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Arrest warrants issued for former drug lab chemist

Annie Dookhan is facing charges of witness intimidation and falsifying her academic record, according to law enforcement officials.

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The decision brings an end to a years-long effort to secure the site by families of those killed and survivors of the blaze.

Jeff Jacoby

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Having John Silber as a boss was an ongoing adventure in being put in one’s place.

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Who are the Independent voters?

They will likely decide the Scott Brown-Elizabeth Warren race — or at least that’s what the campaigns are betting on.

Boston Capital

Warren is no friend of big business

Scott Brown is trying to cast Elizabeth Warren as both a corporate villain stomping on the little guy and lefty scold who believes in nothing more than Big Government.

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

In a difficult season for the Red Sox, NESN studio host Tom Caron has been a candid commentator.

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

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Retired Navy reservist Tyre Nelson is a Republican but says he will most likely be voting for President Obama this election, citing concerns over veterans services.

In swing state Virginia, both sides court military vote
John Silber, pictured in 1999 in his office at Boston University.

John Silber, terrain-changing BU leader, political force, dies
Favorable weather has brought predictions of bright foliage.

Vermont looks to make up for lost leaf season

Brian McGrory

A rare triumph for expertise
Miguel Cabrera belts his 42d round-tripper Saturday, temporarily making the AL leader in home runs, average, and RBIs

Miguel Cabrera is chasing history and Carl Yastrzemski
NCAA president Mark Emmert shares his views.

Christopher L. Gasper

NCAA in progressive hands
Microsoft’s facility at One Cambridge Center is not set up like a typical office. Mobile workers don’t have desks. There are lockers for them to store their stuff, and they can set up at empty work stations. The phone system is also nontraditional.

Microsoft says new Cambridge center will help clients

Beth Orton makes sweet return with ‘Sugaring 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.

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‘Weatherbeaten’ brings viewers up close to force of inspiration
President Obama’s policy on natural gas has drawn protests in Colorado.

Obama’s stance on natural gas carries risks
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

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On football

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.

NFL officials are as much to blame as owners

The real NFL officials had just as much to do with the lockout as the owners and commissioner.

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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 family.

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?

Yvonne Abraham

Defamation suit is outrageous
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

Tech Lab

iPhone 5 operating system has hangups

jeff jacoby

Obama is the great divider

Scot Lehigh

Scott Brown’s Senate control problem

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Greece’s government agreed Friday on the main points of a $17.4 billion austerity package, tied to EU-IMF rescue loans.

Outlook for Europe remains unsettled

Data showed confidence among European businesses and consumers continued to fall in September.

Politics

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George Soros

George Soros gives $1m to super PAC backing Obama

The liberal billionaire’s contribution to Priorities USA ­Action comes as the group raised a record $10 million last month.

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An officer walked through the area as policed investigate a shooting at Accent Signage Systems on the north side of Minneapolis on Thursday.

Four killed in Minn. office shooting

Four people were also wounded when a gunman opened fire before apparently shooting himself.

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Television Review

Claire Danes returns in her award-winning role as Carrie Mathison in season two of “Homeland” on Showtime.

‘Homeland’ back and as tense as ever

The Emmy-winning Showtime series hasn’t lost any ballast moving forward from the intensity of season one.

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Bruce Willis (left) is Old Joe and Joseph Gordon-Levitt is his younger self in Rian Johnson’s “Looper.”

‘Looper’ messes with your head

Rian Johnson’s audacious time travel brain-twister features Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a hired assassin killing victims from the future and Bruce Willis as his older self.

“There was serious misconduct that compromised the integrity of a large number of convictions, and we need to address this as soon as possible.”

Michael Traft,  on the altered drug test results at a state lab

Magazine

The cover for the September 23 2012 issue

9 hot trends in kitchen design
The cover for the September 16 2012 issue

The self-promoting, fan-financed, go-it-alone star
The cover for the September 9 2012 issue

Things to do in the Berkshires
The cover for the August 26 2012 issue

Did Beatrice Munyenyezi lie to get into this country?

Opinion

“The National Popular Vote proposal offers an ingenious way to transform our antiquated presidential elections into contests where every vote counts.”

Scot Lehigh 

Ideas

“Changing a culture requires finesse, subtlety, and patience. It also requires a certain suspension of optimism about human nature.”

Leon Neyfakh on the art of crowdshifting