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Red Sox have another walkoff win

Shane Victorino drove in three runs, including a solo homer in the eighth that pulled the Sox to within 7-2.

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The Red Sox rallied in the ninth inning and erased a five-run deficit for their 11th walkoff win this season.

Samantha Power has been a confidante of President Barack Obama’s since he was a senator.

Samantha Power to be next UN ambassador

The Senate’s approval was a relatively smooth and quiet process that lacked the partisan acrimony of other recent confirmations.

From Steve Locke’s “there is no one left to blame” at the Institute of Contemporary Art “the rising up” (2013).

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Images speaking of desire and fear at the ICA

“Mary Reid Kelley” and its strong counterpoint “Steve Locke: there is no one left to blame” at the Institute of Contemporary Art reveal seams of vulnerability.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/08/02/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/jakepeavy0801-8244--90x90.jpg Jake Peavy happy to join Red Sox

“I couldn’t have asked for anything more than to come to a team who’s now obviously in first place,” he said during his introduction to the media today as a Red Sox pitcher.

Officials hope murder charge will ‘bring justice’

Edwin J. Alemany, previously described as a “person of interest” in the death of South Boston resident Amy Lord, was officially charged with her murder.

Denzel Washington (left) and Mark Wahlberg play undercover cops out to thwart a drug lord.

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‘2 Guns,’ no brains

Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg genuinely enjoy each other’s company, but the film is more of an Elmore Leonard-style crime caper minus some of the wit.

Opinion

NICHOLAS BURNS

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Kerry as secretary of state is reasserting America’s primacy in the two pivotal regions for US security — the Middle East and Asia.

Metro

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the trial of ‘whitey’ bulger

James “Whitey” Bulger and former vice chancellor of the Boston archdiocese, Frederick J. Ryan.

Priest in Bulger photo was defrocked

A picture of “Whitey” Bulger sitting next to a priest who allegedly abused teenage boys was included in a batch of photos from Bulger’s lawyers.

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Politics

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President Obama met with House Democrats on Wednesday, including minority leader Nancy Pelosi (far right) and James Clyburn (far left), as well as with hisparty’s senators, giving a pre-summer break pep-talk.

Obama gives pep-talk to weary Democrats

President Obama sought to calm Democrats as they prepared to head home to face voters, assuring them they are “on the right side of history.”

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Fabrice Tourre, a French-born Stanford graduate described by Securities and Exchange Commission lawyers as the face of  ‘‘Wall Street greed,’’ was found liable Thursday in a fraud case brought by federal regulators.

Ex-Goldman Sachs trader found liable in SEC case

A trader who earned the nickname ‘‘Fabulous Fab’’ was found liable in a fraud case brought by federal regulators in response to the 2007 mortgage crisis.

Style

Diane Keaton and Woody Allen in the 1977 romantic comedy “Annie Hall.’’

Annie Hall, reluctant style icon

The runways serve as reminders of the lasting sartorial influence of the effortless and uniquely androgynous style, and this fall will be no exception.