Marriott Copley Place project flouted pay law

An $18 million renovation of the hotel that paid illegally low wages to men from a Philadelphia church was rife with violations of tax and labor laws, according to a state investigation.

Michelle Obama spoke with an aide Monday as she toured the Democratic National Convention stage in Charlotte.

Democrats prepare for national stage of convention

Thousands of festive Democrats converged on North Carolina and prepared to kick off a convention that will focus heavily on protecting the middle class.

Governor Patrick will address the convention at 9 p.m., just prior to the keynote speaker, Julián Castro, the mayor of San Antonio, and the first lady, Michelle Obama.

In speech tonight, Patrick may make mark for 2016

At the Democratic National Convention, many in the party will be assessing Governor Patrick — and other speakers— as a potential presidential candidate in 2016.

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For months, Senator Brown and Elizabeth Warren have argued over the role government plays in helping businesses thrive, but the answer is more complex than partisans might acknowledge.

Octavie Nguimbi, Carine Ivinga, and Bimala Gurung attended a Lowell sewing class.

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Sewing nonprofit teaches refugees self-sufficiency

The Stitching Studio in Lowell is a two-year-old program that teaches professional sewing skills to legal refugees and immigrants.

Dave Maxfield (third from left) of Hardwick, Mass., panned for gold with family and friends in the Wild Ammonoosuc River in Bath, N.H., in July. Amateur prospectors visit mountain streams in Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire to try their luck.

Not much gold in region, but plenty of prospectors

A growing number of amateur prospectors are flocking to the Northeast’s rivers and other remote spots across the country hoping to find gold.

MassMutual accused of holding dividends

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. is fighting several lawsuits accusing the insurer of shorting policyholders on dividends and preventing many of them from voting for directors.

The TV spot, titled “Invisible Game,” projects an image of Brady spinning football magic.

UGG hoping Tom Brady draws men to market

The Patriots quarterback is set to appear Tuesday in a new ad campaign for footwear and fashion company UGG Australia, famous for its ubiquitous sheepskin boots.

David Shortt, owner of Wee Packet in Dennis Port, said he expects the busy summer at his restaurant to continue a few weeks more.

Sunny summer on the Cape for businesses

Cape Cod business owners said balmy temperatures and clear skies had driven soaring summer sales, both during the holiday weekend and throughout the summer.

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The mad theater of campaigns, protests, rallies, and conventions that is our modern political process is not a recent phenomenon.

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Dancing around the bonfire in ‘Moonlight Dance, Voulangis’
Nike’s “Find Your Greatness” ad features an obese boy jogging down a country road.

Opinion | Jennifer Graham

Obesity: America’s deepest shame
From left: Liam McNeill, Lenni Kmiec, and Liz Hayes in the Gloucester Stage Company production of “Crimes of the Heart.”

Stage Review

Emotional scars run deep in ‘Crimes of the Heart’
Author Giles Slade makes the point that the better technology gets, the more isolated we, as a society, get.

Book Review

‘The Big Disconnect’ by Giles Slade

Unions’ political donations falling as their power fades
Jonathan Raphael and James Whong worked with a robot that is a test bed for the massive, six-legged robot named Stompy.

Six-legged robot project takes shape in Somerville

Governor’s Council still in eye of storm
Kids headed to the pool at Camp Aranu’tiq in Connecticut.

Camp unites transgender kids on outskirts
Intelligence analyst Timothy Fitzgerald monitored video cameras around the city.

Boston uses two high-tech tools to combat crime

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Fall TV Preview
A fishmonger at the Rialto Market in Venice knew some great out-of-the-way restaurants.

Travel | In the know

How to find a great meal anywhere in the world
Boston College athletic director Gene DeFilippo and family members of Lou Montgomery watched as they unveiled his retired jersey in the corner of the stadium during halftime.

BC’s first black football player honored

Sports

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Deutsche Bank Championship

Rory McIlroy became the toast of the town — and had just the cup to prove it — after winning the Deutsche Bank Championship by one stroke.

Rory McIlroy captures Deutsche Bank title

McIlroy validated his current standing in the golf world, shooting a final-round 67 and winning a star-studded Deutsche Bank Championship in comeback fashion.

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Elizabeth Warren said she cares less about the truck her Senate opponent Scott Brown drives than “about how he votes.”

Warm reception for Warren at Labor Day feast

From the moment Elizabeth Warren stepped into the Imperial Ballroom, she was the focus of the nearly 500 people at the annual Labor Day breakfast.

Columnists

Christopher L. Gasper

Disappointing finish for Louis Oosthuizen
A case containing the remains of Pfc. Shane W. Cantu, of Corunna, Mich., sits on a loader during prayer at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Thursday.

juliette kayyem

Afghan war still rages, yet soldiers get no play in Tampa
Neil Armstrong on the moon

James Carroll

After Armstrong’s small step forward, two steps back for America?

Dan Shaughnessy

Despite lack of big names, Deutsche Bank still interesting

joanna weiss

Honor American Dream-builders today — with healthcare, hours

Yvonne Abraham

What Elizabeth Warren is missing
Jim Rooney, the Executive Director of the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority stood atop the roof of the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center.

Lawrence Harmon

Convention center needs a boost of solar power
Balloons swirl in the air following Mitt Romney’s acceptance speech in Tampa Friday.

Jeff Jacoby

Time to shelve the political conventions
GrabCAD, where Roger Maranan, Grant Thomas-Lepore, and Gabe Blanchet work, picked Cambridge over California.

INNOVATION ECONOMY

7 factors that attract entrepreneurs to Boston

Renée Loth

The value of public-sector jobs

Tiger Woods’s first-round 64 included six consecutive birdies.

Christopher L. Gasper

Is Tiger Woods back?
Bobby Valentine and the Red Sox were swept by the Angels in Anaheim this week.

Dan Shaughnessy

For Red Sox, a year of living dreadfully

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Bankia will get $5.7 billion, but Spain says other lenders will not require all of the aid offered by euro partners.

Spain says banks don’t need full aid allotment

Spain’s ailing banks will probably not need to tap all the $125.7 billion that’s been made available by the country’s euro partners, economy minister Luis de Guindos said.

Politics

President Obama walked past debris on the sidewalks as he toured the Bridgewood neighborhood in La Place, La.

Obama offers reassurance to hurricane victims

The president consoled victims of Isaac and said government officials will do all they can to help. His visit came four days after a similar trip by Mitt Romney.

Nation & World

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Jonathan Redman worked on an installation stand for the wave-energy buoy behind him at Oregon Iron Works.

Oregon turns to sea for power for energy

A launch is planned for the Oregon coast next month for the nation’s first commercially licensed grid-connected wave-energy device.

Arts

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Jeff Probst of “Survivor’’ fame is host and executive producer of his new CBS talk show.

This year, daytime talk shows trot out TV veterans in fresh roles

This year’s new crop of daytime talk shows feature stars like Katie Couric, Ricki Lake, Steve Harvey and Jeff Probst, all looking to shake up a stale medium.

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N.H. music teacher, 66, takes on piano solo competitions

Concord pianist and teacher Catharine Dornin was a finalist in the solo piano division of the 2012 American Prize national music competition.

“You want to know whether we’re better off? I’ve got a little bumper sticker for you: Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive.”

Vice President Joe Biden 

Magazine

The cover for the August 26 2012 issue

Did Beatrice Munyenyezi lie to get into this country?
The cover for the August 19 2012 issue

Can a Woburn company’s flying car someday be a fix for traffic?
The cover for the August 12 2012 issue

The man who nourished Boston’s literary scene
The cover for the August 5 2012 issue

Can GPS find you a mate?

Opinion

“Everyone, it seems, knows how to fix Social Security. No one, save Mike Huckabee, seems to know how to fix fat.”

Jennifer Graham 

Ideas

“In order to be a good friend, even a very young child must be not only fun to spend time with, but capable of being emotionally mature in ways that can be difficult even for grown-ups.”

—Leon Neyfakh on childhood friendship