N.H. at center of campaign

President Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney held dueling rallies in Portsmouth and Nashua on Friday.

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In his Thursday speech, Joe Biden jabbed Mitt Romney and the “Bain way,” even though the Obama administration has tapped some talent from Bain & Co.

Drug convictions may be at risk

Thousands of criminal cases could be affected and convictions overturned throughout the state as drugs seized as evidence may have been routinely destroyed by police.

Man dies of West Nile virus

A Worcester man in his 60s has died of West Nile virus, the first fatal case in Massachusetts since 2005.

Fahim Hamid (left) and Nael Nacer play Amir at different ages in New Repertory Theatre’s “The Kite Runner.’’

Christopher McKenzie Photography

Stages

Afghanistan on intimate scale in ‘The Kite Runner’

Khaled Hosseini’s best-selling novel, which presented a different version of Afghanistan than that normally seen on the news, is now a play.

Lisa Daley of Weymouth and son Luke enjoyed an outing at Pleasure Bay in South Boston.

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Best and worst places in Boston for families with strollers

We quizzed a number of moms and nannies about the most and least stroller-friendly destinations in and around the city. Here’s what they had to say.

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The damning report on BU hockey’s “culture of sexual entitlement” makes it clear that coach Jack Parker is failing his players.

Exclusive Sunday Preview | Bob Ryan

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For a long time, Boston remained a baseball town even as much of the country loved the NFL. But with the Red Sox’ recent capitulation, the Patriots are now the kings.

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The controversial trial and execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti in Massachusetts in the 1920’s caused much tension in the US and around the world.

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How to make time expand
Paul Klee’s “Agricultural Experimental Layout for Late Fall.’’

ART REVIEW

Paul Klee aimed to make invisible truths visible
Sunrise lit the sky as seen from Carson Beach in South Boston.

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Globe photos of the week, Sept. 7, 2012
The Mount, author Edith Wharton’s home in Lenox, looks spectacular as the trees change color. Ghost tours are held Friday nights.

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Things to do in the Berkshires
Sox owner John Henry (right) has pledged not to dismiss Bobby Valentine before season’s end, but there is little to be gained by keeping him.

Christopher L. Gasper

Actually, it is time for Valentine to check out
Bill Clinton speech

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Where did Clinton improvise most?
President Obama was joined by his wife, Michelle, and daughters Sasha and Malia at the end of his address at the Democratic convention on Thursday.

Obama vows bold steps, reward in shared sacrifice
Robert Kosilek, foreground, in 1993; and in 1990, background.

LAWRENCE HARMON

Judge goes too far in sex change ruling

Pawnbroker Michael Goldstein talks about his business
From left: Lily Ahern, Jess Newham, Daniel Rothschild, and Sara Pendleton during last year’s Fashion’s Night Out in Boston.

Highlights for this year’s Fashion’s Night Out Boston

Valerie Simpson (shown here in 2011) is touring in tribute to her late husband, Nick Ashford.

On her own, Valerie Simpson still solid as a rock
Stephen Jones is curating the “Hats: An Anthology” exhibit at the Peabody Essex Museum.

Stephen Jones brings hat collection to Salem

Sports

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blue jays 7, red sox 5

The Red Sox have dropped four straight games to the Toronto Blue Jays for the first time since 2007.

Red Sox near the cellar

The Red Sox continued their slide Friday night, losing to the Toronto Blue Jays at Fenway Park, 7-5.

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US Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren voted Thursday in the Massachusetts state primary election at the Graham & Parks School in Cambridge.

Elizabeth Warren disagrees with judge’s sex-change ruling

In a radio interview, the Senate candidate also defended her claims to Native American heritage.

Columnists

Brian McGrory

Concord bottled water ban is all wet

SCOT LEHIGH

Clinton’s speech could be turning point

JOSHUA GREEN

Partisanship will have its limits
Robert Kosilek, foreground, in 1993; and in 1990, background.

LAWRENCE HARMON

Judge goes too far in sex change ruling
Sox owner John Henry (right) has pledged not to dismiss Bobby Valentine before season’s end, but there is little to be gained by keeping him.

Christopher L. Gasper

Actually, it is time for Valentine to check out

Tech Lab

Now is a terrible time to shop for gadgets
Horatio Alger, shown in 1852, rose to fame for his rags-to-riches stories.

juliette kayyem

The Horatio Alger immigrant experience

Edward L. Glaeser

Urban planning in Greater Boston needs to aim higher

Yvonne Abraham

Bravo for sex-change ruling
Bill Belichick is entering his 13th season as head coach of the Patriots.

Christopher L. Gasper

It’s OK to question Bill Belichick

Brian McGrory

A fatal dose of irony in Belmont

jeff jacoby

Mainstream media needs to accept its liberal bias

Business

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A Legal Sea Foods ad features its own take on the “Jesus fish.”

New Legal Sea Foods ads feature Jesus fish, Brokeback Mountain

The Boston chain, which has a reputation for fresh seafood and edgy marketing, is now likening the restaurant to a religious experience.

Politics

Clint Eastwood spoke to an invisible President Obama during the Republican National Convention.

Clint Eastwood says convention speech was unscripted

Eastwood said the idea to use an empty seat as a prop was a spur-of-the-moment decision he came up with backstage.

Nation & World

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On Thursday, French authorities were at the campsite where a British family was believed to be vacationing before they were attacked and three people were shot to death. The campsite is near Lake Annecy, an area in the Alps not far from France’s borders with Switzerland and Italy.

After shooting in France, girl, 4, hid beneath dead kin

Apparently frozen in terror, a 4-year-old girl crouched silently for eight hours beneath her dead mother and grandmother in the back of a BMW on a forest road in the French Alps.

Arts

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Television review

Contestants from around the country rehearse for the National High School Musical Theater Awards, documented in the TV show “Broadway or Bust.”

‘Broadway or Bust’ offers glimpse behind the scenes

This documentary of high school competition underscores the genre’s still powerful, often heartfelt lure.

Movies

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Movie Review

From left: Isla Fisher, Lizzy Caplan, and Kirsten Dunst in “Bachelorette.”

A ‘Bachelorette’ that’s brutally honest

Kirsten Dunst plays a woman who’s shocked that a friend is getting married before she is — and her rawness is both real and astounding.

“People were having sex in the penalty box.”

A former student told the Boston University task force about a hockey team party 

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

“[Michelle] Kosilek, a convicted killer, has been sentenced to prison to protect the public, not to reach her full potential as a woman.”

Lawrence Harmon 

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