Obama push to net support for Syria strike bogs down

President Obama is prepared to move ahead with a limited military strike despite a stinging rejection of such action by Britain and mounting questions from Congress.

“I did not know what the long-term repercussions were from multiple hits to the head. Don’t tell me I knew. I didn’t know,” former Patriots linebacker Ted Johnson said at a 2011 concussion conference at Boston Children’s Hospital.

Christopher L. Gasper

Concussion settlement a win for NFL owners

The players are getting their share of money, but as usual it’s not proportionate.

McLaughlin indicted, Murray to settle charges

Former lieutenant governor Timothy Murray will pay $80,000, and ex-Chelsea Housing chief Michael McLaughlin was indicted on campaign finance violations.

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Evan Dobelle contends the review was illegal because the full board of trustees did not approve it in advance.

Patriots 28, Giants 20

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Although Tebow’s performance was erratic — 6 of 11 passing, 91 yards, 1 interception, and 4 sacks — he led the Patriots on two touchdown drives.

Restaurant owner Russell Ireland has apologized for not knowing that the dog was a service animal, yet many in Oxford are pressing for a lesson to be learned.

Jackie Ricciardi for The Boston Globe

Controversy over booting veteran’s service dog splits Oxford

To many in the town, the vilification of diner owner Russell Ireland is a symptom of how a petty dispute can become inflamed and distorted.

Shirley Leung

Menino bets big on summer jobs

Jobs don’t just put cash in kids’ pockets; they’re also a social investment that keeps teenagers off the streets and out of trouble when school ends.

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The Red Sox analyst has been out of the booth since his son, Jared, was charged with murder.

Brittany Flannigan

A vibrant life, a nightclub trip, a sudden end

Brittany Flannigan’s family mourned in private Thursday after the 19-year-old’s death at Boston’s House of Blues on Wednesday.

Opinion

opinion | leland cheung

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Though the candidates are vying only for the votes of Bostonians, their actions will impact citizens beyond the city’s boundaries.

Globe exclusives

Brie Larson plays the general manager of a residential facility and Keith Stanfield is a resident who is about to turn 18 and unhappy about leaving.

Movie Review

‘Short Term 12’ set in facility for troubled teens
Tiger Woods hung out with Patriots owner Robert Kraft prior to Thursday night’s game at Gillette Stadium.

Deutsche Bank Championship

Tiger Woods feels no back pain
Robel Phillipos

Third college friend of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev indicted
Protesters gathered on the Boston Common as part of a nationwide strike for increased wages for fast-food workers.

Mayoral candidates pledge living wages
A Sovereign Bank at Logan Airport.

Bank provides college ID that doubles as ATM card
“Omphalos” by Dimitri Hadzi.

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Crumbling hopes for Harvard Square sculpture
Taylor and Isaac Hanson at the brewery. Hanson’s beer is called Mmmhops,

interactive quiz

If Hanson can brew beer, what can other acts make?
Peter Chiarelli

Bruins extend Peter Chiarelli’s contract
Tony Leung plays legendary kung fu teacher Ip Man in Wong Kar-wai’s “The Grandmaster.”

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Much to love in ‘The Grandmaster’

JOANNA WEISS

Good for girls?
Contracts with morning hosts John Dennis (left) and Gerry Callahan expire next year; they have their share of critics.

Ex-powerhouse WEEI flounders
Street vendors selling cellphone minutes are easy to find in Africa.

Tech Lab

Congo’s cellular service answers the call

Sports

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orioles 3, red sox 2

David Ortiz flipped his helmet after hitting a fly ball to left field in the third inning.

Orioles silence Red Sox

The Red Sox missed a chance to pick up a game in the American League East standings on the Rays and further diminish the playoff hopes of the persistent Orioles.

Metro

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Oil spill in New Bedford

Diesel fuel spilled into New Bedford harbor

The spill coated the nation’s leading fishing port with a red-tinged sheen and sparked a large effort to keep the damage from spreading.

Columnists

SCOT LEHIGH

What crackdown on loud bikes?

CARLO ROTELLA

First day of 41st grade
A mural at the former Bartlett Bus Yard on Washington Street in Roxbury.

Yvonne Abraham

Let’s open the door to the arts

JOAN VENNOCHI

All-black mayoral debate is short-sighted

alex beam

How Dre, Z, Nas, 9th Wonder spent their summers

Adrian Walker

Questioning the process
Brian Roberts and the Orioles lost 13-2 in the opener of a three-game series at Fenway Park on Tuesday.

Dan Shaughnessy

Orioles loom as Red Sox stumbling block

Shirley Leung

A contender who’d write a new chapter
A burnt and destroyed Evangelical Church south of Cairo was in ruins earlier this month.

Jeff Jacoby

Yesterday’s atrocities are happening again

JAMES CARROLL

US nuclear weapons poised for catastrophe

Yvonne Abraham

Ivy League's achievement gap
Red Sox players congratulated Jarrod Saltalamacchia after his home run on Sunday.

Dan Shaughnessy

LA treated the Red Sox well

Nation & World

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Gerald Thompson held up a bag of marijuana on the steps of the State Capitol in Denver after recreational marijuana use was legalized in 2012.

Feds won’t sue to stop state laws on marijuana use

The announcement follows the first-in-the-nation legalization of recreational marijuana use in Colorado and Washington.

Boston mayoral race

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Boston mayoral candidates (from left) John Barros, Dan Conley, John Connolly, Rob Consalvo, Charlotte Golar Richie, Mike Ross, Bill Walczak, and Marty Walsh took part in a forum at Suffolk Law School last month.

Mayoral candidates cornered on many topics at forums

Scores of groups are clamoring for face time with the contenders — and demanding answers on very specific questions.

Business

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Several fast food restaurants were picketed on American Legion Highway in Roslindale Thursday in a push for better wages.

Boston fast food workers strike for higher wages

Thousands of fast food workers were joined by sympathizers at rallies in some 50 US cities, the biggest effort to bring the wages of behind-the-counter employees up to $15 an hour.

Arts

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Book Review

Rob Sheffield’s memoir “Turn Around Bright Eyes” is about his obsession with karaoke and how he met his second wife.

‘Turn Around Bright Eyes’ by Rob Sheffield

Perhaps encouraged by the success of two earlier memoirs, Sheffield is back with yet another book based on his life.

Movies

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MOVIE REVIEW

Selena Gomez and Ethan Hawke — and a custom Ford Shelby GT500 Super Snake — costar in “Getaway.”

‘Getaway’ moves fast, but has no place to go

The relentlessly paced movie, with Ethan Hawke and Selena Gomez, shoots to be like “Speed” but turns out to be as repetitive as watching a NASCAR highlight.

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As summer comes to an end, we take a look at a summer retreat visited by both the philosophers and the frolicker.

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Ideas

“Our preference for beautiful people means that when we select employees, teachers, protégés, and even friends, we may not be making the best choice. The question is whether social researchers can find a way to help us level the field.”

Ruth Graham,  on the beauty bias