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‘Looper’ messes with your head

This audacious time travel brain-twister features Joseph Gordon-Levitt as an assassin killing victims from the future and Bruce Willis as his older self.

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Take 2: Looper

Wesley Morris and Ty Burr discuss the time travel movie “Looper” in this edition of Take 2.

Movie Review

‘Wallflower’ blooms on the big screen

The movie adaptation of the book “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” is a moving, if visually drab, portrait of unhappy teens finding sustenance in each other.

Red Sox Notebook

Red Sox GM clarifies comment on ‘manager search’

Ben Cherington said he did not mean to suggest in a radio interview that Bobby Valentine’s firing was imminent.

With return of refs, Patriots ready to ‘just play ball’

Some players were tight-lipped about the return of the “real” referees, but others said they were glad to see the dispute resolved.

Latest news

State economic growth slowing, report finds

The Massachusetts economy, which had been growing faster than the national average, is slowing because of a combination of national and global problems.

Former BU president John Silber dies at 86

Silber, who spent a tempestuous quarter-century as president of Boston University, and in 1990 came within 77,000 votes of becoming Massachusetts governor, died this morning.

Tierney, Tisei face off in first debate

Republican challenger Richard Tisei said he could work with Democrats, but Democratic US Representative John Tierney scoffed at that assertion.

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From the Archives | Photo Gallery

Boston’s Chinatown

Since the first Chinese immigrants began arriving in the 1880’s, the neighborhood has been one of the city’s most vibrant.

Globe exclusives

Globe writer Joseph Kahn tries out a Jaguar.

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Piloting a Jaguar unleashes inner James Bond

Fred Lynn (left) and Dustin Pedroia made quite a pair as the celebration amid a lost season continued with the naming of the All-Fenway Park Team.

Dan Shaughnessy

Red Sox’ contrived party is over

Are Princess Kate and Prince William expecting? That is the question.

Is Kate Middleton pregnant — and why do we care?

Karen L. King, Hollis Professor of Divinity at Harvard University, in her office with a papyrus fragment.

Debate, doubts about a married Jesus

One of the key areas of disagreement between Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren was over handling Syria’s civil war.

Brown, Warren share centrist foreign policy views

President Obama’s policy on natural gas has drawn protests in Colorado.

Obama’s stance on natural gas carries risks

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Affiliation of registered Mass. voters

Chemist admitted wrongdoing in lab scandal

Yvonne Abraham

Defamation suit is outrageous

Tech Lab

iPhone 5 operating system has hangups

Gwendolyn Brown is all about Maria

John Tierney, seeking a ninth term, has said the money his wife received from her brother Robert Eremian was a gift.

Tax questions loom for Tierney, Tisei

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Kellen Winslow played in just one game with the Patriots.

Patriots part ways with Kellen Winslow

The tight end spent just one week in New England. His chronic knee pain may have played a role in his departure.

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Departing Deputy Superintendent Michael Goar was one of Superintendent Carol R. Johnson’s most trusted allies.

Deputy superintendent joins exodus of top Boston school administrators

The surprising resignation of Michael Goar, Carol R. Johnson’s second in command, is the latest in a series of high-level departures that have left notable gaps in the district’s leadership.