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Special courts to hear cases in drug lab scandal

The courts are being established to handle the wave of cases that could be reopened after a state chemist admitted altering drug test results and forging colleagues’ initials.

In swing state Virginia, both sides court military vote

President Obama and Mitt Romney appealed for support Thursday from a large voting bloc that could prove crucial: military members, veterans, and their families.

Goldman Sachs agrees to $16m fines

The financial giant was fined about $16 million for a pay-to-play scheme involving a former employee who was also a close associate to former state Treasurer Timothy P. Cahill.

John Silber, terrain-changing BU leader, political force, dies

Silber, who spent a tempestuous quarter-century as president of Boston University, and in 1990 came within 77,000 votes of becoming governor of Massachusetts, died Thursday. He was 86.

Favorable weather has brought predictions of bright foliage.

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Vermont looks to make up for lost leaf season

As New England settles into autumn, “leaf-peepers” are readying for what promises to be a stellar season for foliage, a blitz of bright hues expected to result from favorable weather.

Brian McGrory

A rare triumph for expertise

When the real NFL officials take the field Sunday, celebrate not just the restoration of the game, but the triumph of competence.

Miguel Cabrera is chasing history and Carl Yastrzemski

The Detroit Tigers third baseman is making a serious bid to be the first hitter since Boston’s Yastrzemski in 1967 to win the Triple Crown.

Microsoft says new Cambridge center will help clients

The Kendall Square facility is designed to let the company develop specialized computing solutions for customers and keep it close to innovators.

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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

NCAA president Mark Emmert shares his views.

Christopher L. Gasper

NCAA in progressive hands

Beth Orton makes sweet return with ‘Sugaring Season’

Tom Caron believes all was lost for the Sox when they lost David Ortiz.

Sports Media

NESN’s Caron refused to spin bad Red Sox season

Winslow Homer’s “Weatherbeaten,” the 1894 painting that gives the Portland exhibit its name, shows how the artist captured the power of the ocean.

ART REVIEW

‘Weatherbeaten’ brings viewers up close to force of inspiration

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

Globe writer Joseph Kahn tries out a Jaguar.

style

Piloting a Jaguar unleashes inner James Bond

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

Ollie Haas (right) and Jake Felser see an opportunity in creating toothbrushes that cut down on the amount of discarded plastic.

Design firm looks to reinvent toothbrush

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On football

Patriots players were back at work Thursday, and when they play Buffalo, the NFL officials will be back at their jobs, too.

NFL officials are as much to blame as owners

The real NFL officials had just as much to do with the game being held hostage for the first three weeks as team owners and commissioner Roger Goodell, writes Greg A. Bedard.

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Richard Tisei, Daniel Fishman, and John Tierney focused mostly on the economy and jobs.

Tierney, Tisei keep it civil in first debate

Richard R. Tisei never mentioned the illegal gambling ring run by US Representative John F. Tierney’s brothers- in-lawas the two candidates debated.

Columnists

Jeff Jacoby

Working for BU’s ‘silver unicorn’

Boston Capital

Elizabeth Warren is no friend of big business

Scot Lehigh

A better way to elect a president

The statue, unveiled Sunday, is over 22 feet tall.

opinion | carlo rotella

Statue symbolizes Brockton’s grit, determination

Brian McGrory

A rare triumph for expertise

Juliette Kayyem

Defense industry has its own October surprise

Joan Vennochi

Why is Joe Kennedy III limiting debates?