Former drug lab chemist arrested, actions detailed

Annie Dookhan sprinkled real cocaine in with a non-drug substance in order to make tests turn out positive, a prosecutor said in court at Dookhan’s arraignment.

Mass. Dems, GOP file dueling complaints on coordination

The state parties filed complaints alleging coordination between the opposing campaigns and independent political groups, which is not allowed under federal law.

orioles 9, red sox 1

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Aaron Cook was pulled in the second inning as the Red Sox lost the 14th of their last 20 games, while the Orioles secured their grip on the top AL wild-card spot.

Ron Wallace, of Greene, R.I., celebrated after setting the record.

Pumpkin record broken at Topsfield Fair

The elusive one-ton barrier was shattered Friday at the Topsfield Fair, when Ron Wallace’s pumpkin tipped the scales at 2,009 pounds.

Eric Harris, left, and Dylan Klebold, carrying a TEC-9 semi-automatic pistol, are seen in an image from a security camera in the cafeteria at Columbine High School during their shooting rampage.

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Denver presidential debate needs question on guns

If ever a site dictated this question in a debate, it is Denver, writes Derrick Z. Jackson, as two of the worst mass shootings in the US happened in its suburbs.

Scot Lehigh

A better way to elect a president

It’s time to revisit an idea that could transform our swing-state-to-swing-state campaign into a real national election: The National Popular Vote plan.

Seahawks wide receiver Golden Tate was ruled to have pulled in a game-winning touchdown pass from quarterback Russell Wilson against the Packers this week.

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Entertainment is fun, but it’s no contest

The reaction to what happened at the end of the Packers-Seahawks game on Monday Night Football demonstrated the vast difference between Sport and Entertainment.

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Why does Fenway look so strange on Apple’s maps?

It’s not a mistake, exactly. But Apple’s new Maps app catches Fenway Park all dressed up for a rock concert, with its true identity as a ballpark hidden away.

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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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Year Up internship program alum Margarita Polanco now works at Bank of New York Mellon in Everett.

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Year Up shuttles urban adults into corporate America
Michael Urie (left) and David Krumholtz co-star in the new CBS sitcom “Partners.”

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Michael Urie and David Krumholtz build a show together

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Brown-Warren race: Who will decide it?
Nico Calabria, a varsity soccer player at Concord-Carlisle High School, who has only one leg, practiced with his team.

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Devin Henderson flew through rings during Montreal-based Les 7 doigts de la main’s “Sequence 8” show.

saturday preview | Stage Review

Montreal troupe takes flight in new show

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 close to sea
Artist Jay Critchley places a found flag on bathhouse benches outside the Herring Cove Beach bathhouse in Provincetown as part of his upcoming art installation/show.

Jay Critchley artworks, events to honor Cape Cod bathhouse
Tom Caron believes all was lost for the Sox when they lost David Ortiz.

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NESN’s Caron refused to spin bad Red Sox season
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
Favorable weather has brought predictions of bright foliage.

Vermont looks to make up for lost leaf season

Brian McGrory

A rare triumph for expertise
NCAA president Mark Emmert shares his views.

Christopher L. Gasper

NCAA in progressive hands

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Kevin Garnett posed for a photo at Boston Celtics Media Day.

Pierce, Garnett reflect on Allen’s departure

Paul Pierce said he was “very surprised” by Ray Allen’s decision to join the Heat, while Kevin Garnett said “I don’t have Ray’s number anymore.”

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Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter

Court upholds kidnapping convictions of ‘Clark Rockefeller’

An appeals court upheld Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter’s convictions for kidnapping his daughter and assault and battery.

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.

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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

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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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Curt Schilling

Schilling’s 38 Studios won’t face federal charges

The US Attorney’s office in Rhode Island conducted a review of 38 Studios to see if any federal laws were broken, including bank fraud.

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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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

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“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