog Genzyme's new owner.
Nation
Activists decry ‘dirty oil’ pipeline from Canada
Environmentalists said the pipeline would move a “dirtier’’ and “environmentally devastating form of energy’’ from Canada through Kansas and other states to the Texas coast.
World
Civilians flee Khadafy’s hometown
Hundreds of civilians fled Moammar Khadafy’s hometown to escape growing shortages of food and supplies, as fighting escalated between revolutionaries and regime loyalists.
Sports
Orioles 6, Red Sox 3
Sox fall, drop into wild-card tie
After last night’s loss, the historic collapse of the Red Sox is nearly complete. They had a nine-game lead in the AL wild-card race Sept. 3 and have given it all away.
Arts
G Cover
Source of controversy
Joe McGinniss is taking hits from all sides for his Sarah Palin exposé. But he’s been through this sort of thing before.
Lifestyle
Transplant bonds former classmates
Two years ago, Liz Kennedy learned that Ying Su, a former classmate, needed a kidney transplant. A special connection evolved, one that would come to link organ donor to recipient.
Opinion
“[Elizabeth] Warren doesn’t have to win this race - or even the primary - to gain victory, overall.”
Joanna Weiss
Ideas
“Could it be true, Pinker wondered, that humans had actually become less violent with time, as opposed to more? And if so, how had we done it?”
Leon Neyfakh, on Steven Pinker’s new book about violence in history